The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-24

HOW Jolly Girl nacnerors llfEnngs

How Jolly Girl Bachelors Ernngs
Their SnIIe-a-1TAnEer
The scheme of decorations in this
tiny refectory was blue and white. and.
with paper, which might have had
fac-simile in some Japanese tea house.
lit was so like old Canton China. and
so thoroughly oriental This was given
a plain blue frieze, which at once add
ed the decided color touch needed in
any apartment where white is q prom
inent factor.
The room mean is one. of those
small, but coy little affairs found only
in the modern apartment dwelling.
Now, my bachelor girls are clever
young women, and they at once saw
the absurdity of filling I'D the small
space in their salle-a-nanger with
cumbersome, conventional sideboard,
which, of course, according to COM
mOnplace ideas must occupy the place
Of honor.
In this little domicfle something far
more ingenious, artistic and altogether
out of the ordinary was destined for
that position. But 1 must not forget
the carpet. Blue and white is rather
a difficult combination to follow OUT in
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to him who waits" as it did in this
case, and after many long and fruit
less hunts our friends efforts were
crowned with success. a blue and
white Japanese rug was found Just the
size of the room.
The sideboard is a, shelf made to
I look like, and in fact, suggested by.
the dressers found in old-time New
England country houses, only, Of
m on, ode
1t was designed by one Of the clever
bachelors, then made of plain pine
wood by a carpenter. ana hnais'a given
two or three coats of white JHnamel
paint, which gave it q beautiful lustre-
A more charming resting place for the
choice bits Of China can hardly be
/ imagined.
The shelves are full to Overlooking
with all sorts of exquisite blue-and-
white ware, from the rare Delft faience
I to mellow old Canton, and here and
I there a choice bit of Copenhagen is
found. One feels as though ne could
I never tire of its vague and Shimmery
designs so far below the wonderful
glaze.
Resting directly below the shelves
was table "a kitchen table, by the
Way, also painted with the white
enamel, and covered with Aainty
I
Here we found the bachelors chaf1ng-
dish, tea-eaddy, eracker-jar, etc, In
TACT, every thing one looks for on the
ordinary buffet.
This is our Punch and Judy show
said one Of the girls pointing to what
looked to my untutored eye ike very
unique standing shelf.
/ was let into one of the family Sc
crets and told that it was once upon
a time bookcase. but by painting it
white and ingenioUSly Stunning it up
SIDE down 1T was soon converted into
quite the oldest piece OF furniture I
have ever seen. Across the lower
shelves a curtain was drawn of blue
and white Japanese calico, and on the
one uncovered shelf reposed six or
seven blue German beer mugsl with
quite Bohemian air about them
even the pictures on the wall Seemed
TO be In harmony with the quainkl little
room, all of them being frSAfd in
white The table of light oY was
covered between meals with Ia blue
dinner cover, embroidered in a dashy
white design The curtains were
| white swiss with large blue dots and
I finished with a generous ruffIe, sim
! plicfty itself, but in perfect accord with
the surroundings.
! Every thing about the place was so
full of refinement, and gave such evil
| dence Of artistic feeling, and yet was
so altogether hone-Ike and cosey that
1 felt a pang of envy when 1 said
goodbye, and I knew then why the
bachelor girls home had so deservedly
earned the appellatiOn of '"The Little
Paradise on the HILL"
CHARLOTTE DILIiAGE.