The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-17

and attention TO blue and white in her
rural domain-at least one or two rooms
/ should show the possibilities of this
springlil1e and cheerful ornamentation.
Now nothing fresher and daintier can
be we'll imagined than wall paper show
ing the always light and graceful empire
! pattern of tall and intertwined garlands
worked out in clear delft blue on an egg
shell white background. Whatever may
be the size and proportions OF room II
cannot but appear more cool ana spacious
when hung with this. the ceiling left quite
plain and the floor laid in light polished
hard wood, streWn with round frinSed
jute and cotton mats, that look amazing
" like old willow pattern plates
In sharp rivalry with blue and white
empire paper is the latest of wall hang
ings that comes from France. 1t is called
glazed chintZ, a printed cotton goods, app
Piled to the wall like any ordinary paper
and showing on its outside face polish
SO durable that it can be treshened.
season after season, by merely passing
over the surface a clean damp cloth, Inc
glaze is supposed to hold indelible the
lovely ccloringS of its printed patterns.
It would be hard indeed to imagine any
thing more suitable 1or the 1Ia ,'
with this material in designs OF eglahtlne,
lilac blossoms or wreaths OF gueideT
roses and chains of little French mar
SensonabIe Draperies.
In blue and white bedrooms for instance
the windows are to be hung with a pref
ty soft white madras muslin, enbroldered
cent piece This is very inexpensive. less
so than the new oriental net, woven OF
rather coarse cream threads with cots
and eyelet holes. Blue and white French
cretonne lighter of weight and more dur
able in color than that of English or
American make is taking the place or
chintZ that is vastly more expensive, ana
in rooms hung with glazed chlntz the
incomparably lovely Liberty sateens anc
velveteens are employed These come IN
delicate shades OF rose, blue, tan and
green. figured over with loveliest flowers
Of the garden and meadow. The sea son
forms draperies and the VelVeteen iI ,;,s
tlfted cushions for easy willow chairs
that are enameled in green or rcsf;, as the
prevailing color in the room MAJ dictate.
There are yet Other mat taIy N "seI b,r9
iaps walled room. These are green and
brown cotton corduroy and ,damiasked
denim. The blue and gray t, psIlIn co Hes
er.ing of deep arm chairs and settees,
which as it is cheap, when once grown
fu rT' down with white buttons and
trimmed with blue and white cord and
fringe shows up with splendid effect.
CurIed Birch.
The furniture dealers wisely lave d,
rected the public attention to. colonial and
country houses These tufted chairs and
settees have the side ears and rather |
straight back of the New England col0nlaI
period and now that the housenoiaeTSs
have grown weary of white enamel good
simple forms for bedroom furnishing are
Introduced in pretty, inexpensive CURED
birch ,.,o
Tall chiffoniers with little oval mirrors
and small writing desks or blrch Woou
make up, with brass bedsteads, Wnios s
iron or tiled wash stands and an array o.
tnfied willow chairs, the full sets OF
country bedroom furniture.
The quaint revivals from past fasnlons
is the straight back conDlrg e. cit dressng-
legged stand, intended to, hold silver
candlestick and snuffer ana occupy per-
manent place at the bedside.
THE birch is treated with little brass,
simple carving. and the new wasnstanos
deserve special Recommendation 10 n Tea
are built like long low tables with an un-
der shelf. where the hot water can Is 10 (
be set out of the way. while the e. upper
filled in with blue and white glazed 7
tiles. Painted iron rods ere fitted on Just
under the end edges of the TOP shelf tor
is fitted with blue and white china Just
to match the tiles Instead OF hei1g
awkward and unornamental as wash
stand usually is, in this guise IL is
distinct addition TO any bedroom.
Fan Screens.
Perhaps prettiest of all the odd bits Of
furniture for these summer bedrooms are !
the chintz and cretonne-covered screens
mace 10 IOlu anu Ouei Oh the ilrib'itGi
of fam At the base thew are fitted on
small stout brass frames that have four
little casters and when the screen is
not needed It may be shut up into one
single broad stick and rolled into a cor |
ner out of the wav When n use IT orenS I
as a big fan covered with Powered ch'rtz
and standing as high as woman's chin. !
Sweet and Summary.
Such are the plans already on foot for |
Identifying a country house at small /
cost. with colored mattings on the floors, !
cushioned willow furniture and denim
tufted grandmother" chairs. Women |
who have ample purses from which to !