The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-01-31
!. In tho Morning Room,

A morning room has become now a
necessary part Of every well-appointed
house. 1t is very English. of course,
but then Americans have found many
excellent things to copy from their Brit
isil cousins, and this is by no means the
least of them.
New York houses, even the newest.
have generally comfortable second
story front room, which is taken for this
purpose, Here the formal guests are
not admitted. and it is a general living
room for the family in the evening.
Here the society woman receives her
most intimate friends and hears the last
bit of gossip or scandal, gives her Or
ders to her household, writes her letters
and reyises her lists.
An open fireplace is Il necessary feat
ure. of morning room, and wood, not
coal. must be burned. The fire need
not burn all day if economy has to be
consulted. but until II o'clock it must
be kept going.
"A large rug that win cover nearly the
entire room is preferred to a carpet.
This will be expensive. for ones dearest
friends are apt to be critical, and it will
never DO to have a cheap rug where it
Will show SO prominently, but expensive
rugs wear well, so there is some comfort
in the expenditure after all.
Bookcases. center table and writing
desk, lounge and plenty of comfortable
chairs are necessary furnishings of n
room in constant use. No fixed law as
to every piece of furniture matching need
Prevall, but the bookcases and table
look better if Of the same wood Inside
sash curtains arc now law, and AN Mi
the windows in Il house are draped the
same. the morning room must needs
match.
The inner curtains or porticres will look
best it Of material to match the cover
ing Of the lounge and chairs. Red or
color for this purpose. The lighter color
ings soil all too quickly for a room 80
constantly used. Denim even can be
utilized for this purpose, and an exceed.
ingly pretty room just finished has even
the walls hung III bright red denim to
match.
# the room has sunny exposure it
will be possible to use black paint and
have bookcases Of ebonizetl wood This
would he gloomy without sunlight so
that point must be we'll considered.
A table i'll the center of room has
long been considered unfa shionable, but in
this room is quite the correct thing, and
a great comfort it is to be able to gat
around a table and find ones favorite
books and papers.
Brlc-a-hrac is not necessary to the
furnishing of Il morning room, but there
will be found space for some nice bits
on top of the book shelves. Engravings,
etchings and photographs should be used
in preference to paintings, although a
water color is not out of place. The idea
of the room is place where are collect
ed together things of all sorts that are
not too bright nor good for daily use.
A tea table within reach. but not
prominent, gives an added look of COM
fort, and chat with just one person.
over Il cup of tea. is never more enjoya-
BILE than under such circumsta nces
1t is complained that New Workers are
growing more and more formal all the
time, and the stiff drawing rooms arc
pointed out in evidence of how little home
life and home look there is ia these days
Society grows apacc. and an ordinary
visiting list numbers over 1900 names.
SO is cannot be wondered at if there
must be a room set apart for the enter
tanning of formal acquaintance. while
the inner circle of friends and rela tives
are received on Il more familiar footing.
and pio not find the formality and stiff
ness! which outsiders carp at and wonder
about.
A morning room and houdoir are not
the same thing at all. although they DOS
sessr many points III common. for a bou-
doir generally opens off bedroom. and
is. indeed. a sort of glorified dressing
room. while a morning room partakes
more of the nature of library. The
larger houses admit of both the latter,
but as the larger houses are still in the
minority. the morning, room PREVAILS
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