Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-15
The Summer :HaII.

Lie Su41lIu0F SFdl1s
The ball in the summer home should
a9e next III its inviting appearance TO the
broad piazza, which is IN reality the
most important part OF the house. If
there rs not r0oan for 10 parlor and large
hail combine the two in one, as the liy
ing room: it. will be found much more
enjoyable, giving a greater sense Of spa
ciopsness, befber air and lending itself
readily to picturesque effects in furnish
ing The multitude of small details, col
leotionS Of vaLiouS sorts, rare bric-a-brac,
choice porce&GifS, etc, which have ia ne
cent years turned town houses into mu-
senms, shoMld be studiously avoided; for
not only is lit "a WEAKNESS to the flesh to
take care of these things, but it is act
ually a Strain upon mind and eyes to be
confronted at every turn with a multi
plicity of objects.
Therefore, wise restraint Sh@Dld be
exercised in the selection of everything
of a puuely decorative character Every
piece Of furniture should be for use and
comfort: you want no stiff, spindle
legged chairs, which invite ONE only to
perch, lest they fall beneath ones
weight; nor stiff, upholstered chairs and
tete-altetes, which proclaim their cere-
moniOIs purpose.
The SgHeat, roomy hall should invite to
restful case. and there should be
couches, edivans and loEngimg chairs,
with plenty of soft cushions wherever
they can ibe placed, as well as how willow
chairs flEy work and tea-tab1es.
If there can be but one open ;grate in
the house, let it be by all means in the
hall, where CHEEKY fire on cool even
ings and mornings will be most enjoyed,
and whence the genial warmth will most
easily .pervade the whole house and dis
pei it's cdampness. Magazine.
Black Satin Roots.
t. {I,o IprIich uyonoar yxx+hN iS h
ing American women some important
facts about foot gear. We know today
that @ touch of patent leather removes
the shoe from street use, except IN the
case tof walking to and from afternoon
teas or luncheons. That only seal or
calf skin suits the paEements: that low
shoes are to be reserved for summer
wear; that spats are NOT good form, ex-
cent for men, and that laced shoes are
tthe.Ssmart thing for. the forenoon.
We have also learned to say boot
maker instead of ''shoeman," and TO
place our shoes carefully away on
trees in a row, instead tof hanging them
in the compartments OF "a linen shoe bag.
But when it comes to dressing the feet
for the house, commend me to French
art. Possibly there is no clique of fash
| ionable women in the United States who
acknowledge this as universally as do the
social leaders of San FranGisc0.
There exists i'll one of the narrow awe
unes in Paris bookmaker who asserts
that his San Francisco trade would reap
him a respectable income if he had no
other customers. He can exhibit on the
shelves of his little shop the wooden
lasts of every society woman of the Gate
City, with but very few exceptions.
Buying French house shoes is a mono
mania with these Westerners, and the
stranger invited into their hospitahle
homes acknowledges that the hostesses'
feet are indisputably the most gracefully
shod on the continent For instance. no
San Francisco woman-1 mean among
the set particular in this score-wears
Kid, either glace or suede, indoors. Black
satin is the vogue.
AS soon as she enters her home, walk
ing or driving shoes are taken off and
her feet slipped into dainty shapely
black satin boots, lined with heavy silk
and fastened with many small polished
buttons.
1t is only on very great occasions that
the satin boot g -es place to the satin
slipper. These women have learned the
French woman's knowledge of art and
know that unless one possesses an ex-
ceptionally Well-turned ankle slippers
emphasize the defects that boots COR
ceal. None of the dressiness attached
to slippers is lost, for the long vamped,
high-heeled, perfectly fitting, black satin
boot gives distinction to the plainest
house gown.-New York Commercial
Advertiser.