St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-20
that true charity would have consisted
in cremating them.
II WILL TAKE NINE EASE"

l.
And now, having seen the folly of
over recommendation, we go in for soil
dity and comfort, which is 80 English,
you know" And indeed we get a great
deal Of beauty withal. For, although
we are young and precocious and can
give Mother England points on yachts
and things, there is no disputing the
charm of their a''inglen0ok" chairs
great roomy nests that look the very
eDitome of acme of ease and rest.
Every curve of your body fits, and it
would be impossible to strike other
than an easful and graceful position.
Like Lavvy Wilfer you may ''loll' and,
best of all, you will not look as If you
were lolling. And then the cushioning
of these luxurious chairs. Liberty foil
age Velvets, with all their high lights
thrown out, and their beauty accen-
tuated by being backed up with Lon
don corduroy in tone coloring.
How blest is he who crowns in chairs like
these,
A youth of labor with age of ease.
All, ons fireside becomes a dream
with sucn a symphony in shape and
color on either side of it, Think, too,
of the moral effect of such a cradle of
reposing age. How well might one
command honor, love, obedience and
troops of friends" even from such a
vantage ground! How much easier to
practice all delightful virtues when en-
braced by such comfort and restfulness
than when perched on a chair that
takes one in the back of the neck and
thrusts one forward at an angle of
forty-five degrees. Just get your
physical balance, see to it that your
center of gravity is right, and try if
you cannot the more readily preserve
your moral balance
But these fireside chairs are not only
Tor advancing years; they make pictur-
esque backgrounds for a pretty face.
ana ne must be wary Jack indeed
VINO could refrain from proposing a
partnership for life to a dainty Gill in
a Liberty velvet London easy chair.
There are Forest Green wicker chairs.
putt especially for the matinee girl.
with pockets in the wide arms where
the last enhancing novel, or the bit of
IDLE hour embroidery or the box of
nougats can be slowed These chairs
you may have with or without cush-
ions, covered with Persian prints of
scarlet indigo blue.
OF TABLES AND SECRETARIES.
For the hall and boudoir there are
settles and "chaises tongues" also in
wicker and Persian or Tycoon prints.
with cushions and more cushions and
still more cushions. The hideous, cheer
less marble topped tables of-well you
need not say your grandmother day,
Iof there are plenty of them still eX-
tant-Would hide their diminished and
consistency heads could they see their
arlstocratlc cousins-german Of blacklist
EES1Sh oak, with coarse, rough cary-
1ngS deeply fooled out. With one of
these for your library and another for
your hall, with perhaps a chair also in
the latter room, you may, if you have
bought yourself brand-new coat of
arms, now use it without any glaring
inconsistency. With an ancient suit of
armor and spears by way Of poles for
hanging the draperies, you will come to
feel that you belong to very old fam
lily indeed
The Chatauqua desk does not exactly
impress one as artistic, although when
you consider that it is merely a chrome
thrown in with box of soap, you feel
that you have no right to be critical
but the delightful secretaries of dull
finished old mahogany, with secret
drawers and pigeon holes of sandal
wood, simply appeal to you in a way
that loosens your purse strings at once
THE EVOLUTION OF THE SCREEN
1t is interesting to note how, once YOU
begin to take an interest in the doctrine