The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-11
FRESH SUMNER DRAPERIES
ORNAMENTAL AND INExPEEBITH
DRESSING FOR COTTAGE WINDOWS.
Head Curtains for Door. sash. and Fireplace
Arc Fashionable THIS sunnrner-Bead FORE
there's - A Green window - Glass Poles.

Head Curtains for Door. sash. ana Ftrepiao.
Are Fashionable THIS suumer-Bead FORE
there's "A Grcen Window - Glass Poles.
OF course, handsome lace window hangings, II
they are genuine quality and In good repair, arc
forever In style, though 1t is no longer considered
In good taste TO use lace curtains in sum-
MGR. They arc meant exclusively for winter
and the city. For the hot weather and the coun.
try boad hangings. now tambour muslin. Dutch
madras. French Louis XVI. lawn. Delhi not md
Persian gauze, arc all or my one entirely appro-
pirate, IL you have not made UP your mind to
drapo your windows in chintz or muslin to
match your new wall papers exactly.
This last is "A method very much in vogue with
tho women who are revclling in the Joys OF en-
tiro renovation OF their summer homes and have
taken a hint from tho decorators. 1t is a nice
idea II not repeated In too many rooms, ne then
the house reflects q most monotonous scheme of
color. Yet II is hard 10 resist falling into the
c~nticing trap. II n room Is TO have It's walls GOV.
cred In delicate mimosa-flowered paper the NIL
mosa.spraycd French Louis XVI. muslin, that
comes to match IL exactly, is an almost irresisti-
bic temptation. There arc exquisite muslins
besides to coincide absolutely, In color and figur-
ing. with the papers sprayed in morning Rlories
of every tint and solid toned nshes OF roses,
robins egg blue, and dove gray papers sold with
muslin h~angings to correspond.
OF course If you don't care to carry out this
plan in more than a room or two there are the
Delhi nets and new tambour muslins to fall back
on for the other windows that may be crying out
for fresh dresses. The net referred to 10 woven
Of an Indian grass in two tones OF green or gray,
with a strand as large and q mesh almost an
coarse as that employed in making Mexican
grass mmOc The vast difference Is that
Delhi net is exceedingly soft, and interviewer
with tho vegetable fibre are bright silks or COLI
orcd beads to give brilliancy and show when the
material is stretched that quaint Oriental figures
are formed by the introduction Of color. At win.
dows or doors the net must hang quite straight
from small brass rings encircling a slender brass
pole. At the bottom of every net curtain 10 o
finishing frill OF grass, or silk fringe. or may DO
the big glass beads are strung along the lower
edge, tinkling unsteady together whenever the
drapcry is disturbed. 1t may be well to assure
the owners of country homes that for summer
use the bead draperies are absolutely u~surping
every doorway. shutting out the ugly view OF the
fireplace and hang very close against the sashe1
OF windows, to take the place OF holland shades.
Decorators have come, to employ them Law.
and cleanest Of all hangings, they are not costly,
they outlast any woven goods, and as they are
One Of the most delightful possible effects to ar:
rive at in draping a back hall door or q long
blue beads. Pale blue up near the pole, but q
rich dark blue near the bottom, while across this
tZure DdCkBrOunu II night OF SWlTtB or BwAll0W1
beads solidly, with no joints OF bamboo intro
terror completely from a person outside the. door
or window to one within it merely reveals the
road, street, or garden through g blue mist.
gerly sought fol-, are not strung to initiate
Oriental designs, but display in blue and white
fen " leaves Saga against Hsi a Yellow SsiSs' siaas p%i% AND AND
white bead lilies amid a surrounding sky Of
SOFT cloth passed over the beads cleanses them
thoroughly: In many cases the beads are
draped over them. This is where linen shades
Decorators. however. this season have given
their whole allegiance to the theory and
practice Of drapinR, windows In green. Green.
use 1sei for %'i hanginss intended led to Il shade ahs one from omit the
light. for reasons not only of beauty. but Of hy-
g Nsns as oid yell .;aib,d Persons go,E who %, can .s afford ! ia to f ,hsps.
19re lo sss h sssbas 81 Sn su 81 ihr snd ibh sg4oom d 2iS:
to them carved Indian window screens Of wood
Equally as high a point Of taste and precau-'
ton Is to have a window all in green. Here the
green Dutch f @Sdpas 4"s scarce arc a a'hh Rndsom aSo house, So
doing deis su oHer. have oVe %t green en- wiz 9eSse ssr 1a ~ tsse@1aaRraa
the sea or the garden. which will be the choice
But whether a window be green or not its
pane curtains are very sure 10, be of Persian
s n"ds up pp fesSs istf piain % sifh a I hem. % and pe Ss
haps u narrow green ribbon border on every
breadth. 1t is far more fashionable a window
decoration. not to say vastly prettier, than the
white muslin ones in vogue. and, like muslin,
it shuts out prying eyes, but not the light. An
oddity in window drapery, especially when the
tambour muslin or madras Is used, is the new
pOrtiere pole. 1t is either q white enamelled
rod. with brass rings and big brass spear heads
at either end, or of glass, with brass rings.
The glass poles are slender. have a greenish
tingc OF color, and, when a curtain Is pushed
back or drawn forward. they give out q very
musical jingle. Some Of the glass poles are 6n-
ished with a tassel OF little lusters, that also
ring out every time the curtain is moved, while
the majority show cut ball ends. or brass war
ror heads for knobs.