The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-09
TO DRESS A WlNl0T
NEW FASHIONS IN cunr.,..
SUMNER
Ch3ntx Or Muslin "a v,.-
Wall Paper-Oeihi Net.
New Tamboar tsea fer : =. a.
-Bead Drapcries Ter O.
Homes.

IL is. perhaps. sad fact. has
less true, that IL you would 49,
nome WINDOWS display. 70 a "a ss;r. :.
that-you are an artistic and rnoasrs ~ IS
keeper. all your summer curtains = ~
season must ne cast aside. savS ~
York Tribune. Ainosc every snssa-s -
drapery put forth by the hoas> 60.
is an absolute novelty this seassr
OF course. handsome lace winar..
ings, II they are genuine QUALIFY -
good repair. are forever in s,y,s -
II Is no longer considered in an,.s w.
taste TO use lace curtains in suu,n.s -
are meant exclusively for winter a. ID
city. For the hot weather and ~. ~
try bead hangings. new tamhour -
Dutch madras. French Louis yvy -
Delhi net and Persian gauxa. ara n = hi.
one entirely appropriate. Il yon 49,
made up your mind to drape you vi.s'
in chintz or muslin exactly 10 uasrk ....
new wall papers.
This last is a method very ma
vogue with the women who are rss.n'.
in the joys of entire renovation q -
summer homes. and have taken ! w.
from the decorators. II is nire a..
not repeate in too many roousa = ~
the house reflects a most monns..-
scheme OF color Yet Ii is hard 81 s.z-
falling into the enticing trap. n = -. +.
10 have its walls covered in islic.ts :.
nosa lowered paper. the mimosa srr.s-r
French Louis XVI. muslin, thar CO., a
exactly match il. is an almos, irresss,1z.
temptation. There ars exquisite ,rrsSz
besides TO absolutely coincide. in coIor ~
figuring. with the papers sprayed IN ~.
ing glories of every tint, and sofia ,s-sS
ashes of roses. robins egg blue ana 1z
gray papers sold with muslin hansi,s1 n
correspond.
OF course. IL you don't care to carry -
this plan in more than a room Or =.
there are the Delhi nets and new tarlsz5
muslins to fall back on for the other -
dows that may be crying our for -
dresses. The net referred to il woveaI
an Indian grass in two tones OF greea
gray. with strand as large and -
almost as coarse as that employed in -
ing Mexican grass hammocks. The -
difference is that Delhi net is exeeedines
soft. and interviewer with the vegesslk
fiber are bright silks or colored heaas. Z
give brilliancy and show. When the -.
teriai Is stretched, quaint Oriental flxua1s
are formed by the introduction OF coin.
At windows or doors the net must h1nn
quite straight from small brass rings =
circling u slender brass pole. At ~
bottom of every curtain Is finishing ~
of grass. or silk fringe. or may be the ~
glass beads are strung along the loW4l
edge. tinkling musicaliy together whensv9
the drapery is disturbed. This mention 4
beads reminds me 10 assure the cwner1 &
country homes that for summer use ~
bead draperies are absolutely usurpino
every doorway. shutting out the ugly vi<0
of the fireplace. and hang very closo
against the sashes OF windows. to take ~
place OF holland shades.
Decorators have come 10 employ .hea
lavishly, first because bead curtain Is tn
coolest and cleanest OF all hangings. thsy
are not costly. they outlast any woven
goods. and as they are now manufaet1rc1
are pretty beyond words. One Of the ne
delightful possible effects to arrive at III
draping a back hall door, or long fr11S
window. Is TO suspend there porften1
blue beads, pale blue up near N r.
but rich. dark blue near the. to
while across the azure backgroun41
of awifts or swallows wing n n
Such q portiere Is made of bead
with no joints of bamboo intrudt
while Ii shuts out a view or The H.
from a person outside -
or window, TO one within X u1(
veals the road. street or garden uE14
blue mist.