Evening star., 1898-08-06
COMFORT IN SUMMER.
A Few Ideas That May Add to Your
Happiness.

From the Decorator and Furnsher
| Comfortable living during the summer
| requires vastly different essentials and ac-
| cessories from those with which we sur
| round ourselves in winter To many wo-
| men fortunate in possessing country seat
ard city home, or who have only to issue
! orders for transforming a house by taking
| up carpets, reoiling the floors, replacing
| heavy curtains with lighter ones and I'D
hcistered furniture with willow or wood,
the problem is perfectly simple. But to the
| housewife whose one effort in winter is ia
| make her little dwelling homelike warm
ana coZy, to change these same rooms at
small expense into restful. cool and invit
Ing ones Tor the humid days of Ju.y and
August is a momentous question
1t Is hoped that the veranda upor which
one VIII spend many of her reaoing and
sewing hours is broad, and that 3I,me Kind
ly ard provident hard has pIaS led vines,
around il, thus securing the !rst great
comfort, shade. However. If there be no
growing vine, very pretty device can be
brought into service. Have boxes similar
TO the winters window boxes made 10 he
fastened along the top beard of the railing
or on brackets screwed on the inner ledge,
Place in these boxes, il it is past seed time
pants or nasturtium, or any other climber
which can be had already started in the
greenhouse. These vines climbing on tho
wires to the porch roof, will give a ieligh.
full shade.
a large hammock in which one may lie
comfortably can be hung from one corner
OIL the porch The most comfortable and
&C chairs are those made of bamboo or
willow, but these are expensive and not
very substantial, and, as We are furnishing
TINS Feranda as cheaply as possible. We
must look for more home nadey" furni-
ture. Wooden chairs and a bench painted
dark green and vanished, Will commend
themselves for economys sake and dura-
bility.
A tab Ia
size one wishes, fastened to the side of the
railing with hinges, forms the table rart
underneath being screwed a leg or brace
Whleh when displaced, allows the board to
lie Hat down against the wall or railing
by TINS 1t is out of the way, buy can tie
easily set up again, making a convenient
stand upon which to lay ones sewing bas-
ket books or tea things
cushions made of denim or burlap are TO
be used on the chairs, bench. hammocl,
ana steps. Keep them in different shades
OF plue, gray, green and brown. These arc
cool looking and restfui colors suggestive
OF water, sky and forest.
A few painted Chinese lanterns hing on
wires from one post to another of the yer-
arda lends a decorative touch to the scene
ana, when lighted in the evening give mel
low glow and restive appearance
INSIDE the house, crepe paper has baeone
quite a factor in summer decorations 1t
comes in sEcll a variety of shades and de-
signs and lends itself so daintily to decora-
Iohs VI every form that 1t has retained its
popularity through several seasons. 1t can
be draped successfully over a shelf or man
tel ana festooned on the massive frames of
mirrors or paintings, taking preceien.e
over the time-honored becoming thank
goodness more honored in the braach,',
mesquite netting.
crepe paper, draped as a curtain or fas-
tened on a frame. can be utilized as a fire
place screen. The crate should lot be
closely covered, for it is a sulendid venn-
lator, nor can it be left entirely open-a
yawning black hole to spoil the dainty color
scheme of ones room.