The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-27

7aIE once distinctly EerAry desk
has become part OF the furnish
n ing o: bou1csY study. drawing
II room. sitting room or bsdroom-in
fact. no modern house u TOW
quite comfortably complete with
out something OF the sort, coy corner Tor
the afternoon devoted 10 the correspond
ence OF the head OF the house. Ia these
days. even with the most restricted social
connections, the matter Of attending 10 all
the notAs letters ard invitations OF one
sort or osher u a matter OF time. 30 that
the desk has become a necessity There
are long accounts 10 be cast up. setting
forth expenses which every housekesper
likes 20 keep N order 30 have an adequate
IDEA OF the way her funds are being spent
The modern desk, or secresaire. 10 more
over yery diffexeat from the cumbersome.
unEainly. green cloth covered article OF fur
nlture which IL MAS IN the past
The new desks combine several uses.
Some of them ara part cupboard and part
bookcase. The smaller ones are dainty and
artistic In effect and are ornamental even
In the prettiess drawing rooms Nothing
makes = prsstter or more appropriate
Christmas prcseu, for wife. sister or mother
than ons OF these dainty desks, 50 dlssinci-
lively one OF the Developments OF nineteenth
century life. The young coisegian. man or
woman. TOO. ran find nothing more useful
than desk 10 take back 10 the little dor
mitorx rppsu after the vacation 10 over.
For purely ornamental purposes nothing
can be pfertier than soma OF the new desks
OF insAid mahogany. with shaped front and
dye small dsawers- Such q table scre-
taire coats about SIS. One which bsars the
patriotic name of Dewey, SO called in honor
OF tifs gallant admiral. Is combined book
c2se,. cupboard aaf desk. The bookcase oc-
caapies one side with Wide glass door
The cupboard IN located beneath the writ
ing table. which Is single piece of oak,
cherry or mahogany let down BY chain
from It's position ~ covering for the tiny
shelves and drawers that form the writing
part OF the desk shelf above it accom-
modatss q small shaped Dresden lamp
More In keeping with the revival of In
terest I'm colonial simplicity liz a high
backed desk. with broad pieces OF beyelsd
French .g-AEs as panel Tor the back and
an ornamental railing ~ each side OF the
glass. The nat top OF the desk is hex
agonai III shape and underneath is set q
small chest, opened, lot with a lid. but By
two dainty doors In the front The most
striking OF these are made OF the green
wood that Is hsing so much used In the
furnishing. not alone OF summer houses
but Of winter ones
eYfie suggestion OF the lotus is very faint
In ous m che pretty and onvenisnt desks
which bears the name OF the famous Lib
srty dezixners aud Is shown among other
Huch novelties b. their New York agents.
who have an exhibition room near Fifth
aveasiies The shape OF the long columns
tbat support the piece OF wide moiding
about the head and tho legs OF the desk
recalls somewhat the pictured pillars OF tho
famous tempie az karrlak The back Is set
with a panel Of glass. and the desk il well
supplied with drawers and shelves. as the
purpose seems TO he as mach TO afford a
place for the slowing away OF ODDS and
ends OF correspondence az 10 cultivate IT,
There are several desks especially de-
signed Tor coleEtans. One. the Harvard
conforms in idea with the style of furnish
ings supposed to be appropriate In a suburb
OF severe and eridite Boston. The desk Is
commodious. there is a tradition that
the sons OF old Harvard. In addition 10 be-
Ing amply supplied with brain. are equally
well endowed when II comes TO length Of
limb. One would not think Of presenting a
kyelie. elegant youth ma,rtculating at Co.
lumbia. Yale or Princeton with the same
roony desk which one would select for a
Harvard undergraduate. The traditions OF