Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-08
CURTAINS FOR THE HOUSE.
Arabian HanginKs Are In Popular
Favor just Now.


Favor just Now.
From the New York Tines.
/ The woman who Is getting new curtains
for library or dining room this year. where
| the color tones are warm. Is getting the
| Arabian curtains, and certainly there is
nothing much handsomer or more effect
| i've. There Is the real. the genuine Point
| d Arabe. lace. and. OF course. there is the
| Imitation. there Is in everything that is
| handsome and-that word which will creep
| into our talk about our furnishings as well
| as other things-stylsh. Certainly there is
| no comparison between the two. The real
4 Is always the more beautiful; still, there Is
fine effect In the imitation. With the
| great Improvement in designing that is con-
stantly going on, the better designers en-
ployed for all classes OF work. the cheaper
| goods can be found in designs that are in
| good taste and as satisfactory as the more
| expensive, il not always as exclusive
| There are three grades of the real Ara
| bian curtains. and, while there is a mate
| rial difference in price, there are many
! people who would prefer the lower-priced
| grades, and no one could say that they had
| not chosen curtains of great beauty and
| elegance. The Arabians are in deep ecru
| the body of the curtain of net or webbing.
| with the heavy lace handmade, pillow lace
| of the style of Cluny or Russian in the Dor
der. They made in Switzerland and
France the finer grade coming from the
| latter place. 1t is noticeably different from
| the others. the webbing being exceptionally
| soft and fine. In these finer curtains there a
| are comparatively simple designs of lace, a
plain border and edge.
| In the other two grades the webbing is
| coarser and heavy. and the lace is in a
heavier design and much more snowy, tho
| whole edge being of the lace with a deep.
heavy corner, which Is rich and beautiful.
The limitations show similar designs in lace
| and can be found in the less pretentious de-
| signs. one OF the signs which mark the
gradual improvement in taste In the age
| in which are living. 1t is not so long
| ago that everything inexpensive was more
| or less garish. The finest of these curtains
| VIII cost $so pair. and pretty imitation
can be had for from So to 81. The Arabian
| draperies are used sometimes in morn
| Ing rooms or parors where the tones OF the
furnishings are deep.
A pretty curtain which is going to be
popular, and which is inexpensive will also
| be used for rooms having deep color tones
| and particularly for libraries and dining
| rooms 1t is unique curtain. but most
effective. The real Is Of foreign and the
| imitation of domestic manufacture. The
curtains are of net, with borders and de-
tached figures OF cloth applqued Take.
for instance. handsome curtain Of the
| ecru net. and upon Ii will be applIqued a
border and detached figures feur de lis in
green cloth, each figure with a fine line Of
black at the edge. The effect Is striking.
but not unduly An imitation may have
a full edge of the cloth applique, and both,
II used for bed rooms, will have bed sets to
match. bolster cover for a brass bed.
shams for another, and bed cover. As
u.ese curtains come with the cloth in dell
cate shades, they can be used to advantage
In sleeping rooms. AS to the bed sets, that
is matter Of taste. The majority of peo-
pie prefer to have their beds dressed only
In white. There is not a great difference
In foreign and domestic curtains In price,
the former costing 50 a pair in some in
stances, and the other 1913
The Irish point draperies we have always
with US. Our grandmothers used them and
our grandchildren will undoubtedly find
them useful and beautiful. though to soma
people they have no attractions. They
range In price from 81 to S25 or S26. There
are curtains of this style which are but
ton hole stitched around the pattern, but
they are not to be found often. They
are more like the fine Colbert curtain with
the solid embroidery and which cost more
than most people care to pay-S20O. say. q
pair
Some people who like silk In their drape-
rfes take out the center Of the Irish point
curtains and put in silk in Its place. In
the Irish point in coored appiaued cur
tains. there are bed sets to match. The
curtains grow each year more satisfactory
In ali OF these things. being after the more
classic designs and those from the renais-
sance. There are more plain centers than
heretofore, or detached figures In the body
of the curtain. There always the all
over patterns kept in stock, however, for
some people prefer these regardless Of
fashion. One charming pattern in the IA
miliar bowknots of which women never
tire, has the knots in the detached figures
all over the curtain, and a border in the
same design. In this curtain there is a
straight edge of the net beyond the border
doubled as in hem, different from other
curtains and very pretty
The woman who can have renaissance
curtains will have them this year, for there
are none more beautiful. and the renais-
sance laces are to be found in everything
this season These draperies range in price
from 81 up, and pair at S165 shows the
effect with silk foundation of the lace
It is liberty silk, soft and beautiful, and
an edge of the lace of beautiful quality
Many of these curtains are being seen
now with the simple insertion and edge In
place of the deep. heavy finish of solid lace
around the curtain With the draperies are
sash curtains to match
The "Brise Brise.' the half sash of mus
lin. with deep insertion of lace at the
top, can be found In every variety, and
they will vary in price from So to $50. The
Stores BONES Femmes," the pretty little
shades for the upper sash which gather I'D
at the center and sides, come in liberty
silk, silk null and other soft materials
and cost from SO to $50 each.
There various kinds of ruffied cur
tains for chamber windows in net and dot
ted and figured, and they range in price
from 81 to 50 or 81 pair. They are pretty
and In good taste. They come in Arabian
renaissance and different lace effects. En-
gl1sh novelty curtains are of net, with
simple cotton lace edging and Insertion
and range In price from 50 % up The plain
net curtain with plain ruffie Is one of
the prett1eSt and most satisfactory, and
can be purchased as low as S165 pair,
and from that up. according to the quality
of the net. The heavier nets are the most
satisfactory and durable, and they pay for
the money put into them