The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-21
DECORATING THE
HOME FOR AUTUMN
A Celebrated Authority Writes That
the Ha||is Neglected for the Dec
Grafton of the Drawing Room.

There are hardly two women out OF ten
who make the hall one of the speciaisies
of autumn decorations. Indeed Auds 81
SO far as to say that the haM Is COM
paratively neglected. In England the nall
corresponds greatly to our sittinS-room,
but the American use OF the word conveys
the idea Of a narrow passage leading from
the front door TO staircase opposite, OF a
passage that extends the 1ull length OF
The house. II is the main purpose OIL tnIS
article to treat OF hall decoration.
It is easy enough to make beautiful
surroundings out of material that IS so
charmingly designed as to be almost SELF
decorated; but 1t is another matter with
regard to commonplace material, Wnich
needs all our efforts to effect success.
Therefore. 1 an, not going to devote words
to the pretty, sQuarely-built hall, which
is only occasionally to be met with. but
intends to discuss ways and means where
by the straight, narrow hall, which Is re-
garded as hopeless from an artistic point
of view, and which is encountered in most
houses OF everyday build, may be i'm
proved. and, IL 1t be a dark hall, frightened
Here are one or two schemes Of color
ing. Cream paint and plain cream paper,
with Anaglypta frieze or a dado: or a
cream paper picked out in gold. and pale
tan-colored felt or corridor rug on the
floor, with surrounding oak-stained boards
Walls distempered in acknowledgment
or art-blue with paint and carpeting to
match or a shade or two darker.
A self-colored wallpaper OF rough tex
ture in shade Of dull shrimp-pink; or
merely a dado Of this paper and distemper
above in a. lighter shade. Terra-cotta felt
or corridor rug.
Dado of brown. rough paper, and wall
above washed cream. Brown felt or fan
CIV CARPET in a mixture of shades Of brown
merging to cream.
Primrose washed or papered walls: paint
to match Art corrdor-rug in tones of
soft green. burnt ivory and primrose.
with, perhaps. touch OF old rose.
Keep the scheme OF decoration as light
as possible when the hail is too narrow to
admit of any furniture being introduced
When there is old oak to be disposed of.
a more solid-looking scheme may be de-
srable. A ylain self-colored wall invaria bly,
forms a good background to dark oak.
Acknowledgment or art-hlue. for instance.
Again, a treatment that works out sue
cessfully is to wash the walls art-blue.
and have a dado OF straw mating These,
then. are few suggestions which may be
of use as they are. or serve as guides TO
other ideas dictated by individual pref
erence.
There is one thing I Should ike to add
with regard to the entior- Of felt as a
hoor-covering. Few things are prettier.
so far as appearance: goes: but felt has the
drawn ack CT showing soil eesiiy. and If
used in a hall. where there is, OF course.
constant traffic to and from the front
door, it is likely to become discolored very
quickly On the whole. therefore, it Is
more advisable to use a corridor rug or
patterned stair-carpet.
The novel feature Of the hall am sug-
costing is the glass window let into the
upper part Of the wall. In the ordinary
house there is usually q sitting-room
leading out Of the hall on the right or on
the left. The situation Of this room.
therefore, must decide ass to whether
the window shall be cut In the right or left
wall In the ..sandwitched" and semi
detached house one of the walls OF the
hall separates two houses: it goes with
out saying, therefore. that the window
must be let into the opposite wall. This
window can run the length of the wall as
far as the door of the sitting-room or may
case be divided into panes. and draped
here and there with dwarf curtains OF
art silk or muslin (colored or cream)
lovely effect Is gained If little shelf
Is run beneath the window to hold art
lars ~ n11rrsarther1i,rs. roses, or any
.re7 sr.,s t,a rnr-.ere
"a foil --'tn srs .-'at w,rarv. --"''s
.v,.rcaed pale gree- fn- art hu-,. and
dado or dark oak-staincd wood. dwarf
Curtains of male green silk ani-ft space
allows-as black oak ha1l-seat or chest.
grandfather clock, brass or copper palm
stand and waving MIA nj w.nJld afzsuredly