The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-27

- ONE day an enterprising interior
decorator will make speciality
of summer cozy corners. The
~ decorated angle in the room
is ordinarily uncomfortable
enough but in hot weather the So
1ourner therein finds IL about as pleas
ant as the active crater OF Mont Pelee.
Draped hooks accumulate dust. SCOT
and microbes, on which account, even
when windows may be closed to dis
turbing breezes. these recesses are not
TO be recommended as hygienic.
Corners may be arranged TO look we'll
and yet be satisfactory no matter how
high the mercury. This has been dem
onstrated by three clever bachelor wo-
men who spend the summer in town
Two of them occupy corner apartments
In a large suburban house accommo-
dating professional women, while the
other one is the fortunate possessor of
a room with double window.
The schoolteacher occupies one of the
corner rooms. and from her only well
ventilated nook glares a steam radiator
Now, radiators are not decorative.
Many women would be discouraged IL
they were called upon TO face one as the
first enigma of their artistic experience
Not so the schoolmistress; difficulty
only gave zest 10 the problem. She
placed on the top OF the radiator n thin
strip OF board. From this she draped
green washable silk. This hid the iron
pipes. She then covered the strip OF
wood with a hemstitched art square of
white linen. Thus the unsightly radia-
tor was transformed into "A table. and on
IL magazines and pamphlets were dis
posed i'm orderly array. For the sum-
mer temporary shelves were put up
about the nook. Two long ones extend
ing the width OF the alcove supported
pretty plaques and bits OF bric-a- -brac.
On the side shelves was a collection of
favorite books. To bring the ornaments
into bold relief plain green cartridge
paper was tackled upon the wall in the
rear.
Swiss curtains hid the sides OF the
windows. while handsome pieces of
Chinese drapery formed valances above.
Pots containing tall palms and ferns
were ranged i'm front of the sashes that
the curtains might be drawn back to
the fullest extent for the admission of
air and still undue publicity be avoided.
The lower sashes were protected by
wire nettings so that no insects could
penetrate the room even at night. when
green shaded lamp was lighted on the
little round table. Nothing could have
been more satisfactory than the Morris
chair in the corner. It's stiff cushions
were so cool and luxuriously easy!
Heavy pieces OF furniture had been
removed In the spring and light ones
substituted. In the evening when the
owner sat between the two windows I'm
her comfortable chair she had no need
10 envy friends who were at the sea-
shore or in the mountains.
A nook adorned with blue and white
was presided over by the woman who
occupied the room just above the school
mistress. She, too. had the advantage
OF windows on different sides OF the
house. Simple white swiss curtains
shaded her sashes. The wall paper was
white. with a delicate pattern in gold
Unframed photographs and etchings
were sparingly scattered over the walls.
and dainty japanese lanterns filled the
spaces between the frames.
The middle room on the same floor
was occupied by another ingenious
bachelor woman. She made the best OF
q great double mullioned window which
opened upon the garden. The sills were
occupied by deep boxes filled TO over