Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-05
THE MODERN CLOSET.
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 This is the day of the dainty closet. The dainty woman has so decided. The architects are now giving as much atten- lion to the closet as to4the family sit ting-room. and when they have done the woman herself puts on the finishing touches. reports the Washington Star
 City apartments. and even flats, az well as houses, show closets that are quite as perfect in, arrangement as any, other room in the house, even though they are small, In one corner of the modern closet is basin with hot and cold water faucets; and over the basin an electric light button.
 The walls are quite as daintiIy tinted as those of the drawing-room. and the woodwork is usually anameled. .n there is room for a chest of drawers. 1t is white, like the woodwork. and has brass knobs and trimmings.
 Not an inch of space is wasted in tho modern closet On the side which is devoted to clothing is a shallow shoe box with a 1id.a This is built in the walls and runs the length of the closet It. toos is painted white and has brass hinges.
 Several enameled boards are placed along the wall, The lower one being ata convenient height for hooks to be in serted for clothing. a These shelves are useful for hat boxes and other odds and ends of the wardrobe.
 This arrangement of the shoe box and shelves makes little wardrobe by itself, and it is quite the fad to keep the dust away from the gowns by hangin ng dainty curtains before the lower shelf. Some- times the shelves are left bare, but they often are made more attractive in ap- pearance of putting crepe paper on them, letting two or three inches extend be- low the shelf. The paper is tackled here and 1here with brass-headed thumb tack, and between tacks is gently pulled out to, make 1t look like ruffie. The yellow and pink chrysanthemum. the wild rose or the violet papers are espe- cially dainty for this purpose. and ara so durable that they will not need to be replenished more than twice a year.
 Crepe paper is also used to cover the hangers. in place of silk or satin. A dozen hangers at five cents apiece. roIL of crepe paper. a few yards of No, 5 Tfb- bon to wrap the hook, 8 sheet of cotton for padding aud pot of glue are all the accessories required to make the hangers more attractive.
 It is astonishing what one roll of crepp paper will do. If the closet is not too large, it will IeoyerseveraI shelves, hang CTS and 8 bandbox or two. Instead Of the hat boxes, bearing on the covers the trademarks of various milliners. some thing akin to- the charming old band boxes of our grandmothers' days are made. aa ssg4%t 3- M
 An ordinary hat box is lined. cover ands all, with pale pink, pale blue, yellow or white tissue paper, merely pasted at the edges If pink is chosen for the lining pink chrysanthemun paper ts used for the outside A broad satin ribbon to each side of the cover, joining in the cen- ter and tying in a big how on top, Sssishes the box & a n saGfg--@
 If the box is very large and admits of more than one hat, railliuer1 sfandaFds are placed inside to set the hats on, so feathers and flowers will not be mussed as the weight of the hat rests upon them,
 Instead of ugly pasteboard boxes which baar the labels Of the articles they contained when purchased, all the boxes which hold corsetsi odds and ends of laces and other useful things are cow. cred with figured crepe paper. This cQy-. ering not only baautifies the box. but strengthens the corners, So that the rs-- ceptacle will fast twice as long,
 If the closet is not large enough for a' shoe box, shoe and slipper bags are used for the door. with large enough slips to admit of shoe trees as we'll. Above all things else, the up-to-dats closet has giold clothes hamper or laundry bag: the latter Of course, com plete with darnipg needles and cettnns to do the weeks mending.