The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-16
FURNISHING THE SUMMER HOUSE.
Some SuxEeatiOns That Ire Novel,
 TJ1efa,I nnd pfcturcSQue.

Some Suggestions That Ire Novel;
 Useful and Picturesque.
 India ana other cvuns. les vL the Far East provide valuable suggestions for furnishing of the summer nome in cool. co.nfortao.e and inviting fashion. Many of the ideas that prevail in countries where warm weather rules continuously have been Eeized upon by furniture makers in this country and adapted to suit the conditions that the American faces from May until October.
 Wicker willow. rattan, bamboo, reed and cane supplant tho heavier woods. and cretonnes replace tapestries.
 The less you can have the lighter 1t is a good rule to remember in all sum- rner furnishing. Some of the most att tractive and most comfortable houses at the seashore and in the country are those where frank acknowledgement Is made that almost no money was available for furnishing. The simple. unpainted chairs and tables. with nothing more elaborate than cheap cotton stuffs for cushion coverings, fit in admirably with the scheme of simple country living.
 One of the advantages of fitting up for the sumner is that you may spend as much money or as little as you please, and the result. so far as essentials go, is the same. You may have prettiness and comfort. so long as you do not cumber yourself with unnecessary things, and you may have it as thoroughly for a pittance as for large expenditure.
 great deal of the furniture that one buys for the country can be used inter- changeably for lawn. piazza or house. and this Is a very desirable kind to buy. Wooden chairs and settees, with split bot af Tha Nsy0aA should be we'll seasoned, and in natural finish, or of a durable dull stain, unvarnished.
 Willow and rattan furniture are more popular than ever. and are made up in an endless variety of forms. The willow Is a little less expensive than the rattan, and Is extremely light and summery in appearance Some of the willow tables are made up with plain wooden tops, so that they can be covered to match the prevailing tones fin the room in which they are to be used. One of the novel; ties of the season is the willow birdcage, larger than the ordinary brass cage, and looking far less like a prison than metal bars
 The taste for old fashioned pieces has led to the production of new ones that will fit in well with them. There are excellent reproductions of such spindle backed wooden chairs and low rush seat ed rocking chairs as are to be found in the old time farmhouses.
 White enamelled furniture for the bed room always holds high place in the es- timatlon of those who look upon dainti- ness as the prime requisite for that part of the house This year cretonnes and prints of various kinds are used in novel ways on this kind of furniture. White wooden tables have tops made of 1t. and if forms the backs and seats of many chairs, not in the form of cushions, but attached smoothly to the wooden founda- ton.
 style of furniture that suggests Japan is made of bamboo frames. com bined with fine Japanese mating. plain or figured. Quaint sewing tables are made in this style, the top when lifted disclosing tray.
 with various compartments. This in turn may be taken out, revealing a larger receptacle below. Similar in design are chairs and stools with secret ,recesses for storing away books, maga- zines or needlework.
 I,ounging chairs have a conspicuous place in the summer cottage, whatever | it's degree. Every shape that may l tempt one to finger in its depths is | seen. Some of them have straight backs and some of them curved, and they have extensions upon which ono | may stretch his length and be at ease | One style has a great hood to shelter ] the occupant from draughts Little