Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-04
FLOORS IN SUNNI Err
AMERICAN GRASS MATTINGS ARE
IN VOGUE.
Algerians in Vivid Colors and
Their Various
Uses.



However the housewife may pride her
self upon the dizziness and genuineness Of
her rugs and the brilliant polish and ex-
quisite granting of her woodwork, with
summer there comes a longing for different
1oorings. The rugs look heavy, and are
banished to the cedar chest in the attic
The CLEAN of the polished wood tires the
eye. and she sallies forth in search of floor
ings which will suggest greenery and wood
land retreats. ~.
Her thoughts turn naturally to mating
and in this field of summer fioorings she
finds herself bewildered by the array of
textures and coloring. For covering entire
floors, the American mating, made from
crex grass fiber. and the japanese mat
ting, made from rice straw, are leaders in
popularity, while in rugs of vegetable fiber
Algerian weavas take precedence.
Crex. or grass mating. is woven from
rush fiber. with warp of strong cotton. The
creX wool is always one tint-a soft green
ish white-but the warp shows green, red
and blue, to suit various tastes. The COM
bination of the dull blue with the greenish
tint of the crex is particularly odd yet
restful in a warmly tinted room.
Inc crex mating comes in three widths
from the ordinary thirty-six-inch strip to
nine feet, just the width for a small sum-
mer cottage ROOM 1t is also woven in
small rugs, with the warp knotted into a
fringe on either end and these sell from
"A cents up, according to size. 1t is made
in various qualities for various purposes
and in the finer grades is almost as soft as
the imported mattings, but less pliable.
|. Soft as Silk.
The japanese ma things are as soft as silk
and crumple in the hands like crepe. Fas-
cinating designs show underlined squares
each having as it's center a floral piece in
exquisite colorings-roses, orchids, chrys-
anthemums and cherry blossoms. In nat
ural tints and double or treble their nat
ufai size These mattings are used not
only for flooring, but are continued i'm fba
wall as a wainscoting, and when square
is left over from the floor covering with
It's horal design, it can be utilized as a
covering for porch cushion.
Inc algerian rugs, woven from cocoa
Eper lead far and ahead in the race of rugs.
native or imported, for summer ponuJarttv
They are light weight. plia BILE, cleanly and
distinctly oriental in their colors. The
outer border Is invariably green, and with
| IN the design shows four sunset effects in
true Algerian yelows, reds and blues
For use with both the Japanese and fbe
Algerian ftoorings there are hangings in
corresponding colors and designs Those
Tor the japanese effects are of beads. bam-
boo sticks and shells, working out a hinge
flower design. or smiling Geisha girl The
Algerian hangings are loosely woven silk
or cotton, repeating the sunset design and
colOflnSS.
The Algerian rugs are particularly eff
lectlVe for porch use, when the porch ia
converted into the real living room with
| rush furniture and afternoon tea parapher-
MALTA.
Cotton for Summer.
japanese cotton rugs, which when new.
| have something of the Wilton finish. are
excellent for summer homes. For ten or
| twelve dollars the housewife may pureha se
one of these rugs amply large for covering
the living room. and in any shade which
| VIII tone with her furnishings White of
distinct oyster tint is combined with s,pe
green, dull blue. Pompeiian red and lilac
when the dining room floor of the s,lno
| Iner nome is found to be rough and IN
| even. linoleum proves an excellent substi
tute Tor cheap parquetry and is easily kent
| clean A country home whose dining room
| Is furnished in blue and white has a floor
| ing OF iinoleum showing white parouetrv
ngures on parcelain blue ground An
| ingram art square in the same colorings
was placed under the table. and the floor
| Is not only effective but easily kept clean
| during the hot summer days.
A good linoleum should last three summer
| seasons, and then do duty in the winter
| kitchen for six months more