Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-12
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The Furniture

Is the starting point from which to choose
the color for walls and woodwork. The
light plays the next important part, and
subordnates the need of using rugs already
on hand as these can usually be brought
into harmony by the selection of curtains.
In rare cases it is wei to enamel furni-
ture when it is possible to get the palmer
designs of unfinished fine furniture.
dining room was successfully furnished
in this way, the chairs being of plain wood
with many rungs in the backs. The side
board was kitchen dresser, with space on
the shelves for outstanding plates These
and the unfinished pine dining table were
enan1efed by a professional, and the wood
work was also done in the white. The walls,
left in the unfinished plaster, were done III
red. The chair cushions We're of plain red
reps, and the curtains were OF dark red,
partly transparent material, with something
Of grenadine effect.
A dining room in which the furniture was
black walnut. shading to the lighter tones,
was brought into harmony by using gold
en- brown crepe paper and by painting the
woodwork in dull black. Blue was intro
duced with tan color in the rug and cur
tainS
Black walnut. which is unfortunately con-
sdered impossible by many housekeepers,
made the best of effects with a lavender
color scheme in bed room. The lavender,
which seems to be pet bed room idea with
any number of women, put into the
walls and rugs and portieres. which were
on the rag carpet order and woven accord
ing to direction. A little green was intro
duced for relief. and the woodwork was
white and the curtains were of white
ground, figured strongly in purple clematis,
with q less amount of green in the stems
and leaves
Oak furniture does not go Well with red
and where il is necessary to retain a red
rug if the latter is at all dark a dark yell
low will be successful on the walls. The
walls and paper can then be harmonzed
with Powered curtains i'll red and yellow
madras. Blue back of oak is always
good choice, and there are many greens that
go with it well.
Mahogany, for which there are many good
settings is never so well shown as with
green walls and white enameled woodwork.
The white enamel is especially good in
throwing out the outlines of the mahogany.
pretty parlor scheme has paper and por-
there's of a strong rose, with white enam-
eied woodwork. The mahogany furniture
is upholstered with satin damask. the larger
pieces in old rose and the smaller ones in
mixed tapestry of old rose and green. Green
overcurtains were used at the windows,
which gave the variety of two-toned eff
feet.
Old-Fashioned-
Crochet and broad Hamburg insertion
through which ribbon can be run are two
trimmings which now are evident in house
hold decorations. The insertion run with
broad satin ribbon is used across the ends
of pillow cases, and the bedspread is car
ried out in the same style, usually by APP
plying it straight across the top edge in
place of the turned-down sheet Curtains
of the white. also bordered with the in
sertion and ribbon, also are put on at the
sides and tied at the corners where the
spread is not made to hang low. In each
case the material is of muslin in light
weight, which looks far prettier than would
| be imagined when trimmed in this way.
Another use of insertion in the finer linen
kinds is in afternoon tea cloths and linen
coy corners. Shades of ribbon matching the
candles or china are chosen and tied in
elaborate bows Crocheted linen insertions
in which the pattern is not much more than
a wide heading for the running of ribbon
are now done at home for this use, and the
oldfashioned kinds of crocheted lace are
used again for the trimming of tea, toilet
and sideboard cloths, as well for night
dress cases, pincushions, and the ends of
holsters.
The Delights
as nothing compared to those where chill
dren participate, and it is an ideal way to
entertain for both the large and small chill
dren at the same time. The joy with which
they discover each others identity is only
equaled by the way in which they recognize
the heroes of their own small fiction. A ball
of this kind to which the parents were in
vlted to come and look on later in the even
ing was given by an ambitious mother for
her three, who were all at home together
in this way to their friends who ranged
from six to fourteen. There We're numerous
Buster Browns, pollywogs, butterflies in
brown and gold and brown. and little Jap
anese girls with long Powered kimonos and
their hair done up with Japanese fans and
umbrellas. Flowers were represented Witt
one little girl who was a pink and another
a scarlet poppy, one with yellow butter
cups and another with pink daisies. A little
Geisha girl had yellow chrysanthemums on
either side of her baby face. Fairy queens
in silver spangled tulle with silver coronets
abounded, while there were other fairies in
green and silver and dragon fly in glitter
ing green and gold. One demure little maid