Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17

them cannot fall to suggest the presence OF
dust.
In towns. rooms should be as scantlly furs
nished as possible SO as to make it easy to
keep them thoroughly clean and fresh They
sEouid suggest sweetness and cleanliness at
least, however simple they are But of
course If there are to be few things, 1t be-
comes all the more important that they
should be well chosen, that they should
speak to US of the tastes even Of the char.
acter of their owners. In a scantily-furs
nished room also the color of the walls and
OF the carpets assume special Importance.
The carpet can be well seen, and II is worth
While II possible to have a really beautiful
carpet. Your carpet will probably meet
your eyes more often than any other OBJ.
1eci In your room, and may grow to be ale
most a friend. A good carpet NAV liyA
with you all your life. and in your old age
still beautiful in its old age. may speak to
you of the children who have played on Il.
and the dear feet which have trodden It.
The decoration of the walls needs also
much consideration. Before we bewilder
ourselves with books of patterns from the
paperhangerS let try to discover what
we really want. and not be merely guided
by fashion, which one year may tell us to
have a paper covered with peacocks and
peoples, and another year to cover our
walls with brown paper. If We happen to
possess many pictures or engravfngs tho
decoration of the walls must be decided SO
as to make good background to them. If
there are few things to hang on the wallis
some may like the decoration of a well-de-
signed wall paper. But In choosing let ua
remember how often We shall look at that
wall paper, and that in most cases a quiet.
sec thing effect of color is likely to rest 10
more than a luxuriant growth of scarlet
flowers, or frieze of purple mountains
with pine trees standing out against q crime
son sky.
needs thought. To begin with they should
b, hung low enough for to see them. Il
is difficult to imagine why it should be so
common to hang pictures high above the
line of the eyes near the ceiling. Tho
frames should be well made, and suited to
the picture. We should not be tempted by
the cheap and tawdry frames. which quick.
ly fall to pieces and let in dust behind tho
glass We need not speak about the hang
ing of really fine paintings, since few are
50 fortunate as to possess them. and more
over they may almost be said to hang
themselves, as it is impossible to spoil them
But in these days II Is possible for almost
any one to have at least few photographs
or engravings of really fine pictures and
the choice of these should reflect the taste
or the owner.
Pictures likely to be of general interest
should adorn the living rooms. The faded
photographs. the awkward groups, the lit
tie feeble view of house or garden which
may mean so much to eyes that UNDER
stand, should hang in some sanctum or Sc
eluded corner. The effect OF many rooms
Is isa quite s SPOIL, by the endless photographs
dropping TO pieces in soiled plush frames,
fat babies lying on cushions or simpering
brides and awkward wedding groups. They
may have been interesting once, bnt the
time has come to put them away In q
drawer Some principles at least must
rule us II we care for the beauty of our
homes.
Let such things as we have be good OF
their kind, useful for their purpose. chosen
because they mean something to uR. Let
us not put ornament for the sake OF orna.
menf, meaningless addition to something