The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-08
ADVICE TO BUYERS OR RUGS.
RED THE FAVORITE COLOR. nut
NOT THE BEST.
Partly Worn Rug to he Avoided Rugs
and MArrtNRe-C1ty Fashions and
Country StyIes--FloOr Coverings for
People OF Modest Means Tho variety.

houssfurpishing bill and the choosing of
which is likely to give trouble to the woman
Una oquaiated with the relative merits OF
modern, antique, domestic and imported
floor coverings. There hay been cases, in
fact, in which choosing floor coverings has
| outolassed In importance choosing an
Easter hat.
Chairs and tables in all stages OF youth
and old age may be picked UP for a song,
almost, at bargain sales, and mnde TO do
good ~aervice for many yearD. Not %
standard makes OF rugs. Few wome care
to buy a partly worn rug unless, indeed,
it ia an antique, and the average house.
keeper is not looking for antiques. What
Is more, the average housekeeper Of mod
crate means would better refuse 10 be
cajoleI into buying partly worn rugs.
When a rug reaches the zenith Of its
career-the partly worn stage-it may pre-
sent a fairly good appearance, an almost
as good as new look calculated to deceive
the inexperienced buyer. Nevertheless, it's
descent from that point to old age is rapid.
Like some people, when a rug begins to
go down hill it goes fast.
In q chat about biz stock O dealer re-
marked that perhaps the most difficult
! PURCHASERS " NNtl WIN ''p i-'"hg
married or about to be married pair, for
the reasone first, that they knew absolutely
: nothing about rugs, and, second, that they
were 80 extremely polite to each other.
Not for worlds, said he, will one come
out and contradict the other in the sales
mans presence. or give a decided OF il ion
I for fear it won't he the or Union of the other.
DO you like that rug?' asks the bride.
/, q hit =. n 80, ID = ,Er-n tin al
The woman pushes the rug aside and
! begins all over On another which the man
has admired.
George, dear, If you prefer that rug
It will suit ice just as we'll as the other
she says.
II want yoi to pick out the one you
like best: whichever suits you will suit
me protests the mar.
And 90 it goes on for hours, or at least
it seems like hours TO IA busy salesman.
Five years ater, though, when the same
rair come around it is easier 10 sell to them,
and IL is not hard to tell, either, which of
the pair Is boss when selecting house fur
nishings. Sometimes it is the man. but
oftener the woman.
II will take that, she Bays with decision,
after looking over the stock Of rugs within
her price, and the man Keeps still.
Strange to say nearly all newly married
people Of small means choose q red rug.
" 1t looks so cheerful, they say.
NO, not by any means is II the best choice.
For long and hard wear solid colors and
two toned effects would better be avoided.
for the reason that they show dust and
footmarks and t~hreadbare spots sooner
than patterns Of mixed oolors. and small
patterns always wear letter than large
ones.
The newes, designs in low priced rugs?
Unau cstionably quite small designs have
the lead with customers who live in cities,
but now, aa always, people of small means
living in the country OF a suburb prefer
large floral designs which represent nature
I believe if some OF our suburban customers
we're obliged to select one Of those small
conventional designs they would be quite
unhappy.
Manufacturers know this, go do the
retailers. consequently the stock OF every
New York concern which deals in domestic
rugs and the cheaper varities Of imported
rugs always Includes many patterns which
are not strictly fashionable.
But from a fashionable standpoint rug
patterns, exospt those in period designs.
are smaller than they have been in some
time. 4 very remarkable feature of the
latest output Of rugs OF domestic manu-
facturc. like Anglo Persian and French
Wilton. for instance, is the wonderful varie-
ties which ara exact copies Of genuine Per-
sian rugs and Of period effects formerly OBJ
tainable only in rug costing anywhere
from several hundred to several thousand
dollars each"
If a purchaser Of Il! Oldest means should
come to you for help in choosing floor cover
ing for an apartment or a small house what
would you suggest" the dealer was asked.
If Il we're a summer cottage and GOODNESS
was a consideration | would recommend
for bedrooms. as well as foo the porch,
| Algerian rugs made of cocoa fibre and fibre
rugs made of wood pulp, either of which
win last for AZ least three seasons and which
are uncommonly artistic both in designs
and colors and almost cheap. An Algerian,
for example, 0 by IL feet, costs SO; y 3 by G
foot size ooets only $3.50. \ wood fibre
rug o bv IL feet NAV he had for 80.
We have customers who even use thoSe
The fibre rugs come in blue and white.
red and white, green and white, in japanese
and in conventional designs
Mazook rugs, made of cocoa fibre in two
tones, with patterns Of plain centres and
fancy borders and with irregular cluster:
OF white bands here and there on 2 colored
surface; pilgrim rugs OF notified green's
and cf browns trimmed with white. II
not unlike rag carpet minus the hapheHard
ARA nIement OF colorS, and a third variety
of cotton rug resembling Wilton rugs or
uncut velvet, and to he had in rose. in red,
in two shades of blue and two shades of
green. the borders relieved With scroll
designs and Grecian patterns done in white,
we're also pointed ont a. being among the
best selling rigs for slImlner wear.
Body brussels .r,iG,s," continued the
dealer, "are the standby Of all housekeepers
who cannot afford q big outlay for floor
coverings. These will stand "a much hard
usage az any r7tg on the market; they look
we'll in any room, even n nursery. and 40
far a. designs go some of the latest ex-
amples are reproductions OF real Persians
which cost SS0o and more. A first quality
body brussels rig suitable for dining room.
living room, parlor or bedroom ccsts
"Thc Administer is another low priced
rug which gives good wear and in which
this season both Oriental designs in dark,
rich colors, and designs traced in the llghtest
and daintiest of cfilors, conventional de-
signs and rich floral designs are all repro
duced for the low figure Of $40 for a 0 by IL
size, ST. for an g feet 3 inch by 10 feet 0 inch
size. There can he no doubt that medium
dark, small designs in which a good deal
If rad and prnen n m, mixed. wear the best.