Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-24

In Contrast
To the reception room den is small
coy breakfast room of the summer home.
1t has wide window which fills pretty
nearly all the space between two walls, and
Is made of small loaded panes of glass 1t
Is attractive and "Frenchy'' for the side
brackets have pots Of bright colored grow
ing flowers, and the, broad shelf under
meath holds towering plants. too The blue
and white wallpaper of the room is one OF
ourlap design, which matches SO well the
blue and white china which should be used
here. Chairs. table. serving table and cabi-
net with doors of loaded glass are of white
enameled wood. The low window seat has
a cushion covered with blue Irish cloth.
matching the chair seat coverings and the
rugs are of heavy denim. On the table and
about the room are vases of duets when
ever they are In season. Does not this lit
tie room entice your On even the hottest
morning 1t will invite appetite, and what
happy tete-a-tete luncheons may be eaten
in It's cool Enclosure. Here the children
have their meals, and any one who wishes
to eat sans gene.
And still there Is the upstairs to consider,
where fancy may run riot among a fasci-
mating number of wallpapers with their
match Dainty easement musllns white
and with colored patterns: tinted ana
stained wood dressing tables, chiffoniers
desks and bureaus all are fascinating
Brass beds hold their own with the aristo-
cratic four posters with their carving and
inlaid work, their iaborate canopies and
spreads and box holsters of brocade silks
A nice room for daughter of the home
Is one furnished with a brass bed with
white maple dresser chiffonier and dress
ing table, not forgetting a swing glass in a
white marble frame. Her working desk
and dressing chair, and rockers all come
IN the same finished wood. For the male
members of the family or a guest room,
use the brass bed with the furniture In
mahogany or colonial design For a simple
room pretty idea Is to have ring fast
ened into the ceiling and dotted Swiss mus
Lin curtains passed through to fall on
either side of the brass bed. A dotted mus
lin valance, spread and cover for the box
bolster are in harmony
The walls should have a flower design
paper with white predominating Cool
white linen should cover the seats of the
white wicker chairs and lounge.
The prettfest wallpapers for bed cham
bers this summer are the chintz patterns
with flower effects. and the cretonne chair
cushions and curtains generally match.
There is, too. an attractive wallpaper or
trelis work design with roses that makes a
bowery, summary room, and is popular
The desk furnishings of porcelain should
correspond with the cretonne ok-every bed
room, as also the washstand furnishings.
And last comes the veranda, by no means
least In Importance; for out Of sight of
passersby, it is the place where comfort
rules.
The floor is covered with rugs of Bonn
bay mating and rag carpet rugs Hong
kong long chairs vie in suggesting repose
with the wide swinging seats with bright
mattress covers. The pretty striped
awnings shade any unwelcome glare, and
the growing flowers in the boxes give orna-
ment. Here every kind of little table for
work and tea and card playing is found.
Here fancy lanterns give illumination at
night, and birds in cages sing, and palms in
pretty jardinieres grow. From this happy
retreat we step into the garden, and here l
will leave you until another time.