Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-17
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Monotony in Color

Monotony In Color
Is no longer in good taste in the furnishing
of any room. although the complaint Is still
heard that American decoration runs in
ruts. Too often rooms are apt to be OPP
pressiyely blue or oppressively yellow. or
eppressively something else. Now, it is the
pleasing combination of colors that should
be sought after.
{. This gives wide latitude In the color
scheme of room. and in the dining room
furnishes an opportunity for great deal
of ingenuity. Three eolors are said to be
none too many here, and some authorities
admit that four even are better IL they bear
the right relation one to another. But II
they are not managed skillfully. and are
thrown together heterogeneously, they will
give the effect of a patchy, inharmonious
whole.
Yellow, green and brown will work up
well In dining room. The wall paper can
carry the yellow and green in softened
shades; the rug well furnish combina-
ton of all three coors, and the most ap-
propriate of all chairs are those uphol-
stored in brown leather. The bric-a-brac.
the plates on the plate rack, as well as the
dishes for use on the table, can supple
ment the color scheme and bring out a
most pleasing effect.
Once it was thought that unless one could
indulge in expensive Sevres there could be
no effort made in the selection of artistic
table ware. Cheap dishes We're so common
place, and the few conventional designs
found in them so easily recognized. that
their use was considered bad taste. But we
have grown past the time when tea could
only be drank out of cup so thin that the
liquid plainly could be seen through 1t and
when the china was washed on the teaboard
in the dining room and never taken to the
Kitchen Now most attractive china can be
found In both foreign and American ware
and at price that Is a joy to the slender
pCcketbook.
The usual situation is not that of select
ing an entire set, but of buying odd pieces
to supplement those already in USE and re-
placing the pieces that have been broken.
For dining room with the color scheme
mentioned, dishes can be found printed In
orange red and green on pure white Then
there are others in deep old pink that are
different from the pale china roses that we
have wearied Of
Devon art ware furnishes innumerable
pieces of bric-a-brac, trays. mugs and
caDdlesticss for use on the sideboard and
rack, that are decorated in browns and
greens.
Where the color scheme admits the use of
blue there even is more chance for pleas
Ing variety in blue and white dishes These
now include beautiful table pieces In Chin
esq and Japanese ware as well as those
bearing the German, English and Holland
mark.
Things to Know
To Darker Brown Boots.-Rub all over
with piece of clean white flannel wetted
with ammonia. Give two applications and
then polish with the usual brown polish
For the Cook.-When weighing treacle
for cooking purposes, well flour the scale
first, and the treacle will run off quite
aae ell
When Washing Silk stockings.-Efther
colered or black. never use soap; warm
bran water should be used, and the stock
ings should be squeezed or run through the
wringer and dried In the shade
A Good Cement for Glass-Can be made
in the following way Melt a little isingIass
in spirits Of wine and add a small quantity
of water; warm the mixture over the fire:
when thoroughly mixed and melted 1t will
form an almost transparent glue, and will
join glass almost invisibly
To Brighten Copperware.-Sprinkle a If
Ire crushed borax on a flannel cloth that
has been wetted in hot water and well
soaped This will brighten the copper like
magic. Rinse and polish.
Many Mistakes
Made IN the decorating of the SIMMER
homes are the result of poor workmanship
In carrying out what in the beginning were
good Ideas.
Housekeepers of limited means often show
wonderful courage in undertaking things
for which they have had no previous train
Ing With no tools at hand which a trained
workman would require, the dauntless wo-
man sometimes will undertake the boidest
projects. AS a natural result her work
often Is insecure and bunglesome.
Were little time to be spent during the
summer months in studying the require
ments of the house the autumn rearrange-
n he ha2
this reason some books at least upon the