The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-18


OF railway station.
Large means and narrow means alike
seek the suburbs IN these days when
business is more and more encroaching
on the city and driving the residential
part out Of the streets where traffic has
the right of way. People begin, for ex-
ample, by moving away from the center
into one of the less thickly settled
neighboThOods reached by electric cars,
and gradually, Is the shops move in
their direction, they conclude that they
must go a little farther. off. across a
ferry or TO a hamlet which affords space
and sunlight and Fairgrounds for grow
ing children. The millionaire, capital
lst and the banker are commuters; so.
too, are clerks, statesmen. accountants
and other wage carriers whose salaries
make necessary rigid economy.
Around the suburban station. at Ger
tain hours, one sees cQuipdSeS OF pro-
nOunCed splondOr. and in these days
the automobile is usurping the place
formerly taken by the SNOWY carriage
and the pair of weli-groomed horses
The rich they ride in their chaises, and
the poor trust TO their own feet. but
rich and poor. as I have said, are at
present gravitatiuS toward suburban
homes As a place Ct homes the city
has had its day. True, there are still
and there always will be people whom
circumstances compel TO live i'm town.
There VIII be. too. conserve tiVes who
cling stubbornIy to the brOwnstOne
front with its UucOmpTomising air with
out and its crypt-like shadow within.
Whoever has exchanged the semi-dark-
ness Of a home in d row of chocolate
COlored houses in a narrow city street,
with windows on two sides opposite
one another. for the opcn-air freedom
and unconfined sunshine of a detached
building with windows on four sides.
will never again be willing TO go back
TO the gloom Of the former estate.
As for the close CrOWding Of 4 city
apartment in comparison with the con-
veniences of a country cottage, there IS
nothing to be said in favor Of the first
If you have long purse YOU may
furnish your suburban home as you
please If YOU expect 10 live In it all
the year round. you viii furnish with
more regard to appearances and to sta
biIity than if you are merely making
Il an encampment for summer quar-
tiers.
Take first the item Of floor coverings.
Hardwood floors are, of course, prefer
able, but if YOU cannot have them, stain
the floors in cherry. black walnut or
oak as you please. The ideal floor Is
of hardwood. so treated that il may be
kept polished and perfectly clean at The
cost only of the ordinary hOusekeeper'
labor
zone might" said a housekeeper to
me, throw buckets of water all over
this house at any time without doing
mite of dams ge."
Floor coverings for a suburban cot
tage i'm summer or in winter should new
er be Of the old-fashioned carpets that
are bulky and dusty that have to be
nailed down with infinite care and
pains. and that must be taken IN at
intervals and sent to thu steam clean
ers. housekeeping Is nightmare
only when people ia 20 too much heavy
furniture to move about and too many
cumbersome carpets to take Up and put
down AGAIN
Oriental rugs are TIE delight of their
possessors, but they cost a good deal
Of money and there 4 re domestic rugs
that closely initiate them i'm tint and
texture and answer the purpose as well
as il they had been imported
Among the pTetUest available floor
coverings are cotton rugs, some Of them
made in ireland and some in England.
while others are produced here at home
They come IN different tints and de
signs those in n solid color being the
more popular choice. Nattings of ev-
cry kind are pretty and satisfactory in
a suburban home II used in a living
room they should be in a solid color.
and here and there rugs should break
their nonotoEy-
For the decoration OF walls come pa
pers in so many beautiful styles and
patterns that the variety is bewildeT-
ing North rooms where there is. little
sunshine should be papered in cream
or yellow tiuts, o. should have q sprink
ling Of red to brighten them up. Red
as a solid color should not be used in
bedroom. nor should dark green or dark
blue be chosen in a SIeeping-TOOm- Neu-
trail tints are better here. A pale gray.
4 sea green or a delicate yellow, d
Towering pattern of roses or apple bios
SONS may be wisely selected.
Never choose a large and striking
pattern for a small room. Stripes add
to the height of a room. and a ( pres
ent there Is q dainty fashion Of paper
ing ceilings I'm white, allowing a depth
of perhaps eighteen or twenty inches
at the top Of the wall. instead OF the
old-fashioEed conventional border. This
runs around the dies Of the room and
may be finished WneTe the ceiling joins
the wall Dy narrow moulding Of white
Or gilt. according to taste
j YOUR GttldEe = Simply ltiltblSilNtl-
choose for window drapeTieS. pOTtieTes
and furniture coverings crCtOnne or
chintz rather than anything more sump
tuoUs. Creto1ue IS picturesque and ar
tistic and has the advantage OF be
ing easily fTeshened uD by the laun-
dress.
II YOU lavish money anywhere. let il
De in the Iiniug-rOOm. Furnish this
room vito table sideboard and chairs
that are well made and worthy of the
place where YOU exercise hospitality
When Sir Edward BUTne-JOneS and mis-
wife were married they oT1C~ed made
for their Use a dining table 50 large and
so fine that they feared ii would throw
everything else they had into the shade.
Years after. " hen other things in their
home had grown uD tn match the beau
tifuI table it was still their pride. If
you cannot afford to get everything at
once, furnish the dining-room first and
let the iiVing-room wait
The chief requisites Of q living room
are a sofa or divan. two or three low
bOOksbo1Vev a library table, Il lamp