Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-07-27
IDEAS IN CURTAINS
SOME OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE
WINDOW DRAPERIES.
Simple Styles Frequently Give Better
Results Than the More Elaborate
Ehects-New Designs Of
the Season.

Almost every style and type OF win
dow is curtained nowadays, since it is
agreed by both householder and mer-
chant that drapery provides a dainty
finish and throws over the rooms q
softness of light obtainable by no
other means.
Loaded windows should be cur
tanned in as simple a style as possible
In order to give full value to the glass.
Double curtains are not necessary
with art glass, single drapery max
ing a better effect unless the window
be very large; and, in many instances,
a single hanging of raw silk matching
the wall will be found most artistic
The new designs are exceedingly at
tractive, and choice patterns are
shown in inexpensive curtains, as well
as the higher-prfced ones. OF the
many effective patterns in the Swiss
imported curtains the combination of
applique lace and net, as shown in
some of the illustrations, is exception
ally well manipulated. The one with
the graceful bow and rose design is
especially attractive, as well as the
wreath pattern inc1osing an oval
medallion. Equally handsome are
those of net with the popular Empire
design, but this, like the wreath and
medallion pattern, should be used in
a room where the paper or other
decoration is of harmonious design.
An effective and pretty curtain is OF
soft muslin, with a border of Swiss
work in ivory white. A very pretty
lacey design is in the ecru tint, and
equally charming are the ivory-white
Marie Antoinette curtains.
Dainty curtains are made of bob
binet with an insertion and edging of
lace in the Renaissance design, and
the lattice effect is very popular also.
For bedroom curtains point d'esprit
net, with frills of the same, is still
popular, either in ecru or ivorywhite.
Curtains for bedrooms, library and
dining-room reach the sill, while for
reception room and parlor they are
usually hung to just clear the floor.
Some of the new printed linens are
admirable for easement curtains
where a slight pattern is felt to be- de-
sirable.
For the clear pane of glass set in
nearly every front door nothing is so
satisfactory as brussels net decorated
with some sort of lace. Arabian and
Renaissance lace are the most effec-
tive. and the conventional design is
paced exactly in the center of the
net Fillet- work is easy for home
manufacture, being nothing more nor
less than the darned net in imitation
of the popular Italian method "A fiat
lace braid laid over a hem is the most
satisfactory way of finishing edges
These door curtains must be stretched
quite fiat to have the design look
well, and the tiniest of tacks are gen
erously used for holding them in
place With door curtains, especially,
one color should be adhered to; if
ecru, braid for the lace; if white, the
clear white.
In carrying out any one idea or
style in the scheme of decorating a
room, each detail needs equally care
full consideration, and often an other
wise charming effect is spoiled by
tasteless selection and arrangement of
curtains at the windows. Indeed, the
question of suitable curtains is an i'm
portant detail, and needs more than
ordinary thought.
Not only the decoration of the room
itself must be taken into considera-
ton, but the style of the windows,
and the general effect of the house as
a whole from the outside.