The sun., 1908-06-28
IDEAS WOMEN ARE TAKING UP
CHINTZ FOR THE FURNISHING
or HOMES IN SUMMER.

italian SILK Garments q Means OF Relief
From Bad Laundry Work Benefits OF
Minister Wu's Sanitarianism-Etic Mod.
ern Woman Excels ~ Letter Writer.
Any one vino has been In the homes OF
London, from the parlors Of Mayfair TO the
little drawing rooms of .self-contained'
fats In Kensingt0n and Chelsea. must be
impressed with the popularity OF chintg
and cretonne for summer furnishing.
Walls are covered with these materials
and furniture blossoms out In the gayest
of garlands on q spotlessly white back
ground. Cushions look like heaps OF flow
ers, and beds are founced and pillowed
with the daintiest and coolest OF pinks
and blues and green's.
The effect is charming and cool. 1t Is
cheering as we'll in the gray atmosphere OF
London, and it is an eoonemical idea. for II
saves good furniture and silk and tapestry
from suramer wear and tear.
Only recently havo American house,
keepers begun to appreciate the changes
that may be wrought with ohintz during
the warm months not only in summer
homes out Of town but in the city nat. one
reason why chintz has not herotofore been
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variety used to be the only kind to be found
and was extremely expensive.
The American manufacturers are now
producing attractive results in the way
OF chintzes or their equivalent. Inc art
ticking that sells for twenty five and thirty
cents a yard is admirable for walls and
covers that require body. For cushions
there are dozens OF beautiful patterns In
cretonne and linen taffeta, silkoline and
even gauzy fabrics that can be used as
There is no reason why the American
housewife should persist IN using ne oa.k h.
ening things up with chintz for the summer.
Five or ten dollars expended on q room
will do wonders.
or course 1t is not wise to transform
an entire apartment. as that produces an
effect Of sarheness and monotony. BUT
the living room and one bedroom may
be frightened or q library transformed
from it's sombye winter dulness into bower
A wall papered In dark green or red can
be changed by frieze Of chintz matching
The cushions on couch or chairs. I,
In one home In studio building In Wash
ington Square the magazines and paper
covered books have little slip covers OF
chintz in a tiny pattern Of Dresden roses
and blue bowknots on white. The doors
are curtained In a broad satin finished
pale blue chintz striped with, white, the
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blue cover, and the walls are hune WIN
chintz in the same colors.
During the summer wicker chairs take
the place Of the heavier ones. ana the Dig
awninged window has q garden box rioting
In green vines that trail up the sides and
overflow into the room.
A gold haired girl with professional ele-
gance Of accent was giving an order at
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please send me half Dozen she said
In conclusion. "The white Italian silk with
the torchon edging," and she gave the adj
dress Of an uptown hotel and name well
known to comic opera programmes.
A quiet little matron who had been walt
ing with friend during the purchase opened
her eyes in astonishment.
what dreadful extravaganza" she ex-
claimed. And those things not nearly 30
pretty as batiste and embroidery Aren't
those theatrical girls the loudest-
Excuse me, madam, said tne saIes.
friends illuminated She doesn't buy
them for style. She gets them because she
can wash them out herself when she is on
the road -:
who travel over the one night stand routes
time saving methods than any others In the
world, Dozens Of them patronize this very
counter. famous for its Italian silk gar
ments, for the very reason which the sales
girl stated Italian silk washes like hand
kerchief. dries quickly and does not re-
Quire ironing -.
The busy actress travelling from one
place to another on schedule time has TO
devise means for laundering. Even when
she has a maid she has not in hotel rooms
the necessary conveniences Tor washing
and ironing. She dislikes to carry hampers
the problem by purchasing silk, which she
can easily wash ont herself II she has no
maid to do it,
silk seems expensive, but saves far more
than its cost in laundry bills and Is not ruined
by the inadequate hands that would tear
them to pieces In the laundr.es OF the small
towns. Then silk is always dainty and much
more comfortable than the heavier mus
Inns and cambrics.
Bad laundry work even in the large
cities is forcing women to take stand
AGAINST laundries, and one OF their means
of retaliation Is to purchase garments thai
NAV be washed with their own hands
Besides the Italian silk there is corded
wash silk which makes up well for under
garments and washes with little trouble
Torchon lace Is the best for trimming.
Then there is a orinkled silk, even prettier
which reWrlnHle6 ltSeii Wiici hiicu III tls
sun. looking very like crepe paper. Ii
comes in white and cream and all the lighter
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In the department stores they are sellinl
little tubs and boards which look like dolls
! kitchen furniture, but they are for the .nst
of women living In hotels and boarding
houses who prefer to wash their own hand
kerchiefs and lace collars.
A great many persons have as grea
horror Of an ambulance as Of q hospital
one prejudice being aas~'t az unreasonable
! as the other. Women specially do no
| like to travel in ambuances II they cal
avoid it, in spite of the fact that som,
hospitals have smart and comfortable motol
ambulances in which to journey.
! But to meet the demand for something
! else there are ambulances made like coaches
in appearance except that they are clumsy
and big. The backs open. and when th'
patient cannot sit up he is slid In on
rubber bed, which rests across the seats.
IL Is the next thing to being inside {
hearse 80 far as the sensation IL concerned
| All that ID needed to complete the illusior
| is a few floral emblems and stuffed dov,
! or two. But women prefer this kind O
coach because 1t isn't an ambulance and i
C c)sts $40 an hour.
| A certain poet famous for the warmth
of her earlier effusions desires to avoit
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