Middletown transcript., 1909-09-25

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furbish the home this season has unusua
opportunities to secure artistic matched
decorations at the price Of ordinary wal
hangings. Those conversant with fashions
in housebeld fittings know what charm
ing effects decorators have secnred using
French cretonpes and English chintzes
that exactly match the wall papers.
Hitherto such decorations have been with.
in the reach only of people with very
long purses.
American Productions
This season American manufacturer OF
wall haneinRs and Of pretty domestic Gre
tonnes, have been clever enough TO CO.
operate using exactly the same designs,
so that now anyone who wishes, can have
lovely y.rooms with wall decorations and
hangings and npholsteries in the same
colorings aud patterns. securing matched
effects that rival in completeness and
beauty the more costly imported goods.
Seine Of the New Papers
Very attractive we're some Of the eolored
sketches shown lately at prominent
Broadway hotel where the wall paper and
decorative manufacturers held their con.
ysnticE. Some papers that we're es-
peciaIly lovely in color and texture were
q s9lt neutral tintings for the side walla,
Rrays, greens, ecrus and rose shades used
with cut ont borders in floral designs, that
are applied in wide friezes at the top Of
the wall, and narrow borders just above
the Dashboard. In larger and more for
NAL rooms these narrow borders are used
to produce panelled effects, but even the
smallest and least pretentious interior be-
comes attractive when done upwith dainty
cretonne curtains and bed hangings that
exactly match the soft coloring and pretty
pattern of the wall decorations.
LOngfellow's Waysids Inn
Some OF the newest designs are exact
copies Of French handblocked papers in
the "Wayside Inn" at Sudbury, Mass,
made famous by the poet LongfelIow.
These Colonial patterns consist Of delicate,
narrow, ribbon-like stripes in blues, pinks,
ETC., on gray or soft ecru grounds, with
fascinating borders in which the color Of
the stripe is repeated in oblong blocks
decorated with urns holding roses in old
tapestry eOlOrings, while formal separate
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flowers add just the right note Of quaint
ness to the effect.
Austrian Wood Decorations
Not all the exhibits at the Breslin we're
of American manufacture, though such
goods we're in the msjority. An interest
ing Viennese hanging that when applied
gives exactly the effect Of expensive wood
panelling is q handsome and economic
substitute for wood that is being enthus-
iasticsity received by the dealers and will
no doubt be soon available to the unpro-
iessional decorator also. Its wearing
qualities are youched for by the agent.
Japanese Rice Cloth
The artistic and expensive Japanese
rice cloth with it's soft coloring and inde-
scribable sheen, has been closely copied
in some Of the new wall papers, while
leather and burlap effects are shown in
great variety in the popular and durable
Sanitas that appeals to most housewives,
NOT only because Of its beauty Of finish
and coloring, but because of its practi..
cality, since 3 damp sponge restores its
original color and freshness, and cracks
in walls do not show under its substantial
covering. The new floral designs are
pretty for chambers and up.
stairs living rooms, while tile patterns
and Dutch borders are charming for bath |
rooms, kitchens, pantries and nurseries. |
Bathroom Wrinkles
Giaas towel rods mounted in nickel, and |
many other pretty and practical devices
add 70 the comfert Of that most Iuxnfious
TO the modern home, the bath
room. Where the cost Of porcelains tiling |
d prohibitive the manufactured euhafi-
sutes answer admirably, producing very |
much the same effect at fraction Of the
.ost aud lasting rather better as there is
no tendency to craze or crack as in the
baked clay.
Bungalow Craze
Now that so many people are real or
'Bnngaloafers. an impense
impetus has been given to The mahuiac.
iure of fittings and furnishings that are
1t once attractive, durable and not too
,ostiy for these simple homes where one
AN lead a life more free from care than
nas hitherto been possible to any but tent
lWellers. These simple cottages as rule
1ave as many Of the necessary luxuries,
n the way oi bathrooms, ETC.. as one finds
q high priced city apartment. With
be airiness and space and outdoor life
Idded It is small wonder that this form
il living has ''caught on" like Wiidfrs
md that houses put up at first only for
summer occupancy ara being used for all
lie year round homes.
ELEANOR FRANcRs