The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-03
TINE TO REPLACE
SUMMER ORAPER|ES
IS DRAWING NEAR
Fashion of Using Heavy Mate
rials for Winter is Less in
Vogue Than Years Ago.

With the advent OF September.
housekeepers' thoughts turn toward
the selection Of draperies, curtains.
etc, to replace those In use in sum
mer, supposing there are none packed
away to be brought to light again
and rehung.
To-day. when houses are kept warn
all winter, 1t Is less the fashion to use
heavy drapertes than II was a few
years ago. Those that are light both
in weight and coloring are In vogue.
House furnishings on this order can
be bought for such a comparatively
small sum that when they are faded
or very much soiied 1t often costs less
TO buy new ones than to get heavy
curtains CLEANED, so that the lighter
draperies may also be said to be
more hygienic.
The variety OF pretty stuffs is so
large that one an usually get suited.
provided she knows exactly what she
wishes to buy. This IL a problem
many women v to confront. They
know when something is wrong, but
fall to be able to explain just where
the fault lies. with disappoint,ne ut as
the result when the new draperies are
In place.
When a woman buys a hat she
keeps In mind h coiors of the gowns
she will wear with II. but In buying
curtains h Is APT to lose sight Of
some Of the points that should be re-
membered.
She should consider the position of
the Don whether north or south; the
design OF the wall paper, which is,
perhaps. more important than the
color; the floor covering and the wood
work.
1t is safe to say hat when the wall
paper Is plain-a solid color-or CON-.
bined with a figured border, figured
curtains will always look well, while
plain curtains finished with an edge
or border should be hung In rooms
covered with a figured paper. Then
n designs should harmonic. A
bedroom bordered with 4 floral paper
in yellow should not be draped with
curtains in a conventional design, as
fieur de lys. heraldic or conventional
enects. v . though the coiorings in
the curtains exactly match those In
he wall paper, II the floor covering
Is a rug In natural fioral effects. the
curtains may carry out the same idea,
but II the rug h Of = conventional
design. the curtains may display sow-
ers conventionalizod.
yellow. suggesting light and warmth
u q 6SVo OsS AoN y H0Itn ToQIn, 80
are pink and soft old rose. Green
and blue are cool cOlors. SO should
be chosen for roonls which admit a
good deal of. sunahina. Red suggests
warmth, but IL rather heavy looking
for the average small room unless II
be library or den. Brown IL very
restful, and a combination Of browns
running from lawn to wood brown.
introducing q little green, 10 q most
successful choice for q living room
furnished with woodwork Ii oak,
when not facing due north.
/ have In mind : very pretty north
room that IN used az 1 sitting room.
The woodwork = painted white and
the wall paper has an ivory back
ground. with atripee OF tiny baskets
OF flowers connscted with bows OF
ribbon. snggssting the empire period
The colors Arc natural, pink PREVAIL
Ing. but blurred IN affect. which il
most attractive. The window hang.
insa r aAsh curtains of 1sne white
scrim. banging etfaight from the top
and trimmed With 4 band OF flet lace
above . deep ham. The, outer cur
tains are OF soft old rose rep. edged
with q four-inch band OF 6slioon- carr
rying out thu anms catering as the
wall paper, Just tins SANS Indefinite
tones Of olive, pink ana dAshas a.
dark red. Tbs enact II sxtrsmsly