The Holbrook news., 1911-06-16
AT MODERATE COST
HOUSES MAY BE FURNISHED IN
 ARTISTIC STYLE.
Special Attention Is Now Being Paid to the Designing of Moderate Priced Fabrics of Every
 Shade and Color.

A woman who is furnishing a re- cently-built house told friend that it was now the easiest thing in the world the color and the grade preferred, says the New York Sun.
 Tn the store where I placed my or der," said she, there were hundreds of varieties to select, representing al most as many grades of price. As a result think I will have a very artis- tic house at relatively small cost"
 At the store where she shopped a man who has been handling the up- holstery goods for 30 years said that manufacturers and retailers now paid special attention to the designing of moderate priced fabrics, for the req son that the demand for them was far ahead of the demand for the cheapest or the costliest. As an illustration he showed jutes, cotton reps, mercerized reps and cotton tapestries, all of which he said are in great demand at this time of the year, which included de signs and colors as good as those in high-priced goods.
 Cotton tapestries, for instance, used extensively for bedrooms and plain liv- Ing-rooms may be had in nearly any shade of art green, in old Venetian red, old rose, ecru or brown, both self toned and two-toned. One design in jasper effects showed small French wreaths of old rose on an ecru ground. One of the newest patterns had five inch long, very narrow bars of cham pagne or cream color on a green, red or rose background.
 Some of the jutes look like and feel like oriental fabrics and they cost only from $1 to $2 yard and are 50 inches wide. The ground color in the most beautiful Is champagne, patterned with inch and half stripes in tiny flower design done in Persian colors. Between these stripes, which are five inches apart, are small oblongs of Persian colors. Other designs in oval have strips. wreaths or oblongs of beautifully Blended colors on a smoke color, gray or a cream ground. Some charming French wreath designs are self-toned.
 The mercerized cotton rep, which like the others is stout, strong and a good wearer and has a silk-like finish, is shown in three wales, the widest nearly a quarter of an inch, and the greens and reds and ecrus are the most effective.
 New basket weaves and colors dis tinguish the arras cloths, classed also among the inexpensive upholstery fab rics and more popular perhaps than any for use in dens and studios in town and in foyer halls and living rooms out of town.
 Going up the scale, the expert said that woolen rep in plain colors was one of the best wearing and for the time being best liked fabrics for up holstering foyer halls and living rooms both in and out of New York, the paler greens and yellower ecrus being popular shades.
 Plain colors are the rule for H. brary, sitting room and parlor, tapes try colors and effects being reserved for drawing rooms and the costlier grades of goods, that is if purchasers want to follow the trend of fashion and the most artistic weaves.
 Mohair glace is the technical name for what looks like a cross between panne velvet and dull satin, and this is a favorite for parlors and living rooms and is suitable also for libraries because of its stout qualities. This is of plain colors, very dull green per haps the favorite.