New-York tribune., 1912-08-11
The Placid Colonial Style
Brings with 1t the Atmos-
phere of Home,

There is wide divergence between our
,resent extravagant tendencies and the
simple tastes Of our ancestors. we rear
,ze this when we visit some Oldtime hous''
around which still clings the atmosphere
Of bygone days. 1t is dehghuul eN-
perjenCe to he left alone for a "ill'e III
some sunny bedroom or living roo''''
where the furnishings have remained uh-
changed since the days when "eorEv
WASHINGTON was pacing the well tehoeo
walks between the high box hedges at
Mount Vernon.
Tf the philoSophc woman who seeks
a theme on which 10 enlarge VIII ohiN
make a study of the psychoosical enc !
of the furniture of the average modern
house on the spirit of those who I'VE III
daily association with Il. She will ma
much matter for discourse. II will no'
take her long to discover that IN many
,ases of supersensitive nerves relief could
he given by entirely altering the interior
Of the home For 1t is certainly true tha'
there is always a give and take oe-
tween us and our environment unless we
chance TO be abnormally lacking In SEN
sitiveness.
The home Of to-day is far too hkely
10 lose the home quality under conceal
ing profusion Of things. There are 700
,nanv little fusSy details for our SUD
! conscious brains TO seize and take note OF
Men feel while scarcely reahZlhg ti'Is'
and rebel at our insistence upon filing our
homes with bric-a-brac. The woman VINO
aims 10 give her dwelling the atmosphere
of home will pause and listen TO THESE
masculine outbursts. They are not DIS u"-
reasonable as they may seem.
Some of us have found cause Tor re-
ioicing I'm the revival of olden ways OIL
furnishing 1t is not only that the artisuc
quality and quiet simplicity inhereh'
therein appeal to US, but that hat-
realized change in our outlook on h1e
bas come TO us since we have lived III
close touch with the old fashions.
Storage warehouses and attics are filled
With heirlooms. Quaint and solidly bull,
furniture, dating back some FIVE or six
generations, is piled in dark corners.
These rare old possessions should no
longer he allowed to remain in shadoWy
retirement Their place is not in musty
warehouses and dingy attics, but In our
antique furniture handwoven coverlids
bed draperias and creamy. homespun lin
en has everything that she needs for the
ramodelling of her house into home
The woman who does not possess al
ready the heirlooms with which TO fur
nish either new or an old dwelling IN
the placid Colonial style need not despair
rhe growing demand has brought out for
sale at many a dealers really good an
tiuue furniture at rea easOnable prices. II
the price of a really good and substantia
piece. by the way, makes the eager pur'
chaser stop and think. II is well 10 re-
member that one such possession VII
often displace. with good results. three
or four fiimsy articles, the aggregate cos
Of which would be more.
one may find with a little search and
study Sheraton dressing tables still ir
good condition; quaint little bureaus with
low hung swinging glasses; four-postei
beds. the very lines of which rest one
tall. slow ticking clocks, such as great
grandfather wound o. Saturday nights
ihe children clinging to his dignified coat
tails to watch the rising Of the shot-1llet
weights. Be not led away, however, bl
The gaudy, new-fashioned limitations o.
these locks. Few modern makers can re
list the temptation to add a trife o
gingerbread" thus spelling all the dig
hity of the lines. These are not the kinC
pne finds in THE Little Clock Shop.
,ver Fourth avenue way. Herr Glocken
meister abominates that kind. and non