El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-21

| the Black and White craze Even in
/ this country the effects have been no
/ OF straight lines and severe CONTRAST
J as the Europeans are, black and white
4 in connection with touch of color has
/ been. one of the most popular forms OF
i printed upholstery effects for the past
/ six months. But now comes even q
| bigger change
Paul Poiret, the famous French dress.
maker, has turned his attention to home
/ decoration.
Paris reports that he has upset all
/ the accepted theory and yet produced
some striking and beautiful results.
! Probably we must now prepare to find
it fashionable for our portieres to wear
hobbies and our rugs to have panniers.
Still, since women's dress nowadays is
largely a matter of draping, why should
not the tables be turned and home dec
GRAFTON become a matter OF dressmak-
ing?
Seriously speaking, the advent of
POiret in this field will unquestionably
make itself felt in the decorative field.
Popular Fabrics and Combinations.
There never was q period when so
much good taste was displayed in the
decoration of American homes as at
the present time, nor has the house
wife ever had so wide a range of ma
terials to choose from. She no longer
finds, in strolling through the uphOls-
terry department OF her faYorite store,
that it is made up of a counter and a
shelf, containing a few couch covers
and Chenille curtains, for with the in
creased range of materials the stores
themselves have caught the artistic
trend and in the upholstery department
today you do not only get suggestions
for merchandise, but in most cases
suggestions for their artistic use. Nor
does the beautifying of home depend
on high priced merchandise alone. Ar
tistie effects can be had even as low
as Csc yard
Prinfadr crOaIS oh ond
more in attractive designs. Scrim, Gre
tonne and a raft of other printed fab
RIGS are being used with splendid effect
in bungalows and in the less formal
rooms of almost every home
The very newest thing in decoration
particularly for bedroom or sewing
room, is the use of embroidery. 1t is
the proper thing nowadays 10 have the
entire room dressed in some one motif
SILK, silkoline or other colored ma
terial is usually used in connection
with the embroidery Ordinary dress
embroideries, obtainable at any store
are used for this purpose and gives
just that dainty touch of color much
desired in miladys boudoir.
1t is remarkable what beautiful ef-
fects can be gained by this use of en-
bro1dery when the whole room is car
rled out IN harmony, including the cur
tains, bedspread,- bureau scarfs and, in
deed, every trimming of the bedroom
1t would be safe to predict that in
the coming year this Will be the most
popular style of decoration for the
rooms for which it is especially apple
able.
Madras, crepe and similar fabrics.
which in most cases nowadays come
under the head OF sun Fast draperies
continue to be remarkably popular.
ABOUT the only change that has taken
place is in the cOlors. Green must al
ways be one of the best colors, but this
year brown promises to outstrip red
In the heavier fabrics, of course We
ATmurRE Wi To H,o
among the materials largely in vogue
this season., but there has been a re-
MARIA bic increase in the popularity Of
w oodSllk or Vegetable Silk Curtains
Word About Floors.
Floor covering styles are not subject
to such rapid changes as drapery FASH
ions, but there have been several very
noteeable tendencies in this part OF
home furnishings in the-past few
months Carpets are becoming more
popular than they have been for many
:. When the idea of sanitary homes
first began to get attention, carpets
were abolished in favor Of hardwood or
stained floors and rugs, but a few
years experience with polished floors
had a tendency to teach US that the
danger from broken bones sometimes
offset the danger of the nimbIe mi
eroDe- This IS particularly true in a
nome where there are old people or
children, for the sliding rug on the
polished floor offers an ever present
DANGER Then, too, carpets do not
toreshorten room as do rugs. and.
when all is said it must be admitted
that they give more fully furnished
appearance.
The advent of the vacuum cleaner
also furthered this tendency by making
IT as easy to keep a carpeted floor
clean as q polished one.
The very natural result of all this
has been considerable increase in the
popularity of body Brussels carpeting.
For bedroom, sitting room and similar
uses there can scarcely be found more
hygfenic floor covering than a good
brussels carpet when vacuum cleaned
with reasonable regularity, and the
long life of this type of carpet appeals
to the economical buyer.
Another notable tendency in the
floor covering line is the increased use
OF Hnoleum- Two reasons are usually
given as explanation Of this. First that
nnoleum is sanitary and, second, that
IT keeps the house warm. One reason
that is usually overlooked is that in
the last few years the stores have been
carrying a greatly increased number of
attractive patterns. Innumerable eff
fects are now to be had in either in
laid or printed linoleum. The latter in
particular. Mating and novelty pat
terms shown at all the first class re-
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