The Washington times., 1914-06-20

And the clothes she'll wear
AL blend with each tinted wall.
The furnitures enameled
With gsriands OF brilliant hue.
l. And what do you think.
Zen the kitchen sink
She has designs on too.
NEW YORK. June 2o-The June
bride has doffed her veil and orange
blossoms and donned a determined
decorative expression. She has rtarted
out to decorate and furnish their first
really and truly own little home Time
was when the NewIyweds started
housekeeping by buying their pictures
by the yard and their furniture in a
Job lot. using the model fat in the best
department store as a working basis
Nowadays the selection of a single
waste paper basket or even the shade
Of border on the dish towels causes
the bride many sleepless nights, and
orbs.
Surely this is as 1t should be, for our
homes should be dressed up with as
much care and discrimination as our
bodies, II not more so. Artistic and ap-
ness. and nothing expresses woman's
individuality and personality as much
mot even the clothes she wears-as
does her home.
The trend toward the modernIst ideas
In house furnishings Is gaining more
and more. While the craze for the an
tique mahogany chest and wing chair
il still with us. the newest or mod
ernist furniture Is all enameled either
in old gray. ivory. or some neutral tint
blends in well with any color scheme.
Much of It is gayly festooned in gar
lands of brilliant flowers and fruits. end
this Is especially true of dining room
furniture and bed room sets. OF course.
this flower decorated. enameied furni.
ture belongs, by rights, in the class OF
antiques. but where the modernists step
in and make IL peculiarly their own Is
IN the shape and the fantastic -orns
assumed by most of the chairs: tables,
and cabinets till they look ike an
Aubrey Beardsley dream
Black is the favorite groundwork for
most Of the new draperies, earpe.ds' d -,Hi naa
Of huge checkerboard squares OF olack
and White are wonderfully enective IN
con,unction with gray furniture; the
monotone of the whole beng rehssso
hy vivid color splotches OF bric-a-orac
W,,S T,ss Of this sort think how per
,ec,Iy attuned the man who LEADS
checkered life with his better nait nust
feel. especially as they no houot 80 10
thr ~, ma, 1870, toys Of tho new furnish
mrs Is that everything is built 70 De a
nannonsnt mart Of q perfect whole. and
esinr scherne, and designs for the DIFF
,sreot rooms arc carried out In the
,,,tni,fest details. For instance the uny
BASKETS of colored fruit emblaloned on
tha ivory background OF mooermst
dining room set are repeated again as
IN. motif of the yellow-toned wall pa
per. a., s..o-
,.,ed With the same fruity effect, and
the long strips OF ecru linen across ouf-
fe, serving table, and the square dining
tabI. have the tempting baskets en-
hroid.red on their edges. A hfe-sized
he .Iret Allied with marble fruit upon the
hrnet reflects its charms In gilded
rr,rror hing behind the buffet on the
otherwise empty wall, its carved frame
-epeettnr the same basket decoration IN
rich colorinss.
Tn the kitchen Is where the modernist
really shines. however, with each pen
nor not and dish towel decorated with
an arpropriate motif that Is carried
throYghout the sacred precincts OF Gu
linary art.
II certainly Is going some when even
,be ravIy colpred Quill rem on your desk
A., the chord on ycTr desk telephone
nav throw your whole Ewing room tur-
nIshincs out Of harmony. No wonder
The bride wears worried look TIL her
Furnishing is finished. The wonderfully
charming effect Of the completes prod
net. however. fills her heart with 1oV
and Is worth all her pains. Some thing
tells us, however. that friend husband,
as he absent -mindeJly tries 10 bite a
chunk out of marble apple on the
nov art buffet, isn't going to be quite
crazy about Il.