The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-06-26
CLOSET
Should Be Most Complete
Thing In The House

Architects are now giving almost as
much attention to the closet as to the
family sitting room, and when they
have finished the woman herself puts
on the finishing touches
City apartments as well as houses,
show closets that are quite as perfect
in arrangement a any other room In
the house, even though they are small,
says a Washington Herald writer. In
one corner of the modern closet is a
basin with hot and cold water faucets,
button.
The walls are quite as daintily tint
ed as those of the drawing-room, and
the woodwork is usually enameled. If
there is room for chest of drawers it
is white like the woodwork, and has
brass knobs and trimmings.
Not an inch of space is wasted in
the modern closet. On the side which
is devoted to clothing is a shallow
shoe box with lid. This is built in
the wall, and runs the length of the
closet 1t, too, is painted white and
has brass hinges.
Several enameled boards are placed
along the wall, the lower one being at
a convenient height for hooks to be in
serted for clothing. These shelves are
useful for hat boxes and other odds
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This arrangement for the shoe box
and shelves makes little wardrobe
by itself, and it is quite the fad to
keep the dust away from the gowns by
hanging dainty curtains before the
lower shelf. Sometimes the shelves
are left bare, but they are often made
more attractive in appearance by put
ting crepe paper on them, letting two
or three inches extend below the shelf.
The paper is tackled here and there
with a brass-headed thumb tack, and
between tacks is gently pulled out to
make il look like a ruffie. The yellow
and pink chrysanthemum, the wild
rose or the violet papers are especial
ly dainty for this purpose, and are 30
durable that they will not need to be
replenished more than twice year.
Crepe paper is also used to cover
the hangers, in place of silk or satin.
A dozen hangers at cents apiece.
roll of crepe paper, few yards of
number five ribbon to wrap the hooks,
sheet of cotton for padding, and a
pot of glue are all the accessories re-
quired to make the hangers more at
tractive.
, 1t is astonishing what one roll of
crepe paper will do. If the closet is
not too large, it will cover several
shelves, hangers and band box or
two. Instead of the hat boxes, bear
ing on the covers the trademarks OF
various milliners, something akin to
the charming old band boxes of our
grandmothers' days are made.
An ordinary hat box is lined, cover
. and all, with pale pink, pale blue, yell
9 low or white tissue paper, merely past
ed at the edges. If pink is chosen for
y the lining, pink chrysanthemum pa
per is used for the outside. A broad
, satin ribbon fastened to each side of
. the cover, joining in the center and
: tying in big bow on top, finishes the
6 box.
q If the box is very large and admits
+ of more than one hat, milliner stand.
ards are placed inside, to set the hats
!. on, so feathers and flowers will be
q mussed as the weight of the hat rests
upon them.
}. Instead of ugly pasteboard boxes
e which hold corsets, odds and ends OF
e laces, and other useful things, are COW
cred with figured crepe paper. This
# covering not only beauties the box.
!. but strengthens the corners, so that
e the receptacle will last twice as long.
r If the closet is not large enough for
S shoe box, shoe and slipper bags are
d used for the door, with large enough
/. slips to admit of shoe trees as well.
r The up-to-date closet has soiled
r clothes hamper or laundry bag, and q
e stocking bag; the latter, of course
complete with darning needles and
cottons to do the weeks mending.
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