The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-08

| their bright borders the great danger
IL in overempha,is. Nothing is more
fatal to beauty and comfort OF a
room than to have the wall coverings
or the hangings too self-assertiVe.
Such walls cease being BACKGROUNDS
and either entirely kill or frus-
! trate all attempts at harmony, which
in a home is only another name Tor
rcstfulncss or comfort. Unless these
| borders can he so used AS to harmo-
niZc and bring out the beauties or the
furniture as well as adding bright
ness and c~hcerfulness to "A room II is
much better to keep the natural
| tinted walls with their decorations
%: pictures.
When selecting any wall covering 1t
should he remembered that n room is
made or married 10y its wall covering.
If it is for a new house then the task
Is comparatively easy, AZ the furniture
az well as the hangings and the rugs
may he selected with the wall paper
i'm mind. but where the furniture ~
to be considered il is we'll To- take
thought Of the color and use of these
new bordcrcd papers. beautiful as they
Enthusiastically are. However new or
fashionable a wall paper may he, IN
the wrong room or with unharmonius
furniture it becomes an Offence.
As new as the bright bordered wall
papers and perhaps more easily
adapted To- general use are the bright
colorcd chint.cs. art linens II SILKS.
Just why people have ordered for
such a number or seasons the hidcous
linen covers ON furniture II Would he
hard to- say. but whatever the reason
IL seems that IT has been hanishcd
at last for good and all. In its place
has come the lOvclicst of bright
colorcd chintzos and art linens. The
old dingy gray cover had the advan-
tagc of being washable. As yet that
is "A virtue not possessed 10y all
chintzes. For sornc reason so far
the American made hint has no
fast colors. To get chintz that Will
rival the old linen covers II must
pay for the fabric known as English
block printed ChintZ In these the
colors are both sun fast and warranted
to stand any amount of laundering.
The new bright COlorcd linens have
one advantage over the new chintZcs.
The linens besides being fast Colors
de- not shrink. This the chintZcs,
even the most expensive, will do At
the first washing. Because of this
II is well to follow the example of
many careful housekcpcrs VIII prefer
to pay IA little moro ~ have their
chintz furniture covers dry cleaned
instead of sending them to the
laundry. These new fabrics come in
all colors and patterns and are suited
TO every room in the house.
Tho light tones are more desirable
for bedrooms. while those with a
darker or more neutral ground are
used more in living rooms. \ hand
some and pleasing pattern OF this
type has "A dark gray background
with a Chintz pattern i'm duh red roses
and a quantity of green leaves in
various shades running over II. Such
"a pattern makes "a substantial and
beautiful over for loose cushions and
also for permanent upholstery on the
right type Of furniture.
Besides the patterns made To match
the fashionable wall papers there are
numerous fine all over designs in
greens. blues. browns and black. If
these are not reproductions of the
Morris prints at least they very
closely resemble them. The blues, the
browns II the greens have small
yellow flowers, while the black has the
same blossom in brilliant blue or
orange.
The futurists ana tho cuhists are
also represented in most Of these new
fabrics. Tho Colpring in the futuriSt
patterns are lot as pronounced as N
the vines and wide swaying bloom
If the Cuhists. Both might be con-
! sidcrcd handsome 10y admirers uf
these schools. Al present fabrics with
thcs' patterns are used exclusively
in Bungalows and country clubs. Per
haps in the fall similar designs IN tnc
silk fabrics may find place in city
homes. The Use of sucn patterns N
"A city home. however. should only he
undertaken 10y an artist or a skilled
interior decorator.
There are many wonderful Chinese
patterns among the Chlntzcs ana mems
that combine well with dark Colorrd
furniture, one Of these has a back
ground Of deep saffron with large birds
of paradise with long. waving tails
pcrchcd on the gnarled branches of old
trees, Another shows groups of CHI
nese ladies ana gentlemen in a typical
Chinese garden being waited on lv