The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-05-07
The Home Harmonious
. oMET1a1Es the little problems
- about some furnishing are as Diff
cult to solve as the large ones, and
- like most petty annoynnces they

~ OMETIafES the little problems
about some furnishing are as diff
A cult to solve as the large ones, and
like most petty annoyances they
are more Vexatious. How shall
we furnish the front hall?" is as frequent
iy asked. as how shall we furnish the
living room?" and the question is often
harder to answer because of the l!mlta-
lions Of space, light, etc.
Once In while a thoroughly convenient
article OF furniture passes into disuse.
Every one rails against It. 1t is jetred
at and derlded and utterly condemned
with the exclamation: why, didn't
Know any one ever used that nowadays"
Presto! VanIshes the offending object.
only perhaps to reappear with gusto fifty
years hence.
The hall piece that is now banished by
fashion is the hat rack-the poor old
thing! Think of being banlshed after
years of such faithful service! And by
some sort of reactlonary principle the
piece that Is reclaimed from inlquitous
desuetude Is the wardrobe.
Not only movable hat racks but tho
built-in type of thing, the looking glass
With hooks at each side and arms ex-
tended In embracing curves to support
witty wet umbrellas-old famIliars. that
seemed downright essential TO all well
regulated halls year or so ago-aro
irrevocably doomed. The sad fact must
DO raced: They have gone out OF
stylew
In conformity with the general trend
toward better taste in home furnishing
nothing is allowable that has an untidv
air. and certainly nothing was ever more
untidy in appearance than the hat rack
burdened with miscellaneous lot OF hats
and wraps hanging in detected folds, and
not only exposed to view but. what was
ever more lamentable. exposed to dust
unsilghtly and unhiglenic was the verdict
at the post-mortem.
All good architects SEQ that built-la
closet room Is part Of their hall plan.
ming. and whore this is done the furnish
Ing Of the hall sImplities itself. Just the
fewest pieces are then required. The So
lection must, OF course. be judiclous. as
the hall is the key to the furnishings az
tho rest OF tho home.
II furnishings are elaborate tbrourh-
out the hall pieces are. OF course CORE.
spondingly SO. Simple taste often calls
for the most expansive materials. A hall
may boast nothing more than q good piece
OF tapestry. fine gothic chest. and pair
OF torchieaes, paneled wall and mosaic
floor, with a fine pelt thrown down on it.
all tbs is simple enough-o one place of
furniture really-yet Its cost would com
pletely furnish tho average home.
We can always strike a happy medium
Instead OF q genuine tapestry we can ,,s.
an attractive little mirror, one that viii
conform to the style In which our fur
nishihg Is done. Below this may be n
table. with chair at either side. or. IL
space torbids. a chair on one side onlv
It is a great convenience to have a small
clock, preferably an inexpensive little
eight day clock. on the hail table. Here
must also rest the maids little silver card
receiver. and 1t is quite necessary that
the table should have u drawer and that
s,sn and inR. rencll ana pad should be kept
IN this drawer. so that signing of receipts
at the door for parcels and notes, etc. can
be attended to without the confusion of
having to run around and look for writing
materials while a messenger waits.
Halls seldom are light enough. 1t is
therefore well to have the wall done in