The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-12
The Home Harmonious
. oMETIMEs 1t happens-not fire.
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fashion embodies In itself an un-

~ oMETIMEs It happens-tot fire.
quently. to DO sure-that new
= fashion embodies in Itself an un-
mistakably economical feature.
recognizable at first glance. and
any new fashion with such feature Inn
med4atety Jumps into popularity. This is
the case with the slip cushioned chairs,
benches, and sofas that have cropped I'D
everywhere this sea4on.
or course II emit be said that they are
exactly new. They are renewals OF an old
FORM but are mona the loss acceptahIofor
that fact. Witness the interest that IL
felt In all manner OF period furnishings.
Who that has kept house for any num-
Der OF years has not gone Into tits OF exas-
peFatlon over some favorite chair or sofa
presenting a perfectly good appearance
excepting for the front edge Of the uphol-
altered seat7 The piece may have been
done In tapestry Impossible perhaps TO
match Even The machine made tapestry
cannot always be matched. and II II could
1t would not do to only partly reupholster
piece because the old part would seem
faded or badly aolled by comparison.
The new ship cushions have the advan-
tase Of being upholstered on both sides.
80 they can. be turned over. giving exactly
double the wear TO the seats that Is given
10 the backs. SO TINT both wear out at the
same time.
The most popular present day uphol-
stery for sofas, davenports. etc, has the
seating cushions made In three parts.
These three cushions are ID some cases
interchangeable, as well as being reversl-
BILE, making for the grcatest possible
longevity. The upholstered backs In some
cases have similar triple divisions merely
indicated by lndentureB and coFdings. and
some others have three actual loose etlsh-
ions stood upright against the framework
ofthe back.
Do you know what squad is? No.
don't mean nice little bird. SQUAD"
Is the old time name OF the loose cushion.
Sympathetic students OF period furniture
know that Il was In vogue during the
time OF William and Arary-lt was charac-
terlstic of Queen Anne pieces. and famIl-
lar as well In the Louis XVI. type. only
in the latter It was called poufte." In
the Jdeobean period the same cushions
we're covered with embroidery
In the Queen Anne sett6es the seat franz
Ing was frequently covered with liked up
liolstery. supplemented by movable squad
cushions placed side by side.
A new living room sofa that could also
heused In a bedroom 10 in the straight line
OF the Adam type. enanfeIed and fitted
with three SQUAD cushions side by side on
the seat, while four loose cushions with
trtnsed out edges are put Informally at
the arms and back. not lifted to the back
Indeed, two OF the cushions are oblong and
two square. purposely irregular, to show
the cane OF the framework. Tho material
used alike for altthe cushions Is adainttly
striped satin brccaae
Daybeas fitted with SQUADS are extrava-
Eartly covered with delicate tafteta, the
cushions being flled with down. In M
easss the enshipns uaed Tor the stats have
the thieknsss squared of By having
strip ansartsd between the top antIbottom
or che Govern while these made for the