The Washington times., 1917-01-10
Newest Fad cIuttering Up New
York Flats With Alleged
Pieces From Orient.
cHINKs FILLING cHINKs
Everything on Sale From Or.
nate Candy Boxes to Won
derfuI Cabinets.
Alack, her lack of lacquer
Stamps a lady as passe,
For everything is lacquered
That is up-to-date today.

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That is up-to-date today.
Every Yiddish artist and decorator
in New York is kept busy these days
turning out genuine, real old an
tique Chinese lacquer" tables, chairs,
mirror frames, desks, cabinets and
bedsteads.
To be sure, there are a great many
true Chinese pieces also, for the as.
tJfte Cinnamon. taking advantage of
the forced stoppage OF imports from
belligerent countries, have simply
syamped our market with the glories
Of their arts, consequently Chinese
lscquers and embroideries are to be
met with at every turn for the bet
ter or turn to the right.
RedoIent Of East.
But with such avidity have the
American lovers of the beautiful COB
-bled up the wares from China that
the Chinks can fill only a few chinks
OF the popular demand. Hence the
abundance Of homegrown or Hebrais
lacouers that defy detection even
when placed alongside an original.
After all, they, too, are Fedolent OF
the East, sven If 1t is only the East
Side.
The most popular lacquer is in the
gold on black or red, but gold on old
blue or a soft gray green is also
very effective. Whole rooms are love
" done in lacquer and especially bed
rooms and dining-rooms with Chinese
rugs and Chinese embroideries to
carry out the Oriental atmosphere.
Lacquer floor lamps are beautiful with
pagoda-shaped shades OF silk, and the
lacquer mirrors beggar description.
Certainly anyone holding the mirror
up to nature ought to be sure it is
4 lacquer one.
Buddha In Corner.
Set a serene and wise-eyed Buddhs
on a lacquer stand and back him up
with a Chinese mirror on the wall
and you have an artistic touch in your
living-room that is hard to beat this
side Of the Chinese WALL
There are lacquer candlesticl1s and
lacquer trays. There arc lacquer
screens to screen fires and boudoir
secrets and lacquer picture frames
httingly beautiful to encase him or
her.
When It comes to boxes, this &,
~hCIO ldCQuCT ICdAAg-e SDAhCcp CGRO
cfally when II Is built to enshrine diff
ferent sorts of shoe polish 1oF my
lady's jewels. For holding things
that go up in smoke like coal, wood
cigarettes, cigars, or love letters, lac
quer boxes are alluring in all shapes
and sizes. From the head to thu foot
of the box class, hat boxes and shoe
boxes OF lacquer sell with alacrity.
Everything but Chink Music.
Work boxes, candy boxes, and pow
der boxes are 50 lovely of lacquer
that even Pandora herself would have
been so entranced with their external
beauties that she never would have
yearned to see what was inside
Even monographs are all dressed ur
in black and gold or red and gold
lacquer cases until they have become
veritable Chinese music boxes, with
everything except, thank heaven, the
music Chinese.
And right here it is only meet 70
announce that the lid is. surely on
when IT comes to candy boxes. II
used to be that the humble box OF
pasteboard was an adequate recep
tacle for sweets to the sweet, but not
in 1917. Next to the lacquer candy
box in popularity Is the ornate box OF
brocade, gold lace, and French ribbon
flowers or the Chinese silk-covered
box, gay with varicolored beads and
Chinese tassels. Cretonne boxes ale
effective, and the and-painted wood
boxes of the Russian peasants show
eivid bits OF color that enhance tht
beauty OF nesting chocolate bonbons
to perfection
Handpainted tin boxes, round and
Wong, short and tall, fat and thick
obIong and octagon, come in all colol
schemes and designs, and have tn,
further advantage of keeping the in
closed sweetmeats fresh and moist
Such a box will keep them from tn,
ravages OF time, IL not from the raw
ages OF females.
Boxes Of All Degrees.
These tin boxes and also the NOR
elaborate brocade and galloon coveret
ones are cake boxes as well. YOU
may not be able to eat your cake an,
have it, but now you can eat you
cake and have the box. This is dc
cidedly worth while, for these boxe
certainly are the dearest things. Oh
these are the days when a box 70
candy or cake costs quite as much a
a box for opera or theater, my dears
MARGARET MASON.