The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-18

sue the course of our newly acquired
and vastly becoming state OF women
OF affairs" A great many more Of us
will remain In our town houses be-
sause communication is expensive, and
SO many of our friends are staying in
the city. That leaves the great ma
jority of US, who will stay at home
because 1t Is absolutely necessary!
Let US then. turn to lowered cretonnes
and cheerful china, cooling and CON-
forting touches to help through the
summer months.
Periods have been done to death.
Isn't it joy to dress a Queen Anne
piece and Louis Quinze piece up in
tailor-made slip covers, and slip them
into the same roomo Summer cover
ings cover a multitude of errors but
they afford one an opportunity to
achieve masterful effects with small
expenditure Of money. Somebody has
said it takes big investments to bring
big results. But it doesn't always
have to be coin OF the realm, often it
is just brains.
Attention to detail in lighting goes
a long way toward helping in the
home-making problem. Lamps shaded
In cool green's and pale yellows are
preferable to the tasseled and tWo-tone
shades we use in more formal season.
Side lights should be used almost ex-
clusively, and shielded in colors har-
monizing with the furnishings. What
could be prettier, at the end of the
long hall with its glistening floors,
than a lacquered table holding bowl
of flowers and lamp, the parchment
shade glowing softly pink in cherry
blossoms?
For the living room, which must
be lived in all summer. covers for the
furniture should be all means be used,
because 1t is a change. and also saves
the upholstery from the merciless
suns rays and from dust. Covers of
two-toned blue striped denim are fade
less and refreshing. A linen rug in
the same shades OF blue and light
shades OF canary yellow make COM
plete and thoughtful change.
A delightful set for the summer
home is Of black wicker. with remov-
able cushions, of black linen lowered
in gray colors. A day bed. two restful
chairs. sofa, are upholstered alike,
and the matching table and tea cart
have fitted covers of the cretonne
bound in galloon and tasseled in black.
A black lacquered desk has quill
pen, an English print attractively
framed and pottery vase for flowers.
Curtains of scrim.
For the summer dining room we
have with us still the lovely painted
sets which add SO wonderfully to a
meal. One is indeed loath to leave in
the morning, and bursting to return
at eventide, when one may eat off a
gray enameled table sprinkled with
apple blossoms and set with shining
silver and gay china. Does. your hus-
band like to come home? If he is
showing an increasing tendency to
Hooverize at the club, paint the ktch-
en- table blue with coral stripes around
the legs. Add a colored glass bowl
filled with flowers or luscious summer
fruit, order a good meal, and he will
be all devotion again. Food isn't
everything to the pood dears.-they,
too, love a bright spot. white hya-
cinths. as 'twere. Roll the rugs up IN
tobacco, and try twelve-inch checkered
linoleum. 1t sounds dreadfully bour-
xeois. but it is very sanitary, easily
kept and something new.
Bedrooms can but achieve cooling
result by keeping to washable rugs. or
light colored ones, curtains of swiss
or wolfe, and white covers for dressing
table and beds. A young girls room
In old ivory with rugs OF blue linen.