Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-29

good hit of Ira perry ~ a tif ~ sfat,1srv
sometimes comes ln admirably These
/ 7ppprtenanrAz ~ formal Furnishing
Hpav - 80 plarea % ~ land dignity
and haractar tn an atharvrlaa ra thav
insignificant nautsl an1 Fireplace Ha
aarefiii in he placing ~ them TRY one
effect after another unff you have got
inst he eue fbzt gives fha most char
arter 7rd charm.
~ living room made charming
largely nr The personzlitv nF lt= rni=-
tress. haeause zha knows Inst bow 'a
arrange her furniture ~ the best aG-
vantage. she has warkad nut p truly
beautiful msnfet arm cement. The
nautei T. simply q brown stained
board shelf Above Il she has hung
fat against the wall. a heauriful and
expensive reproduction II one of Rem
hrandtE single fgures. At each end
Of The nantel stands p 'ali Flemish
brass randlestck. IN which thcre Is
taperinE. long candle And that Is stI
Tho two candlesticks on tho shelf. inc
big picture on the wall Put the rich
browns ~ Tho picture. the dun gilt af
the frame. The cleaning metal ~ tre
Candlestirks. all fash and sparkle in
the dancing iFht If the FIRE beneath
and produce au effect that = resttul
ana pleasant The very simple treat
ment adds size 20 the rather small
room
Another good mantei arrangement
IS his. The mantel Itself 3 one nj
those rather ugly white marble relics
of the mid Victorian ge when -he5
we're considered beautiful The To14
an who fell heir - this mantel ia
rented house decided to znora i-s
period. For naturally chairs ~ worst
sd work. embroidered fire screens and
waxed leaves under glass 1i3n appea.
10 her She furnished tae room e
question before the prescn. vogue Spr
NictorianIsm in house furnishings had
come IN. And. as this vegus VIII proa-
ably be short lived. ( s sorta~ T. nat
she did
a japanese Focus.
So she went about ma6.ak really
lovely spot of her ma0teL Behind III
she fastened. fat against me vail.
mirror. just the length Z he mantel
in three divisions framed anI divided
with japanese lacque--d wood on
which there was tust u tracing Of duh
gilt IN an uneven pattern Tn the cen
ter Of the mautei she placed TWO love-
III japanese agares IN pottery that she
had received as gift from the dowert
land Of the East At one end she plac-
Cd a ane llt.le bronze incense burner
as Chinese origin Ar the other end
she placed lovely vase of Chinese
porcelain Tn this vase she sometimes
placed flowers plum blossoms or
cherry blossoms. when they were in
bloom. wistaria. n few SPRAYS of iris
a couple of santhemums But she
kept the flowers 70 those we associate
with China and Japan.
SO. hy ignoring the original period of
the mantel and by going boldly 70
work. she created a truly lovely focus
for the whole living room.
The dlninE-room mantel piece pre-
sents a slightly different problem from
that IN the living room. Il may be
furnished with less variety. a clock
in the center IS sometimes a good plan.
Candlesticks esnking the clock NAV Sc
used. And II you wish for a very
pretty effect that requires some effort
IN keeping up. place two small twin
vases AT the ends OF the dining room
mantel-the clock may stlll be In the
center. In these always repeat the
floral decoration OF the table II roses
are used on the table, place couple Of
rosebuds In each OF the mantel vases