The New York herald., 1920-01-11
Miss Walsl. Writes of the Many Fine
Ideas That Are To Be
Found in Shops.
By DOROTHY ETHEL WALSH.

By DOROTHY ETHEL WALSH. !
TT all started when the ''soon-to-be
bride" said that in her home color wa 9
going to be allowed to do just what Il
pleased; "in other words,' she ex
planned, she was not going to restrict il
in the least" We then all commenced
talking at once and. 10 and behold. we
found we were five kindred spirits on the
one subject.
mo meek grays and refined taupe
schemes for me-" said Alice. whose home
We realized had been Bit dominated by
a devoted but uncolorful maiden aunt.
Now. however, the aunt had moved out
West and Alice was slowly making the
rooms of the little house gay with color
Poor little place." she was wont to ex-
claim. sit was half dead but never mind
Alice will give you stmulants and revive
you." and she would go out and buy a
bright blue bird cage for the yellow
canary.
Then there was the young married
woman who, although her first furniture
was not worn, had become inoculated
with the 'color microbe.' and as quickly
as the second hand man would buy the
old pieces new and gayer ones were pur-
chased. The other member of the party
was music student who had INDUCED
in wee apartment and was having the
time of her life fixing it up"
The cn-to-be BRIDE had a whole
apartment to furnish. Alice wished to buy
stimulating" set of curtains and
couple of small tables. the married woman
was planning to redecorate her young
sons room and the music student still
had many things to buy for her new hom>.
Each had her problem, but fascinating
problems they were.
Lets go color hunting" some one sug-
gested, and in less time than it takes to
tell we were headed for the shop where
we knew we could indulge our tastes to
the utmost. At the corner We met the
soon to- be-engaged girl and !aughingly
told her of our errand. Come along,
Myra," some one spoke up. You had
better be selecting your things now and
then you won't have so much to do later
on" Blushlngly she refused. but the
soon to- be BRIDE caught her by the arm
and would not let her 90. and so our party
was increased in size TO six. Alice SAID
our expressions were those of the spirit
of the chase. Doubtless they were. and
a happy chase it seemed to be.
For the Rooms.
TO- be-bridc." and decided to choose the
entire color scheme for her guest room.
The artist has shown you the furniture
we selected The guest room faced north.
and this of course gave us plenty OF
opportunity to have fun with our beloved
lcolors. The furniture we ordered III
soft green which had a border line oil
gilt. On each piece was painted oes'gn
of most dcmure looking rosesi But you
will notice that the lights on either SIDE
of the mirror Of the dressing table boast
parchment shades. And on these SHADES
lare painted most perky looking lowers
ne is as though they have taken courage
in the brighter atmosphere and are much
more bold than their sisters.
The bed think is Of particularly pleasing
lines, and with its canopy curtains. &c.
certainly brings colorful note into the
ROOM The back curtain is of cretonne
which has a light green background ana
whose design contains many rose colored
flowers and an occasional djgnified oird.
The canopy is lined with soft amber sateen
which is drawn into n centre rosette. The
side hangings are lined with the same
golden amber, but the spread is made OF
the most gorgeous rose color imaginable
The walls of the room are tinted n warm
rosy ivory. and the window hangings are
of the same fabric as the spread. surely
the "soon-to-bc bride" has not restricted
color In this room at any rate.
! Alice claimed attention next and so
we looked around for the stimulating
nangings These hangings are TO be placed
! in Alices dining room 80 the newly pur-
chased furniture had TO be taken INTO
consideration. The table is a gold colored
LACQUER. with black lines and edges. The
buffet and chairs are the same, but the
china cabinet rebelled and demanded to
be different. so it is painted the most
charming red. On the buffet stands a
glaze orchid colored glass bowl, and we
decided TO take our key for the cur
tains from that. a deeper than orchid
silk was chosen and straight draperies
made OF II. These draperies Alice has had
lined with q corn colored silk and bound
| in soft red to match the china cabinet
I forgot to tell you that the table and
chairs are decorated with the most lovely
flower designs done in clear color.
For the young sons room the married
woman decided green furniture with fine
black lines would be manly enough to
satisfy the heart OF even an eight year
old. Brown linen was next suggested for
draperes. &c. but. mother like she wished
still TO keep a less rugged grown up"
look In his room even if he was eight
years old. So she selected linen striped
| in green, cream. and black and on the
black stripes are placed occasional clusters
of green leaves and mulberry flowers
some of the latter resembling dahlias, and
some pineapples, or are they cactus?
The eight-ycar-old will I am sure be
able TO tell.
Easy TO solve.
The music student came next, but her
problem was an easy one TO solve, as
only an occasional piece was " be bought