Evening star., 1922-09-17
. HE glass curtain is, as its name
implies. the curtain that hangs


next to the glass. Most OF us
Il can remember back when the
real lace curtains in the front parlor,
often used with one pair at the center
| window and half pair at each side
Of tho window, were a treasured pos.
\ session in the family. carefully laun-
dered and dried on stretchers in the
spring and rehung in the fall with
brass rings over thick wooden poles
| with large brass balls at each end.
The fine imported lace curtain Is
| stfll with us. but in much more sim
plified form. and now 1t must share
| materials. some very inexpensive and
some quite the reverse. For one
thing we can be duly grateful, and
that is the disappearance Of the old
Nottingham lace curtain. with its
large, crude patterns. Its coarse weave
and cheap quality. In its place the
woman in moderate circumstances
uses a scrim or marquisette curtain
with a neat hemstitched hem, or a
plain or simple figured domestic net
materials that are far more dignifled,
y
A very excellent quality of voile,
marquisette or scrim may be bought
for 80 cents 4 yard, while the very
best quality costs no more than IS
cents or 81. There are grades that
sell for as low as 90 to rs cents. but
tho curtain materials that cost less
than 35 cents a yard are very thin
and slazy. The weave Is uneven and
it Scarcely pays to use them. AT 35
cents a yard one may get very attrac-
tive dotted muslins suitable for bed
rooms or sash curtains in the bath.
room or kitchen. The voi1es and mar
quisettes come in, cream and ecru
shades, as we'll as. pure white. and
while they are especially useful for
the bedrooms, they are equally proper
for the first-hoor rooms in unpreten-
tious homes.
Besides the older round-mesh bob
inettes, there are many lovely square,
mesh filet nets on the market now
which come in white, cream or ecru
shades. plain or figured patterns and
coarse or fine mesh. They range In
price from IS cents yard to 50 or -
for the best quality.
When making curtains of net. or
marquisette. or voile--fn fact, any
material that has been bought by the
yard-it Is better to cut of the sell
wage edge and put double hens in
the sides and across the bottom and
top. There arc several reasons for
this. In the first place, the hems give
the curtain a more tailored look and
| a neater finish. The selvage, IL left
on to take the place Of a hem, has a
tendency to either draw or stretch,
depending on the character of the
! material, after the curtain is washed,
while the double hem not only gives a
curtain moro body at the edges, thus
making 1t hang better. but it helps to
Fkeep the edges in place and to pre-
vent stretching. If the hens are put
in double, the raw edge of the turn
under does not show through. as a
narrow turnunder does, against the
light. Hens may be stitched in or
put in with hand hemstitching il you
are especially ambitious. A double
| two.inch hem at the top, stitched
through the center, allows a suff1-
GENTLY wide casing for the rod and a
heading. Glass curtains, when hung,
should just clear the sill. 49,
During recent years the glass cur
tain Of silk sauze has. become quite
popular where one wants. something
especially elegant. 1t is very thin,
somewhat wiry, but yet soft material,
fifty inches wide, and made in
very exquisite soft colors- cham
pagne, putty, gray, rose. blue. gold,
green, etc: These" are used very ef-
fectiveiy with either harmonizing or
contrasting draperies, and often fin
ished = with a deep. matching silk
fringe on the bottom edge
For certain types OF windows. espe-
the sun porch or where one does not
wish to use window shades, but must
secure privacy at night, the draw cur
tain, made of either cotton or muslin
easement cloth or pongee, is both
practical and very attractive. Over
draperies can be used with these cur
tains, but are not at all necessary to
give a finished look to- the window.
Nets may be used at the window, and
tHen QI6W CuTtAiHS MAY Ue LIdQ0 VI
any drapery material. The main diff
ference between drapery that ia
used as draw curtain and one that
is stationary Is that the draw curtain
must be full enough to hang in folds
when the curtain is drawn while the
stationary drapery. maybe much mar
ROVER. ~. ,-..:-5
II you are planning to put new cur
tains and drapery in the back bed
room this fall, don't 60 to the sales-
girl In q department store and say,
"Show me the cheapest thing you have
Ia curtain material It's just for the
boys back bedroom, where no one
will see 1t, and they will never know
the difference" or ITS for our living
room. and 1t gets such hard wear it's
foolish to put anything nice In It," 1t
does make a difference, and it isn't
foolish. Nothing that, you cam afford
is too good for your home and your
family. Your children take pride in
bringing their friends home ta,a COM
Portable. attractive living room or
showing thems their dainty, hsdroom.
1T Is IN their home that. they lr7t learn
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