New Britain herald., 1929-05-07

New York, May What the we'll dressed window will wear this sum- mer is no light problem to home makers about this time Of year. No single change can quite make over the atmosphere of a room the way new curtains, shades or drapes can. Pretty new window decorations are one of the happiest and most appreciated gestures to summer. A new window scheme can give the whole family an airy, holiday feel ing.
 An Inexpensive Way
 There are many ways of chang ing the appearance of windows. When the glass curtains are laun- dered. and the luscious silken drap- cries cleaned. you can, for instance, put them both away and Haunt col atrical gauge, hung on iron rods that can be swung over the window or back from it when it rains.
 You can. on the other hand. in- dulge yourself in some of the new glazed chintz shades which come in floral design. in quaint old Col onial patterns or in modernistic prints. Over these you can put plain colored washable drapes or curtains. Most families, however, cannot af- ford new shades and curtains. A maximum of innovation within the ! means of the average family seems to lie in change of drapes. rather than glass curtains plus shades. X Tempting Array
 The market is riotously tempting
 in it's multitudinous designs and ] fabrics offered as solution to the drapery problem this summer. There are glazed chintzes, calicocs. old English floral prints, and ginghams, in dainty or vivid color, in vast range of fine little patterns that are tremendously satisfying and l lively. Bedroom windows and cot | tage houses always look charming with one of these light weight fab- ] rics made into frilled curtains. Printed linens are perhaps the new est contribution this summer. One | can now purchase striking maritime | prints from France that give an ami ] mated picture of fisherman village life on the high seas. Bavarian peas- ant linen rcproduces the quaint charm of old country samplers, in their direct. naive originality. Eng fish hand blocked designs use the | hunting scenes for which that coun- try is famous.
 An Unique Decoration New decorative linens from this country are perhaps the most orig l been pressed into service to design them. Originality, unusual color combinations, and striking patterns have resulted. Since the linen is often of the heavy crash type. these new decorative designs are suitable | for upholstery as well as draperies. One can have ones sun porch. liv- ing room. study. dining room or bed rooms done with plain or figured linen upholstery and the drapes matched in tone, if not the same | pattern.
 These beautifully designed and colorfully printed linens are quite dashing for window draperies They are the all-the- -year-round fabrics, but an excellent choice to make now when their pristine beauty will show best in bright summer sunlight. They have something cheerful as summer sun in them. They intro- duce note of new scenes that flaw Ors of distant trip.
 ] study the setting
 What fabric one chooses for win dows and what type of drape is made of it depends entirely on the window itself and the room if graces. If windows are tall. drapes on either side, not less than g inches wide. preferably more. and long enough to reach the floor, arg the conventional choice. Casemen, windows take short drapes; wide 1 windows need a valance. Where nc valance is used, those decorative iron rods that can swing the drap-