The Indianapolis times., 1930-10-14
EUe1.y Shape
and Style in
Good Taste
BY JULIA BLANSHARD
NEA Service Writer

NEW YORK, oct. 14.-Mirrors
reflect chic in modern interior deco
rating schemes.
All kinds of mirrors are used,
antiques, ultra -moderns, small,
large, round, square, painted, gilded,
and mirrors framed in exquisite
hand carved frames of other days
when life moved more slowly and
leisure was counted well-spent if
fingers we're occupied making a
work of art
In early days American mir
rors wefe priceless objects Of use
fulness and ornamentation. Often
they we're the main decoration in a
room.
Today We are returning to many
of the Puitan's ideas of interior
decorating. Mirrors again have a
tremendous place in homes.
Good in Several Places
In living room, over the mantel
place, the piano, over the daven-
part, bookcase or table are the ia
vorite haunts of mirrors. 1t is no
rtcik to hank onei any of these
places and have it loog right.
But skull may be used, just that
little extra touch that makes a room
artistic, and the mirror may not
only be an ornament, bNt it may
give an added sense of space to the
room by rejecting the hallway; a
sense of beauty by rejecting the
view outof a window or the fire
cleaning on the open hearth.
A third secret to successful mir
ror hanging is to use a mirror in
an other wise dark corner or side of
a room to reflect lightand thus give
the impression of a window.
Beauty Center of Bedroom
SO far as bedroom mirrors are
concerned, their great need is &C
knowledged over a dressing table,
chest of drawers or whatever else
may serve as a beauty center in
this room.
But enough never can be said
in favor of an old-fashioned pier
glass or it's equivalent in full
length closet door mirror. In no
other way can women get an ade-
quatc idea of how well they are
groomed.
Today there is a great vogue IN
early American bedrooms for those
long mirrors, framed in mahogany,
maple, or other fine woods, with a
medallion of decoration at the top
of the mirror, a fruit painting, a
scene in color, a medallion of
flowers.
Intriguing to Children
The need for mirrors in nurseries
is being recognized by some charm
ing modern ones that have amusing
shapes and decorations, will in
trigue children to gaze into them
and, who knows, perhaps thereby
making them much more clean
faced and better-dressed little Ia
dies and gentlemenl
Even kitchens have their mirrors
today. A plain mirror, framed in
color, placed over a sink that has
no window to redeem it, may re-
fleet the bird cage against a WIN
dow, a vase of flowers and the light
from another room.
Hall mirrors are extremely i'm
portant. The very newest hall
mirrors are framed of modern |
pewter or have moderniSdc glass !
shapes that fit into the wall scheme |
with no frames at all to out the
wall space.
Oval One Is Attractive
An extremely attractive new
mirror is oval, and has fluted edges
of aluminium which CLEANS like
silver.
USED in conjunction with a few
pieces of old pewter, or new, this !
mirror is an artistic addition to an
other wise plain hall or room.
Such an abundance of mirrors is
to be found in up-to-date stores
that any wall space, lacking an
adornment, would seem to be well |
taken care of.