Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-06

Rocking chairs are the secret vice Of
many man.
For several decades it has been con-
! sidered slightly unmanly for male
chair.
Rocking chairs, 1t was held, were for
women, and for elderly women, in par
ticular.
It is probable that the average ,fiapper
of yesterday would have scorned a nice,
! comfortable rocker.
There are signs. however, that this
attitude is changing, and that before
many more months the favorite chair
of our ancestors will be restored to its
old-time position in our living room.
How fortunate our ancestors were, to
be surel
Interior decoration, as such, had
never been heard OF. They were free
to use such chairs as they pleased,
without feeling that some dear neigh
Dor would scorn their taste" behind
their backs.
Taste, Of course, is precious.
Taste Is to art as tact is to conduct.
The tactleSs person is seen-and
heard-everywhere in the land. Around
him and her revolve much trouble,
heartache and ultimate sorrow.
Taste causes no such mental per-
turbation Often enough the person
with outrageous taste in the matter OF
clothing. for instance, happily will be
unaware of lack.
Those whose taste in household fur
nishingS is somewhat questionable will
cause even more worry to the worrying
man and woman than he or she who
| insists on wearing an old hat or other
article of wearing apparel.
Modern living rooms, in particular,
must be just so so, as the expression
has it, before they conform to the dc
tates Of interior decoration.
Often this means some lack OF sheer
comfort. 1t viii be found that in many
homes a "den" is the place where old
and comfort bla-chairs are permitted
and where magazines and books are
permitted to clutter up table.
Undoubtedly, an end table does not
look well with papers, magazines and
books piled upon it.
In order to keep up with the stand
ards Of a certain proper interior SEEM
illness, which the art and practice OF
| interior decoration, as such, has en-
forced on thousands Of homes, house
| holders in a measure have sacrificed
some comfort.
Perhaps it is true that some of this
ease was rather unsightly, in a mild
sort of way; but most often it was
honey" and had in it much good for
the physical welfare of mankind.
The honest rocking chair has been
the greatest sufferer from interior dec
grafton. Once the favorite Of every
sitting room" in the land, it was
showed back into the dining room. and
then upstairs, where, as a sawed-ofi
article, it did duty as slipper chair. u
Like a faithful old hound dog which
| had grown old, the rocking chair was
| best tolerated on the veranda OF the
Summer hotel and cottage.
Who is there whose heart does not
| thrill at the sight Of one of those big
comfortable rockers, rocking in the
wind on a cottage porch?
They are a sitter's heaven, with their
rockers, their deep and capaciouS seats
their long and wide backs and the ia
cility with which they permit the sitter
to place his feet on the railing.
/ 4 X X
| "Horrorsp we can hear some good
lady reader declare. Feet should never
be placed upon ratings, hotels or other
wise"
II this dear lady could suddenly be
shown some magic motion picture film
which would incorporate flashes of all
the Summer hotels and cottages in the
world, she would see millions Of men
with the feet on ratings.
1t is at once the most comfortable
l and carefree position in the world
restful to the entire body, and particu-
larry good for legs and feet It has a
soothing effect on the brain. It con-