Evening star., 1931-12-09

Decoration Of the exterior wall OF q
chimney facing on An inclosed sun
porch sometimes Is q problem to the
amateur home decorator.
Here Is where big map comes In.
Nothing will 50 set off the blank
bricks as q map. preferably OF the gen.
eral section Of the country where one
lives
A map Of Washington and vicinity,
for instance, k Just the thing to give a
wanted touch OF distinction to an
otherwise uninteresting expanSe.
Even II the bricks are fine-looking
bricks, they do not offer much in the
way Of intrigue And 1t would seem
that everything ought to intrigue nova
days.
II the bricks are plain, everyday fel-
lows. without chic. rs 1t were, some
thlng must be done about them, OF
course, from the decorators stand
point.
A large flag may be used for this pur-
pose, but many people have scruples
against using the national banner for
decorative material only.
Banners Of other sorts give juvenile
look to what is, in most homes rather
gay room, anyway, with light rugs and
painted furniture.
Elaborate decorative maps, such as
one may purchase everywhere, will do
very nicely, but, even they seem too
living -room-ish.
A large simple map Of an entire ter
ritory somehow gives just the right
feel" SO essential in the business of
decoration, which Is a sophisticated
business, after all.
Use Is ever kept In mind in proper
decoration. Just as the old wing chairs
had wings to keep drafts off people who
sat In them, so honest usage still plays
large part In decorative value.
Even a map used for decoration ought
TO be put to use now and then.
No map will meet this test quite as
well as big one showing the entire
territory In and around the great city
in which one lives.
ut-of-town visitors, especially, will
nnd 1t interesting to be able to see lust
how they entered the National Capital
and what streets they took to arrive at
their destination.
The family itself will find such a
map an ever-ready aid in settling the
constant arguments which come up
about the location OF various thorough
fares and points in and about the CITY.
1AN suOuIDAH uWellST Will md such
q map necessity, to orient himself
and to grasp readily his location In
reference to other communities.
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All this is foreign, however, to the
main purpose OF such map in such a
position, which Is simply that Of deco
ration.
The blank side of chimney, no mat
ter how fine a job 1t may be as brick
laying, still strikes many people as un-
interesting y
Now a map Is interesting.
Cartography is one OF the oldest SCI
ences. Men have been making maps
ever since they learned, 10 hoist sail
and go r1aming
After raising standard In the name
OF their country explorers found their
next important job was to make q chart
OF their surroundings and journeys
therein.
Hence today every man with the least
sense Of adventure In his blood will find
something interesting about q map.
Maps represent humanity even more
than they do terrain
Maps show where men are and how
they got there, how they 20 there and
the roads they must take to come back
A large map of limited territory,
even, laid off at the rate of 2 inches to
the mile, or thereabouts, will reveal a
vast quantity Of unexplored, even un-
settled, ground.