The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-18
Disguise Is
Perfected in
ManyPieceS
BY HELEN WELSHIMER
MA Service Writer


NEW YORK, Aug. 18.--n you are
q business girl who has been living
In the third floor back and wish
ing you had money enough to have
whole apartment Of your own,
cheer upl
You needn't entertain your
friends in the general reception
room any longer You can stop
wasting your energy on a chest of
drawers that stick the minute a
cloud comes into the sky.
You may have a whole apart
ment-lving room, bedroom, dim
ing room and kitchen-all within
the space of one room, furnished
with exactly the things you like
And you can do it for $685.
The new pieces of furniture are
designed in such a way that they
VIII completely disguise the fact
mat your living room is a sleep
ing place by night, and quick
breakfast room in the morning.
Studio Couch Is Essential
The first thing to do in furnish
Ing your room is to buy studio
couch. This couch comes equipped
with pillows to match. There is
one type that also has three very
large cushions for the top
II you are wise you won't leave
the couch as it is, though. You will
get some of the old twill that is
as attractive as it is inexpensive and
make a couch cover and pillow
covers. One pattern, called the sea-
sons, is unusually charming. 1t
comes in green, plum or cherry, all
combined with white. This couch
is a bed by night and a couch by
day
Draperies for the window should
be of the same material as the
couch cover. If you prefer you
may use glazed chintz, which comes
in gay green, orange, yellow or
plum, as bright as color from a
brand new rainbow. 1t will give a
carnival dash to your room.
Let the Sunshine In
Swinging rods for your draperies
have way Of making a room more
pretentionS as well as keeping the
sun from fading your colors, for you
can sweep the draperies away and
let the sunshine in when you want
to.
The next essential purchase is a
secretary One with plenty of draw
ers in the lower part, and glass
doors for the shelves at the top.
A breakfast service for six, con-
sisting of thirty-two pieces, in col
ors that match your room, should
be placed on the shelves. It will
add debonair touch to the room
as well as solve the cupboard prob
lem
One large, comfortable char, up
holstered, is essential. A gatewing
chair with arms is, too The sec
rotary calls for straight backed
chair.
A later purchase should be a
chest of drawers and a mirror.
Three Lamps Are Needed
Don't try carpeting your room,
for remember that you are a tran
sient and may change apartments.
a rug is much better purchase.
A reversible rug, with a heather
mixture, which is really a hit-or-
miss pattern in red and brown, lends
warm tones without intruding on
your general color scheme
Three lamps are needed for such !
a room: a floor lamp, a rough pot |
terry lamp with parchment shade |
for the table, and a fat brass one |
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shade for the secretary.
These shades, whose checkered |
light is the very latest thing, take |
their challenge from the shawls and |
blankets that long ago learned how |
interesting a criss-cross pattern can
be.
Dickens silhouettes make inter-
esting adornment for the walls. |
Avoid crowding too many pictures
together. Remember that you aren't
trying to conduct an art gallery.
Scatter Books Around
If you want to add an especially |
swanky note to your room have a
gay tray with fat pitcher and
matching glasses on your table. One
new set is splashed with audaeious
polka dots, red and yellow and blue,
that remind you of circus day and
toy balloons
A desk set and a matching waste
paper basket, made from one of the
new papers, is inexpensive and in
teresting. A hanging bracket, of
green, with piece of Italian pot
terry that holds some foliage, is an
attractive note. Or a. witch ball
holding a fern is just as good.
You may be able to have radio
and table to hold it, too. without
exceeding your allowance.
Don't forget the electric grill for
the occasional Sunday night supper
and the every-morning breakfast is
very important.
Scatter your favorite books and
odds and ends around and you are
ready to fasten your knocker on
the door and hope SOMEBODY will pull
your latchstring.