The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24

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Always the new furniture looks first
to comfort and practicability. The
sharp corners of modern" furniture
are gone now, and more pleasing
rounded ones have taken their place.
For homes where space is important,
the come-apart sofa which breaks down
into three comfortable chairs is being
seen more and more. This idea has
carried over into dining room furniture,
too, and this year there are wall
benches offered which break down into
dining room chairs.
"Modern" in Bedroom.
More than anywhere else the mod
ern" note is evident in bedroom furni-
ture, which is now extremely simple
in design. There are striking applica-
tions of English HARDWOOD prima vera
and myrtle wood. But perhaps the
most notable trend is that of bedroom
glassware. Modern mirrors, like mod
ern music, are 'gOing round and
round" Everywhere are round, I'M
framed mirrors, much larger than be-
fore.
With repeal of prohibition has come
new article of furniture, the cellar
cite. This is a sort of travelling bar,
containing glasses of various kinds,
shakers, ice-bowls and bartenders'
tools. The cellarettes fold up into 9th
er pieces of furniture, such as radios,
n
Perhaps the most unusual-not to say
ncongruous-combinati was a sew
ing machine which could be turned in
to fully equipped cellarette at a
moments notice.
Asked where in the house a cellar
advantage, one exhibitor replied that
he had his in his "rumpus" room-and
never batted an eye. To the parlor,
bedroom and bath trade this was some
thing of jolt, but the dictionary re-
vealed that "rumpus" meant "distur-
bance; wrangle; row." If you must
have these things it is probably
good idea to have a separate room
for them, and maybe a cellarette would
help.
Floor coverings this year have re-
linquished the large, gay patterns, and
have shown up in more small patterns
and plain colors.
Linen Rugs Are New.
Among the new departures were
rugs and carpets of linen and linen
ADDICTION, which are practically fire.
proof and moistureproof. Also there
are reversible floor coverings, contain
ing a distinct and different pattern on
each side, which can change the char
acter of room if the rug is turned
over. Texture weave rugs that look
very rough, some of them like home
spun, but are not really that way,
were shown.
Manufacturers of housewares, 1t Is
said at the markets, have laid low
during the depression years and, rath-
er than spend a great deal of money
on sales promotion when there was lit
tie chance for large volume sales, d.
rected their efforts to the field of re-
search, and now that the tide has
turned, or shows signs of turning, are
releasing many new PROJECTIONS Of
household utensils. Two facts may be
said to be true about these: They
have fallen into the present-day fash
ion of streamlining to the nth" de-
gree; and they are characterized by
the ultimate in functionalism in de-
sign. While the modern streamlining
gives them new unusual beauty, the
insistence on functionalism assures
that this beauty of design will help
to increase the efficiency of utensil,
rather than detract from 1t.
An example of both the new char
acteristics was chrome pitcher shaped
like the funnel Of the Normandie.
Asked just why pitcher, of all things,
SHOULD be shaped like the funnel of
the Normandie, the manufacturers
representative explained, "Why. so 1t
will pour better" If you can follow
that (this writer couldn't you win be
interested to know that he also said.
ut can pour through the eye OF a
needle" That is. of course. If you
should ever want to pour anything
through the eye of a needle