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The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09
Evening Sweaters Fashions
GIamor Item For This Season
BY HAZEL L. GRIGGS
For AMP

EVENING SWEATERS, glitter
ing with sequins or gay with en-
broidered flowers, are stealing the
fashion spotlight this season.
Having emerged from str'cLly
sports or day time wear, 3aag
sweaters are stepping out in nIya
society. the evening models na1;
taken on EN- aura of glamour and
sophistication, and are easily the
darlings OF the bright light pic
ture
Topping an evening skirt of
velvet, taffeta or net. the evening
sweater ensemble makes a grand
and versatile combination which
is perfect for parties, dinners or
even extra-extra gala affairs. And
they are ever SO comfortable to
wear. Nice too, if you have a
case of winter sniffles and fear
wearing your deep decolletage
model. 20 p.
The favored combinations are
pastel sweaters with black velvet
skirts, white with black skirts or
black with black. Others, even
more glamorous, combine with
taffeta, starched lace or net. A
black sweater. spangied with gold
or silver sequins, forming an in
teresting design is most effective
worn with an inky black skirt.
Dainty blue or pink sweaters with
heart shaped decolletage are
young and delightfully."- gay when
combined with matching skirts of
billoWing tulle or net.
Glittering rhinestone stars
sprinkle an adorable snow-white
Wasp-waist sweater, and a scintil-
lating sequin arrangement makes
a stand-out of danger-red pep
lum model A new development is
the painted flower designed
types. Gay tulips or jonquils pa
rade up the front of the soft wool
backgrounds, and are as sprightly
as spring itself. The paint is ir-
ridescent and guaranteed to with
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09
"Why Marriages
Fail" Topic At
Minnesota Forum

MINNEAPOLIS-(A (ANP)-Last
Sunday the Phyllis Wheatley
House presented the Minneapolis
Sunday forum in cooperation
with the local school boards de-
partment of adult education.
"Why Marriages FaiP' was the
subject discussed, with Mrs. Mar
tin Faegre of the Institute of
Child Welfare, University of
Minnesota, as principal speaker.
A special musical program was
presented by the choir of Border
M. E. Church. Magnolia Latimer,
head resident of Wheatley House,
was in charge Of the program,
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Widow Of First
N. C. Doctor
Passes Away

RALEIGH, N. C.-(ANF)-r'u-
neral services for Mrs. Phoebe r.
Scruggs, 83, widow of DR.. l.. A.
scruggs, the states first colored
physician, were held Monday. She
died in st, Agnes hospital early
Sunday morning from severe burns
Mrs. scruggs was discovered burn
ed by roome~s on the floor of her
house. The coroner said his 1nves-
tigation indicated she was probab-
ly dressed in night gown and had
set the flimsy material aflame In
striking a fire.
Her late husband graduated in
1857 from the Shaw university
medical school and practiced in the
state until his death several years
ago.
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09

IN EUROPE today they are
wearing strictly utilitarian formal
costumes-short skirts, few if any
jewels, for war time brings the
possibility of air raids and other
tragic and unscheduled events.
In America it is different, and
seldom has there been a more
dazzling season in dress. Colors
are bright and CHEEKY, jewels are
asparkle, even if they are ,Sy11-s
thetic-as they often are, worn
even by those who own many real
gems.
Never was there a better time
for a woman to suit her frocks to
ner PERSONAL---VERY. to the person.
ality she would like to be. If she
imagines herself the sweet,
''home" type girl, she may go as
quaint as great grandmother, in
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09
Auoid Dry Skin Through
Use OF Proper Creams
Cold Weather
Handicap To
Complexion
BY MARIE DOWNING.


The vast majority of women are
troubled with dry skin. Those whose
skins are only moderately dry can
depend through the milder months
on an occasional application of
night cream after their evening
cleansing to keep their skin in
fairly good condition. Those whose
skins are extremely dry must keep
at them all year round to ward of
flakiness and premature wrinkles.
But whether your skin is very
dry or just dry, the cold weather
is a definite handicap to COM
plexion beauty. Winter winds are
cruel regardless of the texture Of
your skin and if you don't observe
few simple precautions, your skin
will become harsh, weather. beaten
and deeply lined.
FOUNDATION CREAM
ESSENTIAL
One Of the first essentials for
lovely skin these cold days is I
good foundation cream. Never veu-
ture into the wintry winds with
out first covering your face with
foundation cream, which also acts
as powder base. AS you know, this
cream goes on before your make
up and is a tremendous help il!
blending your makeup and max
ing it adhere for longer periods. 1t
also protects the skin against wind
and weather and prevents the dirt
and SCOT from becoming lodged IN
the pores.
In selecting a powder base, how
ever, be sure to get one that blends
with your complexion. Too light a
cream will give you a pasty, un-
healthy look while one that is too
dark will make your skin look
dirty. A lighter shade, however,
may be used at night when the
lights are soft. Just as you may
use brighter rouge and lipsGick. If
you are only going to have one
foundation cream, however, choose
one that matches your skin tone as
nearly as possible.
USE A RICH NIGHT CREAM
While a good foundation cream
viii go a long way toward warding
off chapped skin, rich night cream
is also imortant to the woman
with dry skin. A good night cream,
rubbed into the skin after cleansing
and left on overnight, will leave the
skin soft and smooth regardless OF
the weather.
And don't forget your hands and
elbows these blood-chilling days:
Buy a good hand lotion and use it
every. time you wash your hands. A
little of your night cream rubbed
into your hands and elbows at bed
time will keep them from looking
red and rough.
These are simple precautions anu
we'll worth the time and trouble
they take. Beauty is only skin deep
but if your skin is chapped and
peeling, what have you left?
What are your beauty prob
lens? Write Marie Downing,
Larieuse Beauty Foundation.
Room 521-319 North Fourth
ST.. st. Louis, Mo-, and she will
be glad to answer them. Be sure
to enclose self addressed
stamped envelope.
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LIBRARIANS ORGANIZE

ORANGEBURG, S. C.-tANP)
Last week in the new library
of South Carolina State A. and
M. College, 26 librarians of the
Palmetto State Teachers Associa-
ton met to effect a permanent
organization and outline plans
for the Spring session. Named
chairman of the group was Mrs.
C. P. Sheffield, assistant libra
rian, S. C. A. and M. College.
Luncheon in the school cafeteria
followed the business session.
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09

IT won't do to deplete your
forces. For your own sake you
must endeavor to control your emo
tions. You won't always be able to
do it. but if you talk turkey to
yourself now and then, try to laugh
at yourself. you'll get stronger all
the time A perfect nervous lady
soon gets to look like grand old
ruin. A lot of wear and tear comes
from giving way to your feelings,
from which you can't run away
and hide; they run right along as
fast as you do.
TAXI 1T ON CHIN
1t is possible to be a bit of a
philosopher. One can say mice
things happen and things that aren't
nice That's the plan of human
existence. I've got to take the dis
appointments and unpleasant hap
penings on the chin. I won't let
them get me down."
Disturbances are bound to oc-
cur. Minimize them as much as
you can. Don't make issues of
other peoples small mistakes; that
is the habit of many wonderland
men too for that matter. 1t leads
to domestic war.
No woman can look pretty un-
less she is enjoying fair degree
of contentment We use that word
in preference to happiness because
there seems to be few happy indi-
viduals these strange times,
We doubt if there is such a crea-
ture as melancholy beauty, though
we read of them in Victorian novels.
There's nothing attractive about
despair, all tears do is TO make
ones eyes swelly and nose reddy.
SKIN SHOWS PALLOR
Nervous tension which comes
from emotional stress units a
woman for her job, has devastating
effect upon her features. The di-
gestive motors 60 dead, nutrition
pauses. The skin shows pallor,
., hands are cold The whole physi-
cal works is on the blink. 1t takes
days sometimes to get over an emo
tional upset which may have been
caused by nothing more serious
than a forgetful husband who
dashed out of the door without
kissing his wife goodbye.
The most beautiful faces are
calm, brave faces. No doubt about
that. Women who stay young well
into the years are the ones who
have carried on, never sagged be-
cause of their burdens, who have
laughed and been gay no matter
what the surging feelings were in
side the chest
Look cheerful and you'll soon feel
that way. Never forget that the
mind and the body are one ma
chine. that what frets the mind
worries the tissues and the blood
streams. To give way to nerves
without an effort to gain composure
is to be a coward and to get one
self in for pile of beautifying ex-
penses which may or may not re-
store you to a normal state.
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ST. LOUIS WATERS
HAVE SERVICE SCHOOL

ST. LOUIS-(ANP)-1n order to
train walters, mattresses. bartend-
ers. and other service employees to
properly serve all types of parties
in homes, clubs, hotels and cafes,
the Colored Walters Alliance here
has recently opened a school OF
instruction. This training is free
to Alliance members and to the
eeneral public. c. Sullivan Carr is
the director
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09

CARDUI "build-up" is easy to ex'
plain. BY improving the appetite.
assisting digestion and assimilation
CARDUI helps to build physical
resistance against periodic pain
Thousands of women also report
that CARDUI taken just before
and du ms the time. lessons peril
odic pain. .
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09
Man. 79, Dies
In Ambulance

ATLANTA. Ga.--(SNS)-
A man listed as Joe Ward, 7S,
of 612 Alpine Place, S. w., was
reported Thursday to have died
in AN ambulance while being
transported from his home to
Grady Hospital. The victim was
known to have suffered from
a heart ailment during the past
two years. A physician who
pronounced him dead said his
death resulted from natural
causes.
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09
Praise Work
OF Catholics
among Negroes

WASHINGTON, D. C.-(SNS)-
Appreciation of the work done by
the Federated Colored Catholics OF
the United States TO right the So
cial wrongs of the colored people
and to promote wider knowledge
and practice of Christian social
justice, is expressed by the arch
bishops and bishops of the Admin
istrative Board of the National
Catholic Welfare Conference In a
letter to DR.. Thomas w. Turner, of
Hampton Institute, president of the
Federation.
Your activities foster the hope
in us that you will be a great force,
gathering strength with the
years, to break down customs and
practices which have played on our
color:d brethren the ugly burden
of crushing social injustices," the
bishops write"
The letter is signed on behalf of
the Aor.lin1strs tive Board of Bish-
: ops by Archbishop Samuel A
Stritch of Milwaukee and Bishop
Emmett M. Walsh Of Charleston, S.
G. -
CITE POoE'S LETTER
The members of tLe hierarchy
likewise express the h.pe that the
Christian family will emulate the
charity of Pope Plus XII towards
the members of the Negro race"
They call attention to the fact that
in his recent lett to the Ameri'
can Hierarchy, Pipe Plus said.
I'VE confess that We feel special
paternal affection, which is Gel tain
ly inspired of Heaven. for the Ne
gro people dwelling among you
"When the father of the whole
church holds our colored brethren
in special affection" the bishops
5eclare in their letter to DR.. Tur-
ner, surely the Christian family
will emulate his charity. 1t were
sham Christianity were We to try
to exclude from the embrace OF
Justice any man, or to make our
charity narrower than the out
stretched arms of Calvary"
DR.. Turner, is q communication
addressed to the American HER
, archy, had cited the efforts made
by the federation of which he is
the head, to solve problems con-
fronting the Negro in the church
as well as in the country as q
whole and told how in both spheres
thsy had attempted calmly to emu
merate and to evaluate the various
attitudes assumed with regard to
the Negro They had done this, DR..
Turner pointed out, that their con-
J clusions might be brought to the
| serious attention of the Catholic
| hierarchy.
Recent figures reveal that there
are approximately 100000 colored
Catholics in the United States at
present and that their number is
increasing rapidly year by year. AL
though there are few Negro priests
in the United States the number
of colored young men who are max
ing collegiate and seminary STUDIES
preparatory to the priesthood IS
likewise increasing. The 221 Negro
Catholic churches in this country,
as we'll as the many missions con-
Quoted for Negroes, are under the
direction of 300 priests.
~-~>
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09
Be Tranquil And Serene If You
Would Avoid Evil Of NERVES
Take 1t Easy Is
He|en's Advice
By HELEN JAMESON

BE TRANQUIL. That is the first beauty law SOUNDS
elegant But what things happen that madden you, that you
can't endure make you red? Such moments come 10
the happes and of Well get through with
it as quickly you and don't forget that time is on your
side Tomorrow something else may to distract you
todaY's irritations
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stand repeated cleanings.

stand repeated cleaningS.
Styles range from demure, ba-
by-type charmers to the very
trim tailored models. Some have
button-up fronts, using tiny
pearl buttons; others zip up Sc
cUrely while still more are slip
overs. There's a shade to suit
every desire and personality.
Choose at least one to add a bit
of glamour to your holiday even
ings.
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09
Missouri Law
School Okehed
By Bar Group

ST. LOUIS.-fANP)- The new
Lincoln UNIVERSITY law school,
opened in September in the old
Pro college building,has complied
fully with American Bar Associa.
ton requirements and IS therefore
an accredited institution, it was
announced to the Lincoln board of
curaters last week by Will Shat
roth, adviser to the section of the
association on legal education and
admissions to the bar.
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09

Yes, employers do judge your aes
by your hair. And If your hair 10
gray you might as well wear a tag
saying, "Pae 0Id-foo old for fhis
j0b!'
Have you ever lost out Ola good
Jobs for this reason1 If yoU have,
don't worry you can keep 1t from
happening again. Simply color your
hair with Godefroy's Larieuse. No
matter how gray yours is now. 1t
will instantly take on glowing
youthfuI-lookin color wv n
Larieuse Is brushed through 1T. No
experience necessary directions In
package tell you how to apply
Larieuse. Takes only few minutes.
Color will not rub off or wash out.
Use Larieuse-keep your age Sc
cret. Who knows, 1t may mean
new Job for you E. and new friends
=. and new chances for romance.
Get a bottle today. IF YOUR
DEALER DOES NOT HAVE II.
SEND S1.25 (no extra postaae) DIE
RECT TO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-11

South Capitol and Canal streets
S.W.; to cost $500.
]. Kotz, owner; r. G. Archer, r.,
215 Florida avenue NV, architect;
Epstein q Silver. builders; to make
repairs, 1913 Seventeenth street
NV; to cost $1,000.
DR.. Harry A. Ostrow, owner;
Joseph H. Abel. 1927 Connecticut
avenue NV. designer; to erect one
2-story brick veneer and frame
dwelling, 1850 McGill terrace NV;
to cost $500.
Bradley T. johnson, owner and
builder; ]. M. Hallett, designer; to
make repairs, 1890 Bowen road Sc;
to cost $3.50.
j. Passin. owner; M. Cladny Con-
struction Co., 635 F street NV,
builders; to erect brick garage,
and 3 Kennedy street NV; to cost
81 500.
=. Lawrence and Catherine DAILY
owners and builders; G. A. Wicks,
designer: to make repairs, 41S-420
Eleventh street S.W.: to cost 81 900
William E. Miller, Eighth and d
streets Sc, owner; j. Bryant Smith
522 Fourteenth street Sc, designer
and builder: to make repairs, 400
Eighth street Sc; to cost, $3.50.
w. A. Sellers, owner; to erect two
brick and cinder block garages, $685.
3943 Massachusetts, avenue NV: to
c0St $500.
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Kleinpeter, Inc. North Chevy Chase,
Md, designers and builders; to erect
one 2-story brick dwelling, 1920
Nichols ave-; to cost 5000.
Cooper G. Lightbown, owner,
builder and designer; to erect one
2-story brick veneer dwelling, 1901
Forty-seventh street NV; to cost
$1,000.
L. E. Leer, owner; M. Platshon,
GAL Lamont street NV, builder;
Julius Wenig, Edmonds Building,
architect; to erect one 2-story brick
and cement block dwelling, 205
Anacostia road Sc; to cost 5000.
Charles L. Hall, owner and de-
signer; George A. Shupp, 284 Fiji
tenth street Sc, builder; to erect
one 2-story brick and cinder block
dwelling, 3700 Bangor street Sc;
to cost $4,000.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. T. Campbell,
owners; Benjamin c. Purdy. builder;
r. H. Batter, architect; to erect one
2-story brick and frame dwelling,
2140 Thirty-sixth place Sc; to cost
$500.
Washington Stair 81 Ornamental
Iron Works, owner; Paul Otto, 2014
Fifth street NE, designer; Skinker
& Garrett, 1719 I street NV, build
ers; to erect one 2-story brick shop,
20l4 Fifth street NE; to cost s. 900.
James and Noema Lomax, owners
and builders; L. w. Giles, 442S Hunt
place NE, architect: to erect one
2-story frame dwelling, 1920 Twen-
ty-third street Sc; to cost $4,000.
Rev. Urban Adelman, Capuchin
College. Brookland, D. c., owner;
Capuchin College. Hardwood I'd.
NE, builders; to erect brick garage,
Hardwood I'd. and Taylor street
NE; to cost $4,000.
Woodward & Lothrop, Eleventh
and G streets NV, owners; George
A. Fuller Co., Munsey Building, de-
signer and builder; to make repairs,
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2-story brick and tile dwelling, 1850
Maud street NV; to cost $4,000.
Constantin Laios, $40 I street NV.
No. g. owner; C. L. Hubbell, 1904
Colesville road, Silver Spring, Md,
builder; D. Theodore Morgan, 421
Colorado building, achitect; to erect
one 2-story brick and cinder block
dwelling, 10 Nicholson street NV;
to cost $4,000.
Cooley Bros, 8l2 Investment Build
ing, owners and builders; Joseph H
Abel, 1927 Connecticut avenue NV.
designer; to erect one 2-story brick
and tile dwelling, 1929 Warren street
NV; to cost $4,000
M. L. Stone, 3433 Connecticut
avenue NV, owner and builder:
Robert K. Smith. designer; to erect
one 2-story brick and cinder block
dwelling, 370O Kanawha street NV:
to cost $4,000.
Eugene H. Phifer, owner and
builder; Dana B. Johannes, jr., 927
Fifteenth street NV, designer: to
erect one 2-story brick and concrete
block dwelling, 1882 Nelson place
Sc: to cost $4,000.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Robinson
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owners; Dana B. Johannes, jr., 927
Fifteenth street NV, designer; to
erect one 3-story brick and cement
block dwelling, 2136 Branch avenue
Sc; to cost $500.
H. E. Davis, owner and builder;
Dana B. Johannes, jr., 927 Fifteenth
street NV, designer; to erect one
2-story brick and cinder block and
frame dwelling, 5O36 Klingle street
NV; TO cost $1,000.
D. j. DUNCAN, Inc, owners and
builders: G. T. Santmyers, 1410 H
street NV, architect; to erect two
2-story brick and cinder block dwell
ings. 5ll1-5113 North Capitol street;
to cost $780,
Mrs. Dorothy S. Coleman, owner;
H. Clinton Smith, 1852 Cathedral
avenue NV, designer and builder;
to erect one 2-story brick and cement
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Private BUILDING
In District Totals
$1,039,770
Pepco Power Structure
Constitutes Bulk
Of Valuation

Private building in the DiStric
enjoyed another active week durin,
the past six days. as the Office O.
Building Inspector John w. Och
mann approved permits having {
total valuation of $1,039.770.
A large portion of the building
valuation was for a power building
to be built by the Potomac Electric
Power Co. in the first block of
street S.W. Permits were ISSUED
during the period for 81 one-family
dwellings.
More important permits of the
week follow:
Potomac Electric Power Co.
Tenth and E streets NV, owners;
Stone e. Webster Engineering
Corp, 40 Federal street, Boston
Mass, designers and builders; to
erect one 7-story steel and masonry
electric power building, 80 V street
S.W.; to cost 100000
Harry Poretsky, owner and
builder; Sidney Poretsky, 45l5 Thir-
tenth street NV, designer; to
ClCll live 1-StolS DIlSh uWClllllSS,
1924-40 Third street NE; to cost
$4,000.
J. Raymond Pyles, owner and
builder; L. w. Giles, 4428 Hunt place
NE, architect; to erect one 2-story
brick and block Post Office and
Office building, 1915 Good Hope
road Sc; to cost $25.000
c. M. Wallingsford, 1910 Vermont
avenue NV, owner and builder: G..
T. Santmyers, 1410 H street NV,
architect; to erect four 2story brick
dwellings; to cost $4,000.
George A. Reiet, owner; L. E.
Brashear, 27OO Fourth street NE,
builder: A. J. Scullen, I'LL Connect
cut avenue NV, designer: to erect
one 2-story brick garage, 604 Rhode
Island avenue NE: to cost $4,000.
w. A. Sellers, owner and builder;
c. T. Santmyers, 1410 H street NV,
architect; to erect two 2-story brick
and cinder block dwellings, 3943-
1899 Massachusetts avenue NV; to
cost $4,000.
Cooley Bros, owners and builders:
Joseph H. Abel. 1872 Connecticut
avenue NV, designer; to erect two
2-story brick, tile and stone dwell
ings, 4324-4330 Warren street NV;
to cost $500 each.
Harold Stoll, owner and builder;
G. T. Santmyers, 141O H street NV,
architect; to erect two history
brick and cinder block dwellings,
61l9-6l2l Georgia avenue NV; to
cost $4,000.
W. c. and A. N. Miller, owners and
builders: G.. E. MacNeil 111s Sew
enteenth street NV, architect; to
erect one 2-story brick and tile
dwelling. 5058 Sedgwick street NV;
to cost $4,000.
Harry Justine. owner and builder;
Joseph H. Abel. 1927 Connecticut
avenue NV, designer; to erect one
2-story brick and tile dwelling, 1898
Davenport street NV; to cost
$l1500.
w. c. and A. N. Miller Develop
ment Co., owners and builders; G.
E. MacNeil. 1119 Seventeenth street
NV, designer: to erect one 2-story
brick and stone dwelling. 4721 Full
ton street NV; to cost $4,000.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glare Gentzler, 5345
Chevy Chase Parkway NV, owners;
Barnaby Woods Development, 1859
Connecticut avenue NV, builders;
Louis R. Moss Co., 1415 I street NV,
architects; to erect one 2-story
brick and cement block dwelling,
1880 Harrison street NV; to cost
$500.
H. o. Duffey, owner and builder:
Joseph H. Abel, 1927 Connecticut
avenue NV, designer; to erect one
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window sash II white. The maple
furniture rests on . cocoa brown
rug. The desk chair is covered with
blue leather, large easy chair with
separate foot rest wears lowered
chintz, and third chair, green and
beige striped fabric. Beige draperies
with brown ball fringe hang at the
windows.
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Repair Floors in Winter

Home owners will find winter one
OF the best seasons for the repair
Of cracked flooring due to the fact
that the wood Is drier In that sea-
son. Cracks in flooring may be filled
with q paste Of glue and sawdust
or hardwood strips may be placed
in them.
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block dwelling, 1920 Forty third
street NV; to cost $4,000.
Edna F.. LauX, owner; William
Wheeler, 1908 K street NV, builder
and designer; to erect one 1-story
brick dwelling, 2022 Thirty-first
place NE; to cost $1,000
Antonio Antonini, owner; Julius
Wenig, Edmonds Building, architect;
M. Platshon, GAL Lamont street NV,
builder; to erect one 2-story brick
and cement block dwelling. POI Ana
costa road Sc; to cost $4,000.
G. Leo Dorsey, owner; Herbert
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Decoration for Library

In a library with good illumina-
ton. a soft delft blue paint covers
the walls and ceiling. The trim is
likewise blue and the Venetian
blinds are painted to match, but the