" " ' ' ---- '' r I WINDOWJRAPERY Practical Hints on Selection and Artistic Arrangement sVmRMnaaaannnMMMHnMaMaaBl a selecting window curtains and draporles for tho homo, tho following sugcstlons might bo profitably adopted: adopt-ed: Too natural advantages peculiar to etch room frequently suggest a basis for a decorative scheme, and In planning plan-ning for it too much stress cannot bo laid upon tho Importance of this preliminary pre-liminary survey, for plans aro sometimes some-times suggested which havo to bo considerably con-siderably modified In their execution often to the disappointment of tho customer. Whoro a festoon drapery Is to bo arranged, ar-ranged, It Is a good Idea to have tho drapery salesman or docorator sketch designs on paper, which should adhere ad-here rigidly to tho architectural proportions pro-portions and other furnishings ot tho room. By this method you can sco on paper exactly the effect doslrcd beforo cutting Into the material. From my pernonal cxpcrlenco I havo found this to bo a practical and very satisfactory plan. Thcro aro fads In laco curtains and window decorations as woll as in la-dlos' la-dlos' hats and most women, as wo know, will Insist on wearing tho latest lat-est fad In headgear, oven though sho looks llko an Idiot In It. Tho hat on tho head no doubt should bo very beautiful, but there's somothlng tho matter with tho head. The curtains which sho selects for her windows may also bo tho very latest fashion, and yet may not bo becoming to her particular stylo of house. Thero are usually enough now things to suit all styles ot architecture and furnishings, and it Is always advisable to consider tlieso vital points when making a selection. se-lection. A description of tho accompanying accom-panying design may mako a Itttla clearor tho point at Issuo. It represents repre-sents a bay window In a library, the leathor valanco nt tho top Is a "now Idea. It Is especially suited to a room in which leather Is prominent In tho Window Draperies, furnishings. Tho lnco curtains are Arabian "bonno femme" Btylo in tho slfte curtains aro mado ot chameleon taffeta (a changcablo llnon-Uke stuff) with thrco bands ot burnt leather sewed across tho bottom, ,' Tho opening from tho hall into, this room is curtained with a leather! por-tlero.