Show character la in doorways tho the entrances to houses bouses are very suggestive ge stive and there is even an impress of the character of the inmates of a dwell ingin tho the treatment of the little vestibule and closed front doors which show through the large panes the curtains within even the door mat bears evidence for or against the social position of its owner while the doorknobs door knobs and other metal work give silent testimony in regard to the abo taste and good breeding of the proprietors of the house then as everyone knows there is the professional profession ii I looking door the boarding house entrance the com mercial looking portal the big preten creten bious looking vestibule of the genteel flat and many others too numerous to mention but when on looking up a number we go up neat looking steps and see before us well polished brass aesthetic aesthetically ally wrought iron or shining shining P bickel plated knobs a harmoniously y painted vestibule with handsome doors and pretta inside curtains we feel at once that nice people live there and that our friends have creditable surroundings round roun ings dings chicago journal |