Show SOME NEW AND OLD CURTAIN NOTES Ever Eter since primitive primitivo man struggling to make matte for tor himself a n. habitation that tha should hould be b more than a hovel and a hut devised de apertures aperture I In 11 t the walls o of ot ofhie hie lifa 1111 abode to let It In all air and JI light ht h hhas he has had some rome notion that these window win ln lows dow should ad add somewhat to the soot good bood appearance of or his hie house houpe At least w we fled find even en In the most moH primitive e architecture archi lecture and In the huts of ot the moo most mOlt crude crude- I an effort to decorate windows 5 In some wa way and even en In barbaric barbaric bar bar- baric bark habitations we w find the th rather rathe and hangings elaborate use Ue of ot drapery 1 by way siy of C offering a covering co tor for th the r window or adding to Its beauty One of ot the first things to remember r about window coverings co however howe I Is that tho cut curtain tain or of drapery draper should de depend depend depond de- de pend pond as much on tho type of oC outlook F of or the thc window as upon the effect of of or f. f the room For this reason In the country coon coun hide th the tt try the curtain should not ll ape but should hould above c all torn form forma a for the tho picture In n the city much should depend type ipe of the time outlook A window that looks out upon a blank white while wall can be no so curtained conceal the bareness wen well to d 1 as III fah fairly ly keeping keep keep- without actually f of oC the outlook It all aU depends on lug Ins out much light ht r the kind lelnd of oC fabric chosen choen and the manner man man- curtain lien ner of or hanging the There Theto wal was a time not long ago ngo when nen of or curtain was W deemed the making a a s splendid excuse for tor displaying ht costly r and antI fine laces and antI tho the type of oC lace aee depended de depended de- de more on th the size of tho purse n it or the ono who chose choe It than on the outlook of or tho window It was to cover er 6 importance the decorative Now low ow however hOWO er tance of or tho curtain Is regarded as ae of oC the material ma ma- Intrinsic value alue par paramount 1 least east very en used Is Is nothing or 01 at little 11 e Jn rove t White hUt CurtAin r Theto Thero Theio was nas a lime time not long on A. A ago O when Wo t nonan nan felt that there then tho fastidious ls was something something- about tho Inside or first window curtain that made It essential that t It should be bo or at least like handkerchiefs hl handkerchiefs cream colored It was chiefs or lingerie One might UKO col col- ors ois or designs better but It wa was the part of or refinement to have white at atan the over drapery drapery drap drap- an any hazard haard To Tobe To-be be sure ery en of or tho the window could bo be In colored silks velvets or brocades but the part next the pane had hall to be bo of or white whitt no matter what tho view lew or what the doI demands do- do I manila mands of ot the color scheme Inside fa tao far from Crom the allwhite all all- Now V n wo c have o got ot as PI white while rule In curtains as we have o inthe In tho the matter of or lingerie erle In Jn fact mo most t hardest kind decorators decorator feel Ceel that tho the of curtains to manage mU successfully ar are aie voile li is the pur lUr e white ones Possibly mat 1 ISto lj IS favorite ta fabric for tho the curtain to do service for both inside curtain uell voiles volles and over o drapery and antI CI figured embroiderer embroidered voiles olles and striped voiles volles arc to bo be found in a n. legion lellon of ot designs and many colors and shades window One still sees draperies and curtains of oC chintz and nd cretonne but there Is a 1 leaning r toward that thal better hotter hot bet two tone effects arc aro ter gained b by means of oC some oth other r fa ra- ra bric brie The complicated flowered design effective c in the tho curtain drapery drapery dra lIra I Is n not t BO so bar or or- or per pery as RN Is the strip or cross most recent of or all aB choices for Cor tho window window win win- dow covering Co the covering tho tho largo ano polka dot l' l Use le e of f Gln Gingham has hRS met mol with some approval approval ap ape ap- ap among darin daring r decorators and th thre rc surely sureh liI is I something delightfully refreshing about tho thu nur nursery er or cottage cottage cot cot- windows to so tage tac bedroom v with In a a. complete little bungalow built household the kitchen for fOI a woodwork an and painted which has hB gray yellow Bellow tinted lInte walls has curtains that slide easily hack back and forth on In brass checked ehl rods mado of or blue buo and white gingham hana The They aro easily taken down downto to be w washed ar are not s-o s costly cosily mussed up by the action of ot team c-team front from the stove tO as all aro are crisp p mull dr lawn n I cur- cur and the blue and anti white checks checks- die die- somewhat larger than though rot not similar to the checks of or an apron arc apron of or matters culinary cull culi peculiarly 81 significant nary uary neat housewives and find plain hume home much admired bed bedroom cooking In a a. acry very cry scheme recently devised dc- dc room loom decorative o red and b by a n. daring decorator whito gingham was used In stiffly fluted effects for tor the large larse window i. i I the amateur would Needless to eA say sal such n. n with succeed not bo likely to tn daring treatment Silk Ita lies has come como In for tor Its popularity In Inthe Inthe but not so o much curtains the wn way o of regarded 1 as ns formerly re tho Zhu silks v c ie rr holsto Ar r curtain ct silks as l silks I III u. u up that thal we ones once thought ht of or n as appropriate ont only for dresses Taffeta silk Is among these For tho formal drawing room or Clr dining room of or the Queen Anne Anno period perhaps nothing Is ts more attractive I curtain treatment of ot this tive than a sort A rath rather r i reddish e mauve finished with short stiff fringe e braid has been beon used with goo good effect So has sage green old blue bue golden goden brown and sra gray Another sill 1111 that doesn't suggest curtain materials that Is 18 chosen sometimes sonic some times Is crept do lio chino chine and figured china silk Is another A long window curtain In a n bedroom In a recent decorative loc doc was made ma of or polka dotted dotted dot dot- ted tell crepe de dc chine In white whit and brownish brownish brown brown- ish hh orange v T. a 0 ball b fringe border lullo Shade And hero hare Is rv Si point that tho the woman e seeking Decking th the b best H effect In her hor windowS should bear In mind Thera Ther never ne has been and probably never will b bei anything anything anything any any- thing very ery b about tho the thoo so- so o- o called lJ Cl tI roller shade It was wan assuredly built for service a rather than effect and any effort to minimize minimise Its U. ugliness through making It up In decorated or ornate material ha has so far proved pro a n failure Th The very cry structure of ot tho the thing J makes It a a. difficult proposition from a decorative point of at vl view w. w Now ow there always s are ro some pom people who can be perfectly content to shut t their eyes yei Ot Otlo to lo certain uI ugly necessities providing the they h i hav some attractive or 01 expensive l ornaments In their rooms These peo peo- I pi pl pla have h not the rhe eyes COS of or artists Ti e They see things a as things not as parts of or largo effects The They can perfectly well tolerate a glaring 1 hideous white roller curtain providing pro at Its Ita side and In a valance alance above It hangs a costly lace taco curtain They rhey can t take te infinite satisfaction satisfaction satis satis- 1 faction In Irr h having their mo- mo mot most t expensive china on the tho dinner table and nOlt have hat same rains dinner table marred by the thc presence of ot ketchup bottles bearing l glaring trade labels But Dut most moat persons look to general effects more than titan this and for tor this reason there Is in an effort so 30 to curtain windows window that tho the not entirely satisfactory satis satis- satisfactory factory lines of ot the roll roller r curtain wilt will not b be seen peen In fact In many rooms room recently furnished lire tho roller shade has been dispensed with entirely The Tho window with a leaded e glass pane or wrought Iron tracery seldom shows how the roller shade shado nor does s the casement c window usually And Anil if tC the light Is Ss not sufficiently sufficiently- subdued b by moans of ot the tr c tracery r then the drapery draper curtain Is so so run on rings and ro rods s as to to be capable of oC b being pulled over oyer the pane pano I of nr the glass Ia to shield tho ho room from too bright light or OtO to close In the tho room I after candle light From Irom a point of or of or art rt In the I house th the value of or arranging windows window In groups in IR unquestioned The i hall with Ha its ono large laigo a. a o i window the th Elizabethan bethan house with its group oren of or en easement casement ement windows have o each a charm caus caused rl by the diffusion of oC light lIht fro fro- one one point winch which could never be ho produced produced pro pro- h bi by tho the light from Crom many small window windows If It you are arc fortunate enough h to have e grouped windows In nn any form nuiko the most of oC Them Curtain them as one window Use Uso a a. valance across the thc top topp of or all of or them with side draperies I hanging at th lh- lh outside of or the cad windows windows win win- dows dOW of or tho no group This scheme curtaining can m ho bo carried out in man many win win-I materials cretonne materials cretonne silk or the more inure formal Cormal velours Where here only ono one set pet of or curtains Is used in a bedroom th tho j valance alance and ear curtains can even be made of or swiss 6 |