Show Drapery For Doorway For a hall library or diningroom doorway five or seven yards of rich brocade draped swung and knotted into rosettes takes the place of the passe threeyard length portiere Instead In-stead bf thebrass poll a spear is placed diagonally across the upper part of the d > < doorway this may be of metal or it can be purchased for much less money In wood at a theatrical shop and silvered sil-vered or bronzed according to fancy The spear will rest upon these The lenigtli of drapery should Taught in a rosette of Itself eafeily fashioned by tying out a circle of the material with a stout twine string and sewing It down here and there above until you have a ruche effect this should be fastened into place by tiny tacks open the upper up-per left hand corner of the casement of the doorway Festoon the material across the casement and finIsh on the l opposite side with a similar rosette then deftly twist about the spear and catch back < Ito the left wiai still another anoth-er the length cf the material falling diagonally from beneath The effect of dressy luxury given by very modest materials in such arrangement will be most satisfying in an unpretentious home t I i A WATTEAU PORTIER I For the chamber entrance here is the I model for lovers of Dresden china I Watteau girls and their jUunty French fitower baskets I A sheijlherds Crook silvered or gilded gild-ed to match the Sittings of the room crossgartered like Malvollos stockings stock-ings with > pink and Kue satin baby rib jQon This Is finished near the crook with a generous cascade of the Frenchy streamers and a dainty nosegay df artU ftcial flowers tiny pink lady buds and forgetmenots Now your own taste suggests the drapery for tuch a magic wand already French chinfz to be purchased pur-chased for 30 cents a yard covered with tiny shepherdesss with panier flowered Iocfe a crook and a basket of flowers on their arms or in lieu of these many little maidens inexpensive silk flowered over with a ground of white or pink or delicate blue Little lady rosebuds are inexpensive toy the bunch separated and strewn along the edge of the drapery with a threeinch swing of stem they make charming fringe II For the long pier glass flanked on either side by tall windows shielded by lace curtains an ample length of any stuff no matter what its quality festooned I fes-tooned from full rosettes starting from a center and graduating Ito the sides with a swing of the material lends much to the grace and softness But windows so general in apartment houses hous-es fitted with French sash curtains with their palms and silver jardinieres will > be greatly improved by the dressy addition of a drapery canopy festooned rosefted fringed and chosen according to your industry and the elasticity of your puree FLORENCE WYNNE ELLT3 |