Show I FOR COUNTRY COTTAGES I WILLOW WARE BLUE DENIM AXD I GLAZED CHINTZ I Are Fashionable Enameled Furniture Furni-ture Trimmed Trlth Brass Colonial Colon-ial Combiner Chairs Spanish Dressing rabies and Fayal China Are Among the Novelties for House Furnishings This Spring Whether tis a log cabin in the mountains moun-tains a seasido villa or a fine old colonial house set in a park full of trees every I woman proud of possessin a country I home is just now busy with thoughts of its refreshing and renovation for a new season of occupancy Nowadays it is necessary to merely signify sig-nify a desire to discuss summer decorations decora-tions when the obliging clerk in any of I the big shops carries one off into what is called the special country house de I pal tment I The Vogue of Blue and White As lie rolls into view and shakes down I from shelves air array of charming furniture fe irlycc ir l ture draperies and wall coverings he ei I plains that no womans domestic salvation salva-tion is secure till she gives some space I I decorate their summer homes are furnishing fur-nishing in mahogany and dark oak Now that the supply of good antique pieces of mahogany is well nigh exhausted the cabinetmakers are turning out beautiful copies of old Spanish dressing tables i made of this tropical wood These are not carved but wonderfully polished have octagonshaped mirrors hung between be-tween straight supports and In place of brass much of the decoration Is done in silver the hinges knobs locks and keys moulded in charming antique forms Most antique of all are the tiny bedroom davenports guarded by the huge silver I candlesticks on either hand and in place of the cosv easy willow chairs nearly all the furniture consists of small square ottOmans ot-tOmans upholstered in tapestry chintz and set formally against the wall Some of the simple accessories in the decoration of country houses Is a lavish use of mirrors hung flat against the walls or tucked Into corners just where a glimpse through a door or window maybe may-be reflected These are made of inexpensive inexpen-sive glass set In flat glided frames or In frames painted the exact color of the wall against which they hang Two or three long or broad mirrors cleverly disposed dis-posed about a little country drawing room will verily bring the garden indoors In-doors Then to give an additional air of lightness tall solid glass lamps crowned with tissuepaper shades are employed in place of metal ones On the walls In blue rooms they hang deft placques frame etchings and pen and ink prints in plain white enameled bands of wood and the masses of Japanese bricabrac are rapidly giving way before the cheat quaint oddlycolored fayal ware brought from tho Azores Out on balconies and In tearooms the stout useful and cheap Siderl blinds are going to be more than ever put to practical prac-tical use and unpolished and unpaint willow lounging chairs cushioned with cool green and tan cotton corduroy tuft inps bound with leather while every wellequipped balcony Is to be supplied with half a dozen round leatherbound cushions meant for those who prefer the steps as a lounging place The virtue however of all these tasteful devices for house decoration is that the best of materials ma-terials and furnishings are well within the range of economical purses The pretty birch furniture is no more costly than white enamel The washable French cretonnes demins and corduroys madras muslin oriental net and white mmln picture frames are nil delightfully possible possi-ble to the amateur decorator who an scarcely make a mistake in choosing among them to beautify her c untrv cottage cot-tage 3r W B i i f i 1 fTc t j 2 1 j tjTr i Ii I 1 i I t f 1i8 27 S i p I sfe3 > iIj NEW COMBING CHAIR AXD DRESSING TABLE and attention to blue and white in her rural domainat least one or two rooms should show the possibilities of this springlike and cheerful ornamentation Xow nothing fresher and daintier cane can-e well imagined than a wall paper showing show-ing the always light and graceful empire pattern of tall and intertwined garlands worked out in clear defft blue on an eggshell egg-shell white background Whatever maybe may-be the size and proportions of a room it I cannot but appear more cool and spacious when hung with this the ceiling left quite i i plain and the floor laid In light polished I hard wood strewn with round fringed j jute and cotton mats that look amazingly I amazing-ly like old willow pattern plates I In sharp rivalry with blue and white 1 empire paper is the latest of wall hangings hang-ings that comes from France I is called glazed chintz a printed cotton goods ap I 1 rled to the wall like any ordinary paper and showing on its outside face a polish i I so durable that It can be freshened season after season by merely passing I over the surface a clean damp cloth The glaze is supposed to hold Indelible the lovely colorings of Its printed patterns It would be hard indeed to imagine anything any-thing more suitable for the drawing i room of a summer home than walls hung i with this material in designs of eglantine lilac blossoms or wreaths of sruelder roses and chains of little French marguerite mar-guerite Seasonable Draperies I Tn blue and white bedrooms for instance the windows are to be hung with a pretty pret-ty soft white madras muslin embroidered I with blue dots about the size of a five cent piece This Is very inexpensive less I so than the new oriental net woven of rather coarse cream threads with dots and eyelet holes Blue and white French cretonne lighter of weight and more durable dur-able in color than that of English or American make is taking the place of chintz that is vastly more expensive and in rooms hun with lazed chintz the incomparably lovely Liberty sateens and velveteens are employed These come in delicate shades of rose blue tan and green figured over with loveliest flowers i of the garden and meadow The season forms draperies and the velveteen makes I tufted cushions for easy willow chairs that arc enameled in green or roan as the prevailing color in the room may dictate I There are yet other material used as hangings most appropriately n a burlaps l1nings I room These are preen and laps a 3 lo oordJ d I brown cotton corduroy and damasked denim The gee and gray denim has I been put of late to use as a tufted cove I Erin of deer arm chairs and settees i which as it is cheap when once thrown I shabby i inexpensively renewed and tufted down with white buttons and I trimmed dow blue and white cord and fringe shows up with splendid effect I Curled Birch Cricil have directed The furniture dealers wisely I rected the public attention to colonial and the old pUblc patterns of furniture for paterns country houses These tufted chairs and i j setteeS have the side ears and rather I i straight back of the New England colonial J and now that the householders have period grown weary of white enamel good I gown for bedroom furnishing are introduced in pretty inexpensive curled I birch Furniture Novelties I chiffoniers with little oval atirrors Tall ntrrors wih ltte and small writing desks of birch wood smal writng white make up with brass bedsteads I Iron or tiled wash stands and an array of chairs the full sets ot I tufted willow ful ot wlow tufed bedroom furniture country bedrm furniur The quaInt revivals from past fashions I back combing chair ad is the straight back wooden tool to set before the dressing 1 table and a bit of a low round three legged stand intended to hold a silver candlestick and snuffer and occupy a permanent per-manent place at the bedside I The birch Is treated with a little brass birh teated I simple carving and the new washstands deserve special recommendation to house I I holders who are out prospecting These are built like long low tables with an un I i der shelf wherp the hot water can is i to be set out of the way white the upper I shelf merely has a framework of birch blue and white glazed i filled In with Alzed filed Palntert iron rods are fitted on Just I under the end edge of the top shel for i I towel and sponge racks and the wno e Is fitted with spon2e and white china j11ct I to match wih tils Instead of heig tIP awkward and unornamontnl a a washstand wash-stand usually Is In this pulso It Is a I I distinct addition to any bedroom Fan Soro Mis I Perhaps prettiest of all the odd bits of furniture for these summer bedrooms are I the chintz and cretonnecovered screens 1 chint made to fold and open on the principal of a fan At the base they are fitted on I < I small stout bras frames that have four I little castors and when the screen Is not needed i may be abut up into one slngll broal stick nnfl rolled into a corner I cor-ner out of the wav Wh n I use It nnens as a bier fan cov rel with flowered chintz and standing as high an a womans chin Sweet and Snmmcry Such arp the plans already on foot for beautifying a country house at Final cost with colored mattings on the floors cushioned willow furniture and denim I tufted grandmother chairs Women who have ample purses from which t |