| Show t uuuu irirrirririirrrrrrrrrirrrrrrir v rrrrr rr u r rrrrrrrrr rrrrrirri rrrrirrrr rrrrrrrrerr rrrrrrrrrrrrrrirriiiriiiirrirrirrirrrrirrrrrrriirrrrrr aaiirirrriirrrrrirrrrrrriiiiriirrrrrriiirrrrrrr f r r rr uN rrrrrrrr nrrrrrrfrrrrrrrrrrriiriiiirrrrrrirrrrirrrrrrriri 0 rrrirrr i II I I 5 Some Mew W York For the Eer grefic nd Skifur Housewife 1 I i I > B arc getting later and later WEare year about putting our I I houses Into their winter 4 IL garb A few seasons ago the first chilly days would bring out the heavy curtains and warm toned furniture coverings from their summer retirement But now we are often In the middle < of January before we think of rearranging the home Therefore the many dilatory housewives house-wives will hall with joy the announcement announce-ment that there are at last some real novelties In draperies and one now has I a choice of many beautiful and artistically I artis-tically correct materials The winter 1 I room should be suggestive of the luxury lux-ury of fireside cheer with the hearth place for Ha center bright warm colors col-ors being the dominant note colors which will focus every ray of wintry euiiBhine It is surprising how the most elementary changes In a scheme will alter the whole character of a room For instance copper red for rose pink orange for primrose bronze green for soft blue work a magical transformation from summer to winter environment Nothing gives a cozier or more attractive at-tractive appearance to an apartment than handsome and appropriately draped doors and windows A new rind extremely beautiful fabric for decorative decora-tive purposes and door draperies especially espe-cially has recently been imported It Is called mcronac velvet and its creation crea-tion is of considerable Importance to the decorative possibilities of the class of textiles to which it belongs This liciutifiii velours and Its many adaptations adapta-tions are the work of an artistic Eng lishwomans brain She has borrowed u little from the bookbinders art in the working out of her charming designs de-signs The process to which this t mero nile velvet owes Us loveliness may be described as a species of hand tooling on velvet whereby exquisite effects of I light and shade are produced on Its surface To the uninitiated the word tooling Is an unknown quantity but after consulting l a reliable authority we Ilnd that it Is decoration applied to leather or other materials by means of tHumps and other metallic tools which are applied hot producing Impressed patterns upon the surface In the new Kngllah designs the effect Is mout ly I worked out in gold leaf which iihadcn to copper and even green and art red tones The whole effect Is fascinatingly fas-cinatingly beautiful The variations of which this morormc velvet Is capable form another satisfactory satis-factory characteristic It may be used r merely ais a border or worked up into all over patterns on a portiere A 1 beautiful drapers In inside of dull rose j meronoc velours having an adaptation i I I of an old Italian scroll design entirely carried out in tooling a study of strong yet delicate line drawing on IL perfectly perfect-ly plain background The all over effects ef-fects are good but the best results are from applied tooled velvet on a ground i to do classes will be formed to teach the new cult Another new design In the liberty tapestries Is the Belvolr In Its varied harmonies of color it fills a long felt need for a material of moderate price DIrt ll n t 1 it iern rf r 177 + r 1 I 4J rI k V hrL IfI r I Iril t d i3 J I ill = t r 1 t t 1 I I I = t I y f It 1 J l l 111 I ro I L 1 i i I I I I 1 r t I r IIi + 1 I t r = II-i 1 o f < I f Jt E L r7 J = lirlj5 i Jr r i + 1 1 3 = f1 1G i I t 0 r J 5 31 Jl = f 7 g5 Jif J J I 2JI l i < < rlY k = = = EJ t IC = > = 3ef 2 f 1 J = r > l 7 t r = rti I = eI 1 b TI = = 1 = 31 v S 11 j Afts fe A New Liberty Tapestry = = 1 I iJ I e = J the T3fffl E = 1 u r fffFt iw v s = z Eg r = t Wi f T t l Jj = r < of silk or some heavy material A curtain cur-tain especially thought out by the originator of the art lu superb In cream meronac applied with an outline of goldthread gold-thread to a soft failed tone of blue sills shot with gold glcamlngs This grace I I ful motif formed the border of the I hanging 1 Tooled meronac should be doubly wcl i I I coined by the woman who dotes on I 1 cushions and has absolutely exhausted all her resources on the downy comforts com-forts A summing pillow which any I I drawing room will be proud to own Is I formed of n huge butterfly of red velvet I lighting upon a ground of green silk Charming too are the screen panels I made of ivory moire with tooled clus j I I i lers of La France roses Of course It i takes a woman of decided artistic ubil 1 ity to pick up alone this tooling on I I meronac velvet but aa the fad for the work increases an it certainly promises I I = j A = < T > 0 rc t = ij era stp = Vic S t T = 4 = = vrI7 = ct n = o = tP > J r > Y 1 sJjIl A t 5 a S = iSlS i I for library and dining room curtains I The smartest and most exclusive material mate-rial for window draperies is fashioned of a light but soft and firm white upholsters I up-holsters silk trimmed with an appli que of Irish crochet lace made especially I espe-cially for ho curtain in question This I design Is very deep at the bottom and at the sides near the front of the hanging hang-ing but it gradually narrows up to nothing at the top It is the last cry now to have the heavy lace reach about threequarters down the window length The style is an awkward one still we must have something different even if it Is quite the ugliest thing possible Can you Imagine a really handsome portiere being made of ten cent denim It has been most successfully accomplished accom-plished by a woman not particularly blessed with skillful fingers The only difficulty lies In getting a perfectly These must be at least two Inches In depth running across the entire width of the curtain Paint these figures In primary shades in water colors You will probably find that the paints at first leave little impression the colors sinking imperceptlbls into the denim but without a thought of being slangy the only thing to do is to rub it in until the right depth of tone Is reached When this drapery is lined with red denim and bordered by a fringe of old fashioned macrame the effect Is simply stunning It goes without saying that a curtain of this description Is only ap 1 e e 9fl8cI1c U Vi4 i4 S U 1 J r 1 J I r l 00 PJ 11 lf = 4i smooth piece of green denim When this is I purchased measure the length required for the hanging allowing a fall at the top for the pole to run through Then draw in a frieze of In I I dlan figures totem poles or any kind of odd device peculiar to the red man propriate for a den or smoking room The Idea Is prevalent that heavy curtains cur-tains arc difficult for the novice to make On the contrary they arc exceedingly ex-ceedingly simple If a little commonsense common-sense Is brought to bear on the subject I Tile esentlal polar Is 1 ii have a Iona i 1 table on which to stretch the material If any kind of nppllquc design is to be i used not of the tooling variety it i should be stenciled and then laid on the place desired with photographers paste When perfectly dry the edges of tho I design ore couched with gold or cord of I a harmonizing color An Interlining of canton flannel gives weight and enables I the drapers to fall in heavy graceful folds Let the flannel lining be several inches shorter than the outside fabric and loose at the bottom This avoids tho puckery appearance which proclaims pro-claims the homemade affair A fine i cream sateen lining is almost as good as silk I Jaspe velvets linen plush and kindred kin-dred fabrics rank high as ever in the category of winter draperies especially when made up with borders of dull gold furniture lace or braid a fashion which is greatly in favor One other novelty must be described the Arabian lace curtain trimmings made with shaped corners to form a complete border The rich heavy texture tex-ture of the lace with Its warm ecru tint makes an admirable contrast to the plain colored materials used such as moire or tho new satin dc relne ELIZABETH SCOTT RAYMOND |
