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Show ;Novelties for the If';! j, I Summer Home. i j H Bummer homes aro to bo dalattor and I ! i more artistic than ever this scaeon, and 1 ' ' for the woman who ls contemplating tho tt, ' ' furnishing of cosy and airy Quartern for . ' 1 tho warm months tiiero aro the prettiest f IH Mowcred fabrics that make, one reel aool 1 ll Just to look at them, while tho design iW suggest bowers of roses and flowering j; ' ifl trellises. "Walls, windows, beds, choirs K r and doors will be hung and covered with Ml i IH some such material. If the furniture Is H1 iH purchased new this year the ohanoes are w " .'H in fa-vor of Its being wicker, tinted. Borne f, I tM harmonious color that speaks for cool- ; i IH ncss and comfort. 't ( j IH Tho one great point about summer It lH surroundings ls to iiavo them raaku ' ' you think tho thermometer 13 li) degreeu ! ' ' IB or mora lower tlian It actually reslstera.' A' IB Of course, to do this one must under- 1) ' ! lH stand all the tricks -and tho aat of rest- U; I', ' ing the oyo and giving It something k ' ! J iH calm and soothing to look upon. In d' I There is a yellow shade of wicker fur- " ! IH n I lure hat comes as near perfection hi IH this line as anything; imaginable. The !ir ' great deep chairs, tho tables, lounging ' seats, stools, desks, and even ahelvoa yJ and cabinets, are all made of thla 'Vr' IH woven rattan to form substantial and ( ,' ) I IH comfortable pieces. There Is a dull 1 1 IH sr&on set, too, that tempts tho pros- I pcctlvo purohascr, for It has such a ! i I IH sweet, cool look about It that the be- j ')' IH holder can already sec it installed In a s ? I H hixgu, airy summer room, or parts of it'll IH it scattered ovcr a spacious piazza. i .! Il With plenty of pillows covered with h l ' fl JH this llowered fabric that Is cool to tbo Hi G eye and to the touch thereis no reason JCu ! why mortal may not bo happy and I v 1 comfortable on tho hottest day of the i'iu i i'IH ' summer. nfJ. il Those who aro not sticking to tho $,-f 1 flower motif for rooms luive found If 3 - I !H many useful novelties in the Syrian IIM- 5 llH shops down towiu Lone strips of lmen WH, ,', ' MjH embroidered In yellow, blue or while fllft, . liH silk, can bo 'purchased for tho tradl- I'!''' M IH tloual song. Tlic two-yard length is I ''I 1 enough to liaDg at tho sides ot win- 'Hi dows, and the pieces axe not so wide i - i 1 as to obstruot tbe light or air. Thoy J . succeed In giving a pretty flnisli to lite :-. IH wooden frame. On tho polished round -J IH dining table a luncheon cloth and doy- ' '.f- ' IH lies worked In tho same style carrv ,, ' , out tho color scheme of the room In a w S ' pretty way. bj H Hand-wove rag rugs bave taken an- mYi- " 1 other lease of life, and v111 be one of lift ' IH the best purchases of the summer home 'f . - ! IH furnisher. One of tho shops on Forty- IM 1 i lH second street Js malUng a specialty of ft t, 1 jH such rugs woven in artistic patteina m l ' hHI and colors. The prices they ask for ' Kj', 1 m H them would make our grandmothers f it. If blush at modern audacity, for thoy 1 would think It exorbitant to pay al- K 1 most as much for a "rag rue:" as for M, ' 1 ll an Oriental square. A fair price they a iSi ! H Accucortainly worth, und it must also 1 If j M IH l&;jtllmJtted that there Is nothing equal U , IH ' to-otro of theso rugs for a matting or H M 1 plajmood floor. J ij H J Tp greens are beautiful, and the Mi H f. tsns-nomblned with yellow, aro attrac- P j iH ;nrvt.cwfeugli to tempt anyone to buy one -','' , 'n H JajX tpt the sako of starting the noces- H "Yary fittings for a summer home. ' I H That these rugs aro not woven In jl qulto the old-fashioned way Is readily i i ' I lH eecn when they are examined. The h. t ' H strips arc free from knots and pleclngs. .'j , l IH and there aro no hit-and-miss-patterns Ij'-; 1 ' H so characteristic of the antique article. hl' t IH Occasionally, however, one of varlt- 1 , lH gated design is put In the collection R W Jl just for old times sake, and somo pco- B I j 1 illB pic prefer it to tho modern lnterpre- R ' 1 t JiH tatlon. r- j rH |