Show 1 WINDOW DRAPERY Practical Hints Selection and Artistic Arrangement lI l I > h selecting window curtains nnd UMorlos for tho homo tho following IIIUlcsllous might bo profitably adopt ell r < io natural advantages peculiar to each room frequently suggest a basis for a decorative scheme and lu planning plan-ning for It too much stress cannot bo laid upon tho Importance of this preliminary pre-liminary survey for plans are sometimes some-times suggested which have to bo considerably con-siderably modified In their execution often to tho disappointment of tho customer Where n festoon drapery Is to bo arranged ar-ranged It Is a good Idea to have tho drapery salesman or decorator sketch designs on paper which should nil hero rigidly to tho architectural proportions pro-portions end other furnishings of tho room By this method you can sea on paper exactly the effect desired before cutting Into tho material From my personal experience I hnvo found this to bo a practical and very satisfactory plan There nro fmls In lace curtains and window decorations as well as In ladles la-dles liutB and most women as wo know will Insist on wearing tho lat osl fad In headgear oven though she looks lllto an Idiot In It Tho hat on tho head no doubt should ho very boautlful but theres something tho matt 01 with tho head Tho curtains which she selects for her windows may also bo tho very latest fashion and yet may not ho becoming to her particular style of house There nro usually enough now things to emit all styles of architecture and furnishings J and It Is always advisable to consider those vital points when making n Rejection Re-jection A description of tho accompanying I accom-panying design may mako a little clearer tho point at Issue It represents repre-sents a bay window In a library the leather valance at the top Is n now Idea It Is especially suited to a room In which leather la prominent In tho r r it 1 t i u it Window Draperies furnlHblngH Tho lace curtains aro Arabian bonno femmo stylo In tho wldo and tho narrow to match Tho side curtains are mad of chameleon taffeta a changeable llnenllliu stuff with three bands of burnt leather sewed across tho bottom Tho opening from tho hall Into this j room Is curtained with a leather por J tloro I |