Show 1 wl Jio I. I doth M A 4 P F u One thing which the thet t world war has ha done for American housewives house house- l wives v waves as is 3 to stimulate stimulateS S the American manufacture manu b facture of dI draperies I t B Before e for e the war warI I American nu did com comp comparatively little jule creative work 1 Novelties were tar largely largeJr imported or if not imported were imitated AMERICA ADVANCES But when the European an supply of original draperies was waa cut off by fighting American manufacturers turned tamed their attention n to the to-the the making of not only staple but also of novel drapery materials material and designs Of what interest is this to you You will a ask uk k Just this w this when n Europe creates novelties it has in mind the selling of them to the tho select sel t few v the upper ten fen so 10 to speak the court and the nobility Therefore it at makes its novelties largely by hand handler or other expensive Tc processes and prices prices them at figures beyond the reach of the man mm or woman PRICES ATTRACTIVE But the Iho American manufacturer has his eye on the fact that in America the court Is the great j public itself When the American manufacturer produces novelties no he I aims aim to make them by a L process that will wilt enable him lain to sell ell them so 60 that they ma may be retailed at figures with with- within I in the reach of everyone I Therefore in spite pite of war ivar dye i scarcities help shortage and all other J handicaps the retail stores store today i how chow a splendid assortment of home t furnishings of all In characters it YOU YOUR R WINDOW THE KEY Of course course when we begin to think of home furnishings one must begin with the window The notable style t tendency of the coming season is is the increased use o of craft lace bee at the windows window either as complete curtains curtains cur cur- or sold by the yard to be made i up into curtains This country has come to the realization realization rea rea- that the win window ow i is the frame of a picture of all outdoors outdoor and that while whale it at must be veiled for privacy it must not be so covered with heavy r materials a as to shut out either light air or View I C tr C Ati a v f v i a Jk u R Ah M Mi W. W rf iA M n x A iR r at y y Jt i q t l t S 2 wt tf 1 i r Y r fr i 1 1 4 e L' L M. M v w S r f t Y K Y r d dr t Cn k rv t S i 4 n y w r t 4 i A. A C x j. j w rs yiK At ry li Y 1 Rry V I W r. r ear y ii if 1 riA r fy y l M s r Ss Sw S.w. v fh y 41 asa f w k tt f Fj G N h hr r t l Y 4 r b ar i- i k a r t ar c. c 1 y T I 4 t v 1 N Y S l r rM M s. s k f h II g gr SS r 4 ir iri i tG l h wC atIA y t 11 w ti s. x t w ww St i sC C R Vt i i rS Fa f F tta t t dM i y 3 S Oma 3 1 Y 4 v 1 S Rh yA S' S i y ti or a i Lace in some sonic form orm or other th therefore therefore there there- re- re fore forms the basis of the modern window drapery with proper over- over draper draperies es of material or of cretonne to set it off as a proper frame sets off a picture A GOOD FLOOR COVERING With the coming of spring sprang there will be an increased use of linoleum as a basic floor covering upon which are thrown rag rugs or fiber rugs Linoleum can be had in such patterns patterns pat pat- terns as lS look cool and of course it is in iii itself a non-conductor non of heat beat and therefore an ideal summer floor Hoor covering There has probably never been a time when there were so many beautiful patterns either cither in linoleum rag rugs or in fiber rugs as are shown by the retail stores today You can get your linoleum in patterns patterns pat pat- terns that imitate matting imitate carpets that imitate marble or tiles or in plain neutral colors I that form a splendid background for any nag nig and indeed for the artistic I decoration of a room in general j LIGHT FURNITURE NOVELTIES NOVELTIES NOVELTIES NOVEL NOVEL- TIES One of the very newest things in light furniture is a very novel treatment treatment treat treat- ment of the ordinary three leaf screen whereby the screen acts not only as a decoration but as a wardrobe wardrobe ward ward- robe or as a childs child's desk or indeed one of a dozen doren or more household utilities oThe o 0 oThe The outside of these screens look exactly like the ordinary decorative screen The treatments arc many and they are arc re novel and md beautiful |