Show WINDOW DRAPERY practical hints on selection and artistic arrangement in selecting window curtains cur taing and draperies tor the home the following suggestions might be profitably adopt ed the natural advantages jie cullar to each room frequently suggest a basis tor a decorative scheme and in plan ning for it too much stress cannot be laid upon the importance of this preliminary survey tor plans are some times suggested which have to be con sider ably modified in their execution often to the disappointment ot the customer where a festoon drapery is to be ar ranged li is a to have the drapery salesman or decorator sketch designs on paper which should ad here rigidly to the architectural proportions and other furnishings of the room by this method you can see on paper exactly the effect desired before cutting into the material from my personal experience I 1 have found this to be a practical and very satisfactory plan there are fads in lace curtains and window decorations as well as in la dies hats and most women as we know will insist on wearing the lat est fad in headgear even though she looks like an idiot in it the hat on the head no doubt should be very beautiful but there s something the matter with the head the curtains which she selects tor her windows may also be the very latest fashion and yet may not be becoming to her particular style of house there are usually enough new things to suit all styles of architecture and furnishings and it is always advisable to consider these vital points when making a se lection A description of the accod lanying design may make a little clearer the point at issue it represents a bay window in a library the leather valance at the top la a new idea it Is especially suited to a room in which leather Is prominent in the window draperies furnishings the lace curtains are arabian bonne femme style in the wide and the narrow to match the side curtains are made of chameleon taffeta a changeable linen like stuff with three bands of burnt leather sewed across the bottom the opening from the hall into this room Is curtained with a leather por biere |