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Show Cheerful Dlnlng-Room. Tho onco prevalent ldoa that the dining-room should bo heavy and massive, mas-sive, In tho expression of whatever style was chosen for Its Intorlor, has fortunatoly been outgrown. Thero is no reason why the room in which takes placo tho most chcorful event of the day should he othor than cheerful cheer-ful itself. On tho other hand, frivolity must be avoldpd, for dining Is with most of us an affair of sufficient importance im-portance to roqulro for its environment environ-ment a dignified atmosphere. Tho furniture for tho dining-room requires re-quires a greater degree of uniformity than that ot any other room of the houso. Tho living room nnd library may be furnished with pieces representing repre-senting several distinct periods without with-out harm to tho genoral offect. In fact, "sot3" nro to bo avoided. But in tho dining-room tho chairs at least should bo allko, and tho tables and sldoboard follow their typo as closely 03 possible |