Show CHANGE IN FASHION NOTED i IN COLLECTION OF ANTIQUES ANTIQUE OU might not believe bellev It possible YOU ble bit that this question was WI asked in all seriousness What is the newest thing In antiques It Is sad ad and a B Lit It 4 U disconcert disconcert- disconcerting disconcerting ing Ins Just when hen youve you've learned to identify a Currier and Ives print and have ae hav absorbed some tomo of or the enthusiasm of ot the th collector to find tind that some come one has gone gono to the trouble of ot writing a lengthy maga mas-a maga- maga magazine magazine zine article to the th effect that a Currier and Ives print Is In atro- atro atrocious atrocious atro atrocious cious taste and closely akin to bulbous chromes issued wIth calendars by the local gro gro- gro grocer cir gro-cir cr For fads and fancies come como and go with the tho collector of or antIques to LI with the fashion of or your our home and Its decoration AN AX OLD ENGLISH nOO ROOM Ills It Is a far cry between the aus- aus austere austere ter aus-ter tere simplicity of or a colonial room m In the New England style plow pio pioneer near neer days and the tho be bet ruffled Victorian Interior with Its abundance of or ribbons and sashes and tidies and cushions A new arrangement struck a happ happy me me- me medium me cHum and called an old English room It omitted many or the tho Victorian and yet was cozy looking Its cushion cushion- cushioned fed fed cushion ed seats teats were much more restful to tired bones bone than ar are the 1 prim Colonial chairs chain and settees The rhe fireplace was quite properly tho c of ot Interest on one on wall walland and and was was treated with utmost sim- sim simplicity tim An old portrait in a black frame rame hung huns above it with a a pair ot of old rose roso Chinese jars jar with lids on the tho mantle mantlo shelf shelt At hIs Jils toot foot lay Jay n a a hooked hooke rug Either side tide the walls were covered with Ith book book- bookshelves book shelves TAPESTRY T or OF BOOKS nOOKS BOOKS Book Book shelves can be bo as dull as dull or or they can be utterly fasci- fasci fascinating taci An unconventional ar- ar arrangement arrangement ar arrangement made mad these quite quit joyful to behold The colors ot or the tho books were delightfully mixed and then there were gaps s-aps Row How terrible to the tho precise person Yes an an empty place here and there sometimes tilled filled with a Buddha holding bolding a 8 trailing Ivy plant Did you OU ever ner think of ot a tapestry of or bool books These shelves presented such euch a colorful fabric with Uh ivy hy tor for the grace grac or of folds Divans Ith th their fat cushIons down don tilled filled and covered with lIh glazed chintz Invited In one on to rest before the th hearth bearth And then 10 to tomake make ones one's book moro more enjoyable there were small mall tables with mth lamps conveniently placed shedding their soft sort light OLD 1 DESK Across the be h room an Important looking old old fashioned dc k reigned serenely It had Its it groupings of large chairs deeply cushioned and its lamp too The Iho last was made mad madJor or of a a grcen green glass bottle bottie vase shaped filled tilled with water Why water waler Well why not notT It deep deep- deepened ened the tone ton of or tho th green and with its faint movement snow now and then added a J i tiny stir of or charm to to the room Green Green gla glazed ed chintz curtains completed this room with cream net close to th the tho glass An air all o or of hospitality of or comfort ot or easy casy In- In In formality Informality those thos qualities so ao o hard hardd to obtain made this a room ot of 0 distinction d ROSE nObE COLORED DRAPES Twin bed beds in one ono wild flower room Toom It 11 Is made n not 0 related two t youngsters happy A k whether they fought Its over the th chaise lounge loung with quilted rose roso coverlet or not for tor sisters lister sometimes have hav slight disagreements and with delightful a de de- de painted secretary they might both feel teel Inspired to write leters at the tho same Bame am time That Would be b tragic Rose nose Ros colored drapes tilled filled the th windows over net glass curtains curtain And on the th wall waIl were wild wIe adorable d old 1 1 color prints of at flowers lowers below them stilted u lettering Wieldy unwieldy ni Latin laboring with th their un an- an names name Sometimes an artist his has a try at designing children childrens le e and the th results are aro ar usually charm ing charming Imagine round real chairs chairs real ly really round all made mad of or rattan and a anda round cradle Imagine a cov- cov cov ered covered bed with its Ita it French hanging And do contemplate a a toy cabinet with open es above coming to a a and peals peak and a cupboard tor for the up hurry up times below EMILY EARLY AMERICAN nOO ROOM An early American room felt the shelving influence and broke out with the most original Ideas Idels One shelf all across the window top wore wor a pongee ruffle edged with red Another shelf shelt helt covered with an old fashioned pattern In oil aU cloth held pots ot or geraniums s In a sunny tunny window And inside the curtains curtain Were more shelves or Of necessity these thee were narrow and each held a pretty bit ot or pottery potter or pewter Maple raple furniture lad lad- ladder ladder lad ladder der backed chairs a taw ta- tabe ta table ble We a settee sette these settee these were sere all In keeping with with ones ones one's ancestors earl early days FRENCH nOO ROOM ATTRACTIVE Not so 10 simple or severe svere but equally attractive is Js a a little French room A figured carpet and a flowered pattern in net for tor cur cur- curtains curtains cur curtains harmonize pleasantly Screens are used so often otten for tor decorative backgrounds and this room had a smart one original in tre treatment It was covered with stiff looking prints of ot buildings cream tinted and covered with shellac In front of at the screen stood an Inviting arm chair with a lamp at t hand and a tiny tea table The tea table had a glass top on which which stood a set of ot old French china |