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Show ThiM lAtng llonmt. Long, narrow rooma are mora difficult diffi-cult to furnleh artistically than aro rooma of bolter proportions In furnishing fur-nishing auch rooma the endeavor must constantly be made not to Interfero with tho Uttlo wlJlh they already h.nvo, but to cut oft tho length In erfeft, 'Where tuo long rooms open Into each other, screens and portieres may bo effectively employed to glvo them a shorter and therefore broader appear-ance. appear-ance. A sofa stood across a corner or a, table ao placed, especially with a screen behind It, helps to break up the langUt ot an apartment. Another way I to break up length la to form n group of objecta, such na n tablo with booka on It and a Jirdlulere, with a couple ot chairs cloio to It, aa It Inviting guests to alt there; thla group ahould stand three-quarters of the length of he room from Ita front or rear and a little to one aide, to break tho length of the wall line. Anntlierwny to mako n room look leas long and narrow I to place a largo rug over tho carpet floor and a lesaer rug of another color effect Just beyond It, placing a tablo on the smaller one. j |