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Show Bathroom Decorated In Black 16 the Very iVatest mIIERE are styles In house furnishings furnish-ings as In everything else, as every' woman knows, and what theso new Ktyle.s are to be Is interesting to the housewife at present Thero have been In recent years empire periods, oriental orien-tal seasons and Louis Qulnzo styles, and all of them have been popular for a moment of time. At present there is a tendency toward to-ward tho modern and Individual in house furnishings. As far as furn.ture Is concerned this may be due to the tremendous amount of "fake" antique stutr which has flooded the market for some time. Most women are tired of being fooled, fool-ed, and they prefer to havo things that are frankly modern, copied from old designs preferably, but of undoubted twentieth century workmanship. The craze for black decoration is more pronounced than ever this season. sea-son. The latest evolution of this mausoleum mau-soleum Idea Is tho black bathroom. Th floor is made of somo kind of new asphalt preparation which is poured on, hardens and can bo scrubbed or polished until It resembles ebony. The woodwork and walls of this bathroom are black, with a celling of gold. The mirror Is of black glass, and In the center of the room is a tube of black marble. The woman for whom this bathroom was arranged was delighted de-lighted with It but It is doubtful if many people would care for auch an apartment Rooms are no longer kept in one period. It used to be the height of bad taste to put an empire piece In a Chippendale Chip-pendale room, but at present it Is quite customary to seo perfectly correct drawing rooms composed of a mixture of Sheraton, early Italian. Georgian and any other period tho owner prefers. pre-fers. The po.t-lmpresstonlst and futurist cretonnes and tinted linens are to bo used a great deal this autumn, and these will appeal to tho woman whose pocketbook is too Bllm to afford more expensive materials. These washable materials are very beautiful, especially the futurist ones in vivid colors, with a picture hidden until you search for it They lend a necessary brightness to the subdued tones of ultra modern rooms. |