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Show JmJome ' ImmminoES THE custom of having tho " spring cleaning " dono In the fall seems to become more confirmed every year, and the reason Is obvious. The city house is naturally dirtier in summer, sum-mer, when tho windows arc all open, than It 13 In winter. Redecorating that Is dono In the spring Is often faded and dilapidated dilapidat-ed by fall. During the winter wo aro moro confined to tho house, so it is In the fall really that everything should be freshly renovated and prepared for the term of sheltering comfort and hospitality. Tho time has como around again to begin be-gin to think of the subject of wall paper, paint, and calcimine. Of course, we are all a little dlssatlsttcd with decorations as they stand. It Is a mighty good thing to stop for a minute and analyze that discontent discon-tent beforo making a fresh choice at random, ran-dom, and to Ut your new cholco be based ou the reason of tho recognized dissatisfaction. dissatis-faction. Do you want to change this or that room shnpiy for tho sake of change? Then And Boniemlng us distinctly dliterent as possible. pos-sible. Do you realize that the color of tho room has been good, but tho design of tho I-aper atrocious' Then choose something of the same color, hut liner In design. Have you learned that good wall decoration decora-tion must always bo Ilat7 Then banish those bulging, swaying florals and scrolls torever The real progress that wo make in the cultivation of our taste is marked by the things we have learned to no longer long-er like. Several things como to my mind In thinking about the retrimmlng of a room or rooms, that fairly demand consideration consid-eration beforo a dennito decision can bo made ai to what tho best wall covering may be. Ono point Is: " What is the most beautiful thing that is to be used In tho room? " ' If, for example, you have an unusually beautiful Chinese rug, colorful color-ful and exquLsItely patterned, do not havo a brilliantly designed side wall to kill the pattern and color of your rug. Choose rather some neutral tone, and fine, almost Invisible design. The some suggestion appllci in caso of pictures being used. The wall decoration must not bo allowed to detract from the pictures, but must quietly subserve them. Let your own personality, too, enter iiiiv iuu ciiviiio uj. mint,:. ay personality person-ality I mean all that pertains to your exterior ex-terior person. If you arc fair, bluo eyed, and with delicate coloring, let your color scheme correspond with your own fair tinting; and if you are of the oriental type, choose deep rich hues, Select your hangings as you would select your clothes. Make sure, abovo all things, that tho colors with which you surround sur-round yourself arc becoming. Nay.ego even farther sec that they are flattering. flatter-ing. Always to appear at your best .'lows a willingness to please those about you that Is a mark of true roflnemcnt and cultivation. Avoid showy papers. Small, conventional conven-tional designs and neutral tints are always al-ways safe. They may look deadly when seen In the roll, but when In tho room? they accentuate the colors and shapes of the objects for which they form a background. back-ground. It can scarcely ever be a mistake . to use pspers that are printed In Imitation Imita-tion of-fabrics. ' v , r r- rf The Decorator Is Always 'r a Safe in Using Small a Designs and Neutral Tints. Cawcov - r, - ' -",- ' ' -.IE'1 I ' l-' ' . ' - ' " v" "'-V : ' r If you learn to distinguish between " conventional " designs and " realistic " designs, you will have mado great strides In your understanding of Interior decoration. decora-tion. Those things are realistic that aro commonly described as " natural. ' " Oh, what lovely flowers! How natural they are! " Is an exclamation often heard. It utamps tho one who makes It ae being entirety en-tirety untrained in the first principles of decorative art. Carpets, cushions, covers. cov-ers. wall hangings, and draperies must not partake of the quality of paintings. They must not bo covered with " natural " birds and flowers. In fact, they must show not tho least modeling they must be llatj No one part of a wallpaper design may be allowed to seem higher or lower relief than the other. This, In a word, Is what is meant by " conventional." It Is the opposlto of natural. Stenciling Is more In vogue this-season than ll, has over been before. 1'cnclllng and stenciling u'ro being most effectively -- . ,.... ... . ,.. i - i ' i '& - ' ' ." -' ''-, ' ff combined. It Is done on paint, plastering, paper, or calcimine. The mode Is to scatter scat-ter tho design throughout tho room at irregular ir-regular Intervals. If may bo placed on the celling In three or four spots, repeated several times on the frieze and side wall, and seen again on a cushion or wooden box top In the room. Tho most brilliant colors are used In carrying out these stencils, the background being, of course, flat and 1 dull, and tho celling and side walls all In one color. Another fad of the moment Is to have tho side walls tinted, while tho celling and frieze aro papered In somo figured paper. An old gold room, for-example, has a celling anc drop covered with a pa- per in small cubes and squares and triangles, tri-angles, representing every possible shado of peacock bluo and cray, and touches of emerald green . In small apartments a senso of space Is best attained by havlng.the paper the samo , color throughout.- Variety Is had by dlf- -'-. ' Xerlng tho sort of paper. An apartment dono all In a melting, atmospheric old bluo has silk flocks paper In the formal rooms, chambrayfln tho bedroom, and atmeal paper in tho dining room. Somo of tho new wallpapers showing Japanese designs In color on a blaolc ground are wonderfully striking. But while they are lovely in themselves, they , call for a certain typo of furnishing, and would look funny, Indeed, with most c our domestic furniture. Japanoso papers, showing decorative flowers and birds on a parchment colored ground, aro moro adaptable. Tho combination of black and whlto ceems to have come to stay. While It was ".seen mostly In stripes at first, it is now , ,vorkod into many lovely patterns. Ono of tho best is an intrlcato design showing show-ing smllax leaves, so close together that but little of the ground Is allowed to show. Tho leaves aro black, and tho .ground a grayish white. i |