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Show If; otpr- : rw nOJ 1Q1E& OWPurniture in the kv& mW New Apartment. pJ- mJtMkJ&iM it ililA ZZZZZZZZZZZZ UC1 fikW f B of tho homo furnlehlng prob-Rk prob-Rk j A 16ms. when the fall or sprlnc mov-MMf mov-MMf I Ins Is done. Is not hat to buy for Bl the new apartment (for the cx-Ml cx-Ml pense of moving is often heavy MIM;4aough to preclude tho desirability of Br buying anythlner new) but what to do ABB1 With the furnishings at hand, to suit them JHlttto their new quarters. In fact, the retl B)! problem bocomos a question of how toro-Kj toro-Kj arrange all of the pieces so that they jm ; will sbow to best advantage. jgg ( Crowded In and scattered anywhere at BJK random, as the furniture usually Is on Ml moving day, the effect Is like nothing HK tnore than a jumbled up puzzle picture. jHj All o the parts arc there, but the task Mfl ; ot making them Into tho home plcturo H i that they represented before the moving SMa Van spilled them out seems well nigh ' boplcss. ?' Fashions arc constantly changing, not jjfM jonly the form and material employed In Wm 4 furnlturo making but the arrangement of tM . til In tho room as well. jg A year ago there was a perfect mania T&M 't for " formal arrangement." Every plec Kr3ft 8 oVenly balanced by another. Itugs vrofl er 'a' n parallel lines, or at exact JjJ;tIsht angles, "WTicnevcr it was possible jBft'rtIcles wore bougnt In pairs" one at JnBmh aide" Was the rule Sofas In par-tlcufar par-tlcufar wcro subject to tho most rigorous a2, liclpllnc, They were mBdc often enough jMVin pairs, stimy confronting each other, poce at either side of the fireplace. "Where :Pace permitted of but one, that one was jfflB Ml straight in front of the flroplace. with nTjM, table the exact length of the sofa drawn jfjWi'M r'ht np against Its back, or two small 'jMils were placed one at either end. Tho BWr&ngcment In all cases was formal to - jBTt'w point of stiffness. --?JH Nw that we have had a slight reaction - 9Mj'ron that attitude of severity, and wo sKre ready to relax, not only have we 1 SHBf'ianErcd ,c Placing of our Bofa but wo r''alat even changed Its shape. , jB"ho newost style Is the corner sofa. ;St'n' one In tho accompanying Illustration U"no,r graphically how much may be done 'j8b Brna'.l quarters toward comfort, with J limited number of pieces. The room ndlcatd Is tho smallest Imaglnnblo room 3'""ltlQ more than a hall, a tiny space JB lUar t0 thousands of flat dwellers ,Sttln3er the misguiding name of " rccep-Br rccep-Br n hall-" That the corner sofa was ?PS(l0 to order, by measure, to the rather r an Bpaco allowed was a justlrlablo cx-' cx-' j3aH.ravftpancc for In the number of other ''(iBi a mRy servo successively as Its 1 1 ,nIt thero will doubtless be a cornor iifldBlf Ult tlic BRtne proportions, Into which , ' JM can bo stowed. f !jl .rhe bookcase filling one side of the wall jJBfaas to the habitable appearnnco of tho 0 Mftle room, while the white gate leg tablo tifHF'th white cover and fresh flowers, and il Kle Wnlto n'h bottom chair, with poslc3 ' -'Mlnted on Its splats, are tho touches of ,. ltS',t' Positively ncccHWiry to the maln-, maln-, jlfPlnlg of cheerfulness In the rather dingy JffiB ,ld roo"i location. The legs of tho -jKMcase arj painted white. JBUt H: 4i!" iJw'ftf.1.?' "if i j.. "' t.-lfmfMtrtsL , -1"' VV 't M "j-. , .1 j ' 'J' I ill Mil i. n I II ,rl ' ' ! i . in 'i"l3 &"1 turc, gives the maximum of artificial light, so that during the evening, at least this little more than passageway Is distinctly possible to live In. Another rule that has been reversed In regard to the sofa Is ono that has been maintained during the last year, that It must not be backed against the wall. Now It Is backed against the wall ugaln. forcibly, you might say, for wherever ouch a thing Is feasible It Is shoved Into a nlcho. Niches arc not often available, however, how-ever, but a decoration scheme may bo ro-sortcd ro-sortcd to Instead, Tho sofa, for example, is bocked against a rather large wall opaco- After It 1h bpI In place, wall decorations deco-rations evenly balanced are introduced to focallzo It Tho sofa, In other, words, In made tho center of a Bchcmo, and a decorative semi-circular design Is p.ilntcd In above It. or a conventionalized tree is palntd, 3tenclled, or cut out and pasted on at clthor sldo of It. The whole neutral world continues to bo so dance mad that tho fad has ;i distinct dis-tinct bearing on the placing of furnlturo In living rooms. Centers of any rooms that aro large enough to practice tho now steps In are left free, or have on them at best but a small cluster of movable mov-able ploces Just enough to keep tho placo from looking bare during tho day. Al most every one has a music box or player of some kind, not so much for tho sako of the music aa to practice dancing by. For tho sumo icason the fewest number of rugs arc used. One runner at tho entiancc of tho living room is considered quite enough In a living room whero music and dancing are hold to bo of prlmu importance. " Cleared for action " la tho order of the day Chests of drawers, to a largo extent, arc taking the placo of mirrored dressers. Such low chests aro placed close up to the window, and surmounted by a small detached mirror, one of the old fashioned sort, that swings in a emull frame, sot over a blnglc llltlc drawer. The mirror, frame and all. lb tmall enough to lit Into an ordinary suitcase. The reason Is so apparent for the placing plac-ing of a bed oo that the light may not strike the eyes of the sleeper that ono would hesllato to dwell on It were It not for glaring instances of Indifference about It. Children's eyes arc often Injured through Ignorance of this point. "Whero the wall spacing doos not permit of proper arrangement for the head of Ihn bed to bo toward the window, the bed should bo made up with tho head to tho foot. It may then bo covered with a spread during tho day, and the pillows be placed at the head when the bed Is dressed, but laid at tho foot at night. Beds with head and foot board of tho same height aro easiest to arrango Into any space. In bujlng a new bed this Is a good thing to remember. It Is the fashion to placo dining room tables with ono sldo against the wall. A new device Is a smull opening In the wall botweor. the dining room and kitchen, with a sliding door This Is placed u litllo abovo tho height of the table, and dishes arc passed through it from tho kitchen. It is ono of a number of new ideas for tho simple facilitation of service In rearranging furnlturo tho advice cannot can-not bo reiterated too often to ellminato all but tho necessary pieces Group well proportioned pieces, and sco that they havo a sociable air Bo careful not to put Incongruous things together. A llttlo spindle legged chair placed near a hugo overstuffed chair will mako tho ono seem unsafely rickety and the other elephantine. elephan-tine. ? An open arrangement and a clear center cen-ter will give tho Impression of space, even In comparatively small quarters. For breaking a space that Is too long and narrow nothing can bo more highly commended than a screen, placod midway of wall space, with furniture gioupedat either pUIo of It. A good screen Is really an invaluable furnishing adjunct. |