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Show I The Home Harmonious Venetian Glass to Brighten Neutral Backgrounds By Anita de Campi l . J; H ; i ITH neutral color as an accepted ; A fac-or for backgrounds In homo Vy decoration, attention naturally ' turns to the relief of vivid i touches of color so neceesary to i cave tho Avholo scheme from being utterly 1 dull. The small, concentrated note comes 'U like a vJrllo flash to give life to what V would othcrwibo be deadly. ; jW Women who set about adorning their J homes with Intelligent undemanding Know that prlmaiy colors oven, in small j objects must not be scattered about tho place with ap lndlscrlmlnatc-ly lavish j hand That a small object In the room bo of a bright primary hue Is not enough. t The article Itself must be beautiful as wc-ll. and not only that but It must bo placed at some focal point of Interest. Wonderful In Its adaptability to this 1 pnaso of interest is the new dl&play of Venetian jjlass. Somo of the most transparent trans-parent colors seem to have caught the : eouI of tho Uame In their tiring and to hold ' it gleaming in their veins. j" , The extraordinary thing about this ex- ; ; quleltc glusswarc is that it Is equally tl beautiful whether carried out in trans- A parent or in opaque colorings. The range .-I , of effects Is almost unlimited. Tho same ( applies, by tho way, to tho range of prices. However, when a fad attains the success A that this one has price never stands In 1 j tho way It hu.s completely takn tho A Placo In the public fancy that has been I held for yeaia by cut glass. Cut glass of S J the deep cut geometrical design has had l . its duj". With allother tiling. that wore 1 j too ornate it has been ccnoorcd. J-J j Unquestionably In good taste, however, jill from the beginning andi forever more arc Jk certain othtr types of cut glast tho plain fv' colonial piece cut Jn Hat, prism-like ef- Jjll feet, tho exquisite baccarat, the tallstop- Trf percd wine bottles, and simple forms '2Jfc whose beauty is their own translucent l., I r charm. Classes and decanters should, according 6J! 4 to the best authorities, depend upon their i content of wine or other liquid for their y. '. color, so that the best glasses arc the clear s ., ones, and whatever ornament Is used on them should preferably be-placed toward W ; the ujiper rim. H , The be8t models of Venetian gloss arc H '. those that arc mudc as ornaments purely tS I and not as parlfr of tabte service vaaca, d, I lamps, flower bowls, jugs, baskets, can- 'Ojf j dlcticks, etc. Tho various objects shown if, j In the accompanying illustration need tho '0? j cupplement of accurate description to do Si I taem any Justice, in lieu of their being '(I -' DrlDtcd In color. v )Uj '? Tho covered una in tho right hand group m h Ib of milky glass festooned with flowers J and fruit In turquoise. These come singly, l0 one to bo placed at tho center of the ldc- 0 board wtlh a formal flanking of candlo- ini tticks. Or It may be a pair, one on either 10 Bide of a punch bowl. The simplicity of fo i tho display makca It emphatic and It Is 111 ' nalpblo that tho object so omhaclzcd ptj tnust bo worthy of admiration, SM Tho next is an opalescent covered Jar ygl trimmed with cleop blue. wl Btllcatcly beautiful is the little hanging jyjflt baaltcL of black, lattice IUi milk lines jfSji Qnd colored flowors designed to bo used jlB " tte flower holder for tho living room. McH 'Vhtr covered compote Is of opaleacent ,j, blut with a. brilliantly colored bird on its 'VENETIAN GLASS. SUPPLIES THE' NECESSARY NOTE OE. COLOR " top. It Is Intended for a sideboard ornament. orna-ment. In tho center picture a Iho most astonishingly aston-ishingly lovely decorative piece. It Is an electric Jlght eighteen Inches high of topaz colored glass. The bowi on c. stand I seemingly filled with fruit and tlowoia of glass In many coloia. It Is really a marvel of the glas worker's art. These lanips come singly or In polni and nro denlgnud an lublu decorations. Thy nroexiKsiifllvo, but novel and wrought with mnisual.ilctll. In tho lower left hand plato ar sveral Venetian candlesticks. Tho Ilrst Is mndo of a black and a w hlic twist of jrlaas. Tho. second Is of milk whlto glass trimmed with black. The third Is of antique milk and black Thu fourth no Is In a ravishing ravish-ing nhade of opaquo coinl with white trimmings. Tho other lx are of transparent trans-parent glass, ono rose sprinkled with gold, and tho other crybtal and bluu. Thcso thlngB aro not much more expensive than tho heavy cut glaw that they have superseded super-seded and thoy carry with them a note of present day favor. In tho left hand upper corner Is a compote com-pote of opalcBctnt white dotted with green tears and having for a knob a llttlo bunch of opiiquu pink flow er. -Next to It la an urn ahaped va-w of unueually graceful grace-ful form. U comes in rose and yellow sprinkled with gold The two bottles de--slgntd for the dressing table aio sti Iking. The first ono Is un amethyst bottle trlmnud with a wieath of yellow How era und green, leaves. The plhor la black gluss with a vividly colored ntoppor of brilliant fruit. They are both to hold tolkt water. In the right hand group tho first piece In n table decouitlon that Is dainty and unique in design with It.s llttlo glasH arches touched with gold colored Ilowors; the rest or tho glass is Inumcthysl. Tho coloiHl hox bnsldo It of opalc.icont gohl wrtiithed w.th opaque white How ors and transparent gicen loaves Is abon"bon bo. The linger bowl and plate aro black v;th a Mower and fruit on one side The smallest small-est piece Is a powdoi box or solid looking i turoquolbe Mulshed at the topwlth a whlto Mower and greon leaes. Among tho glass decorative pieces Ihls year are to be found) some strikingly lovely lliingn that aio of proeaed glass, These, of cotiret-, do not entail thw skill mid time In making tha.t tho artist craf IB-men IB-men have put Into their bcstwoik do-tcrlbed do-tcrlbed aboo. Yot to the untrained eye that sees but llttlu dirreronco between them -sonic nro irresistibly a I U active. The chief nmong thoue, pcrjiaps. aro tho topaz color pieces callod tho Tudor glnss, modeled In form from Eomo good antiquum an-tiquum These things go harmoniously with such dark dining room furniture as the; Jacobean and other period styles. Tho rago for color manifests Itsolf alao Jn the other billllant prosbed 'glass. Forms of fruit to bo found in it aro pears, red uppleti, lemons, oranges, bananas, plums and grapes, all daringly colored. They aro not expensive, and Piled up an they' aio on hugo ."hallow black glass bowls they make rather romarkablo jj)Iashos of decorative color. All black, vnses. Jars, and covered boxoa wore nover mofe in -vogue. They aro mado more eccentric looking by having placed In them one or two black artificial Hi flowers highly glazed Into a sortofpor- jlj celaln flnish MS Unique and faddish, loo. Is the use of l sprays of drooping branchesof black artl- Mi ficlal leaves and stems thrust Into alabas- II tor bowls and urns with or without light- I Ing attachments. ff Dresden china also asserts itself, claim- l lng a place in delicate color schomes In. tho II form of gracefully framed wall mirrors ' jl Mnishcd with spreading branched candle- 'I htlcks Tho one sketched here has palej jl turquoise blue fleur do lis beneath th I cands and the frame Is of turquolso' I trimmed with little pink roscfr. A new note has been- struck this season by tho good' use of colored enamel paint jl applied In deconitlve pattern on such slnt- II pie things as variously shaped aquarl- 21 urns The decorative little gold Msh as a jl color touch Is not to be despised Tho jl" enamel paint is applied to the outside of ( the aquarium Itself, not burnt In, of jl course, yet it resembles burnt enamel jl' fairly well and Is bright and cheerful look- Jl lng. particularly for solarium use. In II the globular shaped aquarium at tho II right the color schenio Is worked out with II little marbles in different shades of jl jade green. Somo of those havo holes jl drilled in them through which a tinystick jl of split bamboo is run, holding them up jl like ascending bubbles. jl! Tho connoisseur naturally appreciates If tho artistic value of tho genuine Venetian jl glass, its limpid clarity and singularly jl translucent texture. In ihich the light jl Ungcrs, loath to pasa. He realizes tho skill required in its mak;ngand notes how jl! inimical all sorts of pressed glasses. re jl'ji quiring little skill in molding, aro to It jjj jfc Answers to Inquiries. .11; E. T. R.: Select repp silk in small dla- ) pcred pattern for cushion to go with your j , Adam style furniture. " if A. M. W.i If you use palo green paper 1 in tho west room with a green carpet, lot l.i !l it bo a grayish green, not a clear light I jl green. With this use chintz curtains In r green, gray, and mulberry tones. In tho i room with tho oak furniture try amber j A and shades of peacock blue and peacock , M green. j f M. U. B.: If your windows do not let in j It much light In tho room wlthi your ma- ' E hogany, use plain dotted owiss curtains; f ruOletl ones avo In keeping. Xo, a dross- J V Ing table Aould not be Incongruous with ' L tho bed you describe, provided! It Is of tbo i It fiamo wood uud harmonlzea in ehape and if scale, Jn S. B.: Anj' flrst elas-a cleaner and dyer W w 111 give you prleea for dyeing your vol- ffv et rugs, We do not glNe names in tbJa , S column but you can easily And them by H looking in tho directory. Drop a postal ' K card to several and get the prices for tho m Avoik. Tho rug you dcyoilbo would not 'l dye tan, but could be died In brown. . jl B. J. A.: Select foi your dlqlng room i j Kg flock paper of conventional design dono ; i in fawn and light tan. The effect will bo II t-hadowy and will blond well with tho J BJ tan of y6ur adjolnlnv living loom. For i tfl the hinall bedroom uso fabric paper , i H white with a tiny flgure In deep cream. H t ' I 1 ( & |