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Show The Home Harmonious Window Draperies Throughout the House By Anita de Gampi I THE generally awakened consciousness conscious-ness of the fact that all parts of the home must be considered as a whole rebels at tho hit and miss aspect given to so many of our homes by having their window draperies widely varied as seen from the street. Tho curtains in different rooms necessarily neces-sarily aie not In the same stylo or material mate-rial "and too often the result from the exterior closely resembles a Job lot, whllo the Interiors may each one be entirely sat'sfactory. Tho living room may perhaps per-haps be furnished In Italian carved furniture fur-niture calling for curtains In old brocade. The front bedroom may be In light en-umclcd en-umclcd furniture hat simply cries for chintz or cretonne, and the dormer windows win-dows at the top seem to lequlre muslin. Then there are the side and back windows win-dows The houso may be conspicuously sltuated'so that It can be seen from afar and a miscellaneous assortment would bo an eyesore. Must tin Inside effect be sacrificed to the outside? What can be done about it? Well, the answer is ns simple as a, b, c Line all of the inside draperies with the same material throughout tho house. A preference .as a curtain lining material ma-terial la to bo suggested In favor of strlpesj-'pln stripes, broad stripes, or broken stripes. In many of tho rooms the striped curtaining or other lining slu,ff will bo used nlono for lnsldo draperies, dra-peries, as It Is the same on both sides. In the height of Us popularity Is all material that Is alike on the face and the reverse side. The cholco of such fabrics Is limited and thoy are In trcmondous demand. ;: The new double faced materials, while they are scaice, aro lovely, easily outrivaling out-rivaling chintz and cretonnes, which, hew-over alluring they may be. require lining, and that, of course, Involves Increased In-creased expense because of tho doublo amount of material and extra labor of making. At the sides of the accompanying sketch art four of the season's latest fabrics. The first Is a lattice work of Ivy lcavei nnd berries outlined In white on a grron ground. Tho simplicity of the pattern Is charming and Is equally good as a curtain cur-tain or a lining. For sun room windows unllned It affords a pleasant substitute for the lack of vines outside tho pane. This pattern is self-colored. The sample nt the lower right side, also of llnon, on a deep cream ground, has a fine medieval pattern In contrasting color. It Is alike on both sides, j Tho pattern Is carried out In light green, or brown, or blue, or terra cotta. Tho double faced fabric at the lower left side Is In three colors. Tan ground, lavender flowers, and green leaves make one combination; dull bluo ground, palo yellow flowers, and grcon leaves make nnn'hflr nnd It Is seen nc.iln with a light green ground, deep green Icavos, and bluish pink flowers. Tho tones aro soft and supposed to bo fadeless. Sundures, sunfasts, and other merccr-lrcd merccr-lrcd fabrics arc no longer guaranteed to be fast colored owing to scarcity of good dyes duo to tho war. Well colored linens are bought with avidity, as thoy aro mostly imported and a commodity that In likely- to give out shortly. Unusual In color and design Is tho fabrlo a detail of which lo seen In tho upper right hand figure Tho ground 1b whlta, strown ovor with grocn leaves and quoor looking flowers, in such brilliant bril-liant colors as ornngo and blue, and magenta- Straight down tho middle of th goods runs an evenly waved band of pal bluo leaves -and-flamtngrflowera onadeep- ly dotted ground. Using this band as a cutting line, the fabric Is equally divided so that one good length of the material makes two gay 4ambrcquns of the sort shown in Ihe sketch It Is most attractive attrac-tive used In conjunction with any striped material provided the alternate stripe Is white Tho dlilkulty of selecting fabric Just aboul equals the dlfllculty of fashioning and hanging after the selection is made so much depends upon the light or lack of It In the room und also upon the woodwork. wood-work. The question musl bo pondered whether the woodwork Is good enough to be used as a frame for the draperies, or whether It Is so poor that It must bo covered up by them. If the walls are neutral andadorned with few if any pictures or other ornaments, orna-ments, then the widest decorative latitude lati-tude may bo allowed In tho lnsldo curtains. cur-tains. They may bo of the most strlklm? patterns, and In printed linens, damaBkn, chintz, brocatolles, brocades, etc, depending de-pending on tho character of tho room. If, on tho other hand, an abundanco of decoration Is used on tho walls and throughout tho room tho curtains should bo qulto plain and maintain themoolvea Inconspicuously oa a part of tho background. back-ground. It Is dirneutt to jtIvt: epeclfio rcsuhv-tlons rcsuhv-tlons about-the"hKnging,-oicorta!n-b- ciuho of Kicat variance in the circumstances circum-stances of window shapes, sizes, styles, olc. but. speaking generally, it is safo to say that tho thin curtains In cases where two sets arc used may bo of voile, net, line plain lace. Swiss, thin silk, or casement cloth, and should be hung Inside In-side of the window casing close to the glns,s. Thej should be hung In straight folds. The lower hem Is often weighted to hold the folds in straight lines. Aboul the inside curtain used with or without valance or lambrequin, the curtains cur-tains should be made up with a heading at tho top. held sillily up by means of if flFWl rlnjr with perpendicular extensions attached at-tached to them. A drawing of tho right sort of ring is shown at either side of the sketch. It will be noticed that tho brass extensions end In oyolots. Tho rings and ends aro sewn to tho lnsldo of the curtain where It Is laid In plaits. They are, of course, not sen from the room, an they are kept on tho side nearest near-est tho glass. As a rnla the curtolnu should bo of a length barely to touch tho wlndowslll. Tho braes rings allow them to slide along tho rodo easily and so thoy aro often drawn togothor at night In placo of roller ahudoii. They are placed Just within the casing toward tho room, not towards the -window. If -they uro'to hang to tho sill onl, but outside oX the casing If they aie to hang to the floor, and tho valence or lambrequin Is always placed outside of the casing. It is now considered a crime against esthetic to allow any of the mechanical contrivances used in curtaining to show. Brass trimmed wooden curtain poles aro discarded. Small .solid brass tods are used, and they aro carefully concealed. Brass rings must never bo seen. By whatever what-ever expedient they must not bo allowed lo offend the eye. Even when used to hold up heavy portieres, by hook or by crook, they must be placed out of sight. or tho dccoi alive quality of the room Is declared marred. When only one pair of curtains Is used, tho length should measure exactly to tho casement line. Where two pairs aro used the preference Is frequently In-favor of having the heavy hangings como to tho floor. Answers to inquiries. M. S.: In the amallTOoms that you want to rent out oa living and bed rooms for young working girls, why not use big folding bed chairs? Thes aro thu width of tho averago single Kd, so that thy are comfortable at night and more attractive at-tractive and spa.ee Eavlng In the daytime than, thd couehes you speak of, Thocolora you have selected arc good, but are they not rather delicate for the hard use they will probably get? Furniture enameled tn dark colors, such us maroon, royal blue, van dyke brown. raos green, etc.. Is lovely when ornamented with small, pretty multicolored motifs, such as tho Bavarian peasants love to use, and Is feichlntg with chintz curtains. II C. Y.: Youi U-ltei was del'ghtful. I ate thai you have the full courage of your convlclions Why not accept a modern mod-ern adaptation of medieval lines? J have befoie mo an exquisite acquarel print by a celebrated English architect a-rtlsL Tbo description eocceptlng lm pomt of color exactly tallies with tho description of your homj. Tho dltTerenco of usinff light green enamel or other light colors for tho woodwork, high beams, and paneling throughout, leaving the wall a pulo plaster gray between tho beJiv, make th Interior In-terior deoonatlvo scheme to go with hi own architecture. His fa-vorife wood for tho furniture Is a silver axh or In lieu of this h us-ss light colored enamel. Kow this wholo idea Is, of course, totally at variance with your scliemo of medieval colors. Jf you uco It, exctonwv KtBr caeemont curtains, or otiherwarhablo fabrics fab-rics should b employed in- preference to tb plush, etc. that you seem to feel a liking for -in. tlio-jnedlcval-schemo. Ma- hogany paneling would not do. Yes, I 'H am much Interested and ln iepons.e tv fl your piomlst-d letter, going into further H details, will be glud to furnish you wlih H further descriptions of drawings. H H G. R : Ute a valance ol Ihe new sunf&it H gauze In madras effect across the Iran- M soni like top of your sun parlor windows, M men 1 would suggest casemenl curtains M and roller shade for each separate win- M dow. Use ecru curtains In youi living room. Plain voile Is prttty with over- curtains of cuaenitiu cloth, arranged to M diaw together In jiluce of window shades. flH 1 think one largo rug without acum M lit can be bought nine reet wide and any M ucsircd length) would be preferable to M small rugs In connection with this, you M might uso one oval rug, If you have an M old fashion sofa, before which you can M placo It. Gln.s door knobs are populai. jH If you want Inside curtains for your JM klchen windows, why not try a little bluo flH and whlto checked gingham, over whllo ul muslin? Yes, tho pongee silk takes dye well, but of course takes old blue bettor 11 than mauve It would be qulteall right to l use your cretonne for both rooms Many decorators are using curtaining through- M out exactly alike. Braided runners would be nice. If you use a valance on your M pantry window let It be an extremely 'H narrow one. A pretty fad Is lo use sldo M curtains with French hem at the top, and M then to cover tho rod between the cur- H tains wtlh a tittle niching of the same M material Just double tho width of th4 M Krcnch hem. M E. C. H.: Could you not place' a sciccn lM before tho alcove formed by olfset? You ,M dldh't tll me how deep the offset Is. It M might bo an effective placo for a lamp. H Could you not hang a portiere In front M of It. putting the curtain polo well up -M towards tho ceiling? Bccauso your dc- , Bcriptlon is rather inadequate, I do not ,' know whether the space is flvo feet high H or Ave feet broad, but will answer more iH fully when better informed. H |