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Show Tie Home Harmonious ON THE PORCH By Anita de Campi THE most essential difference between be-tween the furnishing of an outdoor porch and an indoor one, or sun room, should bo a difference in lh textural quality of all the articles elected. In planning the porch furnishing furnish-ing the first thing to be remembered is that It must stand exposed to the ele-fm ele-fm me nt s the wind, the rain, and tho sun Hr' and so the chintz cushions, soft ruga, delicate china, pretty, daintily painted furniture, so lovely for the glass sheltered porch, however attractive and appropriate appropri-ate In shape they may be, are not suitable suit-able in texture for the open air. For the porch we want rougherthlnss hemp rugs, good looking earthen crockery, crock-ery, furniture light in weight but strong and eervlceable, and rainproof aushlons. Chairs glued at tho spindles will not do, nor those with solid scats that will hold puddles of rain and will subsequently split if accidentally left out in a summer atorm. Regular deck paint Is the best paint t use for the floor. Some built-in poroh furniture Is excellent excel-lent A, good ehelf adjusred to the wall by a hinged strip and an under bracket, Is a simple, Joyful thing to have. Tho under bracket or arm Is made to push aside, by which means the tablelike shelf Is dropped flat against the wall when not In use. This, If It Is painted, should b done In dark color. "Where space allows, a chest might also bo built in, though a bcnchllke chest is a pretty good thing If detached, placed on ball bearing rollers, and supplied with tout trunk handles. It should have a padlock and may bo used as a stowaway ( for croquet set, rackets, golf sticks, etc. Lot It be painted dark and have a thin &. mattresalike cushion atrapped to Its top. f " Wicker furniture Is probably tho best ,' for porch use, being easily lifted, cool, comfortable, and strong. Light and graceful and at the same time strong and serviceable also are tho Frcnoh cane and reed pleceB. These are enameled In colors col-ors that aro bright, but not too light, In cherry, green, clear blue, etc. It has an , air of wonderful vivacity and Is, of course, I waterproof. L "K'lde seated porch swings have almost entirely taken the place of woven ham- mock3, and not without reason. tf Jl pretty adjunct for the poroh Is the long chair. This, well filled with cush- J lona. is an Ideal resting place, downright -conducive to subconsciousness. Here ono may lie idly, with book in hand, and but 1 half mindful of tho printed words, drift 1 gently into dreams between tho lines, Japanese hanging porch screens are not only A useful protection against the sun f nd a means of privacy but theyhave , a distinctly decorative value. Nothing ' could be more bewitching than tho green f and gray silhouettes cost by tho wind itlrrod leaves on tho outside of t he curtain, cur-tain, and broken W the right In fine horizontal hori-zontal lines by the Jarolght weave of , the split bamboo. 1 Joreovcr. they are ifc ooolas they do not xterfere with he m circulation of air. and i. can be rolled f up out of the W to .uyour conven- So many attraotlvo porch novelties are being shown this year that the warning not to overdo Is timely. One or two fancy pieces are. of course, permissible, but a crowding of furniture entirely robs tho place of Its greatest charm, a sense or freedom and spaco. Among the extra accessories Is a small tea tablo with a folding top, at which, when Ha two Haps are opened out. four or six pcrHonfl may bo seated and nerved comfortably. The push handle la so close that It is hardly noticeable. It Is rolled on two small wheels and two casters, and its lower part Is fitted with two rollcd-ln glaive for the accommodation o serving dishes for an extra course. Closed and set against tho wall. It looks moro like a buffet table than an ordinary tea wagon. Simply enchanting arc the thrush cages of reed for porch decoration. They aro made In a variety of new forms, two of which I have sketched here. Ono Is of orange color. It Is Hat at ono sldo and rests directly against the wall. The other Is round and unusually long, several times tho depth of tho ordlnaryblrd cage, with a succeHslon of perches calculated to bo gnttlfylnsr to blrdly aspirations. All cushions, pads, tc. used on porches should bo made of a waterproof fabric or havo a stitched on cover made of such stuff. Over this may bo slipped covers that are nide adjustable for frequent washing. These should bo neatly fitted j ( with snap clasps, buttons, or tics, preferably prefer-ably tho former. In suleotlng the matorlal for the outsldo covers It Is "Well to keep the dominant Idea of strength and solidity, and so to solcct cloth that la characterized by coarseness of weave and roughness of texture. Colors, should be deep and mellow mel-low and warranted washable. This Is no plute for pale French grays and pinks and pastol shades that aro suro to become soiled and faded In a week's time. i: Hand blocked English prints arc good but expenulvo, Coarso tan linen is splen-djd, splen-djd, embroidered with worsted. Plan checked or striped Hum Is cool and at-tractlvo at-tractlvo looking. Crossbar and lalticc- work effects aro consistent. Agra cloth, a fifty Inch linen, is coarse in weavo as burlap, and yet soft to tho touch, and to no end durable. It sometimes comes bordered with coarse, bright colored embroidery em-broidery Tho list of deslrablo porch furniture may bo sweepingly summed up as follows: fol-lows: Steomor chairs, built-in or portable porta-ble table, or both, mandarin chairs In rattan, otherwiso known as hourglass chairs, ono wicker long chair, a box bMieh, wall sholf, Gloucester swing settee, set-tee, cagey, and fiower box. Lights should bo In old fashioned Ian-thorn Ian-thorn lamps, fitted with elthor electricity or candles. A certain rough strength must dom- lnalo evorythlng In this bit of out of doors that is brought right Into the home. Thero must bo nothing mincing and artificial arti-ficial about It, Altogcthor thero should bo a splendidly wholesomo atmosphoro about tho porch that Is missed entirely In lta protty counterfeit substitute, the solarium. sola-rium. Answers to Inquiries. II. "V. W.: Druperios for your brown room, with brown and rose rug, would bo attntotlve mado in this way: Tuko a utraight breadth of brown Yeoujr t5 length of your window and split itlongLh-ways: itlongLh-ways: to tills utltch full length a breadth of tnn nnd pink striped silk. Thl.t will mnko a pair of curtains, Doing brown |