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Show IFOR TF.E TELEPHONE JRpSJI HAT Instrument of modern ad- vaneemcnt in civilization, iho B9B telephone, is oftentimes no unsightly un-sightly article which it would be better to hide. In the boudoir it I j pushed into an enameled cabinet, and I sometimes the same treatment Is accorded ac-corded it in the living room, where a I painted wall closet offers concealment. conceal-ment. But here is n description of a telephone tele-phone corner which, in spite of t ho presence of the Instrument In question, was particularly attractive. First of I nil, there was a Chinese lacquered telephone tel-ephone table of black and yellow, with dull Chinese landscape and figure? j painlrd on its surface. A low chnl' I was made to fit exactly under the labl I A shelf under the table top loft enou ; room for the insertion of the telephon book, which was covered with a blaek-I blaek-I nnd-yellow and peacock blue printed j linen in Chinese ftrures. A table on j the edge of the cover projected from the shelf, so that it could be pulled I out easily. A screen of the printed linen was high enough to hide the unsightly telephone. tel-ephone. Pegide the screen reposed a I pmall elbow cushion, also covered with U linen, which is a great comfort for 0 lengthy conversations. A list for a few often used numbers was slipped into a hanging panel of the linen tacked tack-ed just above the table. |