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Show Suitable Cushions for the Divan IF the size of the room will pos.sibly, permit there may be a comfortable Kofa; or divan in a girl" boudoir. If there i.sj a lounge conveniently near there will bej far more likelihood of a girl taking t he j hour's rest or nap which Nhe really re-' quires each day than if resting literally I means gaing to bed to lie flow n. If there! is only up ace for it a couch can be a real' economizer of room, for in a box lounge' call be I. -pi ;..' j waists, thus leaving extra space in the hanging closet. A box lounge can be made to order of small dimensions to fit iu a special corner! for very little more than the price of a! regulation sized divan. Fven a very narrow, nar-row, quite short conch will iblcht the soul of any ordinary girl who bus had hitherto to do ber studving ami reading in u stiff, high lcl; chair and bo gou3 without relaxation throughout thu day in preference, to sitting or lying; down upon hr b.J, with its pretty dimity cover so easily mussed and soiled, yet' sin b a bother to remove. A cot bedstead disguised with a covorj of pretty chintz makes a most com fort-1 able lounge, and underneath it may be kept one of the new wicker boxes cm, rollers which hold so much and are so' easily moved iu and out Any girl can! itber uphoUier or made a slip over ot elJnti, sj that opart from the actual cost of tbe material the cover need be no added expeusp. j Hut the glory of a louDge is it pillows, pil-lows, and of these there can never b too many. If the cover Ls of cbjnt all the cushions may be e-overed with the same, material, with ih exception of oue lingerie lin-gerie pillow fU4- tl.c head. Variety, bow-i ever, is nowhere s,o tUcctivc as in u col- lection .f sofj pillows, nnd here a girl may combine colors to ber heart' con-lent con-lent aim st regardless of the color m-heme of tbe r'Him. I'ale blue, Bof t mnuveie, ib Urate pink, yellows, apple greens all will tone iu charmingly together and even a velvet cushion can be used on tbe same sofa us well as one of cretonne. All t ha pes and sir.es, too, are now thrown together round cushions and square; oblong and diamond shape, heart shape and triangular, all are popular, but of these tin? oblong and Ibo round are the most in evidence. For a boudoir hung with silk or brocade the sofa pillows may be bordered with gold lace or dull gold braid, but iu a chintz room a cover of sheer lawn und bice over a foundation ef bright colored sdk or sateen i more attractive (hau anything any-thing else. Filet lace is still the favorito adornment for lingerie pillows and u large, round filet medallion makes a charming centre for a round batiste cushion. For an oblong cushion a filet squar? of about ten inches with a pie. of batiste of equal size at each end bordered bor-dered oil u round with a Cluny or filet edging, edg-ing, is extremely pretty und shows up well the color of tbe utebr sbp. The back of this pollow may le either of plain pink tecked LatMe or of silk. Two or three embroidered handkerchiefs handker-chiefs joined together make a pretty cover for a "baby" pillow the size cushion that is do comfortable to place at th nee vvl.cn buffering from headache. Fillow Muffed round like a tolster. tufted at each c:id or drawn into a pretty rosette formed of lace edging and ribtHin, are also pictty additions to the lounge. No matter how many silk or cretoun covered cushions there may b there must lunv be provided rie, two or more pillow pil-low with washable slip covers to be in constant ue. These covers are laundered each week nnd the c-osy divan thus ksl always lovkiD fresh and trim. |