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Show PICTURES IN THE HOME if Jj ' By A LAI A ZAISS OMFORT, cheer and good fel-V-1 low-ship are within," should be thVs silent message of the hall. Eut lsu't It strange that so many of our American hallways are such cheerless spots? I've often wondered why, with all the gracious hospitality that is showered upon us once we are safely inside the living rooms of the house, so few home-makers realize the value of that first glimpse the guest has as he enters the big front door. Today the architect does all he can to give us "friendly" doors that,ilke an oustretched hand of welcome, bid us "come in." Bnt once' the threshold thresh-old is passed, we too frequently enter en-ter upon the cold formality of a hall whose blank walls bear down upon ua In a most uncompromising way and SerTtcc. It's most disconcerting, and wholly unnecessary. No matter how small the hall may be, the right picture or mirror will give it that warmth and hospitality It needs to sound the keynote key-note of "home." If you were a silver-haired grandmother grand-mother or a grandad, no matter how up-and-coming you were bobbed hair notwithstanding you'd want some little corner where you could hang certain old pictures and a cherished cher-ished photograph or two without damaging dam-aging the ultra-modern decorative scheme of the third generation now, wouldn't you? Today the rules regarding plcturw are so flexible thli can be accomplished accom-plished wrth satisfaction to all. In the room dedicated to the elder a most artistic effect can be given by . 5-Ws r , Pictures In the Hall. we are fairly shooed Into more human parts of the home to escape the chill of their vacant stare. This can be so nicely avoided by a fortunate choice of mirror or pictures. Suppose, as the illustration suggests, sug-gests, you have a quite narrow hall, with a huge, gaping doorway giving Into the library or living room. That Is not so good, as decorative possibilities possibili-ties go but still It Is far from hopeless. hope-less. There on the wall space opposite your doorway Is room for a shallow console which shall hold a bit of vivid pottery and two graceful candlesticks. candle-sticks. Above the stand may be hung a longish mirror of dignified design. Lights and a splash of color from the Jar are reflected In It, as well as a the thoughtful arrangement of old-fashioned old-fashioned pictures that ar dear to them. And in many case refraining would solve the problem which so many old pictures present--for -even a lovely picture looks disreputable in a frame that is cracked or out of harmony har-mony with the subject. Above a chest of drawers modern furnishers are placing groups of fine old prints or color engravings or a mirror with two Gody prints smartly framed in black glass mats. In narrow panels beneath sidelights, side-lights, quaint portraits or silhouettes preside. Again, one finds a pair of parchment candle shields with English Eng-lish coach scenes or old Colonial prints cemented on In panel effect. Often above an antique walnut table ' - ' , i u niir. l Pictures for the Elders' Room. vista of the room beyond. Add a cheery print at either side, and you have achieved a friendly, welcoming hall that warms the heart of all who enter, and leaves with the parting guest that !ast Impression of comfort com-fort and well-being that is your dearest dear-est asset as a hostess. In the hallway sketched much at-n-osphere Is furnished by the scallopy little hooked rug placed before the console, find the mellow tones of velvet vel-vet hangings at the door. In the average American home pictures pic-tures for the hall should not be too formal, but rather, gracious and colorful. color-ful. A most satisfying effect Is had where a dominant color not In the picture Is picked up and repeated by the pottery or candles, as the case may he. Two really good prints ar.d a chubby ginger Jar In vivid blue would nicely carry out the Idea suggested ! by the sketch. The mirror might be ; given an antlq'ie frame of black ' la'-qufr and gold. Now and then one sees a delicate ha!f-nx,on table used In halls, and then the decoration Is h i smaller mirror. more elaborately ' framed, perhaps with candelabra at ' ibe sides. There are many, many charming things we can do to make the hall attractive, at-tractive, so do n't let its walls In your bouse mare blandly at the e: .''T guest a flower plaque or sampler Is hung and the most homelike touch imaginable imagina-ble Is given by a pair of photographs In antique frames at either side of the secretary that is so much the vogue. All these favorites of a bygone by-gone day have returned to charm you by their artistic correctness as well as to give much secret satisfaction to the folks from whose early life they have come. |