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I i h fl II II I I J iri i I ct I IJ I I l j fb J I t Wy T u l 1 I lih l lJ 11 LL- LL L L I If l r I f 1 Z 11 Hl LV IF I l I j 4 J t l r I l II I I mt L 1 I tl f. f 1 1 I I i Q 7 I f I I I J I l 5 w T- T j a V II VM f t M 1 ARTS S has loose In a a. new nell spot iL A year and A half ago Paris diet die die- t black and white whILe as the proper colorings for home homo d decorations Now the French decorations have havo gone hono to the thc other extreme and are using a 0 per- per riot of color e The Cubists who whose je weird fir 1 productions f havo o recently been e exhibited In this country havo o had considerable enco upon this change but then Paris I only needs a suggestion to touch off ocr f Its volatile temperament Ot Of course conrA America n never var swallows the Paris Palls Idea whole but sugar coated And nd modified to meet our conditions we no certainly c adopt the man many themes of th the Parisian dictates L. L i It Is Interesting to note that back oCI of oC I these thee apparently rapid changes In up up- styles a new Influence hi In dec dec- Is at work t r. r Some Borne yen years ago a a. community of art- art In Vienna formed themselves In I what the they called caned a a. Werk Werl Their i ides idea was to furnish decorate and equip la a house complete But they soon ran into snags In trying to get bet the sort tot of draperies which the they thought were to carry out their Ideas This vied fled to their c creating fabrics for their own uses and finally for tor tho the general market Today th these e Werk are organizing r In most of the European Centers centera and as each has Its own Idea of decoration we are getting Betting from Europe more mare new styles and suggestions for tor beautifying the home than we have JI iad d for tor many years past I Incidentally tally ally all of this work Is be- be be being done ing-done ing done or at least most of It It with on nn j I Idea of oC the average home In mind Those These artists say that In the past all aU decorative o Ideas have havo had their origin In the tho of th king of nobles and that therefore the they were ero totally unsuited unsuited un- un suited for tor the great middle class of ot people This new school Is to give siva us artistic decoration which will meet the needs of ot tho the average home There Thero Is one thing which the housewife housewife house house- wife can well remember In consi considering the furnishings of oC a room and nd that Is the strong tendency to run both carpets and draperies to the baseboard For a a. along along long IonS while while- wo we had the rug Idea and the sill length curtain as the popular ideal ide in m furnishings But rugs cannot give the full fully furnished effect of a carpet carpet carpet car car- pet and sill length curtains lack the graceful lines of tho the longer drapery draper If your our window window- has a projecting sill tho white cm curtain tain may be of short length but tho the Pc o should hould al always always always al- al ways reach the baseboard Just at this period the tho retail stores are resplendent with all sorts of or materials for beautifying beautifying the home It seems This his year car that tho the t materials gill be more popular popular popular pop pop- ular than ever er both for window and door draperies Our old friend the thc Nottingham curtain curtain curtain cur cur- tain Is also to be found in new and more mora artistic designs ns In every en high high- cl clas s store Tho The woven wOon scrim Is another another an an- oth other r line In which splendid variety of artistic patterns and colorings are arc be beIng being being be- be ing displayed and these promise to be bemore bemore bemore more popular perhaps than toan the printed scrim which has been used so ISO much during the past few seasons In floor coverings the stores are arc showing almost as wide a range of ma- ma tennis and certainly the most artistic selection of oC patterns and ami colorin colorings that have ever been made to beautify the home hom It Is also worth north while noting noUns that tho honest well mado domestic rug will replace tho the poorer class of oC made factory orientals Most 1 of oC tho the bolter class of or stores aro are now lIOW showing a deep pile hea heavy yarn wool Wilton VIlton IU rug ing mich such as have come Into favor so largely with the big hotels These are aio made up in tho lie oriental patterns pattern or other conventional designs and not only make a splendid appearance on the tho I floor but with average wear are almost Indestructible Indeed It I Is tho the ability I I to withstand tho the hardest kind of usage 1 which has made this t type pe of fabric so popular for tor hotel u uso o. o Next time you OU go o shopping you you o want to be sure to look for linoleum There never never- has hag been so man many varied and artistic artistic ar ar- patterns obtainable in this floor covering as at the present time Tho fact that linoleum Is positively cl a a. santary sanitary san sani I tary floor covering started a a. surprising I popularity for tor It t a few years ears ago which has been steadily growing sinco that time and added to this we wc ha have hac c covered that thal It makes a very cry warm floor covering covering- for the winter Europe realized realized the advantages nd of or linoleum long before we considered ered It of ot value alue in this country countr for Cor an anything outside e of the kitchen But It seems likely that wo shall now rival riyal Europe In the tho use of linoleum for tor tho the bedroom bedroom bed bcd rot room m sitting room Toom and other purposes Tho The popularity of oC this covering co has brought ht Into the stores a new floor Ioor covering covering cov cov- ering In the past few seasons It bears the same strong attractive patterns as astha the tho printed linoleum Instead of C. C b being mado made from Crom a n. foun toun- I dation of oC ground cork and o oxidized linseed oil as In the tho caso case of oC re regular ular linoleum this now fabric is a modification tion of tho patent which 1 have havo been used successfully during the tho past few Cew years ears When on the floor of ol course It Is like liko a printed linoleum an and should certainly provo prove valuable In iii the extreme for tor a floor covering gets vets none of ur the hard usage from Crom the thc elements clements to which a roo roof is constantly subjected sub sub- Another line lino of oC merchandise which Is being belm admirably admirably- displayed ed these days dan is wicker furniture We Yc seem to have havo suddenly recognized that wicker er not only is artistic and pretty but is extremely ex extremely extremely ex- ex comfortable as S well A room furnished with a a. set of oC wicker furniture furniture furniture furni furni- ture with cretonne cushions with cretonne cretonne cretonne cre cre- tonne of ot a similar at nt the windows windows win windows win win- dows and a rug rus' of or the same pattern and coloring coloring- on th the tho floor Is restful alike to mind and body Such furnishings 3 are arc well cn suited to tho sitting room and library but above all for the bedroom of or tho the daughter of or the tho house or tho the young oun bride Speaking of or bedroom furnishings ono one of or tho the ver very newest ideas recently brought into prominence Is the use of embroidered bed sets For years ears the tho lace spread has bas been popular but no noone noone noone one seems to have realized rC until the past few months the possibilities of or embroidery embroidery em em- for this particular purpose Relative to bedroom fittings surprising surprising ing InS advances ad have been ma made e in tho the matter mattor of sanitary bedding be In the last few years This subject has been thoroughly thoroughly thor thor- agitated d In In- tho the legislatures of oC several states Realizing that most people spend practically third one of or their lives os In be bed th the law law makers makers have havo decided d that It Is nearly as Important to have pure bedding as a aIt It Is to have havo food And American pure women apparently apparently ap ap- parentI have themselves decided that comfort and cleanliness must go hand handIn In hand The result has been that while laws have havo only onh been passed In one ono or two states statH the storekeepers have ha been heen to realize te tho the wishes of or tho the public public public pub pub- lic with the tho result that many of or the better belter classes of stores aro are featuring their mattresses whether of or hair Bair or cotton from Crom a sanitary viewpoint and arc handling either cither exclusively or to a prominent extent new feather pillows rather than renovated ones ones since It Is difficult even en with the tho most careful renovating to purify old feathers In short when hen milady goes goos shopping for fOI house furnishings the store storo should be bo prepared to furnish her hor not only w with the the best best but with the most artistic artistic artistic artis artis- tic merchandise e. e And It is often orten pos pos- b by the tho use of oC good taste and judgment to furnish her home with beautiful merchandise toda today nt at a I I smaller outlay than would have havo been necessary a generation ago for tor very I mediocre furnishings |