Living, and Other Rooms 



room of entertainment, and frequently the drawing room is replaced by the 

 ting room and parlour; in which case the parlour is used for entertainment 

 the sitting room as 



a family room. This 

 arrangement is a 

 good one, provided 

 there be no library 

 to retire to in case 

 all the members of 

 the family are not 

 engaged in the en- 

 tertainment of the 

 caller. Of late years 

 it has become the 

 custom to speak of 

 the family room as 

 the "living room," 

 which term is surely 

 appropriate. When 

 Mrs. Jones calls to 

 talk over the matter 

 of church fairs or 

 the rummage sale 

 with the lady of the 

 house, the man of 

 the house is apt to 

 retire to the kitchen, 

 if no better place be 

 provided, and hob- 

 nob with the family 

 cat. This is rough 

 on the man. It is 

 always better that 

 the sitting room and 

 the parlour should 

 be connected by an 

 arch, across which 

 hangings can be 

 used, than that one 

 should relax into the 

 dark, damp, ill- 

 smelling parlour of 

 youthful memory. 

 The double sliding 

 door can and should 



DC USed, DUt It IS Showing that it is possible to construct musical instruments in good taste 



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A general living room at Cohasset. Mass. An example of good and simple design. 

 John Lavelle, architect 



