Regarding the Decoration and Furnishing of Our Homes 



Charles Wagner wrote 

 in "The Simple Life": 



"Why, under pretext of 

 decorating our homes, do we 

 destroy that personal character 

 which always has such value ? 

 Why have our sleeping-rooms 

 conform to those of hotels, 

 our reception-rooms to wait- 

 ing-rooms, by making pre- 

 dominant a uniform type of 

 official beauty. 



" What a pity to go through 

 the houses of a city, the cities 

 of a country, and encounter 

 everywhere certain forms 

 identical, inevitable, exaspe- 

 rating by their repetition." 



Simplicity 

 Individuality 

 Beauty 

 Good Taste 



These are intangible attri- 

 butes, but there are definite 

 ways by which they may be 

 achieved — fundamental prin- 

 ciples which must be followed, 

 as well as specific rules, meth- 

 ods, and materials to be- 

 come acquainted with. There 

 are thingsworthlearningabout 



Furniture 



Draperies 



Window Curtains 



Wall-Papers 



Tapestries 



Rugs 



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It is expensive to redecorate, and more expensive to refurnish. If 

 you would avoid mistakes, if you would secure the best possible results, 

 you cannot afford to neglect any authoritative source of information and 

 advice. Cooperating with well known and experienced architects and 

 decorators, working toward a practical end, we have constructed with 

 much care and forethought a special number of 



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devoted to the consideration of the important subjects of interior decorating and home furnishing. 



The Inside-the-House Number— Out November 15th 



All sides of these subjects will be treated and a selection of photographs offered which 

 are full of suggestion to people with homes. The number will include the following 

 illustrated articles : 



'The Meaning of Good Taste in Home Furnishing," by Phil M. Riley; "Individuality 

 in Home Decoration," by Harriet Joor; "Antique Furniture in the Home," by H. S. Adams; 

 "Walls and Wall Coverings," by George Leland Hunter; " Some Old-Time Wall-Papers, " 

 photographs by Frank Cousins; "The Quest for the Curtain," by Anne O'Hagan; " The Mar- 

 ket," by Clara B. Lyman; " The Architectural Treatment of Interiors," by Helen Quinche 

 Blair; and the Departments — "The New Sport of Flying," " The Automobile," " Power 

 Yachting," " Garden and Grounds," "Gardening Under Glass," " Stable and Kennel." 



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