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tions are more inviting than some more classic, and less comfort¬ 
able furnishing would be. Nearly every American family, has 
some heirlooms, old pieces of mahogany, or family portraits that 
most appropriately fit into this nondescript room. When I say 
nondescript I do not mean that there is no relation of one thing to 
another. There must be the most perfect relation qf color as a 
background where the beloved objects, rich in the associations of 
the past, or long-hunted-for and much-prized objects of art, may 
be shown to the best advantage. The new pieces that are intro¬ 
duced into this room must be chosen to correspond with the old. 
Wing chairs in many luxurious shapes are much in vogue today, 
and they invite to comfort and conversation on a cold winter's 
evening. One may buy them in a number of'models, covered with 
tapestry or velvet, if for living-room or library; or cretonne, linen 
tapestry, or dainty silk damask if/for a'bedroom. Some of-_ the 
new upholstered chairs are made with a removable cushion and 
seat allowing of a very thorough cleaning. They are called sani- 
.There is. ia. .pronounced tendency to return to the roomy, luxuriously 
upholstered seats and couches of the last generation 
Almost all the rugs and carpets'being shown this fall have a very small pattern, 
such as in this Oriental, or else are in plain colors 
madfe up in bedroom sets of various styles with cane 
panels. - The soft browns of the wood are most beau¬ 
tiful, -and can well be introduced into very beautiful 
color schemes where tans, yellows and brown are 
used. A blue, also, is most harmonious with this soft, 
gray-brown wood. Many bedroom sets are enamelled, 
and there is nothing prettier than these pieces of fur¬ 
niture of exquisite proportions in the softest shades of 
French gray, delicate yellow, and tan, and white. 
Some o-f the gray enamel sets have a trimming of white 
and charming designs of morning-glories in soft vio¬ 
lets painted in medallion-shaped forms. The walls 
may have either gray or violet covering, the woodwork 
should be white, a rug of plain gray or violet may be 
used, and there are innumerable soft hangings of silk 
in violet tones that are like the gray-violet bloom of a 
plum. Another set of bedroom furniture which one 
of the stores is showing is enamelled in soft yellow. 
On this set is painted a design of yellow wild roses. 
What possibilities for a yellow room! Other bedroonj^ 
sets are painted white or cream and have -in. rriedallipi^. 
shapes the daintiest of designs,, festoons' of ,Torget-mef 
tary chairs. Tapestries are largely taking the 
place of velours and velvets for the coverings of 
.furniture. 
Almost all the rugs .and carpets being shown 
for the fall and winter furnishings have a very 
small pattern or are entirely phi 11 - Handsome 
French Wilton rugs and also domestic Wiltons 
■are manufactured in plain colors with a border 
of two deeper tones. A very handsome double- 
faced Smyrna rug is/also made in a variety of 
-soft colors. Either of these weaves can be made 
to order in just the color one wishes to employ 
in one’s color scheme at a. slightly greater cost. 
Most of our waking hours:may be spent in 
the living-room, but a good third of our lives is 
spent in the bedrooms. Thesejroopis, therefore, 
deserve most careful attention. Furniture for 
bedrooms is largely of the. Shtratdn and Adam 
styles, with panels of caning.‘intrdduced. Cir¬ 
cassian walnut is the popular "wood of the mo¬ 
ment. Though ‘one. sees, articled supposedly 
made of- Circassian walnut "at comparatively 
low priced, these low-priced, sets are made of 
gumwood or hazehvpod._ : G^nit'ine' Circassian 
’walnut is higlr-pri'ced: " ‘T^is popular wood is 
New furniture 'for the reception room is of the slender Adam or Sheraton type in delicate 
■ ' ;; - shades' of tan or gray, or in white, with cane panels 
