THE EDITOR’S TALKS AND CORRESPONDENCE 
The editor wishes to extend a personal invitation to all readers of House and Garden to send to the Correspondence 
Department, inquiries on any matter pertaining to house finishing and furnishing. Careful consideration is given 
each inquiry, the letter and answer being published in due time as matters of interest to other readers. Where 
an early reply is desired if a stamp and self-addressed envelope are enclosed, the answer will be sent. No charge 
whatever is made for any advice given. 
I HAVE been asked by a number of correspond¬ 
ents to suggest tbe proper pieces of carved oak 
furniture to use in such halls as are frequently 
found in the city house built some ten or more 
years ago. Fortunately for the comfort of the 
occupants and the beauty of the house, in the most 
modern city residences these narrow halls have been 
done away with. 
However, it is not 
always the mod¬ 
ern house that 
can be considered. 
Therefore the pieces 
shown in the illus¬ 
tration are suggested 
as being suitable 
and beautiful for 
use in the more con- 
stricted halls, as 
well as in those of 
better proportions. 
Where there is 
but little money to 
spend, much sim¬ 
pler pieces, those 
which will cost 
less money, may be 
used adhering to the 
idea of chairs and 
table showing some- 
what similar de¬ 
sign. CARVED OAK FURNITURE 
1 he clock shown 
is an adjunct which mayor may not find an appro¬ 
priate place in the hall. It is offered, however, as a 
very beautiful example of its kind. 
In response to the many letters we have received 
from our readers, asking for further suggestions 
regarding the importance of the small things in the 
scheme of decoration for a room, we are pleased to 
continue our line of talk of last month. 
We will quote one correspondent who has written 
that while she could not re-decorate her entire din¬ 
ing-room, she has a small amount of money to 
spend on such accessories as table covers, lamp and 
candle-shades, pictures, screens and plants. 1 he 
description she sends of this room is, in a way, typical 
of rooms of like character in many homes of average 
means. Excerpts from this letter, with the descrip¬ 
tion of the room and 
suggested treatment 
for its improvement, 
are here presented 
that our readers 
may realize what 
can be done in 
the way of rejuve¬ 
nating and making 
h a r m o n i o u s a n d 
artistic a room which 
s.e e m s truly u n- 
promising. The 
grateful letter we 
O 
have received from 
this woman who has 
followed our sug¬ 
gestions, empowers 
us to give this infor¬ 
mation for the benefit 
of other readers. 
She said, “My fur¬ 
niture, unfortunately, 
is of golden oak, the 
SUITABLE FOR HAi.i.s walls are treated with 
a nondescript yellow- 
tan paper, showing a figure in darker tan outlined 
with gold, d he window draperies and portieres of 
this room are of silk and wool damask, showing two 
tones of tan, hut are not the same shade of tan as the 
wall-paper and do not look well with it. My idea 
was to buy some good fruit pieces, colored prints 
of course as 1 cannot’ afford the real thing, and 
frame them in gilt frames to liven the side walls, then 
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