Over-draperies of linen taffeta or chintz with floral patterns in rather strong colors are always effective in the summer home 
Curtains for the Summer Home 
WHAT TO PUT UP IN PLACE OF THE HEAVY WINTER DRAPERIES IN ORDER 
TO GAIN A FRESH COOLNESS IN KEEPING WITH THE WARM WEATHER 
by Margaret Greenleaf 
Photographs by L. H. Dreyer, H. S. Collins and others 
I T is intended in this article to deal with the correct window 
treatment for homes of moderate cost, giving particular 
consideration to the simple country house, the mountain bungalow 
or the seaside cottage. 
In deciding upon the window draperies one should view the 
question from both sides—that is, the effect from the exterior as 
The pronounced figure patterns on walls and in the rugs make plain 
window draperies necessary here 
well as that of the interior. To have the curtains of a material 
and style entirely suited to the rooms in which they are hung 
goes far toward insuring success to the completed whole. For 
many types of rooms the fabric employed for its draperies is of 
decidedly less importance than the manner in which this is made 
up and hung. As a rule, it is possible to hang net curtains close 
to the glass, in which case they show from the outside. Occasion¬ 
ally, owing to the use of inside blinds or some unusual construc¬ 
tion of the window, the reverse is the case, but ordinarily it is 
best to have the general effect of the windows of an entire floor 
the same. 
If straight hangings of lace or net are used for the living- 
rooms, ruffled muslin draperies may be selected for the bedrooms. 
These must be so arranged that a certain uniformity of treatment 
will be presented in the windows which are in line. Where full- 
length sash curtains — that is, curtains hung directly against the 
glass and extending from the top of the window to the sill line— 
are used these may be of ecru Arabian net of medium mesh and 
firm quality. They may be simply finished by a two-and-one- 
half-inch hem at the bottom and the edges completed by a narrow 
linen tape, fancy edge braid of the same color, or by a narrow 
hem. 
Occasionally a one-inch, or an inch-and-one-half insertion of 
Arabian lace may be set about two inches from the edge all 
around, or a corner motif may be used. Such curtains can be 
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