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the spirit of the new 
decoration. 
And the home in sum¬ 
mer? It is the very epit¬ 
ome of all that is best 
of this new spirit. The 
decorated willow and 
wicker, the delicately 
constructed and daintily 
painted furniture, the 
freely designed cre¬ 
tonnes and linens, the 
bits of ornament and 
brilliant objets d’art 
laugh at slavish copy as 
they lightly combine the 
artistic elements of the 
Orient and the Occident 
for their greater en¬ 
hancement. 
Here is the filmy 
finesse of Japan, there 
the quaint spiritual pat¬ 
tern of Russia; the 
sweeping ornament of 
China is often found on 
a furniture piece whose constructive design is obviously Eng¬ 
lish; France and Germany join beauty in a cozy chair, while 
through it all runs clearly the co-ordination brought about by 
our clever American artists, and the result can be called by 
no name to be found in ___ 
the dusty books that 
chart and catalogue the 
rise and fall of king or 
queen or dynasty. 
Would you have your 
home your home? Then 
be an individual in your 
decorative scheme. 
Do you rely on Dame 
Fashion’s word? You 
may be assured, if you 
do, that it is distinctly 
vogue to set your own 
styles in decoration this 
summer. 
For the porch comes a sturdy set in black and white. 
It also can be had in red and black, green and gold 
and yellow and cardinal. The table sells for $14; the 
armchair for $5.25; the high chair for $4.50 
cacy of line, the price of 
Or look into the nursery, 
winter as the summer home, 
wide seat of salmon, pink and 
the 
Do you enjoy the dis¬ 
tinction of being “dif¬ 
ferent?” If you do you 
are backed by the best 
authority in your efforts, 
for one injunction, and 
one only is held immu¬ 
table for the present 
year, and that is —“Be 
Thou Thyself.” 
In the grouping and 
interiors shown on these 
pages is ample enough 
opportunity for the ex¬ 
pression of individual¬ 
ity. There is the Japan¬ 
ese bedroom suite, for 
example, a remarkable 
combination of Oriental 
color and line—celestial 
blue, sea green and 
coral. The upper parts 
of the beds are blue and 
the bottom green. Con¬ 
sidering its exceptional 
coloring and the deli- 
set is very reasonable. 
It could serve as well for the 
A circular sand box with a 
yellow occupies the middle of 
the room. The walls 
have a mural frieze that 
might have come out of 
an Egyptian tomb, 
whereas, in reality, it 
can be had by the yard 
J I with a stencil. Around 
the room are various 
kinds of animal coasters 
and a play bench with 
two cubistic clowns flat¬ 
tened out on the seats. 
Behind is a painted 
rack for dumbbells and 
wands — quite a little 
gymnasium, in fact. 
The summer nursery can be a riot 
of color and interesting toys. Here 
the floor is dull grey; walls deep 
purple; draperies gold and purple. 
Borzoi coaster, $2; goat roller, $2. 
These pieces are made especially for 
this room. Pieces similar can be 
purchased at special prices 
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An interesting cottage din¬ 
ing-room set. The table is 
black, gold and vermillion, 
with chairs to match. The 
table sells for $57.50 and 
the chairs from $5 undeco¬ 
rated, but painted in one 
color to $20 with highly 
developed designs in colors 
to please the purchaser 
The play bench shown in 
the nursery above will pos¬ 
itively not rock over. It is 
of endless interest 
For either porch or indoor 
living-room comes this set 
in decorated willow. The 
settee is spotted with ver¬ 
million and black. Table, 
33" top, $12; settee, Eng¬ 
lish shellac, $35; book¬ 
stand $9.50 
