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Vogue Presents a Problem to 
Interior Decorators 
How they solved it with charm and economy is told in the current issue of 
VOGUE 
dated August i 
© Vogue 
S AI13 Vogue to seven of the cleverest decorators in New 
\ ork, “Here is a jiroblem I’d like you to solve. Furnish 
a house for us—a house of real distinction, real charm and 
perfect taste and—here is the problem—don’t let it cost a 
penny over $15,000.’’ 
And they said, “Command us!’’ 
“Design for me,’’ said Vogue to the first interior decorator, 
“a lovely drawing-room, in the best taste. Have everything 
in it purchasable. Arrange it, down to the tiniest trifle on 
the smallest table. And the cost of everything must be within 
$4,000.’’ 
Said Vogue to the next decorator, “Make a library worthy 
of a scholar’’; to the next, “Make a master’s bedroom and 
dressing-room to which even a valet couldn’t take exception’’; 
to the next, “Make a mistress’ bedroom and boudoir’’; to the 
next, “Make a dining-room”: to the next, “Make a sun-room 
and entrance hall to welcome the well-disposed”; and, to the 
last, “Make a guest-room where the fortunate will desire to 
remain forever.” 
One corner of the Elsie 
de Wolfe drawing room. 
Creamy pink paper with 
chinoiscrics in green; 
Louis XVI sofa and ber- 
gcre; mauve bine and 
cream screen, copied from 
a Louis XV original; 
French satin-wood tzvo- 
ticr smoking tabic with 
brass galleries; and re¬ 
cessed cupboard for books 
and porcelains 
And they all did it. 
What they have done is in the August first number of 
Vogue, and just what every article costs. You may copy any 
room. You may buy any single thing, from the wallpaper to 
the ash-trays. You may order the whole, if you like, for 
Vogue’s quoted price, $15,000 from anywhere in the United 
States. 
Paris sends the latest indications for the coming autumn 
fashions—new costumes—hats—furs. Important, as it states 
authoritatively the trend of the mode for next season. There 
is an article on the resorts of France, and sketches of smart 
clothes worn. A’ogue also tells how advantageous it is to plan 
the buying of new and the remodelling of old furs just at 
this time. 
Then there are other things in this issue- 
two pages of 
flower arrangements—an article on cold first courses for hot 
weather, with recipes wheedled out of a famous chef—some 
gardens in full summer glory—and shops and patterns for 
summer. 
....M' i!['7i::i iHsirFriiinii;; 
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VOGUE 
Conde Nast, Publisher 
Edna Woolniaii Chase, Editor 
Ileywortli Caniphell, Art Director 
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