House & Garden 
CONDE NAST, Publisher 
RICHARDSON WRIGHT, Editor 
THE FURNITURE NUMBER 
I N each issue of House & Garden we lay a 
little extra stress upon some one phase of the 
ramified problem of making a livable home. 
Thus this December number is called the 
Christmas House Number; and also thus, the 
January issue will deal particularly with furni¬ 
ture and furnishings. 
There is far more to the art of fitting acces¬ 
sories to their proper places in the room than 
some people imagine, so we are devoting three 
pages to it. The old adage about first catching 
your rabbit hardly applies to such things as 
vases, lamp-shades, screens, and other acces¬ 
sories which make for color and variety in a 
house; in their case, you should first decide 
whether you really want to catch one, and of just 
what sort it shall be. The possibilities are many, 
and this article suggests a goodly number of 
them. 
A shorter article, but one which we are rather 
proud of because it is so intensely practical and 
will appeal to so many people, treats of the drap¬ 
ing of dressing tables. In no room in the house, 
perhaps, is there better opportunity to display 
real taste and individuality than in the one 
which contains the dressing table. 
Next in importance to the furniture itself is 
the background against which it appears. The 
walls of a room either enhance the mobiliary 
One of the furnishing accessory views 
from the January issue 
pieces or detract from them. Which they will do 
is told in two articles, one on the white paneled 
backgroimd, and the other on the antiqued wall. 
The latter, by the way, describes the practical 
processes of antiquing. 
New ideas in curtains and shades, and the 
choice and hanging of tapestries, form the sub¬ 
stance of several more pages in the January 
number. And since furniture needs something 
to stand upon as well as appear against, we 
decided that facts about rugs and their usage 
should come in for a fair allotment of our 
editorial space. 
Each year housekeepers are presented by the 
ice-man with one of two excuses for the mount¬ 
ing proportions of his bill; either the past winter 
was so mild that the ice didn’t freeze, or so cold 
that it froze too thick. Well, there’s one way to 
answer the ice-man—resort to your own electrical 
refrigeration plant. We’ll tell a lot about it in 
the January issue. 
The collectors’ article is about Bohemian glass, 
a fascinating topic in itself and made doubly so 
by Gardner Teall’s pen. H. D. Eberlein writes of 
picture frames, Ethel Peyser tells the pros and 
cons of the vacuum cleaner case, and other pages 
are devoted to weather-vanes, dogs, fences, 
garden steps, color transition, and other typical 
topics. 
A well-balanced number, with enough em¬ 
phasis to give it especial character. We rather 
believe you’ll like it. 
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Contents for December , 1919. Volume XXXVI , No. Six 
Cover Design by H. Leo Brandt 
Tropics-—North of New York. 18 
Randolph H. Almiroty, Architect 
A Mystery Play in a Country House.. . 19 
Grace Norton Rose 
Half-Timber in the Elizabethan Style. 22 
Hobart B. Upjohn, Architect 
The Accommodating Night Clerk. 24 
To Louise. 24 
Christoptier Morley 
An English House in an American Suburb. 25 
Frank J. Forster, Architect 
Old Lustre and the New Collector. 26 
Gardner Teall 
Christmas Begins at Home. 28 
Robert Stell 
The City Garden of G. F. Van Slyck, Esq. 30 
Decorative American Landscapes. 32 
Peyton Boswell 
Elegance and the Intimate Room. 34 
Alavoine & Co., Decorators 
The Gallic Invasion of American Homes. 35 
Costen Fitz-Gibbon 
Week-ending at English Farms. 37 
A House at Hartsdale, N. Y. 38 
Frank J. Forster, Architect 
Period Styles in Table Silver. 40 
H. D. Eberlein and Abbot McClure 
Kitchens That Will Save Labor. 42 
A. Louise Andrea 
A Little Portfolio of Good Interiors. 43 
Hall Treatments. 46 
Delano & Aldrich, Architects 
Come Out of the Parlor. 47 
Ethel R. Peyser 
Pruning Young Trees. 49 
Sheba Childs Hargreaves 
Why Not a Dog?. 50 
How to Order Gifts through House & Garden. 52 
Living Room Gifts. 53 
Remembrances for the Dining Room. 54 
Accessories Which Add Beauty to a Boudoir. 55 
Pottery, China and Glass. 56 
Presents for the Nursery. 57 
For Ten and Under. 58 
A Few Final Suggestions. 59 
The Gardener’s Calendar. 60 
Copyright, 1919, by Conde Nast & Co., Inc. 
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