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Rattan and willow furniture has no equal for summer use if it is employed judiciously. Painted to harmonize with the walls and upholstered in gaily-tinted chintz, it 
lends a refreshing air of coolness and comfort, a respite from the stuffiness of winter furniture 
others lose their pattern when unlined. A rather odd and dainty 
window hanging can be made of Japanese toweling. Both pat¬ 
terns and colors are summery. Hang them on either side of the 
window and use a valance of the material. These are adaptable 
to both dining and bedrooms. In the 
former the blue and white patterns are 
especially good to use when the china 
also is blue. Table runners and dresser 
covers may be made of the same ma¬ 
terial. It washes well and is inexpen¬ 
sive, coming from fifteen cents a yard 
upwards. 
There are numberless sunfast mate¬ 
rials shown, and, if one avoids the 
clinging variety, no better window 
drapery can be had. It is well to avoid 
the type that has a black warp thread, 
for while these are pretty enough in 
the hand, they are not pretty with the 
light streaming through. 
If one wishes to go in for a rather 
expensive linen it were best to choose 
one with many colors, because good 
linen gives many years of service and 
you can change the color-scheme of 
your room from year to year, picking out of the linen a tone and 
matching it up with plain fabrics. Nothing is cooler than a gray 
and rose linen. Use with it gray-painted furniture and plain 
rose upholstery, alternating with a few pieces done in linen. A 
room becomes tiresome when all the 
pieces are upholstered alike and is per¬ 
haps too reminiscent of a “suite.” On 
the other hand, a room of conglom¬ 
erate upholstered pieces has neither 
restfulness nor dignity. Plain walls, 
figured hangings, plain and figured 
upholstered furniture—this is a fairly 
good rule to stick by. 
Summer chair-coverings are so in¬ 
expensive that they should be re¬ 
done very often. With the help of a 
good upholsterer who comes in by the 
day, a complete summer garnishing 
may be easily accomplished. It is well, 
before putting on the covers, to rub thei 
furniture down with a good polish, as; 
the heat is hard on the furniture finish. 
If the oil is well rubbed in there is; 
little chance that it will blister or cracky 
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A combination lounge chair and foot rest of this kind will be 
found indispensable 
