94 
House & Garden 
Why 
42 different varieties 
? 
‘because 
these 42 varieties give 
just the fragrant leaves 
—no more and no less— 
whose distinctive flavor 
and aroma can make the 
miracle Pall Mall blend. 
Conveniently packed in boxes of 
10, 50 and 100 for Club, Home and 
Office. Plain or Cor\ 
PALIiMALL 
FAMOUS CIGARETTES 
One shilling three pence in London 
Thirty cents here 
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Amusing as this bathtub 
hidden by a Louis XV lit 
de repos may be, it has 
no place in an American 
home when America leads 
the world in bathroom 
equipment 
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American Decoration 
{Continued from page 02) 
breakfast room, the lattice covered 
walls expressing the same feeling of re¬ 
finement and simplicity shown in the 
previous illustration. It was a delight¬ 
ful idea to have Nature collaborate in 
giving a last finishing touch to the walls 
with her trailing vines and the abund¬ 
ant use of flowers. 
To the vagaries of the English cli¬ 
mate, without doubt, is to be attribu¬ 
ted the unusual originality and variety 
in fireplace design to be found from cot 
to palace. It always has been the cen¬ 
ter of English home life, and it is 
therefore not surprising that from the 
earliest times so much attention should 
have been lavished upon the chimney 
corner. 
Of all these types, possibly more has 
been written about the “ingle nook” 
than any other. Tramping across the 
Surrey Downs, one may stop for re¬ 
freshment at some old farmhouse and 
step out of the 20th Century into just 
such an interior as that here depicted. 
The walls and roof are of rough finished 
plaster, the latter supported by heavy 
wood beams, great care having been 
given to the finish and joinery in order 
to secure the necessary effect. Nothing 
could be more inviting than the two 
large upholstered sofas flanking the 
fireplace. 
An added home-like note is given by 
the wrought iron candelabra containing 
real candles, not electric lights. These, 
of course, merely augment the general 
lighting scheme, but are a delightful 
adjunct. 
If the acme of decorating achieve¬ 
ment is to give the house a “lived-in” 
atmosphere, then that object seems to 
have been most successfully attained in 
the next four illustrations. These in¬ 
teriors rely for effect upon those de¬ 
tails which one admires so much in the 
many Colonial houses clustering around 
Salem and its vicinity. Simple paneled 
walls, painted cream or very pale gray, 
one-toned floor coverings, or where the 
floor is left uncovered the use of a few 
well-chosen rugs instead of an all-over 
carpet. Circular-headed niches or closets 
for the display of family china and 
then, to complete the scheme, well-se¬ 
lected furniture — American reproduc¬ 
tions of antique pieces in accordance 
with the period the house represents. 
The first impression on enterii>g a 
room of this kind is a sense of satisfy¬ 
ing completeness; nothing could be 
added or taken away without destroy¬ 
ing the harmony. If later we dissect 
the scheme, we find that many small 
things have contributed to the ultimate 
effect. The varying widths and uneven 
jointing in the floor planks, the contour 
and proportion between the several 
members of cornice, panel molding and 
door trim—the sense of spaciousness 
given by plain wall surfaces. 
.Another illustration in which those 
features predominate is that of the card 
room in a country house, especially in¬ 
teresting because much of the inspira¬ 
tion was taken from the beautiful In¬ 
dependence Hall in Philadelphia. Sim¬ 
plicity of the wood mantel is relieved 
by a little carving on the side brackets 
and a carved festoon of display above. 
Walls and woodwork are painted 1 
warm shade of tan which with dull 
blue, black, and the use of some well- 
chosen chintz completes the color 
scheme. 
The foregoing illustrations prove be¬ 
yond doubt that refinement, originality 
and comfort are attainable without 
slavishly copying the art of other coun¬ 
tries. 
Every great nation in the past has 
developed artistic self-expression through 
certain controlling influences, as set 
forth at the beginning of this article. 
Details deemed most suitable towards 
the furtherance of their aims they bor¬ 
rowed and adapted from other nations. 
Trained native craftsmen interpreted 
these details through local materials 
with the results we so much admire to¬ 
day. 
American materials properly Ameri¬ 
canized in their preparation and having 
due regard to fitness, place and pur¬ 
pose are a refreshing outlet from the 
circumscribed limits that see so much 
good in any foreign product, overlook¬ 
ing the original application, and using 
with miserable error that which neither 
fits nor serves best. 
