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gold 
and black 
tracery design; or 
a round mirror 
suspended by two 
decorative cords; 
or a simple black 
frame w i t li the 
glass bordered in 
black with a tiny 
silver or gray line 
to set it off, like 
an old-fashioned 
picture. 
In a small 
country house 
where life is in¬ 
formal the mirror 
can have a deco¬ 
rated frame to 
match a long, nar¬ 
row box set on a 
little bracket at 
the lower edge of 
the mirror frame. 
The box is paint¬ 
ed and decorated 
to match the frame 
and contains, in 
its compartments, 
powder and puffs, 
hair pins and a 
wee comb. Onecan 
give herself a fleet¬ 
ing dab before go¬ 
ing in to tea from 
tennis — which 
creates peace of 
mind, you see. 
As to the chairs, 
the main thing is 
to have one strong 
enough to support a fat man while put¬ 
ting on his rubbers. It needn’t look 
clumsy. Some of those little ladder-back 
Colonial chairs are very staunch. Paint¬ 
ed to match the mirror frame, they make 
a nice grouping. Or, if walnut or ma- 
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Painted, furniture, 
a tile or cement 
floor and curtains 
of gauze or case¬ 
ment cloth make 
the breakfast 
porch interesting 
The boudcvr cor¬ 
ner should be fem¬ 
inine in color and 
furnishings. The 
chaise longue is a 
requisite. Mrs. 
E. Buel, decorator 
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hogany finish is 
preferred, have 
the seat embroid¬ 
ered with this 
charming wool, 
machine embroid¬ 
ery. 
Consoles are al¬ 
ways advisable for 
a small hall. 
Sometimes apaint- 
ed console fits in 
well, one with two 
drawers to hold a 
couple of shawls or 
sweaters, the dog 
leash and the au¬ 
tomobile bluebook 
—things that, 
in a small house, 
there never seems 
a place for. 
Wrought iron con¬ 
soles, if very sim¬ 
ple and exquisite 
and with a mar- 
bleized top, give 
a lot of dignity to 
a hall. If the 
other furnishings 
are appropriately 
elegant, a pair of 
them gives bal¬ 
ance and provides 
a fine place for a 
pair of Venetian 
glass flower vases 
or a pair of those 
quaint Tole urns 
with tin flowers. 
The ordinary tin 
flowers are ordinary in every sense of the 
word, but, if one looks around, she is 
sure to run across something formal, 
quaint and smart in this line. 
For a really tiny hall of delicate taste 
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If one has a feeling 
for line in furni¬ 
ture, many combi¬ 
nations can easily 
be made. In this 
dining room the 
corner cupboard and 
table are early 
American, the side¬ 
board English and 
the chairs Breton. 
Miss Gheen, Inc., 
decorator 
