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House & Garden 
Old English model of Living room or Library Sofa, 
loose cushions, spring edge seat, spring back, soft 
and comfortable—one of the smartest we carry. In 
denim or imitation linen with down cushions. The 
price is $115. 
Polychromed Mirror, size 3ft. x 3 ft. 6 in. Price $75. 
Oak Floor Lamp, rose silk shade. Price $60. 
Iron Floor Lamp, hand painted vellum shade, marine 
subject. Price $59.50. 
ATTRACTIVE interiors not only depend 
XX upon harmony of color but the correct 
grouping of well chosen furniture. We will be 
glad to furnish color schemes and estimates to 
those interested in correct Home Furnishings. 
JlldBihlum & Campanil 
3 West 37tit Street 
Park 
Interior Decorations That Soldiers Like 
(Continued from page 58) 
a constructive atmosphere is created and ill and in the Base Hospital fretted for 
the house no longer counts as dead his violin left behind (he had belonged 
property. to a restaurant orchestra) and the un- 
That present needs may be met while derstanding woman, who had so won- 
future needs are anticipated is a fact derfully set her stage for others, hired 
which not only stirs architects and in- one and this man came there to use it 
terior decorators to interesting and en- in the friendly, cheering surroundings, 
tertaining feats; the idea has taken hold Doctors, nurses and nurses’ aids attest 
of many thoughtful men and women of to the fact that colors cheer, brace or 
the laity. One woman we know re- depress. Interior decorators, masters in 
cently rebuilt a monstrous cottage of the manipulation of color, say the 
the gig-saw-stained-glass-tower period, cheering colors are pink, yellow and 
which gloried in a magnificent ocean reds; cool colors gray, violet, blues and 
front close to a well known training greens; restful colors the quiet low 
camp. She deliberately bought this tones; awakening ones the striking, in¬ 
property and planned the rebuilding of tense red, blue, orange and vivid green 
the house with regard to the men's com- or purple. 
fort now and her own after the war. For soldiers’ use textiles must not 
Then she furnished it with a stock fade or catch dust and they should be 
(readily replaced) pattern in chintz and washable. Furniture should be made of 
china, using colors which she is happy good quality iron, well seasoned strong 
with, while primary enough to gladden wood and the best of cane. Lines for 
the heart of a Texas cow-puncher! The economy must be simple and clean cut. 
furniture is of the solid mission type Walls of a sleeping room are more rest¬ 
and strongest cane. When completed ful if they are done in plain colors or 
she turned the whole over to Uncle Sam very indefinite designs. Living-rooms 
as a soldiers’ club and volunteered as and dining-rooms cannot be too gay in 
manager. The large living-room, 35' by color and strong in material with no 
20', is made alluring with bright seats, unnecessary objects. Men need plenty 
cushions and hangings against a back- of space. 
ground of woodwork stained a dark Decorators who are working on the 
walnut shade. The house is of the type few houses now being built, old houses 
where no plaster is used. The day we to be refurnished and “war relief” build- 
visited it a dozen or more men in khaki, ings register a note of encouragement 
some of them from the Far West—one, for all interested in the future edition 
in fact, an ex-cowboy—were singing of American citizens. They say that no 
war-songs and the man seated at the one now ever says, “Oh, I’ll order this 
grand-piano, leading the others, had or I’ll buy that—it will do well enough 
been a member of one of our best or- for one season.” Emotional buying has 
chestras. become bad form'as well as poor econo- 
Later that same day we heard a violin my. The new slogan is “build and fur- 
and were told that the sergeant when nish for the future.” 
Old French Wall Paper Decorations 
(Continued from page 21) 
Spanish Console $90.00 
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others by a different process. Gradual¬ 
ly, block printing superseded the older 
methods. 
The earliest wall papers were printed 
on small separate sheets. The next im¬ 
provement was the practice of pasting 
the sheets together in strips before 
printing. The making of paper in con¬ 
tinuous rolls was a still later invention. 
There were many makers of fine wall 
paper in France during the 18th Cen¬ 
tury but three of them seem to have 
been of chief importance, namely, 
Arthur et Robert, Reveillon, and Le 
Grand. 
Reveillon won recognition from the 
king for the rich and beautiful wall 
papers he produced and in 1784 his es¬ 
tablishment became the “Manufacture 
Royal de Papiers Peints et Veloutes”, 
to quote the inscription that appeared 
over the entrance to his warehouse in 
the Faubourg Saint Antoine, Paris. It 
was at this “Royal Manufactory of 
Wall Papers” that the riots which be r 
gan the French Revolution occurred 
April 27 and 28, 1789. Carlyle describes 
the destruction of Reveillon’s establish¬ 
ment and the attendant scenes of dis¬ 
order at some length in his “French 
Revolution.” 
The reprints that are to be had of 
old French scenic papers are from the 
old blocks which have been preserved. 
From a decorative standpoint they are 
equal to the first impressions that were 
taken when the blocks were cut from 
fifty to one hundred years ago. In 
some cases it was found that a number 
of the blocks had warped, or had been 
lost or broken during the period of 
disuse, but careful repairing and the 
recutting of the parts that were dam¬ 
aged or missing put the sets of blocks 
into condition for use. 
Among the old papers that have been 
reprinted are “Psyche and Cupid”, 
“Vues de l’Amerique du Nord”, “Decor 
Chinois” and a number of other decora¬ 
tions of the greatest interest at the pres¬ 
ent day. 
These scenic wall papers may be used 
with furniture and interior woodwork 
that show the characteristics of the 
French decorative styles of the 18th 
Century or first half of the 19th Cen¬ 
tury. They are equally good in rooms 
of a Colonial character, and the ex¬ 
amples to be seen in old houses still 
standing in this country provide ample 
precedent for their use in modern dwell¬ 
ings. 
The Garden on the Cliff 
(Continued from page 12) 
when the smoke had cleared, there was 
no garden or cottage or Cap’n Ellis at 
all, but just another big bite taken out 
of the white chalk coast. 
“We found him under about fifteen 
tons of it down on the beach. The 
curious thing was that he was all 
swathed and shrouded from head to 
foot in the flowers of his garden. They’d 
been twisted all around him, lavender, 
and gilly-flowers, and hollyhocks, so 
that you’d think they were trying to 
shield him from harm. P’raps they’ve 
all gone with him to one of them in¬ 
visible gardens he used to talk about, 
where he was going to meet his dead 
sweetheart. 
“They buried him on the sunny side 
of the churchyard. You can see a bit 
of blue sea between the yew trees from 
where he lies, so he’s got his window 
still; and there’s a very appropriate 
inscription on his tombstone: 
“Awake, O north wind, and come, 
thou south: Blow upon my garden, 
that the spices thereof may flow forth." 
