House and Garden 
I'o one not devoid of the imagination and ideality 
that go hand in hand with cidture what wondrous 
mental pictures are evolved from the surroundings 
one finds in such a modern home! In the draw¬ 
ing-room the tapestries and furniture may have 
been once the property of nobility, if not even of 
Murillo or Rembrandt might have given them had 
they turned from the easel for the nonce to lend their 
art to the decoration of some grand old palace of 
Spain, Italy or Flanders. But, alas. Time not only 
mellows but destroys with his touch, be it never so 
gentle, and not only has much of the genuine old 
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royalty, and one can almost imagine a courtly 
gathering once more passing through the salons 
seeking the object nearest for the time being to his 
or her heart. In the great hall or the dining-room 
or hhraiTymay he wall hangings or furniture cover¬ 
ings of old leathers, rich and warm with tones that 
leather been exhausted but the demand is so great 
for this most beautiful, enduring and artistic fabric 
for decorating and furnishing that it would be 
impossible to secure enough of it, but that is no draw¬ 
back to its use for there are men to-day who have 
made a most thorough study, for the past quarter of a 
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