House & Garden 
Nothing Is “Just as Good” 
T ODAY, as centuries ago, Oak is still the 
king of flooring. In the old manor houses 
of England and ancient French chateaux—the 
show places of Europe—you find Oak Floors, 
still sound and beautiful after the lapse of gen¬ 
erations. The triple crown of. beauty, cleanli¬ 
ness and strength has never been wrested from 
the Monarch of the Forest. 
No flooring, of wood or any other material, 
can surpass the quiet elegance, the rich sim¬ 
plicity of fine Oak Floors. They give a home 
more distinction, more character, than ten times 
their cost spent in ornamentation. 
Now modern methods have placed Oak Floors 
within the reach of all—made them an economy, 
even. \\ bile we like to think of home as a 
permanent abode, still homes are sold or rented, 
and the owner who put in Oak Floors then finds 
that he made a wise investment which increases 
his selling or renting value. 
In the absence of any great price advantage, 
it is hard to see why anyone living in the United 
States today should forego the pleasure and 
satisfaction of dustless Floors of Oak. 
Three free booklets, in colors, telling the whole 
story of Oak, mailed free, upon request. 
Old brocade in tones of blue and green 
shot with gold softens a long side wall 
besides providing a decorative background 
for an old painting. Mrs. Olive W. Barne- 
wall was the decorator 
THE HANGING ON THE WALL 
T X A room of any size there are and accessories arranged to show it off 
bound to be long wall spaces that to the best advantage, 
often prove difficult to decorate. In spite of the growing popularity of 
Not everyone possesses an old por- wall papers, many people prefer the 
trait right in size or a painting of cool expanse of painted walls. Also 
sufficient dignity for the space over a certain types of interiors cry out for 
mantel or on a long side wall. Groups the regularity of paneled backgrounds, 
of prints may be used but unless these These are dignified but difficult to deco- 
are of unusual interest and right as to rate as both furniture and pictures must 
size it were better to leave the space be chosen for certain spaces, 
blank. Reams might be written on the A happy solution of both paneled 
subject of the pictures in a room. They spaces and long walls is to be found 
should be as carefully considered as the in a decorative hanging of colorful bro- 
hangings or furniture, for inappropriate cade or damask. This invariably lends 
pictures will go far towards spoiling an color and dignity to a room and is 
otherwise lovely interior. An important often just the background needed to 
painting or decorative picture of some effectively silhouette certain types of 
kind will have an entire room created architectural paintings or delicately 
for it and if one has some especially carved and gilded Venetian mirrors. It 
prized print, etching or painting it affords a break between the cold, un¬ 
should be made a feature of, hung in yielding plaster and the mellow tones 
a rather prominent place with furniture ( Continued on page 114) 
OAK FLOORING ADVERTISING BUREAU 
1047 Ashland Block, Chicago, Ill. 
16th Century Venetian brocade in rose and silver effectively con¬ 
ceals an ugly and unused door as well as silhouetting the lovely 
lines of a Directoire sofa. Mrs. Gillette Nichols, decorator 
