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House & Garden 
A reproduction of an old paper in tones of gray, showing an exciting horse-race 
and old stage-coach, makes an effective wall covering for a wide hall. Mrs 
Gillette Nichols, decorator 
This paper has a 
black ground and 
a design in vivid 
colors covering it 
S uccess in 
decorating never 
depends upon 
what the object is: it de¬ 
pends upon what it does 
to an interior—to the 
other furnishings, to the 
light,—what it makes of 
your room. The materi¬ 
als that have stood the 
test of centuries are those whose inherent 
qualities have added some genuine bit of 
comfort, pleasure, advantage to the home. 
Their existence today depends 
upon no whim, no passing fad or 
fancy, no individual say-so and 
pressure. They exist because of 
their intrinsic merit and worth. 
As such, wall paper holds a 
place which is absolutely its own. 
It helps make homes: it is pleasant 
to live with, it adds something that 
no other commodity of medium 
price within the means of most of 
us has—a richness, an interest of 
LUCY D. TAYLOR 
texture, a play and variety of color which 
can come only from judiciously adjusted 
pattern. 
But it can be misused, its values mis¬ 
understood, its patterns, colors and textures 
placed where they give the least benefit, or 
it can be studied for its real worth, fitted 
to existing conditions, and prove a valuable 
friend and aid. 
First let us consider the hall. Halls of 
all kinds there are, long and narrow corri¬ 
dors lighted only dimly from the windows 
in the front room and the ever present elec- 
This brilliant pa¬ 
per might be set 
into panels. From 
W. H. S. Lloyd 
trie light of the apart¬ 
ment in the big city. 
Short wide halls in the 
bungalow type of house, 
leading directly into re¬ 
ception or living room, 
little more than vesti¬ 
bules. The old fash¬ 
ioned hall of wide 
spaces, with stately 
stairs leading up into seemingly limitless 
regions above. The little narrow cut-up 
hall of the small house, cozy, attractive, but 
requiring care and thought to get 
the most out of it in effect, and of 
course, always, that hall in medium¬ 
sized houses with plenty of wall 
space, good stair room, neither very 
large nor very light but, ample, 
still requiring care in the selection 
of its wall coverings to further the 
effect of spaciousness and create 
the desired atmosphere of wide 
open hospitality. 
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This amusing Chinese paper 
in gray and black on a gray 
ground would make an effec¬ 
tive hall. Thomas Strahan 
Bradley & Merrill 
Nothing could be gayer for 
a country house hall titan this 
paper in tones of deep pink 
on white. Thomas Strahan 
