June, 1923 
65 
M. E. Hewitt 
Flowered paper, taken from an old house in England has 
been effectively used in panels on either side of the dining 
room in the Pelham Manor home of Frederick H. Allen 
A design of green leaves makes 
a delightful paper for a summer 
dining room. Thomas Strahan Co. 
Leaves and flowers are more 
interesting than an all-over foli¬ 
age design. M. H. Birge & Sons 
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PAPERS 
DINING ROOMS 
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S ociability and good cheer set the key¬ 
note for dining room decoration. The 
“festive board” of ancient song and story 
has become, in many instances, a thing 
of calories and concentration, but the 
spirit of the feast still lingers, making 
meals an occasion when individual tastes 
and interests are blended in the common 
purpose of giving everybody a good 
time. 
For this reason the decoration of a 
dining room can be more informal in 
character than that of the other rooms. 
It should reflect the air and spirit of 
On a pale yellow ground one 
finds decorative Chinese mo¬ 
tifs in soft green and tan. 
From W. H. S. Lloyd 
the occasion of dining, be individual with¬ 
out being freakish, and should avoid at all 
costs being stereotyped and dull. 
Have you ever thought of the things in 
a room which make its atmosphere, give 
it character and make it different from 
every other room? First there is color. 
W'e all know the effects that different hues 
and tones have upon us, orange and yel¬ 
low for gayety, brilliance and cheer; red 
for warmth and depth, used in moderation 
so as not to be over stimulating; blues, 
greens and lavenders for cool, quiet re¬ 
moteness and austerity; grays for gentle¬ 
ness, rest, neutrality and tans for easy, in¬ 
formal sociability and carefully graduated 
warmth. One could write a volume on 
the subject and still leave much un¬ 
said. But color is only one of the 
elements that means the success of a 
room. There are others equally 
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Chinese figures in periwinkle 
blue and deep pink disport 
on a deep cream ground. 
From A. L. Diament 
