The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 17, 1904, Page 11

). LONZAZ, [ LOOry, THE SAN -FRANCISCO. SUNDAY .CALL. 705 e question of do- ed and find 1 grievance rat she would ut a dinner, e to make a it pays in the ves to be con- ing & finger in th the arrangement was an afterthought and really of no tmportance Tt h, but gen- 7 pleas: body in par- acknowledges that the kitch and pantry are of great im- portance. when 1t comes to bullding or furnishing a hov e every cent is put where it will show, and the cook may struggle along as t In the first place, e be covered with a good pattern w1 he may. Ty kitchen should Se- leum. lect’ & small natural brown in it, as the wear and tear does not show so alarmingly and it does not show water so plat Tnder the range put a good. broad tiling. for the sake of neatness and cleanliness; and it is no smell thing to remember that the back of the cook may be broken stooping € a turk y or making jelly. d kitchen should for there are over roast Every well-regul bave & gas range as well, lots of times when a quick meal or only chocolate is wanted, and it is a decided nuis: build a roaring fire to heat a ket milk, and, besides, it con- sumes much more valuable time. Fortunately, these days nearly all the and they can beautifully clean with a very ng or a cloth moistened with hen come the cooking uten- be stingy with them, for in sinks are whi be enamel, kept mixing “sugar and spice and all things nice” you can scarcely have enough. Line all the glittering pans and ket- ties along the sink where the cook can lay her hands on them easily, and un- less she is a perfect tyrant the daintiest titbits should be as play to her. By the time your pantry and kitchen are furnished to suit your mald you Wzrrar Zreows FlIRNISHINGS Fore 7HZE? ZIERARSY. may commence planning the next room that she constantly invades. If 1t is possible always have hard- wood floors with a large rug in the center, for it is quite the easlest’to clean and looks better than a straight, tr carpet. A new wrinkle these days e using of linoleum instead of the Wwood, and as it comes In exact imita- tion of the inlaid work it answers the purpose very nicely, especially in sum- mer, as thegug may be aispensed with entirely and the room is cooler and 1s wonderfully attractive as well. And another little innovation for hot weather is the use of candles for light- ing the dinner table instead of gas or electricity. Of course the candles would not give sufficient light, but when they are supplemented by half a dozen huge Russian or Japanese candelabra of sil- ver or brass the goft glow is very grateful. The quaint old Venetian lamps with the points are pretty when suspended from the celling by a heavy brass chain, and the round candles that were used as altar lights in the flowery temples are more than decorative, as they stand anywhere from four to five feet high and are usually solid brass. A Dblue dining-room rarely falls to be charming, for it is pleasing at all times, and a red room Is anything but DTN ZIRD= B Y IIRELE RND ZINE BEDIEZ00NZ" -~ good to look upon when the thermome- ter is trying its best to-run out the top. Stain the-panels that :may be five feet high and the heavy beamed celling a rich weathered tone and if the room is plastered it is not a bad 1dea to let it remain a soft bluish gray, for it al- ways blends nicely. Naturally this furnishing calls for weathered oak, and the simpler the de- sign the better. Scarcely the kind that our forefathers made for their make- shift homes, but the good old mission style, just the same, for it is plain and substantial and never looks out of place. Select a round table and plain straight chairs with leather seats, livened up a bit by small brass-headed tacks. The sideboard should be large, but strictly severe, and the buffet should be but & miniature of it. But the cut glass cabinet redeems the room. The glass fronts are paneled with the oak and look lke a lattice work that was put there for no other reason in the wide world than to give one pass- ing glimpses of shining, sparkling, pretty pretties. The hangings should be that peculiar delft blue, and If you can afford a man- tel reverse it from the ordinary one, in- asmuch as it is far more unique to have it tall and narrow rather than low and lurneched by Parromen Co -~ Cwazyim DREI S SRR TINED LRSS BT broad. With a few potted plants here clable periodicals, and the book shelves, to be the most popular; but for a fam- and there, no one could wish for a daintier dining-room, and the maid is deprived of her usual grievance— carved furniture as dust catchers. If you have but ome maid, and find that she isn’t a perfect angel at that, you will doubtlessly discover that there will be scores of things that you will be obliged to do with your own hands, and it is quite as well to remember this in selecting library furniture. For some reason or other leather always seems the most appropriate, and while it costs a mint it really is economy to buy 1t, for it is good to look upen, com- fortable to & deme and conveniently durable. Don’t make the mistake of crowding laden with their treasures. Brown is a good, warm tone, and tan is a splendid background for pictures. The carpet should be brown, or a rug made up of two contrasting tones over a brown filling is always effective. The portieres should be of the darker tane, and are quaint when strapped with tan leather. Now and then an occasional touch of gold brightens the room up wonderfully, and the effect need not necessarily be forced. For Instance, a gcld clock, a crystal vase or some odds and ends of brass about takes away the somber look, and a few flowers add a cheery note that can be obtained in no other simple way. The drawing-room is the most dim- the room, even if you want it to have-cult to handle, for the reason that one a cozy appearance. Let it obtain its homelike air from the number of books and magazines lbwt.(nd make it a point to have a fireplace, where you can rest and toast your toes, for fully a third of the pleasure of home life is made up of a good book and a com- panionable fireside. Of course, there should always be a davenport for the lazy one, a great Morris chair and one or two huge rock- ers; but nothing else is really needed other than the center table, with its so- expects the most from it and really en- Joys it the least. That is. of course, if you are true homebodies and con- sider the comfort of the family first.” Yet they generally cost a pretty penny and frequently are hopelessly ugly. If the old rhyme, “If all the ships I have at sea would come a-sailing home to me,” were only true it wouldn’t make the least difference what the long gold mirror and the dainty brackets and candles cost. For no obvious reason blue and gold or white and gold seems fly that boasts of romping boys and girls it seldom if ever pays if they are permitted to use the room ordinarily. Try a pink, more on the salmon, or & blue with a small pattern In it for a carpet and select a deep ecru cur- tain and on either side : dull pink or blue curtain looped eover a gold ro- sette. These heavy curtains, by the way, are more than attractive when they are lined with a dull brocade of some contrasting color, although, to be sure, they cost not a little more. Of chairs, and there should not bs more than a handful at most, select “the dainty gold creations of Louls XV time, and then cast your eye about for a settle that is but little carved, but that has good general outlines. It depends largely upon the thickness of your purse whether you need or want & cabinet for ivories and trifles that are so expensive and make such a wee showing as a rule, and if you will take the trouble you can “pick up” treas- ure mines that will soften the severe outlines of this “company™ room. Or- naments should have some reason for .being even if they are of little or no value. A lamp may be ever so pretty, but not costly, and after all it is the graceful lines that make or mar, no matter what the money value may be. A marble or crystal vase filled with & green growing ! ids a dash of ceclor and its chief attractiveness is that it is always h and green looking, which is more than c be accomplished with flowers unless you change them every day, and even in and of sunshine, fruit and flowers ts somewhat of & luxury. e a plano In & as no rightful Now and again v drawing-room, but i place there always pro- claims in a 1 ice to the visiting world that no one in the household plays it, for c T the majority of Dresden china n-rooms are any- thing but a and homeliks. Place all musical instruments where they can be most ea eached and enjoyed by all, for an impromptu musicale is near always the most pleasant. If your hall is of light wood and 3 with useful but hideous furniture t certainly is not much of an addition the house and can be improved ut 98 per cent by buy a pot of a trusty paint and thing thoroughly and th a pl green over every then cover the walls paper and from a financial standpoint the cost of this hall s but very little. And such bugbears as they are, too, with a hat rack, an umbrella stand and a small hall table. They are useful, to be sure, but they look far better where they are almost out of sight. First impressions are very apt to be lasting’ones, 5o it i3 a wise idea to Il a common Chinese pot with huckleber- Ty or some green grasses, as they are fit on all occaslons. Bedrooms should be dainty and sweet and just at present there are but four woods that are being used at all in sets—birdseye maple, golden oak, curly birch and mahogany. ‘With every wood the color scheme iz entirely different. The mahogany, us- ually in the plain colonial fashion, calls for a dull pink, the lighter tomes for a delicate blue, brown with the oak, and a pecullar off shade of red with the birch. Curtains are exactly what pleases you the most. A soft mull, perhaps striped with the prevalling color, is beautiful and a dotted swiss edged with a valance of lace is quite as effective. A pretty idea for a boudoir is the use of heavy curtains over the lace ones. Instead of the shades a brass rod that projects some six inches is put up and the gayly colored ones are drawn to- gether and serve quite as well as the shades and look infinitely better. Modern ingenuity has entered the fleld of furnishing so fully and com- pletely that there really is no good or sufficient reason why you should live in an unsightly home when you can have a charming one that will be & continual source of pleasure to your- self and friends for exactly the same money.