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TTIE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAX, - PORTLAND, MARCn 20, 1921 11 CHARM IN HOME SOMETIMES VERY DIFFICULT TO ATTAIN AND YET THING TO APPRECIATE WHEN DRAWN INTO PLANS Moderate Sized House Devoid of All Meaningless Ornament, With Natural Textures of Materials afnd Entrance and Interior to Reflect Hospitality and Roomy Cheerfulness Where Dwell Sunlight and Peace, One Idea of Domestic Contentment. r m s r ' ''msm BT CHARLES J. MITCHELL. (i-f-OOR little Gaby," reminisced I' the bride, as she 6lowly turned the pages of a magazine she had been reading:, "I'm afraid she will never be content In a city house or, for that matter, in any house." "What's that?" asked Friend Hus band from his place behind an open newspaper and a cloud of smoke. "Why, I was just thinking of little Gaby's visit to me last week," ans wered Esther. "You were out, dear. You know Gaby Is wearing quite a large diamond ring and she and her fiance I believe he is some sort of an architect or an artist expect to be married this year. I tried to interest Gaby In that house down the street, the one on which they have Just put that 'for sale" sign, but I couldn't eecm to interest her at all. Suburbs or nothing for that little lady, Bob. And nothing less than the most fash ionable, at that!" "Can't say I much blame her." "Neither can I," sighed Esther, who at one time had visions of a pretty little cottage nestling among tall trees and shrubbery. "But, as I said, I'm afraid she'll be a trifle hard to suit in the matter of a home. She has eome ideas about a home and some of Ihem are very clever, but the thing Is they differ quite a great deal from her future husband's ideas." Bob lowered his paper before ask ing. "In what way?" "In the way of appearance of the exterior, the arrangement tf the rooms and numerous other things. Of course Gaby fully appreciates what Is beautiful; at least she thinks that she can appreciate beauty In a home." "Well, charm In a home Is a thing to be appreciated and which is some times difficult," interrupted Bob. "Very often I've looked at homes as I drove through the suburbs and real ized that there was something at tractive, unusual, pleasant, a some thing which seemed to appeal to me and yet I wasn't just able to discern just what it was. If your friend can look at a house and find it charming, find it appealing and really know what It Is which makes it so, she is to be .commended, and her fiance should allow her to have quite a say as to the design of their home." "But he's a" architect. Bob, dear!" "That's very true," replies, Bob. "but then, all architects are not able to give charm to a home. Takes a mighty clever man for that. There is usually eome little detail, or the ma terials and their contracting, or the placing of the house in its best rela tion to the grounds, the approach to the house, or one of many other little things, my dear, which does the trick." "I thought a house acquired charm by time or age." said Elizabeth. "Or from the hand of a skillful architect," Bob hastened to add, ap plying a match ti his briar. "How often do you see a clever ' It of detail applied to a door or a win dow which immediately makes you want to enthuse over the house? Or how often do you see some clever treatment of a chimney cap or top which seems to give a finishing touch to the whole house?" , Esther silently applauded Bob's re marks. She was quite In love with her "Bobs," as she called him, and any time she succoederl in getting him to talk enthusiastically on a subject, for he was of rather a quiet nature, she was greatly elated. "Well, I'm certain that Gaby's house will be charming." she eaid. "Why, the lust time she was out to see me she brought a huge, black-backed book with her. And what do you sup pose was In It? Numerous Illustrations cut from magazines of little, gambrel roofed homes. You know the type of home I mean, a 'Dutch colonial' home. And ehe had these illustrations pasted in her book her 'scrap book," as she called It, with the small plans of the homes pasted underneath. She's col lecting Ideas, Bob, and some day you'll see her accumulation of Ideas a sembled in one pretty little home of her own. She had a section of the book devoted to fireplaces and man tels, stairs, breakfast rooms, shutters of windows and so forth. It's the greatest little collection of archi tectural 'what-nots' you ever saw "Her real dream is to have a home some 'day, a moderate sized house, English in character and devoid of all meaningless ornament. In fact, to obtain charm she intends to rely upon the natural textures of materials, stone and hewn wood, rou&h stucco and brick around the openings, red chimney pots and brick-edged ter races to lend a touch or color. Her doorway or entrance is to be the only elaboration on the exterior and that's to be very subdued. But it is to be an entrance which will express hospi tality, which will at once strike a cordial note of welcorrfe, with a door which will lead Inside where will dwell sunlight and hominess. "At present her idea for arrange ment Is unusual. What she desires Is to go from a central entrance Into an almost square hail, at the back of which will be the stairs and a door leading into what will be ber break fast room. On one side of the hall she Intends to have a large living room. "Then on the opposite side of the hall will be the dining room and kitchen. Perhaps a pantry. On the second floor will be four chambers for sleeping, two moderate sized baths; while in the front of the house directly over the hall will be an open space." "Why open?' "So that the stairs, which come up in nearly the center of the house, will it 1 ,1 'i' u5 CHAMBER CMAMBtt I I S uvwc won Pining ooomI 1 "' .fl J Chamber ii i A group of moderate-sized bouses from the bride's acrapbook. receive plenty of light, use it as a sewing alcove, Bobs!" Good Idea. " Bob grunted, ndgetmg with his paper. "When Gaby has her plans drawn I'd like to see 'em." And he turned back to his reading. ' ITALIAN STYLE HOMES GROW .,:ffl.gPgULARITY INAMERICA Furniture of Golden Age of Italian Decoration Can Be Approximated but Taste and Understanding Are Essential. "I CAN'T decide." despaired the Engaged Girl, "in Just what etyle I am going to do the house." "Have you decided yet upon the house" dryly returned the Interior Decorator Woman. "No, that's another problem. Do you know, Elizabeth Ann, I'd like to fur nish the house in Italian etyle." "Umh," mused the Decorator, con tributing not at all to the other's sat isfaction. "I thought you approved of Italian Interiors," complained the Engaged Girl. "I adore 'em." "And yet " "Yes. my dear, 'and yet' it rather annoys me that you are putting the cart before the horse. How can you decide what furniture you are going to have before you know what back ground you ere going to put it against how can you? "That's so, but I can think about it, Elizabeth Ann. Don't lose your tem per. It will be either Colonial or Ital ian, that I know. "Houses which will stand Italian interiors are rather rare in America, my dear. x Usually one has to build - f4w W If - ' them. Occasionally, however, one finds a house whose architecture has suf ficient Italian feeling, or which is so simple or neutral in design that one can safely plan for Italian interiors." Oolden Age Recalled. "Well, if we can't find a house to suit we will take an apartrfrent at first and build, there's no doubt about that. I can't get the idea of Italian furnishings out of my head, and any way I'm interested in knowing about them whether I decide upon Just that kind of furnKure or not." That was enough for Elizabeth Ann. Anyone who was really interested in interior decoration, and especially in the abstract, coul-i steal her time by the hour. "That being the case we might as well begin at the beginning," an nounced she, which fortunately wasn't a detrmination to etart with thj Catacombs of Rome. "When I say the 'beginning,'" she explained, "I mean the beginning of that period which was the golden age of Italian decoration, about the mid dle of the 15th century and lasting until the 18th When the 18th century arrived Italian art had become de cadent, but, nevertheless, in tha.t cen tury were made many Italian pieces which adapt themselves very well in deed to our modern homes because Italy was just at that time influenced by the' English and French styles, such as Chippendale, Queen Anne, William and Mary, Louis Quiaze, Di rectoire and Empire, all of which we adapted, to American -homes. Classic Only Approximated. "This similarity of line to that to which we are accustomed and that which many of us already bave makes the ISth century Italian interior often Tae seaezal lectins of this atatrly to osa Is Italian, yet the Enicllsh refec . tory table la the foreground seems perfectly at home. Stop Guessing TryPyramid If Ton have Come to Such Misery as Itching or Protruding Plies Try Pyramid Pile Supposi tories Pyramid Pile Suppositories have been, the household reliance for more than two decades. Tou've no idea what blessed . relief is until you use Pyramid. Get a 600 box today at the drug store anywhere in the U. S. or Canada, but do not . take any eubstitute. They are used In the privacy c-f your own home and you can have a free trial by sending your name and address to Pyramid Drug Co., tat Pyramid Eldg., Marshall, Sllcb, e good examjple for modern use, though it is not as classic as some or, indeed, most of the earlier Italian en sembles." "Must I wait until the lecture is over to ask questions?" asked the En gaged Girl in mock awe. "You're a pert young person what is It you want to know?" "Nothing, just now," laughed the other. "But I might, you know." "Yes, ask as many questions as you like. I want an intelligent audience. "The Italian renaissance is affecting America very strongly. At first only the very wealthy had Italian homes in the United States, but now the ap preciation of that kind of decoration is becoming more or less prevalent and its popularity is increasing daily. There is no danger, either, of its suf fering a quick death as a fad, for the appreciation of it has grown too slowly. Besides, its fundamentals are rooted in the 'beauty that was Greece and the glory that was Rome.' "Yon see, the perfectly constructed furniture of the golden age of Italian art. and decoration really influenced all subsequent periods, English and French. When the 18th century Italian furniture was influenced by the English and French, es I told you a few moments ago, it simply meant that Italy was borrowing inspiration which she had given to the English and the French years before and that it was a bit the worse for its sojourn in pther countries that mistake, however (and it was sometimes an effective one and- one which has helped to make the latter Italian fur niture adaptable to some of our neu tral, modern types of houses, occurred In the decadent years of that mar velous period." "Cold" Interiors Noted". "Do you think Italian Interiors are 'cold.' Elizabeth Ann?' "That depends. I have seen some here in America which were entirely unsympathetic in winter. In summer the coldness was rather inviting. In Italy "there were both plain and col ored walls, and. Etrangely, the beautiful-furniture found in either of them a very suitable background. The col ored backgrounds were often com posed of wonderful mural decorations, which would not be any too easy to repeat over here except at great' ex pense, so that as a rule our American Italian houses are - fashioned with plain plastered or painted walls. "These are wonderfully restful, but In winter they need a wealth of rich coloring. The Italians knew this and used a marvelous green, a red that fairly sang (you see it now in the soft red morocco covers of missals and hymnals), and a blue that Is be yond description. All three pf those, colors were strongly used in the, won derful staging of the Venetian trag edy. The Jest.' The Italians used hangings In these colors velvets, brocades, damasks, needlework upon silk and such. The doorways, which were sometimes square and at other times' had rounded aches at the top, were hung with these rich fabrics. Always the fabrics were heavy, be cause the material of light weight would have been totally unsuited to the massive pieces of furniture." "I saw an illustration in a book of decoration, Elizabeth Ann, wnich seemed awfully crowded for an Ital ian room. It seeems to me that I once heard you say that the Italians liked what you call 'spaces.' " Rooms Beautifully Spaced. "I am glad you mentioned that. The early Italian rooms were beautifully spaced and this rest and balance were maintained almost invariably until the very worst of the decadent period, when things began to clutter a bit. Italy was being influenced by otner countries just at that time and while she did not fall into the atrocious taste which debauched England and America, It Is only natural that the Italian beautiful sense of fititess should suffer in some degree. "There are ever so many pieces of Italian furniture from which you can select sufficient for an Italian living room. There never was a better chair designed than one. the best known., which the Italian Renaissance brought forth. It was strength and grace com bined usefulness beautified and it had a great deal of dignity. Struc tually it was built-along honest hori zontal and vertical lines. The chair was usually of some dark and unob trusive wood, often walnut, which the Italians persisted in using to a great er extent even than mahogany when that latter wood made its first fas cinating appearance, and then the seat and usually the back were uphol stered in one of those three rich hues or red. blue or ereen." "What pieces of furniture would I need for a living room in the Italian style?" asked the Engaged Gill." "A long table (an English refectory table will combine with Italian" furni ture quite nicely if you cannot get one of Italian inspiration) for placing somewhere in the middle of the floor or against the wall; a chest (called by the Italians a 'casoni'), some of the several varieties of Italian chairs, some with low backs and at least one of the tall ' decorative backs which suggest a throne chair and make such a wonderful backgrouond for men and women. An Italian footstool or two is necessary to the enssemble and if the room is large you may have one of the 'old Italian wall benches as well ai the chest and a tall floor candle stick or two of either wrought iron or polychrome can be placed near the fireplace or table or arranged in stately fashion upon each side of the chest or wall bench. Plain Rag Suggested. "Tapestries were much used during the Italian Renaissance, chiefly for walls, and a chest with a tapestry backgroound and a candlestick upon each side make a very pleasing group Indeed. Another good group Is that of a wall console (the Renaissance had any number of designs) with a chair upon each side. Upon the con sole could be placed a piece of that gorgeous Italian pottery, depending upon grace of line and luscious color Instead of surface ornamentation for beauty. , "Upon the floor you will want a plain rug I would suggest a plain chenille in the accepted Italian blue, grayed a bit, if necessary, to keep it 'down.' Under this, however, and forming a rather wide border about the room where the rug does not touch, it would be effective to have a black and white linoleum excellent quality, of course, which ts designed after the old marble things used In Venice. I have seen this linoleum used in a wonderfully rich Italian in terior upon this side of the water, of course. In the summer thi is most effective when the rug is -removed. The linoleum, representing the dull red terra cotta tiles, rnpy harmonize with your room better than the black and white, and you must decide be tween the two. Also I would add a modern davenport'. "Whatever you do, don't have many pictures about. One or two oil paint ings (Italian subjects preferably) should be enough In one room, to gether with the wall color which your door hangings, a possible tapestry and perhaps a pair of sconces will give." lervoirs which fit closely around the coils on the back or any radiator, quite out of sight. It struck me as being too good an idea to keep to myself, so I am passinif it on to you to look Into. too. MOISTENED HOT AIR BEST TO HEAT HEALTHY HOMES Small Corrugated Galvanized Iron Reservoirs That Fit Closely Around Coils of Radiator Favored. i T THE club at Mary Ellis' some weeks ago, the day it ' was so cold, and her children had to play in the living room where the guests were, and were so obstreper ous, naturally the conversation veered toward heating the house several times. One of the girla said that she had been home for Christmas she lives in the country and one afternoon she went to call on an old rady whom she had known as a lit tle girl. She said that there was big, glorious open fire in the fire place, and that hanging from a chain right In the middle of the opening in front of the fireplace was an old- fashioned copper teakettle that was kept filled with water all the time. "The doctors seem to think they have discovered . amething quite new th se days. the old lady chuckled as she poured some fresh water into her kettle, "when they tell us to keep a pan of water in a room where there Is a lot of heat to dry up the atmosphere of the room, but my grandmother always kept this kettle filled on her hearth; because she knew that long ago. Which only goes to prove that there is nothing pe-.- under the sun." Then another member who has just built a new house recently, said that her furnace had a little covered tank on the front that must be filled with fresh water each morning, for this reason, that a great many of the ne ,- heating plants took this very thing into consideration. They told us, when we bought the furnace," she went on, "that the dry heat dried up the mucous linings of the lungs, nose and throat, and made one succeptibie to colds, and that this water would keep the heat moist." It sounded vary sensible, although really I had never thought about it before, so. I asked several people who knew about such things and they agreed that it was better to keep hot air moist wherever possible. Then some one told me that there were a great many so-called air moisteners on the market now that one could buy to attach to the radiators and registers, and sure enough there were any number of them. The ones I am looking at' now, and thinking of buying, are simply small corrugated galvanized Iron res- If you are needlessly burdened with superfluous fat, read the following carefully. See how easily others have reduced by my simple and efficient method of fat reduction. Some havm reduced over a pound a day. All this has been accomplished without resorting to diet or tedious exercise. Miss O. 'Whitlow write r "I hare Iot 78 peoad mult of yoar treatment and bars aerw fait arIl in my life as I do now." Ma. S. 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