Our homes, and how to beautify them . eminently theladies room ; as sacred to their influence and rule as the smoking roomis to the regnancy of the men. It is there that the ladies of the housereceive; there that they preside and enthrone themselves. The wholeatmosphere of the apartment is charged with the gracious rehnement of womanssubtle spell. It is thither that you adjourn from the dinner-tal)lc to listen tomusic, or to play cards, or to indulge in the lighter intellectual causeries to whichall can contribute their share. The inferior sex have cast off, for the time, thehabiliments of the
Our homes, and how to beautify them . eminently theladies room ; as sacred to their influence and rule as the smoking roomis to the regnancy of the men. It is there that the ladies of the housereceive; there that they preside and enthrone themselves. The wholeatmosphere of the apartment is charged with the gracious rehnement of womanssubtle spell. It is thither that you adjourn from the dinner-tal)lc to listen tomusic, or to play cards, or to indulge in the lighter intellectual causeries to whichall can contribute their share. The inferior sex have cast off, for the time, thehabiliments of their daily calling, and donned the dress jackets and the varnishedboots of the ?m^-r^ZwXwvt deiiii-toilette. The grace and elegance of the surroundings,no less than the fact that it is the ladies audience chamber, would exact thisconcession even were it not convenient and comfortable in itself Vou are in aroom which expresses a (juality siii ^i^iiierii—a cpiality of rest, sociability, andcomfort in an artistic framework. OUR HOMES,. ? INLAID COMMODE, X\I. ^r\Lli. Such a room maybe handsome or itmay be merely pretty,according to its placein the scale of draw-ing rooms; but in nocase can it afford tobe showy. Therewas a tendency a fewyears ago, greatl)-encouraged by lady-writers on decorativeart, to overload draw-ing rooms with ornamental knicknacks, fragile and unstable occasional tables, gail) upholstered chairs ot the flimsiest construction, and a confused crowd of odds and ends fatal alike to harmony and proportion. Grace was sacrificed to display ; beauty was ignored in favour of mere elegance. There are few things more terrible than a showy drawing room. It is well meant, no doubt,but it over-shoots the mark and is a prolific cause of inartistic mischief In a vast apartment, with loft)- walls and noteworthy constructional features, liberality in the use of highly decorative details errs on virtues side; it is the medium-sized drawing room, and the insignificant drawi
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