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. A domestic cyclopædia of practical information ... ^- Fig- 7- The parlor should suggest festivity ratherthan meditation. If colors be well chosen,. Fi?. 5- wood, in such a position, is always very agree- Brussels carpet and worsted reps will produceable. , really as good effect as richer materials; though. FURNISHING 225 on account of the clanger from moths, woolenupholstery and Brussels carpets are less eco-nomical for peo- pie upon whomthe first outlay-does not bear tooheavily than silkfabrics and thehigher grades ofcarpet. Most parlors areoblong, with twowindows at oneend. The spot be-tween them is thepoint in the wholeroom for effect:all living thingsturn toward thelight. People oftaste, if they haveplenty of moneyfor more import-ant things, some-times put mirrors ^in this spot: Philistines always do. Something Ibright and effective should go there always. I
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