Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1914 — PLACE FOR THE BOOKS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PLACE FOR THE BOOKS

NO HOUSE COMPLETE WITHOUT PROVISION FOR THEM. yPractical Idea, Which Can Be Made to Do Double Duty, Is Shown— Cretonne-Covered Shelves Will Be Found Useful. -t—.-

. By ETHEL DAVIS SEAL. One can imagine 'a house without pictures more readily than one can imagine even a single room without hooks. Books stand for culture and education in our lives, for beauty and decoration in our homes; and the two facts are inseparable, in that the books, together with their keeping places, are a sure index to their own? er’s character. And you can’t fool the public about your books, either. Books, have a way

of telling tales—other than the stories they Jiold. People know whether they are loved books or not; they know if they are books for show or delight—both from what the books tell them, and where the books are. The first illustration shows a practical suggestion for a keeping place for books, and which does double duty as a seat a? well. This idea could be carried out for the living room, hall or bedrodm. It can be made of boards and painted to match the woodwork; or a large packing box of just the right proportions might answer, if one’s judgment approved it: The cushion fs of hair and is three inches thick. If hair costs more than one cares to spend, upholsterer’s cotton would be comfortable and serviceable. Sometimes bookshelves can be made out of faulty boards and covered entirely with cretonne, as shown in the Becond drawing. The ends and, if

necessary, the top are covered plainly with the material, tacked on by means of upholsterer’s tacks. Curtains to match are then hung at the front. ‘ And so, if you don’t love books enough to have a lot lying around loose, and are too old to learn (!) train your children to, and you will soon be sure to find a call tfl concoct all sorts of attractive little keeping places for books—and here are quite a number of ideas right to your hand. —New York Press.