Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1914 — BEDROOM DESK MOST USEFUL [ARTICLE]

BEDROOM DESK MOST USEFUL

Some Remarkably Handsome Designs, Though Expensive, Are Offered , to Prospective Buyers. The bedroom desk fittings have always been more or less of a problem, as the usual brass sets seem a little heavy for a dainty pink or blue chintz hung boudoir. This year there are Ivory colored sets of enameled wood which have a latticed pattern for the trimming which shows a bit of a brownish cast through it. They have more character than the plain .white sets, lind yet add rather than detract from the daintiness of the room. Silver which matches either the striped dresser silver or the engraved patterns can be matched for the desk fittings. Complete sets with blotter, clock and all the many useful and useless articles possibly run as high as $176. The new clocks are really lovely. They are shaped like half an orange and lib flat on the desk with the curved part up and holding the face of the clock. One does instinctively look dowy when writing, and It Bave time Instead of making a conscious effort to look at a clock.