Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 191, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 August 1919 — FAD FOR STRIPED CRETONNES [ARTICLE]

FAD FOR STRIPED CRETONNES

Pleasing Effects Are Considered Smarter for Hall, Living Room and the Porch. There is a fad for striped upholsterings this year and just now these striped effects are considered smarter, for hall, living room and porch, than the flowered patterns that are reserved for sleeping rooms. Some of the broadly striped designs have great dignity and character and they do give a room a certain distinction —• probably because of their newness — that Is fancied at the moment more than the gayety of flowered chintz. A specially smart pattern has a tanColored ground with very wide stripes of deep blue, and down the center of each blue stripe runs a narrow, definite stripe of black. A country house living room is going to have curtains and chair covers of this blue, black and tan-striped cretonne, used with a deep blue rug, some pieces of old, beautifully polished mahogany, and lamp shades of deep blue printed silk. These shades are merely squares of silk, bordered with nawow black braid, and a black silk tassel swings from each corner of the square, when it is thrown over the foundation shade which is of orange-colored chiffon. The orange does not Bhow by day, but gives a soft glow through the thin blue silk cover when the lamp is lighted.