Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 14, Number 46, DeMotte, Jasper County, 29 September 1944 — It’s Simple Furniture With Quaint Ruffles and Frills for the Home [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

It’s Simple Furniture With Quaint Ruffles and Frills for the Home

By Ruth Wyeth Spears

IF YOU have been wondering if * quaintness, frills and ruffles were going into the decorating ash can after the war, the answer is—no. There will be many strictly modern rooms but there will be rooms also in which all the war years’ pent-up longing will burst forth in the most romantic versions of the traditional Home, sweet Home with variations according to taste. Period themes and quaintness will be stepped up to have a dramatic quality. Modern ideas will creep in and add to this effect. Simple furniture will be built in and fabrics will be cut and sewn especially to° fit the spaces they are to fill. The bed curtains for the slanting wall in the sketch are an example—and the triangular shaped window curtains to give

extra fullness. Frills will be even fuller than those of our dreams, and many a homemaker who never before used her sewing machine attachments will be learning the mysteries of the ruffier and hemmer. ♦ * * NOTE—Why not start your dream room now with a skirted blanket chest like the one in this sketch? It is grand to have extra covers handy on chilly nights and the padded top makes a comfortable seat. Pattern 259 gives complete and fully illustrated directions with detailed list of materials needed for making the chest, full skirt and top cushion. Enclose 15 cents with name and address to get pattern 259. Address:

MRS. RUTII WYETH SPEARS Bedford Hills New York Drawer 10 Enclose 15 cents for Pattern No. 259. Name Address