THE REST CURE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 533, 19 June 1909, Page 11

THE REST CURE.

'A/woman. whose house has always about it that most desirable air of freshness is a strong advocate for resting the accessories in a room. "Australians," she remarks, "are rather given ,to smiling >at the English idea of putting away hummer. things for the winteiy I find by, keeping two. sets of things for my living rooms that the lives of both are . prjlonged...almost* indefinitely.,. Many materials' have a quite extraordinary faculty for renewing themselves if; put away properly. ; Curtains,; table covers, chintz covors, and cushion covers that at', the end-of the summer are beginning to look rather done for, if carefully washed and, folded away rough ",dry, can be brought into action in the spring time, as good as new."- This woman is a great believer in the 'chair rug. Her big wicker chairs, spread over with cheap striped silk, finished Oriental rugs, and supplemented by cushions in plain brown. Holland slips, look particularly inviting. Rugs mado. of art serge, with corners .and borders embroidered in anv of the. more or less barbaric kinds of embroidery, need only a lining of somo strong cotton material matching the serge. Leather or arras cloth cushions in these chairs look admirable. Arras cloth spreads for sofas as well as chairs cive a living room a 'particularly ' appearance: in' winter, 'while.- short'; curtains of '.the. 'same in,'white', wear and ( .wash most satisfactorily.