THE ENGLISH DRAWING ROOM V. THE JAPANESE.

White Ribbon, Volume 13, Issue 164, 15 February 1909, Page 11

THE ENGLISH DRAWING ROOM V. THE JAPANESE.

How fatiguing to the spirit is tin* modern crowded drawing-room and best parlour! 1 lie workers of the family return at night, tired, and they must sit down m a room crowded with knickknaeks, photogiaphs, pieces of drapery, and ornaments of every description, oppressed by the feeling that they hardlv dare move for fear of upsetting sometiling. There is no rest to the eye any>\here, but a paint'd anxiousness coueeruing the tint which must everywhere he collecting. Much, too, of the precious time is m.ne -cssarilv spent l>v the already over-huuleiied mother or tin* busy house m iid in a vain attempt to keep these host* of iliings fresh and clean ! Surely we mty take a hint from the Japanese, al l i set up three or four objects of beauty in a room, and so dispose them that the full value of their beauty can he apprepreciated. These they will leave for a few days or weeks; then they will he carefully stored away and a few other treasures take their place. In this way real enjoyment may he obtained from one's beiutiful possessions, and a feeling of rest and airiness In* preserved around one. Marion ,1. Clarke, in “ O'oo'l Heal lit."