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I' I / liv Valletta Tailor • • There’s a new feminine softness and crnateness in home decoration these «lays. And tlie one part of tlie room that is getting the nest of this soften ing and dressing up in feminine fashion is the window. The hare, cold-looking window' is old-fashioned. But the window veiled in sheer cur tains is as smart as can be, and is just as glamourous and charming as a veiled woman. One of the most attractive ways to veil your windows is to hang up lace net curtains. These curtains, falling in soft, full folds against the windows, are as decorative as they are practical. Designed and woven in open, lacy weaves that invite the sunlight and air in through your windows, they soften the glare of the sun and show a lovely lace pattern against the window pane. If you want to pull the window shade or Venetian blind all the way up at times, these curtains act as a graceful shield for the window, assuring you a comfortable privacy in your room without shutting out either light or air. And while you or your family within the house can see the world outside through the open weave, the family next floor cannot see in. A Pattern for Every Need This year you can find exactly the right design for each room. There are hundreds of new American designs in these lace net curtains—some of them very simple, such as the open mesh weaves, that look like fish nets, or the filet nets. Others are perfectly fas cinating in the variety of their designs —with stars, flowers, garlands and all manner of geometric patterns worked out in the lacy weaves. Some women like the curtains with out borders. Other women like the prettincss of the border designs, w hich go across the bottom of the curtain, or across the bottom and up the side. There’s a choice o. many kinds of borders, some just insertion-like bands woven into the curtain, others grace fully designetl leaves and flowers that make a smart contrast with the simpler weave of the rest of the cur tain. If your furnishings are informal and rugged looking, or if you need cur tains for a man’s room or a boy’s, or for the bedroom of a little tomboy of a girl, you will find smart open weaves of a rugged texture that are just ex actly riglit. If you have fine furnishings or want some dainty-looking curtains for a young girl’s bedroom, then make vour selection from among the many deli cate types of very fine lace net cur tains. And there are many in-between types. They are all great favorites for living rboms and for dining rooms, — really for .very room in the house. The popular way to hang these cur tains is to the sill or to the edge of the apron below the sill, in soft, full folds against the window pane. Adjustable Tops Most of the new American-made lacc net curtains arc all ready to hang without any need for a lot of measur ing, pinning, and sewing up of the heading. And what a joy these curtains are to busy women. They art woven with two or three rows of slots, spaced a few incites apart, across the top of curtain. You decide which row gives the best length to your curtain, slip the rod through the 'dot*- WindowsVeiledin Lace Net Curtains Have the Charm of ji Veiled Woman H # l Mi* SSTav _ r /T % 't i At this type of window, you can hang either a pair of lace net curtains or two panels. The pairs of curtains are hemmed on the inside edges where the curtains meet in the center of the window. The panels, which can be used one or two to a window, depending upon the width of the window and the width of the panel, are hemmed down both sides. Be sure to have the curtains wide enough—whether they are pairs or panels—so that they look gracefully full hanging at the windows. in that particular row and there you arc! Tlu curtain is gathered into uni form gathers or pleats and hangs evenly—without the least bother on your part. If you use the top row of slots the other row or rows will show hanging below it, hut the slots arc woven in such away that they look like part of the design. If a lower row is used, the top row is turned under. I lie most popular lengths in these curtains arc 2% or 2 */2 yards, hut if you need an odd length you can get the lacc net material by the yard. The made-up curtains conic in varying widths to suit any size window', and they arc made up in pairs or in pane l styles. The panel styles have hems on both sides. You can hang cine, two, or more panels to a window, depending upon how wide your window is, or how many windows you have in a row. Hung to the proper length in Mist gathers, lace net curtains give your windows a well-curtained ap pearance that is right in fashion with the vogue for luxury and feminine softness of outline. Not High Priced I hey all look luxurious—but tlicy aren’t bigli priced, 'They are within the range of every budget. If you have only a little to spend on home decora tion, you can find as many attractive patterns as you need, well within your price limit. If you really want glam ourous curtains, in unusually soft and fine qualities, you can find these, too. Os course, the higher the price the more exquisite the curtain. Over Venetian Blinds In keeping with the new feminine trend in decoration, one of the new ideas in window treatment is to hang lace net curtains o\cr Venetian blinds. This makes such a delightful soften ing of the severely straight look of the blinds that many new curtains of American design arc made especially to harmonize with the lines of the slats Some of them have strong hori zontal lines in the pattern. Some look as if one hand of insertion had been set upon another. Others have rows <,f very lacy weaves alternating with rows of more solidly woven lace net, and still others look almost like drawn-work. These may be used with or without over-draperies, of course. For the Sunroom With Summer coming along, many women are planning to temper the brilliance of the sunlight as it comes through their windows, bv banging these lace net curtains over Venetian blinds or window shades in the sun room. The gentle movement of the delicate threads in a Summer breeze looks cool and the curtains are so open that they do not shut out any of the air. The woman who once tries this charming effect will never go back to the bare glare of the sunrootn without curtains. Serviceable, Too For all of their beauty, these cur- w tains are distinctly practical. 1 hey are cleverly designed to go well with the furnishing of all types of homes, from the cottage to the mansion; skillfully woven and finished by American craftsmen who have spent many years learning the difficult art of lace weav ing. Each thread in each curtain is intertwisted, really tied in place around other threads, as the lace machine does its weaving. No thread can slip out of place in your lace net curtain, no matter how dainty it looks. It hangs well and evenly. It can he laundered at home or sent 1o the laundry, or dry-cleaned. And even if it is feather weight in texture, it will last and last. The hems on all the made up curtains are nicely finished with the patterns matched perfectly where they are sewed. Fullness is necessary to give the soft effect required by Fashion this year; twice the width of the window for the fine, sheer curtains, less than this— perhaps, one and a half—if your cur tainv are of the heavier texture. Window Strikes Keynote The neutral colors that harmonize with every color scheme are the most popular shades—ivory, tones of beige and ecru, some as deep as sand. You can get whatever color you need to Miit your room. It is a good general plan to use a fairly simple design in lace net curtains when you are also using elaborately figured over draperies. Then you can have a more elaborately patterned curtain to lighten the effect of solid color drap eries or small patterned fabrics. What ever you choose in design, let your curtains strike the keynote for tlie room; a rough and rugged type for the casual, informal room, a sheer delicate one for the dressy sort of room and so on through all the dif ferent kinds of furnishings you have. It is the well-dressed window that sets off the room and if your windows art dressed with the feminine softness of American-made - lace net curtains your whole room will reflect the same 1 harm and graciousness.
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