French, Lillie Hamilton, 1854-1939 · New York, Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 337
-sion ot a desire to es-cape the exactions ofa punctilious world,to get away from re-sponsibilities into aholiday atmosphere.The halls of suchplaces, therefore, likethe lives of the fam-ily frequenting them, cannot be subjected to con-ventional rules, the whole purpose having been toescape them.… … ZhCalt SeJffe o£ walrLu-T.VvnlfL carved paas.7s^ HOMES AND THEIR DECORATION of the house may not object to throwing her doorswide open to the world, but the timid stranger mayprefer a more gradual approach. It makes a badimpression on the visitor to discover himself usheredinto the very midst of…
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