The house in good taste, illustrated with photographs in color and black and white (1915)
De Wolfe, Elsie, 1865-1950 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 156
We are stillturning up our noses a little at the mechanical pianoplayers, but if we will use our common sense we mustadmit that a new order of things has come to pass, andthe new canned music is not to be despised. Cer-tainly if the instrument displeases you, you can sayso, but if a misguided… … A- THE DRAWING-ROOM and that can be hidden in a closet between times.Why not*? But suppose you have a piano, or need one: do giveit a chance I Its very size makes it tremendously im-portant, and if you load it with senseless fringed scarfsand bric-a-brac you make it the ugliest thing in yourroom.…
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