The woman's book, dealing practically with the modern conditions of home-life, self-support, education, opportunties, and every-day problems (1894)
New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 150
d comfort is re-sponsible somewhat for this. By somemental mischance of association it hasbeen allied with ponderous furniture,dark colors, heavy curtains, and a gen-eral air of stuffiness. This came aboutin the days of barons of beef, and theheavy days of wining and dining, ofwhich Thackeray… … Designed for the Tiffany Company. That there piece of green has gonedown without my knowing it, andspoke no more. We take our food now more sparing-ly and with greater gayety. It is thischange the dining-room, in its decora-tion and its furnishing, has begun toreflect. For the reason that it is…
Women · Home Economics · Interior decoration
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