0 will fit up a
small hall very satisfactorily. A pretty hanging lantern of hammered
copper, with open bottom and globe of opalescent glass, will add more
than its cost of $12.50 to the good impression the hall is to make upon
those it receives.

THE FAMILY CHAIRS

Some good folk would banish the rocker unceremoniously from the living
room, and we might not miss it so much as we think. It is the
adaptability of the rocker to comforting positions, rather than a love
of rocking, that endears the chair to the majority, and when the same
qualities are found in the reclining or easy chair we can well spare
the projections that menace skirts and polished furniture, not to speak
of the space they take up.

As a general thing it is the man of the house whose comfort is most
sedulously looked after. For him the easy chair, the slippers, the
reading lamp, the smoking outfit, the house jacket, the evening paper.
This fact is mentioned in no carping spirit. Far be it from one of the
less worthy sex to quarrel with the fate that has been ordained for us
by our helpmeets; the latter should not be deprived of a whit of the
joy that comes from viewing the lord of the household agreeably
situated, and in that blissful state which breeds a kindly spirit
toward all human kind, including milliners and ladies' tailors.

But too frequently the mistress of the household is supposed to pick up
her comfort at odd times, or more likely there isn't any supposition at
all. For her, for the master, and for the other members of the family,
there must be a personal interest in the living room, and this is best
represented by the most comfortable chair to be had. As persons are
built of different heights and breadths, so the chairs should be.
While the slender chap can snuggle down in the most capacious easy
chair, the stout lady may be embarrassed when she finds the one single
seat at hand proffering only a scanty breadth. One may well provide
for these contingencies, for of course it is not always possible to
select our acquaintances in accordance with the capacity of our
furniture. Heights, too, should be varied somewhat, though it must be
confessed that the joy of life (for others) is much increased by the
sight of a six-foot (tall) gentleman of dignity gradually unfolding
himself from the chair that was purchased for the particular use of
Gwendolyn Ermyntrude, aged six.

THE TABLE

If the living room, among its other uses,