the present, and loving remembrance in the days to come.

So often is the artistic beauty of a house destroyed by a bad selection
and arrangement of furniture and choice of inharmonious decorations,
that many architects are coming to advise, and even dictate, the style
of everything that goes into the house. Thus Colonial furniture is
prescribed for a residence in Colonial style, Mission furniture for
Mission architecture, etc. There is a corresponding movement among
makers of artistic furniture to plan houses suited to their particular
styles. Thus "Craftsman" houses and "Craftsman" furniture are designed
by the same business interest.

Since, however, the average American home is something of a composite
in architectural design, the housekeeper may be permitted to exercise
her taste in making selections from the infinite variety of styles
of furniture that are offered her by the manufacturers of the country.
It is advisable, however, that the furniture in each room be in harmony.

Let us briefly examine the articles of furniture and styles of
decoration appropriate for the several rooms.

The hall, now often the smallest, most ill-considered part of the house,
was once its chief glory. In the old days in England, and, indeed,
in America, the word was used as synonymous with the mansion, as
Bracebridge Hall, Haddon Hall, etc. It was the largest apartment,
the center of family and social life. Here the inmates and their guests
feasted and danced and sang. Gradually it was divided off into rooms for
specific purposes, until now in general practice it has narrowed down
to a mere vestibule or entrance to the other rooms, with only those
articles of furniture in it which are useful to the one coming in or