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The House in Good Taste
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Elsie De Wolfe
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The
writing-table
is
placed
at
right
angles
to
one
of
the
book-filled
panels
between
the
front
windows.
I
have
used
a
writing-table
in
this
room
because
I
like
tables
better
than
heavy
desks,
and
because
in
this
small
apartment
a
desk
would
seem
heavy
and
ponderous.
The
fittings
of
the
desk
are
of
dark
red
leather,
like
that
of
many
of
the
book-bindings,
and
the
personal
touch
that
makes
the
desk
mine
is
a
bowl
of
roses.
Between
the
two
windows
in
the
shallow
recess,
I
have
placed
an
aquarium,
a
recent
acquisition
that
delights
my
soul.
The
aquarium
is
simply
an
oblong
glass
box
mounted
on
a
teak
stand,
with
a
tracery
of
teak
carving
outlining
the
box,
which
is
the
home
of
the
most
gorgeous
fan-tailed
goldfish.
There
are
water
plants
in
the
box,
too,
and
funny
little
Chinese
temples
and
dwarf
trees.
I
love
to
house
my
little
people
happily--my
dogs
and
my
birds
and
my
fish.
Wee
Toi,
my
little
Chinese
dog,
has
a
little
house
all
his
own,
an
old
Chinese
lacquer
box
with
a
canopy
top
and
little
gold
bells.
It
was
once
the
shrine
of
some
little
Chinese
god,
I
suppose,
but
Wee
Toi
is
very
happy
in
it,
and
you
can
see
that
it
was
meant
for
him
in
the
beginning.
It
sits
by
the
fireplace
and
gives
the
room
an
air
of
real
hominess.
I
was
so
pleased
with
the
aquarium
and
the
Chinese
lacquer
bed
for
Wee
Toi
that
I
devised
a
birdcage
to
go
with
them,
a
square
cage
of
gilt
wires,
with
a
black
lacquer
pointed
canopy
top,
with
little
gilt
bells
at
the
pointed
eaves.
The
cage
is
fixed
to
a
shallow
lacquer
tray,
and
is
the
nicest
place
you
can
imagine
for
a
whistling
bullfinch
to
live
in.
I
suppose
I
could
have
a
Persian
cat
on
a
gorgeous
cushion
to
complete
the
place,
but
I
can't
admit
cats
into
the
room.
I
plan
gorgeous
cushions
for
other
people's
"little
people,"
when
they
happen
to
be
cats.
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