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The House in Good Taste
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Elsie De Wolfe
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Whenever
it
is
possible,
I
believe
the
man
of
the
house
should
also
have
a
small
sitting-room
that
corresponds
to
his
wife's
boudoir.
We
Americans
have
made
a
violent
attempt
to
incorporate
a
room
of
this
kind
in
our
houses
by
introducing
a
"den"
or
a
"study,"
but
somehow
the
man
of
the
house
is
never
keen
about
such
a
room.
A
"den"
to
him
means
an
airless
cubby-hole
of
a
room
hung
with
pseudo-Turkish
draperies
and
papier-mâché
shields
and
weapons,
and
he
has
a
mighty
aversion
to
it.
Who
could
blame
him?
And
as
for
the
study,
the
average
man
doesn't
want
a
study
when
he
wants
to
work;
he
prefers
to
work
in
his
office,
and
he'd
like
a
room
of
his
own
big
enough
to
hold
all
his
junk,
and
he'd
like
it
to
have
doors
and
windows
and
a
fireplace.
The
so-called
study
is
usually
a
heavy,
cheerless
little
room
that
isn't
any
good
for
anything
else.
The
ideal
arrangement
would
be
a
room
of
average
size
opening
from
his
bedroom,
a
room
that
would
have
little
suggestion
of
business
and
a
great
flavor
of
his
hobbies.
His
wife's
boudoir
must
be
her
office
also,
but
he
doesn't
need
a
house
office,
unless
he
be
a
writer,
or
a
teacher,
or
some
man
who
works
at
home.
After
all,
I
think
the
painters
and
illustrators
are
the
happiest
of
all
men,
because
they
have
to
have
studios,
and
their
wives
generally
recognize
the
fact,
and
give
them
a
free
hand.
The
man
who
has
a
studio
or
a
workshop
all
his
own
is
always
a
popular
man.
He
has
a
fascination
for
his
less
fortunate
friends,
who
buzz
around
him
in
wistful
admiration.
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