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The House in Good Taste
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Elsie De Wolfe
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I
think
that
in
country
houses
where
there
is
not
a
bathroom
with
each
bedroom
there
should
be
a
very
good
washstand
provided
for
each
guest.
When
a
house
party
is
in
progress,
for
instance,
and
every
one
comes
in
from
tennis
or
golf
or
what
not,
eager
for
a
bath
and
fresh
clothes,
washstands
are
most
convenient.
Why
shouldn't
a
washstand
be
just
as
attractively
furnished
as
a
dressing-table?
Just
because
they
have
been
so
ugly
we
condemn
them
to
eternal
ugliness,
but
it
is
quite
possible
to
make
the
washstand
interesting
to
look
upon
as
well
as
serviceable.
It
isn't
necessary
to
buy
a
"set"
of
dreadful
crockery.
You
can
assemble
the
necessary
things
as
carefully
as
you
would
assemble
the
outfit
for
your
writing-table.
Go
to
the
pottery
shops,
the
glass
shops,
the
silversmiths,
and
you
will
find
dozens
of
bowls
and
pitchers
and
small
things.
A
clear
glass
bowl
and
pitcher
and
the
necessary
glasses
and
bottles
can
be
purchased
at
any
department
store.
The
French
peasants
make
an
apple-green
pottery
that
is
delightful
for
a
washstand
set.
So
many
of
the
china
shops
have
large
shallow
bowls
that
were
made
for
salad
and
punch,
and
pitchers
that
were
made
for
the
dining-table,
but
there
is
no
reason
why
they
shouldn't
be
used
on
the
washstand.
I
know
one
wash
basin
that
began
as
a
Russian
brass
pan
of
flaring
rim.
With
it
is
used
an
old
water
can
of
hammered
brass,
and
brass
dishes
glass
lined,
to
hold
soaps
and
sponges.
It
is
only
necessary
to
desire
the
unusual
thing,
and
you'll
get
it,
though
much
searching
may
intervene
between
the
idea
and
its
achievement.
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