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The House in Good Taste
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Elsie De Wolfe
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But
enough
of
apartments
in
general.
This
chapter
is
concerned
with
the
small
apartment
sought
by
you
young
people
who
are
beginning
housekeeping.
You
want
to
find
just
the
proper
apartment,
of
course,
and
then
you
want
to
decorate
and
furnish
it.
Let
me
beg
of
you
to
demand
only
the
actual
essentials:
a
decent
neighborhood,
good
light
and
air,
and
at
least
one
reasonably
large
room.
Don't
demand
perfection,
for
you
won't
find
it.
Make
up
your
mind
just
what
will
make
for
your
happiness
and
comfort,
and
demand
that.
You
can
make
any
place
livable
by
furnishing
it
wisely.
And,
oh,
let
me
beg
of
you,
don't
buy
your
furniture
until
you
have
found
and
engaged
your
apartment!
It
is
bad
enough
to
buy
furniture
for
a
house
you
haven't
seen,
but
an
apartment
is
a
place
of
limitations,
and
you
can
so
easily
mar
the
place
by
buying
things
that
will
not
fit
in.
An
apartment
is
so
dependent
upon
proper
fittings,
skilfully
placed,
that
you
may
ruin
your
chances
of
a
real
home
if
you
go
ahead
blindly.
Before
you
sign
your
lease,
be
sure
that
the
neighborhood
is
not
too
noisy.
Be
sure
that
you
will
have
plenty
of
light
and
air
and
heat.
You
can
interview
the
other
tenants,
and
find
out
about
many
things
you
haven't
time
or
the
experience
to
anticipate.
Be
sure
that
your
landlord
is
a
reasonable
human
being
who
will
consent
to
certain
changes,
if
necessary,
who
will
be
willing
for
you
to
build
in
certain
things,
who
will
co-operate
with
you
in
improving
his
property,
if
you
go
about
it
tactfully.
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