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The House in Good Taste
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Elsie De Wolfe
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The
most
delightful
part
of
the
drawing-room
was
the
little
conservatory,
which
was
a
plain,
lamentable
bay-window
once
upon
a
time.
I
determined
to
make
a
little
flower-box
of
it,
and
had
the
floor
of
it
paved
with
large
tiles,
and
between
the
hardwood
floor
of
the
drawing-room
and
the
marble
of
the
window
space
was
a
narrow
curb
of
marble,
which
made
it
possible
to
have
a
jolly
little
fountain
in
the
window.
The
fountain
splashed
away
to
its
heart's
content,
for
there
was
a
drain
pipe
under
the
curb.
At
the
top
of
the
windows
there
were
shallow
white
boxes
filled
with
trailing
ivy
that
hung
down
and
screened
the
glass,
making
the
window
as
delightful
to
the
passer-by
without
as
to
us
within.
There
were
several
pots
of
rose-colored
flowers
standing
in
a
prim
row
on
the
marble
curb.
You
see
how
much
simpler
it
is
to
make
the
best
of
an
old
bay
window
than
to
build
on
a
new
conservatory.
There
are
thousands
of
houses
with
windows
like
this
one
of
ours,
an
unfortunate
space
of
which
no
use
is
made.
Sometimes
there
is
a
gilt
table
bearing
a
lofty
jar,
sometimes
a
timid
effort
at
comfort--a
sofa--but
usually
the
bay
window
is
sacred
to
its
own
devices,
whatever
they
may
be!
Why
not
spend
a
few
dollars
and
make
it
the
most
interesting
part
of
the
room
by
giving
it
a
lot
of
vines
and
flowers
and
a
small
fountain?
It
isn't
at
all
an
expensive
thing
to
do.
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