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The House in Good Taste
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Elsie De Wolfe
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Besides
the
bed
there
was
the
necessary
little
table,
holding
a
reading-light
and
so
forth,
and
at
the
head
of
the
bed
a
most
adorable
screen
of
white
enamel,
paneled
with
chintz
below
and
glass
above.
There
was
a
soft
couch
of
generous
width
in
this
room,
with
covers
and
cushions
of
the
chintz.
Over
near
the
windows
was
the
dressing-table
with
the
lighting-fixtures
properly
placed.
This
table,
hung
with
chintz,
had
a
sheet
of
plate
glass
exactly
fitting
its
top.
The
writing-table,
near
the
window
is
also
part
of
my
creed
of
comfort.
There
should
be
a
writing-table
in
every
bedroom.
My
friends
laugh
at
the
little
fat
pincushions
on
my
writing-tables,
but
when
they
are
covered
with
a
bit
of
the
chintz
or
tapestry
or
brocade
of
the
room
they
are
very
pretty,
and
I
am
sure
pins
are
as
necessary
on
the
writing-table
as
on
the
dressing-table.
Another
thing
I
like
on
every
writing-table
is
a
clear
glass
bowl
of
dried
rose
petals,
which
gives
the
room
the
faintest
spicy
fragrance.
There
is
also
a
little
bowl
of
just
the
proper
color
to
hold
pens
and
clips
and
odds
and
ends.
I
get
as
much
pleasure
from
planning
these
small
details
as
from
the
planning
of
the
larger
furniture
of
the
room.
The
house
was
very
simple,
you
see,
and
very
small,
and
so
when
the
time
came
to
leave
it
we
had
grown
to
love
every
inch
of
it.
You
can
love
a
small
house
so
completely!
But
we
couldn't
forgive
the
skyscrapers
encroaching
on
our
supply
of
sunshine,
and
we
really
needed
more
room,
and
so
we
said
good-by
to
our
beloved
old
house
and
moved
into
a
new
one.
Now
we
find
ourselves
in
danger
of
loving
the
new
one
as
much
as
the
old.
But
that
is
another
story.
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