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The House in Good Taste
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Elsie De Wolfe
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The
ideal
treatment
for
the
ordinary
single
window
is
a
soft
curtain
of
some
thin
white
stuff
hung
flat
and
full
against
the
glass.
This
curtain
should
have
an
inch
and
a
half
hem
at
the
bottom
and
a
narrow
hem
at
the
sides.
It
should
be
strung
on
a
small
brass
rod,
and
should
be
placed
as
close
to
the
glass
as
possible,
leaving
just
enough
space
for
the
window
shade
beneath
it.
The
curtain
should
hang
in
straight
folds
to
the
window
sill,
escaping
it
by
half
an
inch
or
so.
I
hope
it
is
not
necessary
for
me
to
go
into
the
matter
of
lace
curtains
here.
I
feel
sure
that
no
woman
of
really
good
taste
could
prefer
a
cheap
curtain
of
imitation
lace
to
a
simple
one
of
white
swiss-muslin.
I
have
never
seen
a
house
room
that
was
too
fine
for
a
swiss-muslin
curtain,
though
of
course
there
are
many
rooms
that
would
welcome
no
curtains
whatever
wherein
the
windows
are
their
own
excuse
for
being.
Lace
curtains,
even
if
they
may
have
cost
a
king's
ransom,
are
in
questionable
taste,
to
put
it
mildly.
Use
all
the
lace
you
wish
on
your
bed
linen
and
table
linen,
but
do
not
hang
it
up
at
your
windows
for
passers-by
to
criticize.
Many
women
do
not
feel
the
need
of
inside
curtains.
Indeed,
they
are
not
necessary
in
all
houses.
They
are
very
attractive
when
they
are
well
hung,
and
they
give
the
window
a
distinction
and
a
decorative
charm
that
is
very
valuable.
I
am
using
many
photographs
that
show
the
use
of
inside
curtains.
You
will
observe
that
all
of
these
windows
have
glass
curtains
of
plain
white
muslin,
no
matter
what
the
inside
curtain
may
be.
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