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The House in Good Taste
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Elsie De Wolfe
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There
is
a
great
difference
in
opinion
as
to
the
placing
of
the
piano
in
the
drawing-room.
I
think
it
belongs
in
the
living-room,
if
it
is
in
constant
use,
though
of
course
it
is
very
convenient
to
have
it
near
by
the
one
big
room,
be
it
drawing-room
or
dining-room,
when
a
small
dance
is
planned.
I
am
going
to
admit
that
in
my
opinion
there
is
nothing
more
abused
than
the
piano,
I
have
no
piano
in
my
own
house
in
New
York.
I
love
music--but
I
am
not
a
musician,
and
so
I
do
not
expose
myself
to
the
merciless
banging
of
chance
callers.
Besides,
my
house
is
quite
small
and
a
good
piano
would
dwarf
the
other
furnishings
of
my
rooms.
I
think
pianos
are
for
musicians,
not
strummers,
who
spoil
all
chance
for
any
real
conversation.
If
you
are
fortunate
enough
to
have
a
musician
in
your
family,
that
is
different.
Go
ahead
and
give
him
a
music
room.
Musicians
are
not
born
every
day,
but
lovers
of
music
are
everywhere,
and
I
for
one
am
heartily
in
favor
of
doing
away
with
the
old
custom
of
teaching
every
child
to
bang
a
little,
and
instead,
teaching
him
to
listen
to
music.
Oh,
the
crimes
that
are
committed
against
music
in
American
parlors!
I
prefer
the
good
mechanical
cabinet
that
offers
us
"canned"
music
to
the
manual
exercise
of
people
who
insist
on
playing
wherever
they
see
an
open
piano.
Of
course
the
mechanical
instrument
is
new,
and
therefore,
subject
to
much
criticism
from
a
decorative
standpoint,
but
the
music
is
much
better
than
the
amateur's.
We
are
still
turning
up
our
noses
a
little
at
the
mechanical
piano
players,
but
if
we
will
use
our
common
sense
we
must
admit
that
a
new
order
of
things
has
come
to
pass,
and
the
new
"canned"
music
is
not
to
be
despised.
Certainly
if
the
instrument
displeases
you,
you
can
say
so,
but
if
a
misguided
friend
elects
to
strum
on
your
piano
you
are
helpless.
So
I
have
no
piano
in
my
New
York
house.
I
have
a
cabinet
of
"canned"
music
that
can
be
turned
on
for
small
dances
when
need
be,
and
that
can
be
hidden
in
a
closet
between
times.
Why
not?
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