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The House in Good Taste
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Elsie De Wolfe
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I
wonder
if
half
the
fathers
and
mothers
in
creation
know
just
what
it
means
later
on
to
the
boys
and
girls
going
out
from
their
roof-tree
to
have
the
memory
of
such
a
living-room?
A
living-room
may
be
a
simple
place
used
for
all
the
purposes
of
living,
or
it
may
be
merely
an
official
clearing-house
for
family
moods,
one
of
a
dozen
other
living
apartments.
The
living-room
in
the
modern
bungalow,
for
instance,
is
often
dining-room,
library,
hall,
music-room,
filling
all
the
needs
of
the
family,
while
in
a
large
country
or
city
house
there
may
be
the
central
family
room,
and
ever
so
many
little
rooms
that
grow
out
of
the
overflow
needs--the
writing-room,
the
tea
room
that
is
also
sun
and
breakfast
room,
the
music-room
and
the
library.
In
more
elaborate
houses
there
are
also
the
great
hall,
the
formal
drawing-room
and
music-room,
and
the
intimate
boudoir.
To
all
these
should
be
given
a
goodly
measure
of
comfort.
Whether
it
be
one
or
a
dozen
rooms,
the
spirit
of
it
must
be
the
same--it
must
offer
comfort,
order,
and
beauty
to
be
worth
living
in.
Just
as
when
a
large
family
is
to
be
considered
I
believe
in
one
big
meeting-room
and
a
number
of
smaller
rooms
for
special
purposes,
so
I
believe
that
when
a
family
is
very
small
there
should
be
one
great
living-room
and
no
other
day
room.
Two
young
people
who
purpose
to
live
in
a
small
cottage
or
a
bungalow
will
be
wise
to
have
this
one
big
room
that
will
serve
for
dining-room,
living-room,
and
all.
The
same
house
divided
into
a
number
of
tiny
rooms
would
suffocate
them:
there
would
be
no
breathing-space.
In
furnishing
such
a
room
it
is
well
to
beware
of
sets
of
things:
of
six
dining-room
chairs,
of
the
conventional
dining-table,
serving-table,
and
china
closet.
I
advocate
the
use
of
a
long
table--four
by
seven
feet
is
not
too
long--and
a
number
of
good
chairs
that
are
alike
in
style,
but
not
exactly
alike.
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