th the English tray shelves, and each tray has its sachet.
The hangers for gowns are covered in the chintz or brocade used on the
hat stands. This makes an effective ensemble whether brocades or printed
cottons are used, if the arrangement is orderly and full of gay color.

[Illustration: MISS MARBURY'S CHINTZ-HUNG DRESSING-TABLE]

One of the most successful gown closets I have done is a long narrow
closet with a door at each end, really a passageway between a bedroom
and a boudoir. Long poles run the length of the closet, with curtains
that enclose a passage from door to door. Back of these curtains are
long poles that may be raised or lowered by pulleys. Each gown is placed
on its padded hanger, covered with its muslin bag, and hung on the pole.
The pole is then drawn up so that the tails of the gowns will not
touch the dust of the floor. This is a most orderly arrangement for the
woman of many gowns.

The straightaway bathroom that one finds in apartments and small houses
is difficult to make beautiful, but may be made airy and clean-looking,
which is more important. I had to make such a bathroom a little more
attractive recently, and it was a very pleasant job. I covered the walls
with a waterproof stuff of white, figured with a small black polkadot.
The woodwork and the ceiling were painted white. All around the door and
window frames I used a two-inch border of ivy leaves, also of waterproof
paper, and although I usually abominate borders I loved this one. A
plain white framed mirror was also painted with green ivy leaves, and a
glass shelf above the wash bowl was fitted with glass bottles and dishes
with labels and lines of clear green. White muslin curtains were hung at
the window, and a small white stool was given a cushion covered with
green and white ivy patterned chintz. The floor was painted white, and a
solid green rug was used. The towels were cross-stitched with the name
of the owner in the same bright green. The room, when finished, was cool
and refreshing, and had cost very little in money, and not so very much
in time and labor.

I think that in country houses where there is not a bathroom with each
bedroom there should be a very good washstand provided for each guest.
When a house party is in progress, for instance, and every one comes in
from tennis or golf or what not, eager for a bath and fresh clothes,
washstands are most convenient. Why shouldn't a washstand be just as
attractively furnished