The easy chair has. become the most important item of furniture in the home of to-day, and, even in the drawing-room, has supersede ed the once all-important occasional chair, Nor is it reserved merely for those times when we, may legitimately claim "a well-earned rest. Modern etiquette does not require us to relinquidi the armchair except to take our meals. Here we may read, write, or sew in case, The reading lamp lightens the darkness of the fireside, and now we may take our afternoon tea in the depths of an easy chair without danger of overbalancing cup and saucer, for modern ingenuity has contrived @ neat little stand to relieve us of all anxiety. The smoker need.no longer even stretch forth his hand to search for an elusive ash-tray, for " special little contrivance may now be fixed to. his chair to accommodate the offénd-
Jing ash. These details show the trend of modern furnishing. Great age of hurry and bustle, or is as the pessimi Veve, a sign of decadence ina great race which is giving itself up-to luxury and ease?
Dorothy Wendover, in "Glasgow Herald.
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