International studio (81.1925)

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the period interior not given place to something
better, we might have lamented its swan song
more deeply than we do.

The years, however, have given us assurance,
and today we ask ourselves if there is any good
reason why we should not exercise our own judg-
ment in the choice of the things in the midst of
which we choose to live. Already the results of
our emancipation are proving quite delightful.
Our interiors have ceased to be conventionally

correct stage settings through which we wander,
hopelessly ill at ease; more and more definitely
they are beginning to take on the stamp of per-
sonality, to reflect comfort and a livable quality
which we now consider indispensable. Further-
more, in much the same way that a pleasing irreg-
ularity of feature may increase the interest of a
person's countenance, a little discordance or incon-
gruity in furnishing adds tang to the interior.
Few of us, indeed, can seriously regret the passing

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