Chiffonier, which should be severely plain with brass knobs, $24.00; round table, four feet In diameter with a shelf beneath, $6.00; a bed-couch, four feet wide and eight feet long with National springs, may be bought with mattress for $7.00; a Morris chair In weathered oak with cushions at from $12.00 (leatherette cush- ions) to $20.00 (with real leather) ; two colonial chairs at $1.85 each, $3.70; an arm chair or rocking chair with leather seat, $5.00; a closed or flat-top desk will be $8.00 more — although they are to be had at from $5.00 upwards — and a desk chair with leather seat to match will be $4.00 more. For from $15.00 to $20.00, cabinets for chafing dish and " Bachelor's Cab- inets " for bottles and glasses may be had. Doubtless he win want but one, and if so, let this be for the bottles. A settee at $6.00 with a back which forms a table is a convenient piece of furniture for a bachelor. In the seat, he may keep his overshoes, gloves or any- thing he chooses. Some bachelors use them for tea things, which are thus kept free from dust. This is admirable to use for chafing dish cookery, because of its ample size, and is to be recommended rather than a small table. A tabouret for smoking things and a rack for plates and steins will cost respectively $2.50 and $3.00 more; if he Includes In the furnishings a piano which may be hired for $40.00 a year or purchased upon the instal- 14 A BACHELOR'S CUPBOARD The Impecunious Bachelor ment plan for about the same sum, this will be sufficient furniture for a room of ordinary size. If the room has an alcove, so much the better. In this his chiffonier may be set, and portieres may screen it from sight. He may sleep upon his couch, and the alcove might serve as a dressing-room. If the man is handy with tools, he might make for himself from old packing boxes a cupboard for his boots, shoes, blacking brushes, etc., to be kept here. A shelf could be put across one side of the alcove, upon which to keep hat boxes, with hooks beneath; a curtain tacked along this shelf w^ould cover his clothing and keep the dust from It. With this provision, his closet could be used for the storage of his eatables or as a *' kitchenette." If It be fitted w^Ith running water, as many closets are In old-fashioned houses, so much the better. If the bachelor wants to pay a particular compliment to one of his women friends, then let him ask her to help select the curtains. For $2.00 a paif at the most he should succeed In finding something quite recherche that will be In keeping with the hangings of the room. If he wishes sash curtains, then let them, together with the curtains before the bookshelves, be of raw pongee silk. If the lady is a very particular friend, perhaps she'll offer to make them for him. As for rugs — that's a delicate question. But let us suggest that for temporary use the bachelor purchase some of the pretty Japanese cotton rugs that come In pleasing designs and rich colorings. These may be 15 A BACHELOR'S CUPBOARD The Impecunious Bachelor

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Chiffonier, which should be severely plain with brass knobs, $24.00; round table, four feet in diameter with a shelf beneath, $6.00; a bed-couch, four feet wide and eight feet long with National springs, may be bought with mattress for $7.00; a Morris chair in weathered oak with cushions at from $12.00 (leatherette cushions) to $20.00 (with real leather) ; two colonial chairs at $1.85 each, $3.70; an arm chair or rocking chair with leather seat, $5.00; a closed or flat-top desk will be $8.00 more — although they are to be had at from $5.00 upwards — and a desk chair with leather seat to match will be $4.00 more. For from $15.00 to $20.00, cabinets for chafing dish and " Bachelor's Cabinets " for bottles and glasses may be had. Doubtless he win want but one, and if so, let this be for the bottles. A settee at $6.00 with a back which forms a table is a convenient piece of furniture for a bachelor. In the seat, he may keep his overshoes, gloves or anything he chooses. Some bachelors use them for tea things, which are thus kept free from dust. This is admirable to use for chafing dish cookery, because of its ample size, and is to be recommended rather than a small table. A tabouret for smoking things and a rack for plates and steins will cost respectively $2.50 and $3.00 more; if he includes in the furnishings a piano which may be hired for $40.00 a year or purchased upon the instal- The Impecunious Bachelor ment plan for about the same sum, this will be sufficient furniture for a room of ordinary size. If the room has an alcove, so much the better. In this his chiffonier may be set, and portieres may screen it from sight. He may sleep upon his couch, and the alcove might serve as a dressing-room. If the man is handy with tools, he might make for himself from old packing boxes a cupboard for his boots, shoes, blacking brushes, etc., to be kept here. A shelf could be put across one side of the alcove, upon which to keep hat boxes, with hooks beneath; a curtain tacked along this shelf w^ould cover his clothing and keep the dust from it. With this provision, his closet could be used for the storage of his eatables or as a *' kitchenette." If it be fitted with running water, as many closets are In old-fashioned houses, so much the better. If the bachelor wants to pay a particular compliment to one of his women friends, then let him ask her to help select the curtains. For $2.00 a paif at the most he should succeed In finding something quite recherche that will be in keeping with the hangings of the room. If he wishes sash curtains, then let them, together with the curtains before the bookshelves, be of raw pongee silk. If the lady is a very particular friend, perhaps she'll offer to make them for him. As for rugs — that's a delicate question. But let us suggest that for temporary use the bachelor purchase some of the pretty Japanese cotton rugs that come in pleasing designs and rich colorings. These may be The Impecunious Bachelor

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