Saxony Axminster, 9 by 12, is priced at $45, and is considered to be
more serviceable than most grades of Wilton.

For the dining room the problem is about the same as for the principal
apartment. The rug need not be so expensive as the one in the living
room, but it must assuredly be of the enduring sort.

The Scotch Caledon rugs sometimes solve the difficulty here. Indeed,
they are not out of place in a really "homey" living room or elsewhere
in the house. They are made of wool, woven like an ingrain, with no
nap, and are especially pleasing for their artistic soft colorings,
mostly in green or blue two-tone effects. They are, strictly speaking,
not reversible, but some designs will permit use on both sides. While
they do not wear quite so well as a Wilton, they come at least a fifth
cheaper. Prices range from $9 for a 4.6 by 7.6 to $45 for a 12 by 15.

The sizes we have mentioned are standard. If our rooms have been
planned in such wise as to require rugs to order we shall have to add
ten per cent to our expenditures.



ORIENTAL RUGS

The subject of oriental rugs, to be intelligently discussed, would
require an entire book, and there are books that may be and should be
studied by those who can afford orientals. Most of us cannot. There
are, indeed, good reasons for the high cost of the genuine oriental, in
its superior coloring, wide range of design, and wonderful durability.