fuel for five years..... 81 63 52 1/2

* Makers' statement.


These comparisons are probably, on the whole, somewhat unfair to the
high-grade furnace.




CHAPTER IV

FURNITURE

Much of good sense and more that is nonsensical has been written about
furniture. Observation tends to justify belief that in general effect
the nonsense has proved more potent than its antithesis.



THE QUEST OF THE BEAUTIFUL

Originality has been preached, and we have seen the result in
abnormalities that conform to no conception of artistic or practical
quality ever recognized. Antique models have been glorified, with a
sequence of puny, spiritless imitations. Simplicity has been extolled,
and we find the word interpreted in clumsiness and crudity. Delicacy
of outline has been urged, and we triumph in the further
accomplishments of flimsiness and hopeless triviality.