Place your bed against the side wall, so that the
morning light will not be directly in your eyes. A folding screen
covered with chintz or linen will prove a God-send.
Perhaps you will have a guest-room, but I doubt it. Most women find it
more satisfactory and less expensive to send their guests to a nearby
hotel than to keep an extra room for a guest. The guest room is
impractical in a small apartment, but you can arrange to take care of an
over-night guest by planning your living-room wisely.
As for the kitchen--that is another story. It is impossible to go into
that subject. And anyway, you will find the essentials supplied for you
by the landlord. You won't need my advice when you need a broom or a
coffee pot or a saucepan--you'll go buy it!
XVII
REPRODUCTIONS OF ANTIQUE FURNITURE AND OBJECTS OF ART
One must have preserved many naive illusions if one may believe in all
the "antiques" that are offered in the marketplaces of the world to-day.
Even the greatest connoisseurs are caught napping sometimes, as in the
case of the famous crown supposedly dating to the Fifth Century, B.C.,
which was for a brief period one of the treasures of the Louvre. Its
origin was finally discovered, and great was the outcry! It had been
traced to a Viennese artisan, a worker in the arts and crafts.
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