This is a list of all the questions and their associated study carrel identifiers. One can learn a lot of the "aboutness" of a text simply by reading the questions.
| identifier | question |
|---|---|
| 14302 | How can she know which rooms will be benefited by sombre or sunny tints, and which exposure will give full sway to her favourite colour or colours? |
| 14824 | What authority have you for that chair? |
| 14824 | What makes you think so? |
| 14824 | The first question to be settled is: shall paint or paper be used? |
| 14824 | There are dozens of different jars and lamps to use, but the one absolutely necessary question to ask oneself is: is it right for my purpose? |
| 7350 | Canton Mousse with Cream Cones, or Orange Cream Sherbet with Chocolate Petits Fours? |
| 7350 | Chocolate Parfait with Lady Fingers or Frozen Neapolitan Charlotte with Marshmallow Wafers? |
| 7350 | What shall it be? |
| 7350 | Will you have Maroon Ice Cream with Sponge Drops or a Tutti- Frutti Ice? |
| 33955 | Is there dampness, caused by lack of ventilation, by bad walls, or by some inherent moisture? |
| 33955 | What is more delightful than a sleighing party, whose destination is a remodeled farmhouse not too many miles from the city? |
| 33955 | Where will it receive the best air and the least sun? |
| 33955 | With this object in view, why not lay out around the house attractive flower beds? |
| 40367 | Does any but the most inexperienced architect really think that he can ever rid himself of such an inheritance? |
| 40367 | In what, then, shall the ornamentation of rooms consist? |
| 40367 | N''aura- t- il pas naturellement un caractère, et, qui plus est, son caractère propre?" |
| 40367 | Supposing walls and furniture to be satisfactory, how put the minor touches that give to a room the charm of completeness? |
| 14298 | Well,you will ask,"given the task of converting such a sterile stretch of monotony into a blooming joy, how should one begin?" |
| 14298 | And for what? |
| 14298 | Did these things represent the wise planning of wise monarchs for dependent subjects? |
| 14298 | If it is a small flat, do you aim at absolute comfort, artistically achieved, or do you aim at formality at the expense of comfort? |
| 14298 | Is it to be a bedroom merely, or a combination of bedroom and boudoir? |
| 14298 | Is it to be a family library, or a man''s study? |
| 14298 | Is it to be a formal reception- room, or a living- room? |
| 14298 | Original they certainly are, in colour combinations, tropical in the impression they make,--or should we say Oriental? |
| 14298 | Who can not recall barren rooms, without a spark of attraction despite priceless treasures, dispersed in a meaningless way? |
| 41664 | And Macaulay inquires,"Where were now the brave old hangings of Arras which had adorned the walls of lordly mansions in the days of Elizabeth?" |
| 41664 | And why is this so?" |
| 41664 | And why, you naturally ask, this return to the slow and laborious way? |
| 41664 | But why except the culinary department? |
| 41664 | Do you know where the very first wall- paper was made?" |
| 41664 | How did you happen to think of such an odd subject, and how ever could you find so many fine old specimens? |
| 41664 | Who were the two personages leaping from the cliff? |
| 41664 | Why should the Old Time Wall- Papers alone be left unchronicled and forgotten? |
| 44750 | If they really could know, would they not approve the principles that we have laid down? |
| 44750 | Should red, brown, or yellow be the prevailing tone? |
| 44750 | What features of design are needed to render it suited to its surroundings? |
| 44750 | What form, construction, and finish will enable it to give the best service? |
| 44750 | What shall we do with these? |
| 44750 | Would they forego the lessons of experience to be learned from all this work? |
| 44750 | _ Importance of Colour Schemes._--But what was the colour to be? |
| 41922 | Ah how often? |
| 41922 | And who shall say, after that, that the Goths have ever been successfully driven back? |
| 41922 | But with regard to spare rooms in a town house, what advice can be given beyond and except that horrid"do n''t"? |
| 41922 | How can an outside landing or lobby be created at a moment''s notice, or a staircase moved a yard further off? |
| 41922 | What do I say? |
| 41922 | Which of us has not, at some tender time of our lives, regarded a withered flower, or valueless pebble, as our great earthly treasure? |
| 41922 | Why should not the sheets_ always_ smell of lavender( as a matter of fact, they do not, I regret to state)? |
| 41922 | built yesterday? |
| 41922 | or spots of white flowers or stars on a grass- green ground? |
| 41922 | why should not there be_ always_ a jar of dried rose- leaves somewhere"around,"as our dear, epigrammatic, Yankee cousins say? |
| 14715 | Does she enjoy being comfortable? |
| 14715 | After all, what surer guarantee can there be of a woman''s character, natural and cultivated, inherent and inherited, than taste? |
| 14715 | And is n''t it time for us to pull up short lest we sidestep the goal? |
| 14715 | And why should n''t white iron beds, which are modest and unassuming in appearance, serve for homes as well? |
| 14715 | Ca n''t you see that this cypress room is simply glowing with color? |
| 14715 | Could anything be more mistaken? |
| 14715 | Do you remember the song Edna May used to sing in"The Belle of New York"? |
| 14715 | Does n''t everyone long for a footstool at table? |
| 14715 | Have n''t you been in rooms where there was a jumble of mission furniture, satinwood, fine old mahogany and gilt- legged chairs? |
| 14715 | Have n''t you seen a fine old four post bed simply overflowing a poor little room? |
| 14715 | Have you ever come suddenly upon an old Southern house, and thrilled at the classic purity of white columns in a black- green forest? |
| 14715 | He thinks that because he has the money to pay for the treasure, the treasure must be genuine-- hasn''t_ he_ chosen it? |
| 14715 | How can we attribute taste to a woman who permits paper floors and iron ceilings in her house? |
| 14715 | How can we believe that a woman of sincerity of purpose will hang fake"works of art"on her walls, or satisfy herself with imitation velvets or silks? |
| 14715 | How can we develop taste? |
| 14715 | How, then, may we go about accomplishing our ideal? |
| 14715 | I asked,"Is she a lady of habits?" |
| 14715 | I should talk of the shell of the house before the contents, should n''t I? |
| 14715 | I was very happy over it and you can imagine my amazement when she came to me and said,"But Miss de Wolfe, what am I to do with my blue satin tidies?" |
| 14715 | If your object is to furnish your home suitably, what need have you of antiques? |
| 14715 | Is n''t it a braggart pose, a desire to show the number of things you can buy? |
| 14715 | My friend, who had been very patient up to that moment, said very quietly,"What makes you think so?" |
| 14715 | Of course, I do not advise you to spend a lot of money on someone else''s property, but why not look the matter squarely in the face? |
| 14715 | Real hard wood trim is n''t used in ordinary apartments, so why not do away with the badly- grained imitation and paint it? |
| 14715 | So many people ask me: How shall I furnish my living- room? |
| 14715 | The effect is the thing you are after, is n''t it? |
| 14715 | The little table must hold a good reading light, well shaded, for who does n''t like to read in bed? |
| 14715 | The perfectly plain carpet rug is of a dull red that is the color of an old- fashioned rose-- you know the roses that become lavender when they fade? |
| 14715 | We are too afraid of the restful commonplaces, and yet if we live simple lives, why should n''t we be glad our houses are comfortably commonplace? |
| 14715 | What do we mean by the best standards? |
| 14715 | What is the goal? |
| 14715 | What paper shall I use on the walls? |
| 14715 | What woodwork and curtains-- and rugs? |
| 14715 | White and gray clouds on a blue sky-- what more could she use in such a composition? |
| 14715 | Who can blame her for loving the business of making herself attractive, when every one offers her encouragement? |
| 14715 | Who could blame him? |
| 14715 | Who does n''t know the woman who goes to a shop and selects wall papers as she would select her gowns, because they are"new"and"different"and"pretty"? |
| 14715 | Who has n''t longed for a comfortable place to snatch forty winks at midday? |
| 14715 | Why did we have to go through the period of the walnut hat- rack and shiny oak hall furniture, only to return to our simplicities? |
| 14715 | Why do n''t we make use of them? |
| 14715 | Why do people think of a built- in cupboard as being less important than a detached piece of furniture? |
| 14715 | Why not spend a few dollars and make it the most interesting part of the room by giving it a lot of vines and flowers and a small fountain? |
| 14715 | Why not? |
| 14715 | Why pay for names when museums are unable to buy them? |
| 14715 | Why should n''t a washstand be just as attractively furnished as a dressing- table? |
| 14715 | Why should n''t some manufacturer have them reproduced? |
| 14715 | Why should we American woman run after styles and periods of which we know nothing? |
| 14715 | Why should we not be content with the fundamental things? |
| 14715 | Why then lend yourself to possible deception? |
| 14715 | Why? |
| 14715 | Will you believe me when I assure you that this room is called cool and restful- looking by everyone who sees it? |
| 14715 | You know whether you get results, do n''t you? |