fit to be spread in wealthy palaces and sumptuous hotels? Mrs. Kabir could not persuade us by descrip-tion, likeness, and comparison, until afterward we looked at some samples of her make... They are magnificent and plush, in unified, fast, beautiful colors... akin to the famous Chinese carpets, but more luxurious and finer.

In this connection Munsif laid before us a knotty social problem. The home decorator cannot, single-handed, encourage the small national industries that work to order. He cannot commis-sion rugs, for example, because that takes a long time... so he buys what is ready-made in the market, most of it from abroad!

Nihad asked about the Lebanese bent in building — is it toward adopting the new, or holding to the familiar classical furniture? Munsif and Kabir were in complete agreement that the Lebanese leans toward adopting the modern in everything... Then the two fell to outdoing each other in citing examples of the splendor and modernity of our palaces, mansions, and hotels beside their counterparts in Europe and America. As for me, I was watching for a chance to ask whether the Lebanese woman is bolder than the man in this arena. Munsif's answer matched my guess — that woman is more daring than man in taking up the new... He accounted for this by woman's being ever alert to the changes of fashion where her own adornment is concerned... small wonder, then, that she should be alert to what is new in home dec-oration, within her own kingdom!!

The talk then turned to a most engaging matter — the colors preferred in the furniture of tomorrow. Edvick wished to know whether any general rule exists for the marrying of colors. Kabir said that all the general rules for marrying colors that