she learned at school have flown from her memory; she follows none of them, but uses colors as she pleases... for the use of colors proceeds from feeling alone. Colors in the modern style call for courage, daring, and a love of change — nothing more!
Signs of protest appeared on Munsif's face: for all his belief that the use of color is a matter of feeling, he holds that a rule stands behind all the liberties taken in the blending of colors in the modern style... Nature, and unnatural conditions, influence the use of colors. The 'blackout' of the days of the last war produced a reaction in man, and there came a rush toward bright colors, many and strong. Red was used with yellow with blue, and all the rest of those strange and beautiful marriages... Today there is a second reaction, toward quiet colors. The reason is the strength of nature in our country. Powerful nature outside calls for quiet colors inside, and the reverse likewise.
And Kabir, and all of us, sat nodding our heads, marveling and agreeing at these simple, sensible explanations!
What, one wonders, are the colors most current this year? 'Gray, which blends easily with every color, and black, which is the latest turn in home decoration.' So said Munsif, worn out these days with furnishing a ministerial salon that joins black and gray with a little white and one very small patch of orange. Our first impulse was to protest, but we
soon fell to admiring that novel new step!
Layla leaned forward to inquire how a lady can follow the new in planning her furniture while keeping an eye on economy. Camille Munsif smiled and began explaining how, by the use of colors, we can lend our houses the modern stamp. Colors, with a little furniture, make of the house
a beautiful, livable place. Here he sighed, then said: what we lack in Lebanon are furniture exhibitions to show our ladies the evolution of taste and guide them to the best ways of following the new while keeping to economy. As for Kabir, her advice was to use local products, which express something of our history and our personality.
As for Nihad, despite her prac
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