Japanese Importations

The attractlve bead and rattan portieres imported from Japan have still another use; as yet they have been, for the most part, hung in a narrow doorway, to hali conceal, half reveal the room beyond. At present they are sometimes employed, instead of voluminous draperies, at the window. They act as an effective screen, while they by no means shut out either the light or the air, as do the muffling folds