Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-12-14
PLANTS IN THE HOUSE.
A Bit of Green More Effective Than Ex-
pensive Furniture.

Bit of Green More Effective Than EK-
pensIve Furniture.
There are some homes which dis
tictively impress themselves on the
minds of the visitor as being abodes of
artistic refinement and comfortable
elegance. They need not be extrava-
gantly furnished. and yet there is some
thing about them that appeals to the
incest sense as soon as the front door
is opened
When called upon to analyze this
peculiar beauty it resolves itself into
the conclusion that such a place is
sweeter and better than others because
at every turn one meets with bits of
living green that serve to make it
peculiarly attractive.
Where the stairs turn is set a plump
little jar. with growing palm that
spreads out its inviting leaves to the
one who journeys upward. In the hall
near the settle is rubber plant. bright
and CHEEKY, it's greenness seeming to
smile welcome to the visitor, and on
the dining-room table in a neat little
silver circle are n few ferns that
breathe the beauty of the summer
woods through all the long hours of
the winter.
Wherever plants are introduced there
comes touch of beauty that the cost
lest bit of bric-a-brac or the most eX-
pensive painting never produces Win
dow boxes filed with the quaint old
timcy geranium, and their bright bios
SONS give an air of cherry comfort to
a room that leaves its impression upon
the mind of all those both in and out
side of the apartment
Such bits of adornment are not ex-
pensive, and require but little care to
keep in vigorous and healthy growth.
The attention necessary for them is in
itself beneficial, and should not be
given over to the charge of servants
To cut off the dry leaves, to see that
sufficient water is given and to pro-
tect them from the cold at night should
be the duty of the mistress of the
house or one. of those who have a
| rightful claim upon the home as their
| abode.
Though rigid economy must needs
be practiced the introduction of a sim
| gle plant will give an air of luxury,
| and if to this is added a blithe little
| canary in its cage. there will come to
one that 'homey" feeling that can not
be defined, but which makes itself so
keenly felt.-Kansas City Times
| Enamel Is the Style.
Enamel has been coming we'll to the
front for some time past The elegant,
| delicate necklets of fine gold and
| enamel which were worn sixty years
ago or more are treasures now, for
they are in fashion. The dials of the
bracelet watches are often enameled
red, and one of the most fashiona BILE
| of ladies' hair ornaments is an enamel
butterfly. The wings of this gorgeous
insect are of white enamel, with mark
| ings given in different colorcd enamels
and spots represented by large brill
liants. The body is of emerals or ru-
bies.-Chicago Tribune.
| "A settler named Lewis, living in .
cabin on a tributary of the Mckenzie,
| near Eugene, Ore, who had long been
| missing from his home. turned up at q
settlement a few miles from his cabin
| recently, almost dead, and with his
mind sadly impaired, from the terrible
experience of being for two months
lost in the forest-covered mountains
of that region. He had nothing with
| him but his rife and . box of matches
| With the one he secured game for his
subsistence, deer. elk and bear. and
with the other built fires for warmth.
Part of the time he was in snow sew
sral feet deep, with NO shsa&er and bss
little CLOTHING: