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course every one wants to nave bedrooms
as wen as the rest Of the house in the
latest style.
Bedsteads are very ornate, and in
many instances the most exquisite pieces
of workmanship. The most beautiful
and expensive kinds of wood are used.
and there would seem to be no end to
the different shapes. Whole sets of fur
niture are not often seen-that is, unless
they are of the handsomest material, IN
place of the cheap, poorly made badly
put together wooden bedstead. there are
now used the enaneled iron ones with
brass trimmings. These always look
dainty and fresh, and are very easily kept
in order. The bedspreads for them can
be of silk, lace or linen; some very fine
ones are made of an exquisite quality OF
linen. with a border of drawn work, ana
an elaborate monogram in the centre
Some for simple rooms. and these the
prettiest, are of dotted muslin put over a
silk lining. then the valance of the bed IS
of the muslin, and there is a canopy with
curtains also of muslin. Others again,
when the room is hung and upholstered
with denim. are of denim to match.
spread, hanging and valance embroi-
dered with white cotton or floss in out
line. There are some charming Japanese
eottops which come in duh blues and
greens. and there are also heavy colorea
linens in various tints. For variety the
~hangings and valance may be of one ma
~terial. with the spread and bolster OF an
other harmonizing one.
Old mahogany beds, which have been
for a time .despised, have again been
brought out and repolished, and there are
also many made on the same graceful
lines that We're in fashion years ago. or
course. they are expensive, but 1t IS a
question, when used with the furniture to
match. if they are not the handsomesf
that there are, for the wood is of the fin
est. and must needs be Kept beautifully
polished and in order.
These beds need to nave the handsom-
est of covering. On them should be used
the finest linen with hand embroidery. or
lace spread over silk or satin Innings.
When there are hangings for these beds
they match the other upholstery of the
room, and are generally of satin or tapes
try, although now so many bed rooms
are furnished in eretonne that the ere
tonne hangings are also used. The lace
used in the spreads should be of Irish
point or Renaissance. Pillows are not
now often seen on beds in the daytime.
there is instead a round bolster, over
which the top of the spread is put, but
some old fashioned housekeepers still
cling to the pillows, and have these sep
arate from those to be used at night.
They nave pillow slips to match the
spread. and the pillows should be large
and square and well stuffed. so that they
presenta thoroughly neat, trim appear
ance. When plain linen spreads are used
they are very heavily ornamented with
drawn work, and of course there is no
end 10 the variety of design, but only
hsndwork is permitted. and OF the very
best. Some of the spreads have a plain
centre and lace border; others again are
made of squares sewed together, with lace
around the edge. The drawn work is
generally put around the centre and then
there is a deep hemstitehed border.
ssIf husbands only knew, or if knowing
only cared. how very much their words
and manners affect the temperature OF
the home world, they would never, by
word or deed. leave it enshrouded in
GLOOM argues Mrs. A. NJ. Marriott in an
article entitled Praise Your Wife in
March ssWoman's Home Companion L
most wives the husband is the sun
aro,,na which every thought revolves.
There is scarcely an instant in which his
presence is not felt as she goes about her
work. or even when at rest. Ii she is pre-
paring the meals. the way John likes TINS
or that. or some remark he has made
about some article of food is recalled TO
mind: if she looks about her she sees MS
hats and coats hanging on the hooks, ana
the hats invariably wear the same ex-
preston Johns face wore when ne leIt IN
the mornings jolly. g-ood-humored look,
If he went away pleasant; II angry, a
gruff. defiant Neutrality-suspicious. business
air takes the place of the so lately gentle
pliabIe shapes in felt, and fairly prlstie
with wrath over some triie. but sun
enough to obscure the sun in the little
world for many a weary day. perchance,
ere 1t is seemingly forgotten.
.sThere is no true woman but will repay
her husband over and over again Tor Klno.
tbouehtfuI treatment. He is ready to can
her childish, and she nay seem SO TO him'
but one thing is sure, a woman never lof-
gets. All little deeds of love or thought
fulness sown by his hand yield a certain
and abundant harvest. She may love her
home better than any other spot on eartn,
vet she sometimes gets so weary Oh lhe
daily routine of never-ending duties thar
fall to her lot that she cannot help an
occasional feeling of envy for those VINO
have more time for recreation, for going
abroad. for all the little things dear to the
,aart of every woman. but which the stern
hand of duty most e~ffectually debars her
from ENJOYING. Still, for all that. she
wo,,ld not for the whole world exchange
olaces. even if she could, with any other
voman. leaving home and John-dear Ola
Iabn-as the price of her freedom from
care IL your WIZ
=aitbful and true wife to you, tell her so.
Ia NOT think it lowers your maniiness
.nv ia LEI her know that she still has a
alace in your affections. She mas toned
sarlv and late for you and your children,
tbro,,ph sickness and health, and -eif-
senla, has grown to be her motto. IL
faJSes hut little from her loved ones 10
make her happy. so do not begrudge her a
word Of praise now and then as her just
reward and of far more value to her
starving heart than gold. There are some
things which money can never buy, ana
vvounds which it cannot heal; but love
levels all obstacles, oyercomes all diff1cul-
Ties and immeasurably sweetens life.
Nov that spring approaches a WORD OF