Evening star., 1901-09-14
Old Fashioned Flowers Are Great
Favorites.
CALENDAR OF THE SUMMER DAYS
Told by the Posies on a lady's
Table.
HOUSEFURNISHING TOPICS
pceial Correspondence of The Evening Star.

BUFFALO,, September 10, 1901.
The frequent showers of the summer
have made this part of the country even
more beautiful than usual at this time of
year; lawns may be kept fresh and green
always, thanks to the ubiquitous hose, but
the rains of heaven are needed to wash
the leaves of the stately elms and SYM
metrical naples which abound. Gardens
flourish and all table decorations are made
from their blooms, hothouse flowers being
only used for funeral occasions at this sea-
son. The old-fashioned flowers. of course,
are again favorites along with other old
timey things, and certainly for effect they
cannot be excelled by novelties. | have
made rather a study Of the different ar
rangements of center pieces in the various
homes l have been in this summer in TINS
neighborhood, and some very charming
ones / have seen. To begin with, l nave
scarcely observed modern piece of china
or glass used as flower receptacles on the
table. Instead, any quaint old vase, jar
or bowl that may be available is chosen for
the place of honor. Perhaps des1flptlohs
of certain definite ones may be interesting
to some of the housekeeping readers OF
The Star, as suggestive Of variety, anu
showing the trend of western New YORK
taste.
A custom obtains about here of having
table bare at breakfast, as well as luncT-
con- using doylies under plates and center
piece as is the habit for luncheon ii many
Washington homes
In one house where I have been Il g':est
a small flower garden has furnished oou-
quets in plenty since the June roses CANT
these were in their prime when arrlNeu,
the lovely moss roses being specially anu
favorite These were generally arranged
in vase of Dresden china. wien rienty
of their own foliage-a hobby Witn the
young mistress of the house me ss.E..e,, ssE.sr
in
in Dresden colors, all brought out by the
bare mahogany table. Later came mas
turtiums and sweet peas, the former oeiiS
gorgeous in a glass loving cup, HIo,i.;e ,.;e,
with silver tipped horn, the comDinatioi
bringing out the rich shades OF the iio"ers.
xabeth's Pet Flowers.
Sweet peas were in china again, bowl
sprigped with pink and green, and for many
DAYS their beauty never palled, the pink,
the crimson, the white-always different,
vet the same coloring, the pale green leaves
and tendrils adding their own loyeliness, too.
With these a pink embroidered centerpiece
was usually used, though sometimes
white one, when the shades OF the mowers
were particularly deep. Eifzaoetn OF
German garden fame says she cannot I'M
agine a garden without sweet peas, ana
puts them next after the rose for beauty,
and many will agree with her, too.
When the sweet peas Waned came the
double and these looked quite splendid. for
their deep colors suited the old silver bowl
In which they always appeared with It's
curved feet and the chased-Work pattern
enwreathing 1t.
When 1 saw one day the small plot de-
voted to these flowers in the garden pro-
tested against 50 much foliage, involving so
many buds, being sacrificed for each bou-
quet, but my friend only laughed and said
she must have her leaves and buds or she
could not enjoy the flowers, so the silver
bowl continued to appear with It's sweet
profusion OF bloom.
In another home only pottery Of various
kinds was used in general. but more at
tractive arrangements l have never seen.
Here the table was OF oak and large CEN
terpiece OF white embroidery mingled with
gold color would set off the jar Of yellow
pottery, toning to orange at the base. filled
with marigolds eft for the crown Of a
king and Of every shade of yellow and
orange themselves.
In q Delft Bowl.
Another day the luncheon would be a
blue one with a center cloth of Eisenach
embroidery in shades of blue. the beautiful
German work a study in itself. On this
would be set delft bowl filled to over
flowing with the white wild parsley, with
its delicate lace-like blooms; the blue corn
flowers the small scarlet poppies and few
belated buttercups. This feld-foWer bout
quet was the quainteSt and prettiest thing
l have seen for some time. For dinner a
more stately arrangement would be fol-
lowed, the table linen and embroidery all
white, and the center of the great hydrangea
blossoms of the hardy plant, the cone
shaped flowers In the pale greenish shades
heaped on a low dish or tray Of the
Austrian ware, with fragile leaves and
stems for its decoration. For breakfast
the unfailing flower at this season was the
morning glory. slender but wide-mouthed
glass vase let them spread In imitation Of
yyir
shades were always fresh enjoyment.
Linen In Harmony.
The linen mat underneath was worked
with scattered morning glories in silk en-
broidery, adding to the harmonious effect
A very French combination which some
times appeared was turquoise blue jar
holding mass of pink, white and deep
crimson asters. Tonight at dinner on a
white centerpiece was lovely vase of the
old-time lava, in greenish gray, with buff
decoration in relief, the edges of silver
luster l saw it's mate in one of the cabi-
nets in the New England building at the
Pan-American exposition, and the Black
eyed Susans' which filled 1t with their
veiVety orange petals and feathery fofiSSe
We're beautiful. though mindful of the fall
and making one realize that the summer Of
1901 Is no more.
Good Model.
All women privileged to enter the dining
room Of the woman's building al the Pan
American will see very striking and at
tractive wall decoration. The deep VAIN
scot is Of dark green-rather a blue green
and above a paper Of magnolia design, the
flowers the enormous size Of the grandi-
fora. In white against the dark green
background. but SO close together are they
that the color appears only in small guam
tity to bring out the flowers. The ceiling
is white. No pictures are on the wall. for
the paper is too purely decorative itself to
show off other decorations we'll at all. 1t
would be a very effective scheme Of color
for country house dining room. Most of
the furnishing of the state building Is of
black very dark brown oak, In what Is
termed in general mission style. Sometimes
the same thing Is called liberty furniture
Many odd and convenient shapes are to be
seen. and very comfortable the chairs and
couches are, as many weary pilgrim will
testify.
New Desk shapes.
A desk made evidently from an English
design has short, green curtain hung on
a brass rod, and extending around the back
and sides, but what the object is. does not
seem very apparent. Long, kidney-shaped
IA ha1 half ov.