The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-02

harmonic with the rest of the room.
I John and / were undecided whether TO
get one of all wool ingram or Of Japa-
] nese jute; the price is about the same
1 for a new rug six feet by nine in size,
/ $3.50, and we made up our minds to
| have everything new rather than save
money by purchasing anything second
hand, however good. 1t is just a
brides fancy" she added, with a
blush. Ito start out all spick-and-
| span new.
I'VE didn't stain the little bamboo
table over by the window; it looks nice
as 1t is with that shaded green jar
| DINER on IL. The ferns and little vines
in it hide the fact that it only cost
ten cents, and we dug up the plants
| ourselves one day in the country. The
table was IS cents at a furniture sale,
/ which is less than the usual price for
| such tables. Fortunately, our friends
gave us ornaments and some pictures
when we were married, and we had a
/ number of little things. so that. in
! GLIDING the curtain poles, our parlor has
/ cost us $1S.42. more than il need have
/ done if we had been willing to buy sec
| ond-hand chairs and tables. When we
have saved up enough we mean to rel
egate this furniture to some other room
and put in really good furniture here.
| One has always to look forward to a
| larger home some day.
These four pillows cost s240, and
/ the covers for these also came to IS
cents. had enough material left from
/ the other pillow covers to make one
| for a cushion of excelsior, which stick
behind the others on the divan in this
alcove room to make it look full. The
| divan and mattress cost 81 and the
oriental cover for it came to one more,
while the Moorish scarf at the win
dow which think makes a very pref
| ty curtain, came from a very smart
shop and only cost $125 That red toned
| jardinier is another Decent ornament.
| and those are some of the same ferns
we gathered for our parlor. 1t looks
rather. pretty on our rs cents table in
| the window.
That a pretty low seatl Why that is
| just a low box with an excelsior cush-
ion and the cover and drapery tackled
| on with large-headed brass tacks. The
cretonne only cost fifteen cents alto
gether, and in that corner 1t does not
look like a covered box. I longed for
an oriental rug for this room, but had
to content myself wit ha two dollar
oriental grass mat instead. The room
is so small that it only needed one
chair besides the box and the divan.,
so we purchased that for IS
cents and gave it nice green stain,
and Their eyou are! This room, curtain
rods and all, cost just $11.95, and it
makes a comfortable a bedroom as
one could want for shont time"
The narrow hall had two long rugs,
made of hall carpeting, that cost three
dollars altogether, and two pictures,
wedding gifts hung upon the wall.
The second door that opened into the
hall opened into a charming little bed
room, whose flowery daintiness in no.
wise indicated how cheap the mate
rails were which contributed to it, All
the floor, except around the dark bor-
ders, was covered with blue denim.
1t took nine yards to form the big
floor piece. which came to 80 cents.
The windows were hung with Swiss
curtains, which cost $1.39 a pair, and
the pretty ruffied bedspread, pillow
shams and bureau scarf were all of
sheer white muslin with a big floral
design in pale blue scattered over
them.
"The whole set only cost s1.79 cents"
said Mary, land floral beds sets are so
much used that 1 thought it would be
the cheapest thing could get. could
not afford white dressing table, even
at $3.50, which was what a pretty one
cost, so / bought a tall, gilt framed
glass for S., and the dressing table be-
low it is nothing but a packing box,
with shelves inside for my shirtwaiStS,
and cover of lowered muslin to
match the bedspread. That came to
so cents and the nice white chair to
$40. The rocker that matches it cost
$1.&. The bed was the most expensive
item for this room. although it is
cheap enough when one considers that
1t is good, white enameled iron, and
that the mattress, springs and all only
came to IS. l have made everything
on the dressing table blue and white,
and put on only such things as 1 had
that would match upon it.
Those blue prints on the wall?
Those are souvenirs Of trips to the
country, and John mounted them on
brown backs because we had so few
ornaments for this room. 1t is not a
big enough room to want much.
II have never been able to decide"
laughed Mary, whether the bathroom
or the tiny room next to 1t is intended
as the fifth room to this fat At all
events, as | do not keep a servant 1
use it to put my sewing in. The next
room, at the end of the hall. is the din
1ng-room, and this cost us more than
any of the rest. decided to have ini-
tation delft effects in this room, so
hung the windows with rather dark
blue fishnet. 1t looks cloudy blue rath-
er than dark against the light, and
more of our ferns in a blue jardinier
are rather effective on the little blue
you see. we don't expect much COM
pany for awhile-cost IS cents apiece
and the table 1899. 1t seemed so much
cheaper than if it had been sold for 81,
and that penny off made me feel that
it was less of an extravaganza to buy
glass china closet. 1t is not very big,
and 1t is very simple in make, but we
paid $40 for it, and think it quite gor-
geous. The spoons. knives and forks
are all good plate, but altogether they
only cost S6.53 They are nice and
pretty, however, and we make believe
they are real.
"Our blue and white dinner set con-
tains a hundred pieces and cost Sc. AS
it was out of the question to buy a
breakfasts set, too, we just got half a
dozen cups to match for 20 cents.
I'VE had one or two good photo
graphs and two nice etchings to hang
up but good-sized. bare place on the
wall worried me. Having nothing de-
cent to cover it with, 1 remembered
some perfectly beautiful blue japanese
crepe with flights of cranes upon it
and faint brown and gray stems and
| leaves Swallowed upon the ground. 1t
was 35 cents a yard and 1 framed a
yard of it in a marrow band of close
mating edged with a narrow oak
| frame such as can be bought any
| where for a few cents. 1t looked cheap,
| but was original enough not to look
common. You see, have mounted a
| charming etching in soft brown tones
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