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

nishing a five-room fiat completely on
1914
How did we do it?" she said. well,
John and 1 saved until we had over a
500. We meant to wait un-
til the sum was much larger, but
one day. quite by chance, we found
this pretty fiat of five rooms, nicely
situated, although bit out of the way,
for SIT a month.
when we saw this place, John said:
DO you think we could marry on the
money we have and furnish this place
comfortably And l said we might
try. So we were married, and 1 spent
my honeymoon furnishing this fat.
The doors were stained the color we
wanted and the walls newly papered
before we moved in. There were shades
at the windows and a gas stove in the
kitchen, so that those items of expense
did not have to be considered. We
couldn't buy anything really good, and
/ suppose I've seen nice things in Sales
& Sellers shop for so long that l abom-
mate cheap limitations. My things are
all cheap, as you see, but none of them
are common limitations"
II had the parlor walls done in cream
color, with touches of gold and light
brown, because / thought that would
look well with the style of furniture
planned"
Mary pointed with pride" to the
dainty looking room she had fitted up
as her parlor. It's curtains were of
cream colored f1shnet which has a
square, open mesh, and is made of
cross stripes, like crinkled baby rib
bon, only the material is rather stiff
and does not look stringy. She had
filled in three rows of the open squares
along the curtain borders with a cross
stitch of gold, green and then gold,
done in coarse silk, which she purchas-
ed at 3 cents a sopol The big stitches
knotted where they cross, are quickly
made and take less time than hem
ming would do. A piece of green fish
net was draped across the top, and the
heavy silk curtain cords cost 40 cents
for five yards. which left plenty to
use as borders for the window seat
cushions. The curtains were three
yards long and cost $2.SS for two pairs,
as the material is exceedingly wide.
There were four pretty, forest green
chairs in this room.
Those oak chairs, with the green
stain for Them said Mary, "only
came to 81, and they look prettier than
an imitation of some finer wood. They
cost from so to 90 cents each. and the
table cost S1-as much as I paid for
that lovely Oriental remnant on it that
picked up at a bargain in big shop.
Doesn't that cream and gold ground
pattern harmonic beautifully with the
colors in the room?
That pretty window seat hides Sc
cret. 1t is just my old trunk with some
| excelsior that my china was packed in
padded over the fiat top, and that
| beautiful tapestry cover is mill
| remnant" such as all the large shops
! have at time, for less that half their
| real values. That whole cover only
came to 60 cents, but don't tell every
body how little I've paid for the really
| good things have hunted UP on bar
gain counters. Those mill remnants in
clude the prettiest rep and tapestry,
| forty to fifty inches wide, at prices as
| low as fourteen to thirty-eight cents
a yard Even at that figure 1 could
only afford a few yards. That hand
some Oriental porter has the same
cream and gold ground pattern, with
those lovely dull colors in the design
| that go with anything. That remnant
| is two and a half yards in length and
| cost only ninety cents. The frill
work above it came to eighty cents-it
| is folding door size-and 1t looks pref
| tier l think, than a longer curtain.
You see, have worked the border of
| the PORTER with green and gold rows
of cross stitch to match the curtains.