Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-02
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n TOT every one knows how to make
IN up bouquet The perfect ones
are those which are confined to one
kind of flower, care being taken 70 avoid
100 great compactness. Nature loves ell
DO" room IN bouquet. and when sew
eral varieties of flowers are used thew
shouio De OF the sorts that will harmon
ize. To arrange short-stemmed flowers.
cut a piece of wire netting to fit in the
top of the dish In which the flowers are
to be placed and stick the stems through
the meshes. This makes a nice mound.
and the net may be lifted and the dish
refilled with water without disturbing
the flowers
A few simple bits of pottery whose
quiet tones are carefully selected to har-
monte with the scheme of the room in
which they are to remain. and whose
shapes are proportional and designed
for holding flowers, are what every house
hold needs. Handsome brass and copper
will often do much toward Frightening
some gloomy corner of room, and create
splendid effects when filled with masses
of green. or some bold flowers. When
purchasing a collection of bowls and
vases in which to place flowers. one might
take note of those chosen by a person of
excellent judgment in such matters Pain
glass vases, medium tall and farlng, and
having heavy bases, make exceiient nod
ers for sweet peas; Spanish pottery suits
well the rich colors of nasturtiums and
geraniums; cylindrical vases and duli
colors are appropriate for hoialns holiy
hooks and branches that have Woody
stalks. Mexican bowls IN their iuli GO. Sol
ors enhance the loneliness of chrysanthe-
NUNS Golden-rod is very oeautfui
when placed in tall earthen vases, and
combines beautifully with sweet fern.
which is also plumelike and makes
suitable background for It,
a seryiceable flower jar may be made
from a glass fruit jar. If you understand
the method Of raffia weaving, which Is
simple you can cover a jar IN any Goio!
though the straw shade is really the pref
test. Something very han ,l ONE tan 9,,r oe
made by mixing lamp BLACK win poliins
sealing wax and pouring it slowly over
tho glass lar No matter how uneVeniy
It runs. it is pretty In ITS epony Color
Another method is to get a round glooe'
naint il blue on the inside, then pour
rainw wax over the outside in long
strings. allowing the blue to reflect
through
4 good many housewives have trem-
bled with fear lest the tau vase hileo
wttb the heavy roses would topple over
and bring disaster to the pretuiy ap-
no,nted dinner table. This fear can be
eliminated If she will put two or three
inches of clean white sand in the vase.
This Will weight tle vase ~"
the water pure. and in the case OF the
long-stemmed flowers the stems can be
inserted in the sand, thus enhancing the
beauty Of the arrangement The sand
should be taken from the vase OCCASION
ally rinsed off with clear water and
dried in the oven. handful OF shot
put in a tall slim glass vase will also
keep 1t from topping over.
An ordinary flower pot may be made
to look very attractive by cutting a piece
of green blotting paper to fit around
| the pot and either sewing the edges to-
| gether or Joining them with little brass
| paper fasteners Wall paper like that
| OF the room may be used in the same
way, and easily renewed.
| Only plants that demand a great