Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-08-17
Chewing GUM
ESSENTIALPART
Of THIS PIECE
Of FURNITUDE
BY MARGARET MASON.
(Written for the United Press)

By MARGARET. MASON.
written for the United Press)
A most aesthetic maid is Jenny
For she had btu a single penny;
Yet she spent it for rose;
What she'll eat now goodness knows.
New York, Aug. 11.-What Words
| worth wrote of Peter Bell: "a prim-
rose on a rivers brim a yellow prim-
rose was to him and it was nothing
more" applies just as truly to all the
Peter Bells of today and most every
Tom, Dick and Harry besides, to say
nothing of a few James and Bettys.
Stick that yellow primrose in low
blue bowl in one of those Japanese
bronze flower holders, add a hand
painted paper butterfly tremblingly
poised and vibrant on a long slender
wire, fasten china blue-bird on the
one edge of the bowl with a bit of
your chewing gum and painted glass
butterfly on the other, with the rest
of your gum stick and 10! even Peter
Bell would see something more to the
jaundiced primrose.
These new Japanese flower arrange
ments certainly are attractive. They
make more effective a flower or two
than huge mass of them. Even the
humblest of flowers becomes raised
to as decorative heights as her more
costly and exotic sisters. In fact a
loose cluster of field daisies and red
clover arranged in shallow bowl of
green or mauve becomes the acme Of
beauty.
Wondrous in variety, coloring and
shape are the lovely shallow dishes
for the flowers. Not the least of
these are those of glass painted in
some one solid color Black per
haps is the most effective.
The many accessories that 90 to
make up the perfect whole of an ar
tistic flower arrangement are indeed
startling. In the old days of stiff set
bouquets, if we had the flowers. the
vase and the water we said "sufic-
iency."
Now at least one handpainted bird
OF glass or china is a necessity to
polse deftly and gummily on the edge
Of the bowl. A butterfly if like manu-
facture is also almost Indispensable
and then the ones quivering on wire
do add so much
There are also waxed paper pond
lilies to float on the water, tiny green
and red glass fish to CLEAN on the
bottom of the bowl. The fish and
the lilies are really more effective in
the bowls of crystals or transparent
colored glass. The pottery bowls and
Chinese porcelains of deep yellows,
puppies, green and old blues show up
the gorgeously painted birds and
butterf1ys. If you want something
truly lovely try some purple iris in
a bowl of turquoise blue or nastur-
tlums in bowl of brass.
From the Japanese influence in our
decorations we leap lightly to Chinese
influence in our other home furnish
ings.
Whole bedrooms and dining rooms
done in Chinese lacquer furniture are
pleasing and artistic to high degree.
Chinese lacquer lamps, either floor or
table lamps, are stunning in black or
red lacquer with gold decorations and
pagoda shaped shades
Mirrors round, oblong or square are
framed in lacquer and some more or
nate have inset panels of gilded Chi
nese wood carving with gorgeous Chi
nese tassels dangling from their cor
ners.
Pieces of Chinese brocade and en-
broidery deck pianos, tables and chairs
and over all CLEANS a golden glow Of
terms of oiled silk.
All we need to do further is to
light punk stick or two and we have
the real Oriental atmosphere as we'll
as immunity from mosquitoes.