The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-04-13

are neither fashionable, durable nor
beautiful. Some of the prettiest
rooms l have ever seen had Swiss
curtains, unruffled and simply made.
There is a material called physicians
cloth which is much used in this Sec
ton, and which may be had for 6
cents yard. 1t is pure white and
hangs in lovely soft folds. 1t is a
safe plan to buy curtains without
colored borders unless one is sure
of her good judgment, as it may
make a discord in the harmony of
the room.
If your shades have become old
and worn, take them off the rollers
and turn them upside down. Hem
the end that was attached to the roll
er, and they will last almost twice
as long.
In the matter of furniture, most of
US must use what we already have,
but we may often rearrange it to, a
great advantage, and may discard, or
take into another room, some piece
that is not necessary. Most rooms
have too much furniture, and no
piece should be bought simply to fill
up a space that we may think looks
bare. Above all, let your chairs be
comfortable, however plain, and the
palmer the better. If possible, the
furniture should be of the same
finish, not mahogany table, an oak
piano, some other piece of walnut,
and so on.
The pictures are no small part Of
rooms decoration. They should be
few in number, simply framed, and
we'll hung. The subjects also should
be we'll chosen. do not believe in
having pictures of battlefields strewn
with dead and wounded, or of any
other distressing scene, hanging in
our view at all times. l once saw a
picture portraying the judgment. If
any of you have that picture, for the
sake of your children and sensitive
visitors, take it down.
Do not hang your pictures too high.
The central point of the picture
should be just above the level of the
eye of a person standing. Do not
crowd your walls with pictures, for
nothing more surely destroys the ef-
feet of restfulness. One or two pic
lures to each wall space is enough,
and then the wall space must not
be too narrow. Do not overdo your
decoration with pictures, even, if you
must put some of them in the closet.
In regard to the vases, and other
such ornaments, the same rule holds.
Don't have too many. A friend Of
mine has thirteen different articles
on her piano. Aside from any ques-
ton ofIgood taste, think of the labor
involved in busting so many, and
nothing is beautiful when covered
with dust. Then, don't keep broken
vases, pitchers with the handles
broken off, etc., for no ornament at
all will be far more pleasing. In
fact, very few are needed in any
room.
Of course, every farmers wife has
a vegetable garden, and one row of
this can be devoted to flowers. Last
year I sowed the seed of some easily
grown ANNALS, and when the young
plants were old enough to transplant,
1 placed them in the onion row, in
the vacant spaces where we had used
the onions. They received the same
care and cultivation that the onions
did, and had flowers for bouquets
until frost.
Try it, sisters, and keep few
vases filled with fresh flowers, and
you may be sure that real beauty
abides in your home. 1 think we, of
the farm, should not try to initiate
our city sisters in home decoration
any more than in dress, for our needs
and surroundings are vastly differ
ent, yet our homes may be as artistic
as theirs if we will but spend a little
time in educating ourselves as to
what constitutes real art.
Let us read good magazines, and
observe, and think, and we will sure
ly learn.-Mrs. Otis Hazelrigg, in
Home and Farm.
Keeping Up Appearances.