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treatment, but take care not to use the
spirit near fire or naked light.
Decoration of Furnishings.

spirit near fire or naked light
Decoration of Furnishings.
A charming and effective way to dec
crate the soft furnishings in a nome
is by means of applique work on linen.
Delightful colorings may be obtained In
uncrushable linen for making hang
ings, bedspreads. cushions, chair covers
and other articles. For instance, bed
and restful with a bedspread and cur
tains made of soft, cream-colored linen,
with an appliqued pattern OF soft pink
roses. An easy way to vary linen APP
plique is to cut out any of the beautiful
patterns that can be bought in ere
tonne and applique these to suitable
backgrounds. All sorts Of these pat
terms may be used. especially groups in
flowers, birds of brilliant plumage or
heaped-up baskets OF richly colored
fruit
There is an interesting way to use
cretonne as an applique on curtains.
The cut-out flowers from cretonne or
chintz should be grouped on the cur
tain and in the form of an uneven
border at the bottom and up one side
of the curtain. A design of dolphin
iums may be used in groups, and
single group can be applied to any cur
tain. The design must be cut out by
hand and sewed on by machine. A
design of wistaria may be applied in a
cluster in the center of each curtain
and at the top, so that the cut-out
design of falling blossoms forms an
uneven edge, giving the same sort Of
appearance as when the plant Is trained
across the top of veranda.
Table Decorations.
Repeating in the table linen the color
that appears in the chinaware enhances
the beauty of both cloth and china. II
there are two or more colors In the
chinaware, usually any one of them may
be used for the cloth, either the same
shade or lighter or darker one. For
instance, chinaware decorated with
lovely used with linen of the same shade
of yellow or on a black cloth decorated
with yellow in two shades, one light, the
other deeper and richer. White china
ware decorated with black and rose, is
charming used with cloth of rose color
to which bit of black is added In some
way for decoration.
If the chinaware shows q great deal
of any one solid color, a contrast may
be preferred in the cloth. All-yellow
dishes, for instance, or those containing
great deal of deep yellow, II used with
a cloth Of apple green or deeper soft
green, will look as fresh as Spring itself
Chinaware with great deal of solid
blue is very dainty used with linen Of a
soft warm gray color.
A very satisfactory way to arrange
wild flowers that do not grow very high,
such as buttercups, violets and others,
is to dig a cluster of them up and put
them in shallow glass dish, roots and
all, having the dish full. They make a
pretty centerpiece for the table, and
they remain fresh for number Of days
If sprinkled with water occasionally.
They will also continue to grow and
bloom.
Gayly painted trays add distinctive
note of color to dining room, and 1t is
quite simple matter to enamel trays to
harmonic with any decorative scheme.
Sometimes plain shade looks well, or
the center of the tray may be plain,
surrounded by a colored border. For a
room that has cretonne hangings, a