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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-05-11
PERSONAL
PARAGRAPHS

Rev. and Mrs. Ro5t. L. Coun-
Gilman. of Morganton. were mere
for a short stay before leaving
for the Southern Baptist conven,
ton in Richmond, Va. They will
20 on to New York City for a
little vacation. Little Miss Emily
Nav remained with her grandpar-
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Sargent.
Mrs. William Newell and daugh-
ter. Mrs. Thomas Parsons, of Ra-
leigh. are guests of Mrs. II. L..
Angel.
Mrs. Morris Schas has returned
home from Asheville. where she
made a visit to Mrs. l. Goldsteln
on Nancy avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. W. Streetman
returned last night from Charlotte
where they had been since Sun
day attending the Spring Con-
test" meeting of the New YORK
Life Insurance company.
Mr.. James W. Grey, of Char
lotte. was the overnight guest of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. {. l..
Grey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brownlow Jack
son, Jr., and little daughters. Joan
and Elizabeth, have moved to
Belleview Lodge, and Mr.. Brown
low Jackson has moved to the
Maxwell apartments as resident
manager.
Dr.. E. P. Mallett has spent part
of this week in Wilmington.
Mr.. H. L. Angel is on a fishing
trip to Manteo with party OF
gentlemen from the eastern part
Of the state.
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U,S.S. ASHEVILLE
REACHES Annoy

HONG KONG, May ll.-(UP)
The L. s. s. Asheville. 1.270-ton
American gunooat, arrived at
Annoy today to protect American
residents of that Chinese port who
were endangered by fighting be-
tween Japanese and Chinese
forces on Annoy Island.
There are 80 Americans among
The $50 some occidentalS residing
there.
1t was believed that most of the
foreigners were safe in the Inter-
national Settlement on Kulangs4
Island. off Annoy Island on which
most of the important Fukien pro-
vince port of Annoy is located.
Reports reaching here regard
inc the situation at the port were
conflicting.
Chinese claimed that Japanese
forces which attempted TO land
there were repulSed. Chinese
troops. il was said, hid in dugouts
during a terrific Japanese aerial
and naval bombardment, leading
Japanese naval officers to believe
they had abandoned their posi-
tionS.
When a party of 500 Japanese
began to land. the Chinese said,
the defending troops inflicted
heavy casualties on the invaders.
One mconfrmed Chinese re-
port said that 70 japanese ma
rines had been captured and at
least 100 wounded.
Latest foreign navy reports
from Annoy denied. however, that
the Japanese landing had been re-
pulsed. A.,
L. S. Consul Leland G. Altaf-
fer of West Unity. O., summoned
the Asheville. BY radio when it ap-
peared that Americans might be
endangered by the fighting.
The attack on Annoy Island be-
gan at dawn yesterday and by
nightfall much of the city. with
a normal population of about
100000, was in flames. Japanese
warships hurled scores of high ex-
plosive shells into the military
areas and were followed by lS
bombing planes which dropped
more than 200 bombs.
Annoy University was bombed
and partly destroyed because
Chinese defenSes had been con-
structcd on the campus.
Jananese said no military acton
would be taken in the foreign
ouarters ''as long as Chinese are
prohibited from using foreign res,
licences or property for any kind
of anti-Japanese activity"
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May FESTIVAL -.
STAGED here
Fassifern Crowns May
Queen; "Nutcracker"
Dances Offered

Miss Gladys Pratt, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Pratt, Of
Greenvillc. S. c., yesterday was
crowned Queen of the May at
Fassifern school by her maid of
honor, Miss Percy Cunningham,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. +. d.
Cunningham, Of Knoxville, Tenn,
in a lovely ceremony followed by
an adaptation of Relationships
Nutcracker Suite as entertain
ment in honor Of the queen.
Members Of the May court
were: Katherine Sewer Hanna,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. +. Lang
don Hanna, of Greenville. and
granddaughter of DR.. J. r. Sewer.
president Of Fassifern, and Mrs.
Sewer, who was flower girl im-
mediately preceding the queen,
scattering rose petals; Ellison
smyth, ", son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ellison Smyth, III, of Henderson
vile; and Betty Clark, daughter
OF Mr.. ana MIS-. nOmaS -. Jlalk,
of Hendersonville, who carried
the floral crown on a satin cuSh-
ion; and the following Fassifern
girls: pages-Miss Orline Both.
well, of Hickory, n. c.. and Miss
Josephine Rhea, Of Windsor, n
c.; attendants - Miss Patricia
Warner, of Daytona Beach. Fla,
Miss Edwina Davis, Of Irvine,
KY, Miss Lydia Munroe, of Rich
mond. Va, Miss 10 Corn, OF
Cleveland, Tenn, Miss Caro-
Webb, Of Moorchcad City, y. G..
and Greenwich, Conn, and Miss
Glenna Barnes, of Lexington, KY
"The Magic Nutcrackcr," {
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Damage Suit Is
FiledHere Today

Suit for $4,000 damages was
filed in the office of the clerk OF
the superior court today by '. T.
Presley, as next friend, for Ma
ME Lee Presley, his daughter,
against the Moland- Drysdale Cor
poration.
Action is the result of a COLI
sion on March % between a car
in which Miss PRESLEY was riding
and a truck belonging to the de-
PENDANT corporation, at the inter
section of Church street and First
avenue west. Miss PRESLEY was
riding in a car driven by Mrs.
S. f. Edmundson.
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GREENVILLE BAND
TO PLAY BENEFIT

Balentine's "AriStocratic Pigs,
noted Greenville band, will play
for a benefit program at the Fast
Flat Rock school on Friday night
at 8 o'clock.
The program is sponsored by
the Flat Rock high school Future
Farmers of America.
The Balentine band, which APP
nears daily over WFBC at Green
vile is very popular in this sec
ton and a large crowd is expect
cd 10 hear them and help the F.
r. A. chapter.
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.nrssYTERIAN CIRCLE
lettings HELD

\, > met with Mes
C"I'Jw = Gaynor and hllza-
Jane, ,. w." Il; the Skyland no
5s.h i'"I Is,.,r calling the meeting
ri. ne ne, '" Ms. l.. 7. Wilds t, taught
r "T n.si. lesson and Miss Claudia
he BIO, ,,.a. IN charge of the pro-
Sample 4, W. interesting letter from
gsll;;, ~ esteem, OF the Black
be ,l hsn.I ,r9hanage, in whom the
No1n'S.' Interested. was read. as
clS'' = or, Of appreciation from
TeI . y The following Secre-
;ae u'" -, causes were appointed:
ares - missions. Mrs. Hazeltine;
FoiE,,,-" .,;.si,nS. Mrs. Alex Har-
J. Il, :. and VI. R.. Mrs. Ada
|T'T. -. r,l;gfouS education. Mrs.
Bea>''H Wj1iltrr: S. and p. Mrs.
l>t%5 U,wkin>: Spiritual Life.
Il, wIJ>. literature. Mrs. A. ).
", y :. service. Mrs. j. K.
n.,ror'> aid. Miss Claudia
'.yi I,. transportation. Mrs. Ora
SAM ir.. The next meeting VIII
JG :.S Ms WildS. An iced
",'y ,a, served to Ii members;
-; sta No. 3 WAS entertained
|Y H.. J. ;. Brown with Miss
4 INC IN the chair. Fifteen
sSrs and one visitor were
s '..", Reports were heard from
..rr.rarics Of causes. after
Mrs. Frank Sanford pre-
4 ,' "a he Bible study. Mrs. l.. K.
4 . .@wsI, conducted the program
/ .se kind Of Christianity that
4 -, needs. An iced course
4 :. ' served during the social pc
4 T NJ ". l. Franklin at OSeeola
4 ''. u., hostess at the meeting
4 Az .;r,Is Ne. : last evening. Mrs,
4 : Mccoy presided and had
OF the program. being as
q . ~ ~ others: the topic was the
,s,,biv'S Home Missions. Dur
4 mo SOCIAL hour a salad course
T. coffee were served To IL
SANDERS.
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Miss Baart Will
Leave On Prize
Trip Thursday

FLETCHER. Nav II. - Mss
Marie l.. Baart. junior at the AShc-
vie Agricultural sr"onl. Noun
'"n S""itrrium "ud North Caro-
'nH winner in III" National AR
Will cSe"'' r"nt"r' will leave
Fletcher for Washington tomor-
row.
~" tTi~ +" WaShin"ton. WHICH
VII h" r"dc Nv :ir. j. tn" n"iZ"
for wirn;rm tn" r"rt"st With hrr
essay. "Win~s Across Amcricr."
Sho will rrnhahlv flv from tn"
ASh"villo Hcndc"en"vill" airport
to CHARLOTTE. and from th"rr will
"o to WASHINGTON on REGULAR air
lin" nlanc. H. Washington she
viii att"nd n BANQUET ut thc Nay
flower hotel or Nav -, the OMEN
in" date of National Air Mail
week.
Miss Raart who * ~. mak"S
H"r home with her uncle. s. VI.
Mckran. in Atlanta. She attend
cd grammar school at the Seventh
nav Adventist Academy. in At
lanta. She is now an 4 grade stu
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-05-11

CATTLE dot the grassy plalni
~ and mountain slopes Of Tan
ganyika, British East Africa, even
high up in the foothills of mas
sive' Kilimanjaro, highest noun
tain on the continent. There arr
roughly 100000 head of cattle il
this one protectorate, 2,500,oot
head each. of sheep and goats
The Nasal tribe owns much OF
the richest pasture area, many Of
the great here's. War and catt!s
are the chief pursuits Of thes'
people. Many tribes raise po"
stock; others, together with set
tiers, raise high type, healthy
breeds.
Now disease strikes the cattle
country of Africa, threatening Sc
rious disaster. The disease is the
rinderpest. To save the livestock
the government is planning a 40
mile barrier. Strict quarantine
will be enforced, while exper
germ research will be carried on
in the veterinary posts.
Tanganyika was formerly Ger
man East Africa, and was taken
by the British in 1918. Its area Is
366, 900 square miles, population
about 100000 of which 5000 are
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BRICK OF 1861 FOUND

GREENWICH, Mass. (UPl-
Searching Quabbin reservoir area
for material to build fireplace,
Charles s.. knight found a 287-
year-old handmade brick. Slightly
smaller in length and width but a
bit thicker than today's variety
the brick is clearly marked with
the date 1861.
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CPLlCATE CLUB
kTERTAINED

The last session, until tall. OF
Hendersonville Duplicate
b was a lovely one at the home
Mrs. Frank A. Ewbank with
RsdameS William 3. Hodges and
kTace Hun, as Joint hostesses.
krden flowers graced the home.
k,dame> 0. 4. Meyer and For
j, GarGrcr held high score with
\ matched points, and Mesdames
4 P. Andrews and James 7.
H. tied with them. MeSdameS
&pcrt Koch and +. \. EwbanE
|1bnc second with p. Delightful
xfreShmcn., we're served.
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hook CLUB HAS
,nI,TCH" MEETING

The members OF the Book club
=, charming Dutch" meeting.
I. gyrr;nc at the home Of Mrs.
/ Y Wa,drop. in the form OF a
L., supper this being the last
- o; the school year. A CEN
81 arrangement Of lovely flow
4, was effective and green ia
. were used.
4 Inc books for the year were
Asvr. In the bridge games Miss
Is,serinc Goodman held hlgh
e., MIS-. !. f. Singletary won
4 travelling prize. and Miss Edna
<Orce en-. the consolation.
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PAGE THREE
dent at the Agricultural school.

dent at the Agricultural school.
Only high school students were
eligible for the contest. They were
judged on originality of ideas,
continuity and construction, spell
ing, punctuation and nratncss,
with all essays limited 10 $50
words.
While in Washington. Miss
Raart will be the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Chester Rogers IL their home
in Takoma Park.
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charming musical fantasy, was
danced by the dance classes of
the school under the direction of
Miss Catherine Howard, director
of physical education, with the
leading roles taken by Miss Ruby
Dodson. of Chicago, ILL.,, Miss Car
RE Elliott, Of Ell Paso, Tex. Miss
Nancy Knowlton. Of Lakewood,
Ohio, Miss Gerry Nibur. Of Wyo-
missing, Pa, Miss Patricia Ran
kin, of Gastonia, n. c., and Miss
Annie Wilds, Of HcnderSonville,
n. c. Piano accomplishments were
played by Misses Eleanor Eth
ridge and Dorothea Stadclmann,
of the school faculty.
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SKYLAND BEAUTY
SHOP STAFF GROWS

Miss Sophie BUD" announces
two additions to The staff of Sky
land Beauty Shop operators in the
persons of Miss Frances Kennedy
of Miami, Fla, and Miss Sue
Lewis Christison, Of Henderson
Vile.
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MAMIE BOMAR MISSION
STUDY TO BE HELD

The Mamie Bomar circle of
the First Baptist church will
have an all-day mission study to-
morrow, Thursday, beginning at
1880 a. m. at the suburban home
of Mrs. Charles Murphy just off
the ASheville road.
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CHANGES MIND

CAMBRIDGE, VA s.. May II.
UPD. John K. TuniS, Harvard
graduate Of 1911. who two years
a"o wrote IN article describing
his college education a. "a dismal
failure" will send his own son to
Harvard next September.
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FASCIST REVOLT IN
BRAZIL QUELLED

Continued from rage onel
troops fought their way into a
part of the city today.
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Hugh Whisnant
Rotary Delegate

The Rotary club today selected
Hugh Whisnant to represent the
club at the International conven-
ton in San Francisco. President
A. S. Browning was elected as
delegate to the 190th district con-
vention in Asheville on May 10th
with George R. Fain as alternate.
Prof. J. R. Sandifer spoke brief
w on the history of Rotary and
the club gave rising vote of
thanks to Harry E. Katzenmoyer,
a guest, for his work in the pro-
motion of the softball league.
Pennsylvania has more miles Of
railroad tract underground than
on the surface.
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An "electric-eye" enables c. Fl.
Whites cotton picking machine to
select ripe bolls.
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Europeans. The
terrain ranges
from the jun
gle-land (goril-
la country to
the grass plains,
to the volcanic
craters. A 1888
T a n 6 a n y ika
stamp is shown
here at left.
IA Seryice. Inc.
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= : : = = a A. - IICI Z uV IT,
Copyright 1888. NEA Service. lhs'
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Your prctticst hot wealth
or frocks are here! Hand
blocked linens. organizes,
dotted swiss cs, sheer
lawns and vOiles! Every
new and lovely style!
Sizes II to 20, So TO 81.
Evening star., 1938-06-04

increase In individual savings for the
year 1887. and only 96 associations
reported q net decrease for that year.
The net increase In savings was 375,-
184, 800, or an average Of $500 per
association.
1t Is noted by Mr.. Theobald also
that there has been an increase in
savings placed In associations for each
Of the first three months of 1888 over
the same month for last year. Total
receipts for january OF this year were
$42,065, ,4o4, as compared with 1884,
o06,524 for January, 1887; S24,714,04a
for February, 1888. as compared with
sac, ,396,52o for the same month last
year and $24,75s, ,s85 for March, 1888,
as against $22, ,87S, ,062 for March,. 1887.
1T Is the experience In savings,
building and loan associations that
Jsnuary is the best month Of the
year for new savings accounts to be
started, and from the above figures Il
will be noted that January, 1888, with
It's 2,065, ,404 b. far In advance OF
either February or March Of this year, y
he said. THE fact that March new
savings were slightly higher than
February is another indication that
hard times have not been reflected in
the investment side OF the savings,
building and loan picture"
Evening star., 1938-06-04

for the consumer to buy, how many
sources he had to get in touch with
and coordinate on his own initiative;
how hard it was to obtain a known
price in advance. They realized, too,
that an overall service, new to the
building industry and geared to the
needs and expectations of the con-
sumer. would have to be organized
locally-could not be set up ma
tionally.
Housing Guilds Organized.
"Out of this diagnosis has come
the housing guild program, under
which guilds are being organized by
local building-materials dealers. Guild
members include architects, con-
tractors, real estate men, financing
agencies, public Utilities and all in
terested parties. More than 5000
dealers and members of dealers
staf1s have been sent to school to
date and have completed a training
to qualify them to represent the
various guild members in an active
selling program.
When completed, the consumers
home or remodeled basement is turned
over to him as finished unit which
carries one set price and one financ-
ing program.
This is the type Of thinking and
planning which, If it proves workable
in many communities, could make a
real housing boom possible. Housing
is one Of the most postponable Of
all human wants. 1t must be made
available: it must be sold as other
merchandise is sold. The consumer
won't Just buy it,"
Evening star., 1938-06-04

may never be able to package its prod
uct at a factory. To meet varying
specifications, and to effect practical
economies, 1t must necessarily package
its product at the point Of sale. This
implies the most difficult Job Of SELL
ing high-unit-coSt article to buyer
before that article really exists. The
consumer buys, very often, on faith,
pictures and blueprints.
Those who know best do not be-
lieve prefabrication is Just around the
corner There have been any number
Of starts, and millions have been spent
on large-scale production of complete
houses. And there have been as many
failures to date. True, the principle
of prefabrication is being applied every
day-ready- door frames, win
dows, kitchen-cabinet assemblies.
standard lumber. modern building
products that come in large-sized units
for speedy installation. But these are
the only practical applications, so far,
of theory of prefabrication which
for years has been going to revolu-
tionize home building.
Large Variety of Services.
'The building industry has few
clear-cut outlets to the consumer.
Rather it presents picture Of con-
fusion with its so different types of
manufacturer, IL kinds OF wholesaler,
8 kinds of materials retailer, 81 diff
ferent kinds Of retail outlet, 81 vari-
eties Of contractor 1t is conceivable
that a man building a house might
have to hunt UP and make contracts
with all 21, each for his own specially.
If you remodel a bathroom, you
are likely to deal with at least four
different artisans, each primarily in
terested in selling his individual serv-
ices as a plumber, electrician, carpen-
ter or painter. but disinterested In the
overall, complete job of a modern
bathroom.
IT housing ever Is to do ANYTHING
even approaching our hopes, all these
miscellaneous services must be CO.
ordinated; it must be made easier for
the consumer to buy. The housing
market must be solicited and sold,
not merely studied and analyzed.
"A practical step toward such q
solution has been made by Lewis
H. Brown and some other leaders in
the industry. They saw, several years
ago, the necessity of looking at this
complicated problem, not from the
trade angle, with all its barriers,
but from the consumers standpoint.
They realized how difficult 1t was
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LEAGUE REPORTS
GAIN IN SAVINGS
Building and Loan Rise for
Quarter Is Placed at
18 Per Cent.

An 10 per cent increase in the
amount which people saved IN savings,
building and loan associations the
first quarter Of this year, as COM
pared, with the same period last year
was reported this week by 998 asso-
Citations to the United State Building
and Loan League. Their receipt of
new money from investors for the
first three months of 1888, according
to A. D. Theobald, assistant vice pres
ident of the league. was sol .539. .331. as
compared with 77,281,115 in 1887, an
increase OF s14,248,216. Figures are
from associations In all parts Of the
country.
Withdrawals In relations TO new
money coming into these associations
were less this year than last, the
leagues survey showed. Funds paid
out to investors were s64,364 ,226, as
compared with the $91,539,331 re-
ceipts for the first quarter Of 1898
and $57,367,194, as compared with
$77,281,115 receipts for the first three
months Of 1887. This leads to the
conclusion, Mr.. Theobald said, that
times are not as bad as many believe
them to be. In many cases the with
drawals which were made were by
persons who had saved sufficient
amounts to make the first payments
on new homes, and the individual
amounts had been accumulated from
several years savings.
The assets Of the 998 reporting as
sociations had net increase Of 6.6
per cent for 1887. They were listed
as $l.475 ,o35,600 for the year ended
December 81, 1887, as compared with
the 1894 ,302, 800 for the year ended
December 81, 1886. The reporting
associations constitute a good cross
section and are typical of the industry,
Mr.. T'heobald indicated.
OF those reporting, Tie had net
Evening star., 1938-06-04
CLOSET SPACE HANDY
Arrangement Is Important 1,
Planning Home.

One Of the most important things tc
keep in mind when you are planning
to build is the arrangement Of closet
space. Closets are indispensable and
should be installed wherever required
as far as the cost Of the house war
rants.
In inexpensive houses, where space
is necessarily scarce, closets are used
sparingly. When possible each bed
room should have large closet. These
closets should be provided with high
shelves and with strips for hooks, anc
may be fitted with any of the patented
devices for hanging clothing.
The doors should open so as to admit
direct daylight or lamplight. Also
there should be a good-sized closel
connected with the kitchen, one witt,
the laundry and one for coats, ETC., in
connection with the hall. It is de-
sirable to have a closet for linen, one
for china, and cedar closets for the
storage OF winter clothing and blan.
kets.
Evening star., 1938-06-04
Production
Continued From First Page.)

True a housing shortage. True ar
enormous number of homes needing
major alterations and repairs. True
growing market, huge opportunity
for low-cost houses. True an i'm.
proved product In the house of today
True the availability of sound, easy
financing. True also the stimulation
to recovery, If building can get under
way.
Other Truths Enter.
But there are other truths, far toe
infrequently recognized, which deal
not with the potential market, but
with the means now available for pro-
noting and selling houses. Here, very
generally, are some of them:
There are no big companies in the
building industry even to be COM
pared to General Motors, Ford, United
States Steel or General Electric. No
company makes complete house, but
only parts Of house. They are con-
cerned primarily with the raw ma
terials Of construction. Even then,
AAo SAAS SoAak'uliy AiaAu oCIu1 Go AIiOa
than 20 per cent Of the many materials
that go to make up what the con-
sumer buys-the finished home Ma
terials and products represent only
about As per cent of the cost of build
ing the average house.
There is no building industry in the
national sense; it Is essentially local.
1t is made up of thousands of little
business men-dealers, architects, con-
tractors, builders-who are the only
factors in position to deliver the
finished house or completed remodel
ing job.
THE building materials manufac-
turer has no showroom package All
he has is diversified line of materials
which must be skillfully combined with
design and labor. This alone makes
popular comparison of building with
the automotive industry fanciful.
There is no standard building price.
The cost of construction varies widely
with individual needs, and with labor
and material cost, freight rates, local
building codes and other items in spe-
cific communities. The house that
will cost $4,000 in the South may cost
$7,l00 in some Midwestern cities,
$500 in parts Of the East and $6, 900
In California.
Building, unlike most industries,
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Restful Living Room.

With soft yellow walls, cinnamon
brown upholstery. yellow draperies
and deep brown floors make q de-
lightfully restful color combination for
living room. Chartreuse colored
accessories are used for enlivening
touches about the room.