Smiley's cook book and universal household guide; a comprehensive collection of recipes and useful information, pertaining to every department of housekeeping .. . are reiiellant. The flower stems should be strip-ped of all leaves in order that the water in the vases may not be dis-colored, and the water should be changed before each meal and allfaded flowers discarded. An inexpensive and effective way to decorate a table is tomake an imitation lake, although it is rather troublesome. For thisa piece of looking glass is needed, long and narrow if possible, ortake the glass from an old looking
Smiley's cook book and universal household guide; a comprehensive collection of recipes and useful information, pertaining to every department of housekeeping .. . are reiiellant. The flower stems should be strip-ped of all leaves in order that the water in the vases may not be dis-colored, and the water should be changed before each meal and allfaded flowers discarded. An inexpensive and effective way to decorate a table is tomake an imitation lake, although it is rather troublesome. For thisa piece of looking glass is needed, long and narrow if possible, ortake the glass from an old looking glass. The glass must be placedexactly in the center of the table on a thick piece of brown paper, ordouble thickness of newspajoer, with the edge projecting an inch orso beyond the glass. The edge of the glass and the paper must bewell covered with moss, and sprays of fern, j)retty leaves and a fewflowers are placed in the moss to hang partly over the glass. Theeffect is enhanced by placing four fairy lamps at the corners ofthe imaginary lake with pieces of fern arranged to bend around thelight. The accompanying illustration shows such an artificial AETIFICIAL LAKE FOR A DINNER TABLE. A great variety of figures may be arranged around a mirror andendless effects i)roduced. For example white wool torn into largesoft flakes can be arranged around the edge of the glass, and raised in G62 TABLE DECORATIONS unequal heights to give the impression of a snowdrift, and the mir-ror powdered to rej)resent ice. Sprays of ivy, grasses and coloredleaves can be scattered around the drifts. Another pretty decoration is to have down the centre of thetable a narrow bank of ferns, in which pink tulips are arranged as ifgrowing. With a little taste and skill a bed of flowers may be ar-ranged in the centre of the table by laying damp ferns and moss, noton the cloth but on a piece of oiled silk. For a small dinner where the tal)le is oval the centre looks wellcompletely hidden with folds of C
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