Strawbridge & Clothier's quarterly . h slender pillars, which rendered it easyto curtain-off all the corners. We bor-rowed all the curtains and draperiespossible ; and our out-of-town members sup-plied us liberally with evergreens for decor-ation ; so that the room, when completed,was exceedingly pretty. The infant-school-room served as therefreshment-saloon ; with the part near theside door curtained off, and the rest fittedup with chairs and small tables. It was a mooted question whether or notto charge admission; some arguing thatfree admission would attract a crowd, whileothers, that peopl
Strawbridge & Clothier's quarterly . h slender pillars, which rendered it easyto curtain-off all the corners. We bor-rowed all the curtains and draperiespossible ; and our out-of-town members sup-plied us liberally with evergreens for decor-ation ; so that the room, when completed,was exceedingly pretty. The infant-school-room served as therefreshment-saloon ; with the part near theside door curtained off, and the rest fittedup with chairs and small tables. It was a mooted question whether or notto charge admission; some arguing thatfree admission would attract a crowd, whileothers, that people unwilling to pay anentrance-fee, would not be likely to buymuch after they came. We finally fixedthe price at fifteen cents for adults, and tencents for children ; twenty-five cents for agendeman and lady ; with season-tickets atone dollar, admitting two persons duringthe fair ; or a season-ticket for one person,fifty cents. Before we got through we werefully convinced that this was the wisestcourse we could have pursued. S. M. HOW TO USE AUTUMN LEAVES. EAVES gathered inSeptember and storedaway in boxes anddrawers, are now in sea-son as material for usein the decoration of^ walls and people considerpressed leaves to becommon and stiff; andso^they olten are, in the hands of those whocan copy but who cannot originate. A frieze of apparently falling leaves, on abackground of Florida moss, is out of thecommon way and very ornamental. Tomake it, a foundation strip of gray or whitemuslin is covered with the moss, held withstitches here and there, and arranged todroop gracefully. At regular distances onthe cornice are clusters of ferns sewed onaround pieces of cardboard; to these foun-dations are fastened threads to whichbunches of gay leaves are tied on irregu-larly at various heights from the floor. In a bare-looking room, the effect isone of enchantment. As the thread doesnot show, the leaves seem to be up in the air,ready to fall on the heads of those below. An
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