The Boston Cooking School magazine of culinary science and domestic economics . ply came through ironpipes from a river deep in the pineforest, far from human habitation anddrainage, and never fails us. It isgood for drinking and pleasant forwashing. Our shell was now complete. Eachaddition had been made to meet adefinite need, and our home fitted usin all our modes and habits. Nowour minds were turned to furnishings. The living-room first claimed atten-tion, as we sat by the log fire in the•evenings of early September. Our builder now became interiordecorator, and fitted one corner nearthe he
The Boston Cooking School magazine of culinary science and domestic economics . ply came through ironpipes from a river deep in the pineforest, far from human habitation anddrainage, and never fails us. It isgood for drinking and pleasant forwashing. Our shell was now complete. Eachaddition had been made to meet adefinite need, and our home fitted usin all our modes and habits. Nowour minds were turned to furnishings. The living-room first claimed atten-tion, as we sat by the log fire in the•evenings of early September. Our builder now became interiordecorator, and fitted one corner nearthe hearth with an open china closet,the drawings for which were madein a seventeenth century house atthe other end of the county. Very convenient, this, to hold thebit of Japanese porcelain, the old•china of many colors, the brass, copper,and pewter one gathers from so manyplaces, and that stand for as manydelightful adventures. Very cheery it is, when the firelight flashes back from a brightRussianSamovor, and plays on the deep greensand blues of old dishes, a hint of warmth. iP^-^ THE RED BRICK CHIMNEY. and color in a shadowed corner. A bookcase, with broad strong shelvesbuilt into the space between two windows,reached to the brown rafters, and thetwo roomy drawers at the bottomwere fitted with glass knobs boughtin an antique shop in a distant city. Our color scheme starting with thegolden glory of the time-colored walls,the new hard-wood floor was broughtto a corresponding tone with a coatof clear oak stain that left the grainof the wood well marked under twocoats of varnish. More Turkish rugs are on the floor,and one of dark grey fur lies beforethe fire place. A pair of old EngUshandirons, big and strong, were found,after a two years quest, in the delight-ful httle shop of an old hold the logs, and in one inglenook, on an old tripod unearthedin the garret of a deserted and crumb-ling house, sings a brass kettle, andin the other, a big copper jar fromRussia hol
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