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Show DECORATIVE DAMSEL ' ' 1L: - ' . J , f" Make Your Own Holiday Finery branches from tlx Mora bush dipped la starch eolorsd with gram vegetable eolortng and sprinkled with Christmas snow. Mrs. Carlstoa owl fold bails sa tha antral point of lntarat and aha talis that tha piece looks mat effective with maple furniture. furni-ture. ' vr a door Mrs. Carlstoa na. ommands wrapping a whtta cans with narrow red nbbte tied with afewbrsjxhesof evargTeeaaad . ", centered by a rw eonaa or a bow of ribbon. Tour guests win . Iltarallr want to taka a nibble of your door "candy cane." - By FRANCES DARGER Tha frost is on tha pumpkin, snow kaopa threatening around tha corner, and ChriaUnaa dee-orations dee-orations ara faat appearing downtown to put ua all In a gay holiday spirit With tha holidays, be it turkey day or Chrlstmss, eomes a call for Just as festiva aa atmosphere atmos-phere around tha home and in looking for decoration Ideas, we immediately turned to tares decorator, Mrs. Ralph C Carlstoa. Carls-toa. M4S-iath East, for a few tips an bow to go about sprucing up the old homestead. With a few pieces of greenery, green-ery, ribbon and what-not, Mrs. Carlstoa whips up decoratlona that not only make the dinner table mora attractive, but also the mantle, front door and area the oft-forgotten coffee table. Her mala contention when starting a piece Is to establish a central point of Interest and deeign tha piece around that central cen-tral point. Favorites for Christmas Christ-mas designs include large can dies, madonnaa, Banta Clsus, reindeers or other appropriate figurines. Taper te End From tha center of the design the materials used should be tapered out toward tha and. Mantlepleess should particularly be made with leas material at tha edges to give a proper balance bal-ance and affect, ao says Mrs. Carlstoa. For Thanksgiving she designed de-signed its a charming piece started with a milk glass bass. In It she arranged colorful artificial arti-ficial fruit arbovtda and just a few chryaanthemums. Sat on a mirrored base the piece was mad complete with a few gourds that Mra Carlstoa raises in her garden. Thanksgiving fare Is bound to look mora appetising oa a table centered with this arrangement - Another Thanksgiving oenter-piece oenter-piece Is made from a long squash. Cut It so that It resembles re-sembles a bora of plenty scoop out the Inside and fill with various vari-ous fruits snd nut meats. Back to Christmas, Mrs. Carlstoa Carls-toa recommends using boughs and silver balls In a grouping around a large candle set on waxed paper. At tha bass place strips of gold ribbons to complete com-plete the colorful touch. For a aide board piece boughs and acorns can be arranged la a frog tapering high at tha center back and flowing low, out over the rim of tha bowL Dip la Stank For added touches she suggests sug-gests dipping the branches In starch and flaking glitter oa them for arrangement bases. She also has used ssge brush for Its artlstle lines to blend with modernistic furniture. She paints the branches white and dusts with green glitter. At the bass of one arrangsmant she puts |