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Show MAKING THINGS OUT OF NOTHING ,i : Copyright. (Mew Tork Inlnf World). JTeee Publlehlng I The other day I waa In the home of a woman In the country. It a email eld houae which her father left her. but with Tory little money to keep It. Whan you enter theae room a you would think a prollonal decorator decora-tor had been there, for the moat bad been made of everything. Hhe had taken the old pieces of furniture and with great peine had polished them and made them look thlr comfortable old selvee. Ohsp but delightful chlntaaa. even callooea, have been ued In decoration, and the charm which has been oreated la delightful. . , . M Pieces of ohlna that ahe has picked ep In the neighborhood ehopa nil the various nooks nad corner. On th who), one baa a aneae of the fttneee or all theae thing, and to dine with thl woman la Indeed aa event. Beautiful laree. made br her own hand, adorn tha table. Bvery dleh that la used ha ba chosen for It art!ttc ffct. . . When I aked her how ahe did all thla. ahe aald: "Oh. mother alwaya could make thinga out of nothing- I luat k to fli thing snd mk them look like something when there appear ap-pear to b. no hop. for them. "Heatdee. It la a labor lev to me to take a piece of furniture or something some-thing that haa been broken and make It almost new again, and feel that but for me It would have been lost altogether." And. after you hsvs spent a day ! in the home of thla little woman. I you reallae that her life la really worth while. the haa actually made thing out of nothing beautiful things, that people of the finest taste would 'i thla constructive spirit la peo- J Ele which mskee the world's real uilders. ThA-e srs aome people who elmply cannot help building or making mak-ing thinga worth while. Then there are thoee who are care-lea care-lea and deetroy and tear down. Home people need eo much with which to do thlnge. and yet they do not get tha bel reaulta. But others, like thle little woman, are given very little and make much out of It. I wondar If tboae who are wasteful waste-ful realise how much greater pleaa-ure pleaa-ure could be derived from being re-ponalbie re-ponalbie for making beautiful thinga St tittle coat. Many a girl deplores her surrounding. surround-ing. They look commonplace, ehe will tell you. And ahe will compare com-pare her home with the homea of aome of her friend. If h would but take It to heart sufficiently to make her home took beautiful, ahe could readily do It. The big thing ta to have the will te make things sround you look besutifuL The remit re-mit follow. Where good taste abounds, wealth le aot aeceaaary. |