| Show I Cheery Fireplace Is us Woman's Womans B Best st Aid in h Making the Home J i lar Fam Family iy V M Meeting 4 et eting ng O U. U j C r I I 1 I L k 5 e t w H. H ERE is i the soul of the hoase use li the the common meeting place for lor forthe the family family th the roo room I which comes nearest neared to giving your children and nd g guests guest et the cheerful cheer l congenial atmosphere atmos almot- phere so often len the chief aira attraction lio in club life The happiness of your oar family's life depends largely upon pon the joy and d good fellowship found in their living livni room H l By y M MADAME DAME MAISON AISON OME E one n has haa said Bald that th the nl lire SOME place is the soul of ot the house Surely it should bould be he bethe the very center of ot th the room and th the magnet that draws drawn the f fm family m lr circle together with a n. cord that binds and ad warms warm not only the Ule J physical hyt cal body but the v very ry innermost he hearts rl Who ho oo could ld ever over imagine being ch chummy or con confidential dont al over a steam radiator or orL a a. furnace turnac register While this Is th are re many cool da days and ild evening by seashore r or in inthe Inthe inthe the mountains when the Erlo glow from an anop op open n fire is most lT grateful Here is a D. good arrangement for either a n. h hall ball ll or room living room g-room just Imagine ft it If It you can Have the fireplace bricked to o the ceiling cellinI with a Q soft sort oriental tal oblong oblong ob oh- long brick that tha has the tho ver very softest of ot dark colors colora which bleh go IrO well vell with any color scheme as they blend with n any woodwork and are are equally suitable for tor forthe forthe the he simplest bun bungalow low or the mo most t expensive ex ox- pensive house If It you O have hoe an old clock cIo clock and do not know just jUt where to put it have a niche built just just to fit t i it over ovel the wooden mantel mantel man man- tel tet shelf and there it wilt will seem eem at home and tick ot off tho the m merry hours in III a most contented fashion On this mantel place a a. couple of ot pewter plates and anold anold an anold old gt ginger gher er jar foi tor holding tho the posies a as they c come me along alon In season olds marigolds and nasturtiums being c especially good Black fire ro dogs and a n black wire screen will wUl be in keeping with a gat l tho the bricked hearth wide enough to beof bo be of some service Large oval ra rat rag rugs will bo boin in keeping with a a. ed table at one side aide and an old wooden settle at th the other piled plied with pillows cOYer covered d with linen Une 1 cr crash h which washes beautiful beautifully A beamed c ceIling adds to such lIuch a room and ami the woodwork may be sta stained any shade of ot brown gray green reen or or a a. dark c ny as 45 the owner deems best Leave the walls in the rou rough h sand sand finished plaster or ord ordo ordo d do them in on one of ot the many oatmeal papers which aie c always pleasing as a a. background Frame or Brick Houe Houte We would like your advice retardIng regarding a anew new hou house c we t are arc to build just seven soven rooms and in the country My husband hus bus band t thinks frame framo the best leat and I 1 want brick as ns I think It will be less expense in t the e future thou though h more snore costly to build at first I do not want not want wanta a red brick If It we do have haYe brick of ot dark color what trimming would you hn have e where paint is la used I 1 mean what hat color colo I enjoy your our suggestions in Int the v very ry much M. M MARY MART RY D D. S. S a To Tou will m brick house hOUS warmer arm in winter and ind co cooler than II one n of ot frame H Had Hod d you cont considered stucco I am rather partial to a house ff built of ot common brick then stuccoed over White trim la hi usually ly selected elected 7 ft have the window ai sills of or Ii stucco tu cco I think a house houle bulit built of ot tiles and then stuccoed is la very s satisfactory I d would not consider frame I am sure urs you will both come to an agreement and end be glad that you can build even evan if the house fa Jo small There is no joy to be I compared to living under on ones one's own i loot i tr tree c. c I ti v t Rel Reply to t. Victoria If If o oU put frames of ot dun dull carved goldwood wood on the photographs h. h I assure am as sure Juro you ou will wUl like Uke th tb them ni For or the etch etchings etch etch- lags ings If It in the brownish tint tints I 1 would woul have bays narrow frames of ot brown wood You can UD also match the grayish one oDe in wood Keep Kep them alike and tail han hang bang hanglow low and keep them together The Tb watercolors watercolors water colors must be ba hung where the U. U light t but suits sUite them The oil paintings of of f your ancestors may appropriately ly hang hanl in the large combination living living- room and and halL ball For or tho the mirror over the hut hall table I would suggest st dull gray gray silk Uk cords tied with a ii bow bo and aDd tassel at t the top |
