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Show Wreaths, Garlands Gay Shout "Merry Christmas!" WHAT a Joy It Is to come into a home scented with spicy pine and hemlock, so suggestive of Yuletide Yule-tide that each room fairly shouts "Merry Christmas!" And what a real pleasure, too, to gather the greens and dispose them so that they express all the kindliness of the blessed season, Intensifying the delights de-lights of the "friendliest" period ol the year 1 As garlands, the various types of greens may decorate windows and doors, or they may be massed on mantels or tables. To make a flexible rope of greenery, green-ery, supply a foundation of heavy twine and to this attach the short sprays of pine, hemlock or spruce. Interspersed In-terspersed regularly with clusters of laurel ; or for a more decorative effect ef-fect use the artificial berries with the greens. Fine flexible wire is best for fastening the sprays In place. Another use for greens Is In the formation of window wreaths. Arrange Ar-range the small sprays on a heavy wire foundation, taking care to keep the wreath symmetrical. Small groups of red berries, regularly placed, Bive character to such a decoration. |