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Show i ORNATE DESIGNS IN CHINA China patterns that wero popular half a century ngo hnvo como Into voguo ngnln, and somo show very or-unto or-unto designs. Ono of there 1ms n flguro of largo winged Insects d-ne In deep red nnd groen, touched with black. Another design Is 'f , deep and paler reds in a scroll. French china comes In n now squatty dCBlgn nnd tho colonlnl stylo with thin, breakable Btcms Is also In favor ngnln. Old English bluo pnttorncd china Is very appropriate, especially In colonlnl dining rooms. Doth deep and ight blues nro used. Somo of tho moro gorgeous rims show floral do-signs do-signs of red and green veiled with n gold network of scroll. . Service plates far moro ornnto and coEtly. than In former times are In- trcduccd nt the beginning of the dinner. din-ner. A few yoar ngo nn oxtrn ino so of china of ono pattern was considered consid-ered sufllclcnt, nnd from course to course tho only difference In the china chi-na was in the slzo of tho plates. Now there Is much multiplication and oln-boration oln-boration of service. There Is n set or sets of sorvlco, flsh, game and extra ex-tra plates In the china closet of tho woman addicted to dinner qlvlng. Somo of the prettiest china In America Am-erica today comes from Russia. It Is especially npprcclntcd by thoso who like something tasteful and at the same tlmo out of tho ordinary. The patterns show n commingling of many colors In smnll designs, tho effect ef-fect being subdued and not catchy except to the educated eye. m |
