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Show 2ecorafion4 s4re lJ3e&t Ira Eta H CO EB M CO 03 fa E C3 M 3 &3 El Your own native woods or planted plant-ed evergreens may be a convenient and delightful source of Christmas decorations. For attractive wreaths, fir is satisfactory because it does not shed its needles. White pine is more graceful than other pines, if this type of evergreen Is to be used. Blue spruce is best for outdoor use because it sheds very quickly indoors. Arborvitae generally makes B nice flat spray. English holly is always 'festive. To add color to the decorations, small Jonathan apples, ap-ples, tangerines, kumquats and cranberries may be used effectively. effective-ly. Wahoo, barberry, gourds, coral berry fruit, rose hops, buckbrush and sumac also give color to arrangements. ar-rangements. As a formula for treating pine cones so they'll give off lovely colored flames in the fireplace, try crude copper sulphate and copper cop-per chloride in powder form, which may be purchased from a druggist. Two ounces of these and a half-pound half-pound of wax will treat a bushel of the cones. Paraffin wax may be used. Melt the wax over low heat in a glass or non-metallic container. Put the container in a larger paa of hot water near the boiling point. Stir the sulphate and chloride into the melted wax. Spread the cones on newspapers out in the yard or in a large flat container lined with newspapers inside. Use an old whisk broom to sprinkle the mixture mix-ture on the cones. When about half the mixture has been used, turn the cones over and do the other side. i |