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Show I Mother Nature Is a Good Assistant i In Planning Christmas Decorations & 5 TF YOU live in the country, you K are unusually lucky, because 5 you have close at hand the means R for making your house lovelier S than ever this Christmas. And R even if you don't, you can make jj the most of the greens, the fruits g and the flowers you can get. Fruit on a plate, surrounded ft with sprays of evergreen or hol- u ly, makes a I jplj colorful centerpiece cen-terpiece that's really "good enough to eat." A simple suggestion, sug-gestion, that, but the trick lies in making a thoughtful arrangement ar-rangement to k suit your own $ table. K And taffy apples make grand ks place cards. To the stick in each, j tie a sprig of green with a colored $ ribbon, a different color for each guest. Let your guests draw dupli- w cate pieces ol ribbon and find their places that way. It's fun, g and it will save you the grief of deciding whether to seat Aunt Bes- w sie next to Grandma or opposite Uncle Pete. fi To a stick (a yardstick will do) g tie clusters of pine cones. Lay w the stick on your mantel so that g the cones hang over the edge. SsKs!S scats Cover the whole with sprays of w evergreen. Add candles if you jg Tie wreaths jj of evergreen sj or holly to your jjj front door, g hang them in your windows. Tie evergreen j$ to the base of g your candle sticks. Fasten it to your S Christmas presents. Wear it in your hair. Finn' t hp of ra iH 5ft S to use it where you like to give your home a W friendly appearance. S Evergreen or holly corsages -m make excellent party favors, and you can make them in a twinkling 5 by tying the sprigs together with ribbon. You can wire them for $ added security, but it really isn't necessary. Use them for place g cards, too. ' j. And if you didn't do it this year, sA be sure next fall to grow your g own ennstmas flowers for decorations dec-orations and for gifts especially espe-cially to shut-in shut-in friends. A few cents' worth of narcissus nar-cissus bulbs will provide a you with many weeks' pleasure. Half the fun of Christmas is In g getting ready, for it. Most of the g other half is in doing it yourself. w Let nature help you! suasiasc sa: s-ss skk sss iss sss |