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TITr SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND,. DECEMBER 2, 1917. 9 i o if jo i inn n tr w a-" gB.i Gma jSMiD.cn Xweoie wwwn cioriiiOE . ;. .... . : : .. - v S V r-.; 5.' J fv V'f a ! ,x. xe v , .T-v8 ; 1 f. L KtX?t - A? I t ii.rV,ar C MW- I J A (S Everyone Is Interested In practical and economical Christmas gifts this year. Here are two attractive- cretonne articles that are useful and that can be made with little trouble and at little expense. The linen holder Or doily roll Is made as follows: Cut the cretonne of any width or length desired; for Instance, 18 Inches wide by 28 inches long, a straight strip, with rounded flap on one end and all bound with ribbon or bias fold. Make a roll two inches in diameter by gluing stiff cardboard, covering the ends with the cretonne. Around this stick the straight end of the cover, first inserting a sheet' of white tissue paper to keep the linen clean. Put in as . many doilies as you wish, roll up the cover, and tie with the ribbon at tached on the flap. This laundry bag need not be taken from the door or wall to be filled or emptied. Following are directions for making: One and three-quarter yards of cre tonne or shiny chintz is required, which can be wiped off with a damp cloth when soiled. Make bag about 2.1 inches wide,, the back half being 9 inches longer than front, the flap being hemmed on ends and sides and snapped or buttoned to the front, which is faced jp on the inside and reinforced with an inside tape for the above fastening. The bag is emptied of its contents at this end. Seam up front and back, leaving an 8-inch opening at top.- Hem sides and both tops, inserting flat rods or wooden curtain slats, find attaching two rings to both front and back for hanging. The Home Harmonious "Refurnishing 99 With Chintz By Anita de Campi HOW often it happens that our .heart's desire is to completely re furnish one or all of our rooms and yet we cannot afford to do so. The best expedient for effectin-g a meta morphosis at a minimum price is the lavish use of chintz or cretonne by way of fresh draperies and covers. Many an old piece Can be refreshed into ac ceptable cleanliness, by a neat slip cover indeed. It may even be quite decorative if a proper selection of ma terial is made. Several points must be considered be fore beginning to purchase. The first and most important is the back-ground against which the new stuff is to be displayed. The commonest mistake is the use of too much pattern. If the walls, carpets, etc., are figured, plain material is best, and vice versa. Upholstered" furniture is always so comfortable, and this can be had in plain denim. If it is supplied with two sets of slip covers of entirely different -patterns, matching two corresponding sets of inside draperies, an acceptable change in the appearance of the room is attained while one set "is being laun dered. Stripes and small diapered patterns are always safe for the flat dweller wiho may, upon moving, find that the wall decorations, not of her own choos ing, are disconcerting, for such incon spicuous patterns will go with any thing. , The illustration shows a commodious dnim covered sofa and chair of the overstuffed variety recovered with slips. They are large pieces in a small living room but do not secern dispro portionate because they are few in number. In addition to the fitted Flip covers, the loose cushions also have snapped-on "covers that are the same on both sides thls is saving, since they can be turned over, bpth to wear and launderin-g. The walls of the room are deep cream, and the cretonne is deep cream striped with peacock blue; the carpet is a deep er peacock green. The tiles are of the last color, the lamp standard bronze with a parchment shade and a creamy white fur rug adds warmth to the scheme. Two of the cushions are pea cock blue trimmed with dull gold, and the third is deep crimson. The flounce at the b.ottom of the covers is of creani linen. In the lambrequin matching this set the stripes run horizontally, while the curtains are !n up and down stripes. Alternating with this set for gala occasions is a slip set of flowered silk brocade in lovely tones of old rose, old ivory and sage green, trimmed with a scant flounce of old rose taffeta. This color scheme could be as well carried out in linenized cretonne. Much extravagance is indulged in in the matter of slip covers for French bedrooms. Lengths of exquisite ma terials are used idly, as it were, over the back of the chaise longue or the foot of the bed. Covers are made of taffeta and trimmed with ruchings. Striking ia a slip-covered set of dining-room chairs. The chairs themselves are of a type that lends- itself ad mirably to this treatment. They are armless and have unusually high, nar row backs. The backs are boxed to fit the thickness of the upstanding part: the seat top Jast fits the seat, and boxed to t,his is a flat "breadth extend ing to the floor. This also is boxed at the angles.. The whole cover follows exactly the outline of the chairs. It looks like a blocked-in drawing. The room has an ivory-colored pan eled side wall, and the material select ed by an Mcollpnt decorator is Ivory linen blocked with small Persian birds and flowers. The floor covering is a burgundy and fawn diapered carpet, and the shield shades to the sidelights are straw col ored. The long buffet table and the round cente-r table are in brown ma hogany with slender fluted legs in the' Adam style. Some decorators are using the same material as that employed in the slip covers to upholster directly to smaller occasional chairs. In a room in light fawn color the carpet is wistaria che nille. The big overstuffed sofa is up. holstered directly in beaver-colored va lour, and two great denim overstuffed chairs- have slip covers of cretonne having a floral pattern of big dahlias and birds on a well-covered fawn ground. The same cretonne Is made up to the frame on a walnut armchair, and an armless chair in the Louis XVI style. Open bookshelves are at either side of the mantel and at a side wall ia a large Chinese cabinet in black and gold lacquer with scarlet lining. On a slen der rojnd table is a bowl of Jade. A good painting is inset over the mantel. This room has a. group of four win dows. A single shaped lambrequin, mounted upon a wooden frame, crosses over the top of the group, while a draw curtain hangs at each end, and one at each space between the windows. The draw curtains are all on one pole that is- concealed by the lambrequin. The latter is made of dull fawn rep, while the curtains match the upholstery fab ric, being of dahlia-figured cretonne. That some rooms bicker and that some sing, while others. are' silent and peaceful, is due to a large extent to the colors and patterns employed in them. Anwrn to Inqulrien G. J. S. It would be best for you to watch for special sales of draperies. I cannot send you samples.. If, how ever, you procure a variety of sample yourself, I will gladly select for you from among them and return all to you. Cotton rep makes lovely casement cur tains. These in some delicate neutral tint would be nice throughout. They have the advantage of washing well, and other curtains are not required with them. Yes. your chairs can be re painted. Roughen them up with sand paper and give them one or two (coats of furniture paint. . N G. E. T. Could you get a gray-green and deep, brilliant blue, wide striped silk for the bed cover? I should like it lined wish flame color and edged with narrow dull gold lace. This would harmoniously tie the colors already In your room. Mrs. W. D. M. The discordant note in your room is the oak sewing ma chine. Tak a wooden piece the size of the machine top, cover it with ere-' tonne, and tack a full length cretonne. valance to it. Leave thin cover on y- machine when It is not in use. A pearl colored side wall would be attractive with the sample of drapery, goods you inclosed. Mrs. A. B. Your plan for remodeling your windows is excellent. It would be more attractive and less expensive not to run the windows alt the way up. Mrs. O. W. The fad for placing sofa or settee 'directly In front of the fire place seems to have passed. Instead, it Is placed at an angle with the fire place. Figured chintz would be your best selection for draperies and cush ions. Make your curtains in casement style, to draw back and forth on rods and rings, and undercurtains will not be necessary. I am afraid you will spoil your wash stand. Why not leave it as it is? Place a simple runner on it, a vase, and a pair of candlesticks. Introduce turquoixe blue and orange, "r. oyster green, a tiny touch of seal brown, room. and some dull tan into your Mrs. B. J. R. Use a two-tone green and taupe in your living-room, and robin's egg blue in the dining-room with old ivory ceilings In both. Intro duce touches of deep blue in the living room and touches of deep blue, orange and light green in the dining-room. Mrs. C. E. When shades are used the rollers are et close to the glass. A wall tint that would go well with botM the rose carpet In one room and the blue carpet in the other would be a delicate mauve. My advice would be to tint the walls the first year and use figured draperies, papering them later if you feel so inclined. Mrs. C. O. R. Straw colored silk would be right for your lamp shade. Ijse figured cretonne for your window draperies. . Have the groundwork a light tan.- Let your table cover be square and trim the corners with heavy tassels to hang over the sides of the round table top. Kind a nice silk and wool remnant in the upholstery depart ment and line it with sateen. Store Service Makes It Pos sible to Shop in Paris. Money Saved hy Ordering Through Dealer In America for Delivery From Shop In Krancc ADMIRABLE indeed is the store service, suggested and arranged by the Try Goods Economist, a New York trade Journal, which makes it possible to send gifts direct to the trenches from Paris shops the selection and or dering being done right here at one's home shop. The stores over in Paris, through several years' experience, know exactly what soldiers at the front need and know how to get the mer chandise to the front in quickest possi ble time. Moreover, prices are lowr on many articles desirable for trench comfort than they are here. Paris is only a few miles from the front, whila goods sent from this country, even at the best rale of speed in delivery, may be weeks on the way. Many shops in America are instituting this excellent service, which should b even more general than it is. This is the way you "shop in Paris'" for your soldier: Stepping into one of the places where the service has been arranged, you look over the list of ar ticles which have been arranged for convenience in special groups at spe cial prices, and select the sort of pack age your $2. or $4. or $10 will pay for in Paris. The same things, sent from here, would cost considerably more. You hand your money to the America!! shop. Your order is cabled to Paris along with many other similar orders and the package your money pays for Is on its way to your soldier Imme diately. This service will be of in estimable value to those who wish to send Christmas packages to the front, yet who have delayed too long to tak advantage of the parcels post at thi end by November 15, the stipulated date for all Christmas presents for tho trenches to be mailed. A J2 package will contain butter, chocolate, canned meats and marma lade. A $.'! package, the same, with tooth paste, writing pad and two canned del icacies. A $4 package, same as S3 package, with tea. milk and soap. A $" package, same as $4, with wool en socks and muffler, towels, handker chief and playing cards. And so on,vup to the $12 package, which contains wool underwear and stockings, sweater, puttees, muffler and various soaps and toilet requisites. Feanat-Hutter SaanaKea. Take one-quarter cupful of soft, sifted bread crumbs, three-quarters cupful of creani of wheat, one cupful of peanut butter, one egg beaten light, one-half teaspoonful of salt, one-half teaspoonful Rage, one-half teaspoonful of thyme and one-quarter teaspoonful of pepper. Mix together well, add beaten egg, form Into sausages. Place on pan in which a teaspoonful of drippings or oleomargarine has been melted, bake about 20 minutes. Serve with bananas cut in halves lengthwise and sauted in hot butter. From The People's Home Journal.
