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6 ........... THE OREGOX htATESMAXt SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 1018. rl f lR ? L. j. a - , --"w ! - ' I ft Mil I 1 1 . U II Iv W II II III 1 ..y r t ' - C M r - ' y More and more is the fact being brought home to us that the home is the setting for the play of Life. Par ticularly, now, that women are so universally leading workaday life. Gone all day, to war charities and suffrage meetings, the sweet atmos phere of home is more poignantly dear to them than ever before they hare their men folks' viewpoint intensified by their own creative in stinct. Home making is the thing, and at this particular season there are two paramount thoughts one should hold in mind restfulnes and spaciousness. Cool vistas calm the tired business woman, and it takes but a good eye and clever ar rangement to effect a restful whole. Open windows and spring sunlight have a way of making winter up holstery look fairly wheezy and out cf humor. Putting one's domicile into tBe mood of summer sounds like a gigantic task, but in reality the linincr la A nw htrrt tho porch furniture re-enameled, a bed! a window any one of these Is apt to change the family's humor of a warm morning. Many of ns will forsake the pleas ures of summering this year to pur sue the course of our newlyacquired and vastly becoming state of "wo men of affairs." A. great many more of us will remain 1 our town houses because commutation Is expensive, and so manv of our friend r itav. ing in the city That leaves the' greata majority , or us, wno will stay at home because it absolutely necea sary! Let us then.tturn to flowered cretonnes and cheerful china, cool ing and comforting touches to help through the summer months. Periods Tiave ben done to death. Isn't it a Joy to dtess a Queen Anne piece and a Louis tjuinze piece np in tailor-made slip overs, and slip them into the same room? Summer cov erings cover a multitude of errors but they afford one an opportunity to achieve masterful 'effects with email expenditure of money. Some body has said ft stakes big Invest ments to bring big results. But it doesn't always have to be coin of the realm, often it is just brains. Attention to detail in lighting goes a long way toward helping in the home-making problem. Lamps shad ed in cool greens and pale yellow are preferable to the tassel ed and two-tone shades we use in more for mal season. Side lights should be used almost exclusively, and shield ed In colors harmonizing with the furnishings. What could be prettier at the end of the long hall with its glistening floors, than a lacquerod table holdinr a bowl Of flnwra an 1 a lamp, the parchment shade glow ing Bomy pinK in cherry blossoms? For the living rnom vhUh w..,. O - wy UftVU 1UUBI be lived In all summer, coyers for me inrnuure snould by all means be used, because It is a change, and also saves the upholstery from the merci less sun's rays and from dust. Cov ers of two-toned blue striped denim are fadeless and refreshing. A linen rug in the same shades of blue and light shades of canary yellow make complete and thoughtful change. A delightful set for the summer home is of black wicker, with remov able cushions, of black ttaen flow ered in gray colors. A day bed. two 8tlLcha,r$' a of. are npholster ed 'alike, and the matching table and tea cart have fitted covers of tLn!!it0,nn?, bJund ln SHoa and taselled in black. A black ; lacq uer- print attractivelyframed and a pot- iyVMe for Curtains of scrim. ' For the aununer dining room, we seatT.9whI!?hUti11 tbe l0T,jr f f if h a.dd wonderfully to a meal one indeed loath to leave In the morning, and bursting to re turn at eventide, whe none may eat wit. gJ?T e"ame,ed table sprinkled with apple, blossoms and set with ' shining silver and gay china. Does , your husband like to come horns? If he is showing an increasing tendency to Hooverize at the club, paint the kitchen table blue with coral stripes around the legs. Add a colored glass bowl filled with flowers or luscious summer fruit, order a good meal, and he will be all devotion again. Food isn't everything to the poor dears they, too, love a bright spot, white hyacinths, as 'twer. Roll the rugs up in tobacco, and try twelve-inch checkered linoleum. It sounds dread fully bourgeois, but it is very sani tary, easily kept andQsomething new. Bedrooms can but achieve a cool ing result by keeping to washable rugs, or light colored ones, curtains of swiss or voile, and white covers for dressing table and beds. A young girl's rotfm in old Ivory with ruga of blue lineta, might have bed spreads,' curtains and dresser covers of white flaxen, edged with embroidery inser tion and a slightly fulled ruffle of Valencines lace, bows of blue moire ribbon to hold back the curtains, tie about the bolster and simply enhance the dresser covers. The ivory wicker waste basket might easily' have a valance df; flaxen with a perky blue bow on the side. Twin beds have got the conserva tion spirit and are doing with one cover by huddling close together. The effect isn't exactly pretty, but It's be ing, done in the best families so A sag between, mattresses doesn't real- iv matter, t A bedside set consisting of a rnv ered lemonade Ditcher and ra in Japanese ware Is a valuable and at tractive acquisition. Equally pretty are the carafes enameled in soft shades of blue,, rose, yellow and lav endar, with enameled trays to har monize. For the afternoon tea nartv a neat of tables ln heliotrope lacquer would De loveiy inaeea. .,, Davtime Billows of blu nil V with washable covers of swiss with lace msets add to a lazy summer's after noon's comfort. A good looking pil low I saw the other day had a blue satin fountain, in tbe center of which was embroidered a monogram. ' The cover of ecru lace had a round win dow with overcast edges left la the wr.5Tunjw aaavery stncing li executed whs aDsaiute correctness. Looklnr hi td the rarden. vhn nn not' coax some kind of flowers to blossom? What a nleasnr tn p n bed of bins iris, a bird bath, a row m. .itv . mi . .. . - . ui udujuockb. ' luese are witntn tne reach of all of ns, and they, bring as great Joy as "a Chinese tea house or a marble fountain. Simple pleasures are fast becoming popular. The art lies In making our creations commit for all we mean ihem to inH ihm with a few things effect's delight ful wnoie in our scheme of decora tion a fitting background for the pusinesa or nappy home. Polk Connty Truck Drives With All Four Wheels DALLAS. Or., March 2 2-M Special to The Statesman). Polk county this . week received a new three-ton Dupplex auto truck that had been purcnasea oy tne county court sever al weeks ago together with several other pieces of new road machinery. The auto truck is of the four-wheel drive kind and is one of the most powerrui machines made. With its use the county will save a consider able amount in road building in the iuiure. ine new equipment was pur chased with money paid as taxes on the Oregon and. California railroad isnas in tnis county. JUdre NOW. lr. tell n -hnnt your marital relations. Were thev pleasant? ifinoacK Pleasant nnnrh mnr nonor. . nut they wanted to live on me an tne time. Life. Timely Hints On Floor Coverings The difficulties of importation, coupled with the parsimonious pro clivities of the ultimate consumer, have of necessity prevented rugs and the like from covering any great amount of space so far as changing fashions is concerned. Our legendary acquaintances could buy up the next Liberty Loan with proceeds from their magic carpet, were they here today to barter and exchange across the turbulent seas. Well, anyhow, the Chinese have it for the present, and nobody .wants' to depreciate the exquisite colorings and marvelous texture of their rugs-and carpets. Since tbe whole influence of Interior decoration is inclined toward the same Eastern domination, the pur chase of these lovely floor coverings is a delight. And they are unbeliev ably practised also, as they are very durable and the colors are pretty al ways, fading rather mellows the tone. Instead of detracting, froin the beau ty, as is so often the case in some Oriental makes. One particularly lovely rug just out of Its wrappings is just the shade of blue, bordered with eighteen inches of clear gray. The blue background is interspersed with round medallions of old rose, each holding a sacred lily ln delicate white and green colorings. This is but one of the. exquisitely delightful color effects to be found In the Chi nese rugs. I cannot refrain from the description of a new rug, as yet un priced, at a shop which always, some how, gets its Eastern shipments in. The daring striped background was in lavender and black, with the regu lar i symbols - scattered : Irregularly thereover. The result is striking, to say the least; and very beautiful.- But then there's no use being one ideaed about anything. And tbe Per sian and Turkish rues of old delight are almost beyond 'purchase lately, which is a comfort to those who ova them, j And indeed their substitute will never be found for looks or for the air-they give a room. i Coming down to a, practical re freshing; change for the sun porch or the living room of the euramJ cottage, vlve la linoleum, the loath ed. Oh, we mar lift our eyebrov?, but there is no evading the fact that the stuff "is taking on considerable airs. Cover your floor with a black and white checked pattern, throw t gay cushion or so on your enamels chairs and you too will be conrertel to the fact that -linoleum has raised itself in the social scale. Round matting rugs In flower-. designs are freshening adjuncts to the bedroom, and are worthy riralj of the well established ras ru?s. They come in natural color, boo'4, in heavy, braid in tones to ma' draperies. ' I : C r THE BIG DRIVE BEGAN SATURDAY WHEN OUR Ml n tie I 4 - 'Airi 7 ' - ssered S.ecces ? S T p r - -: : BEDS Iron, Brass and Wood Beds, priced from. .'. ... . ..........$3.95 to $75.00 $20,00 Solid Oak Beds ......... ......... $13.85 $12.50 Enamel Beds $9.95 $10.00 Enamel Beds $7.85 $7.50 Iron Beds... . ;$5.95 Library Tables Elegant Line Priced from .......... $12.00, to $40.00 Begr. $30.00 Tables $23.75 Keg. $25.00 Tables $19.75 Beg. $17.50 Tables $13.75 Reg. $12.00 Tables $8.75 Dining Tables ! - SoTiH Oak Round Top 6 and 8 ft. Extension Tables from. .. .$15.00 to $55.00 Beg. $35.00 Tables $27.75 Beg. $23.00 Tables $19.75 Beg. $20.00 Tables $14.85 Draperies i CRETONNES, MADRAS. MARQUISETTES AND : SCRnJS Beg. 35c Marquisette. . . .19c Beg. 50c Cretonnes 33c Beg. 25c Cretonnes 19c Baby Buggies BUGGIES AND GO-CARTS from... $3.75 to $45.00 $30.00 BEED CARRIAGE $19.75 Wall Paper - BY FAR THE LARGEST STOCK SHOWN Priced from. . .12i2c to $1.00 Double Boll ; 12 12cup. Linoleums Begular 95c grade ..... ,78c Begular $1.25 grade. ... .95c Begular $1.50 inlaid. . .$1.25 Begular $1.75 inlaid. . .$1.45 Kitchen Treasures ROCKERS Of Every Style and Price from $2.00 to $50.00 Beg. $25.00 Overstuffed. . . .$19.75 Beg. $18.50 Solid Oak. . .$14.75 Beg. $10.00 Leather Upholstered $7.95 From. . . . . . .$14.50 to $55.00 egular $33.00 Kitchen Beau- ;y Cabinet.. ...$26.80 BUGS $10.00 9x12 Bugs. .... .$7.95 $15.00 9x12 Bugs .$11.75 $20.00 9x12 Bugs. . . . .$13.50 $25.00 9x12 Bugs $18.00 $35.00 9x12 Bugs. ... .$24.75 CARPETS 60c Cottage Art. 75c Incratn. $1.50 Wool Ingrain .47c . .59c ..98c $1.25 Brussels........;,. 88c $2.25 Axminster. . .... .$1.75 Carpet Sweepers Begular $8.00 Hugro Vacuum on sale at. .$5.95 Begular $2.50 Imperial Sweeper sale $1.95 . - , - - Aluminum Ware .Begular, $1.50 Quart Alumi num oiew ran. . . .-. . ...$i-.uu Beanlar $2.50 Aluminum Perculator,;sale. ...... .$1.95 Opened with a rusK. Never has sacH interest bera manifested in a sale, neyc have such attractive prices been made, with' all conditions just right, with such a stock and such prices at such a time our sale is t