Every woman should desire her house to be as comfortable and as beautiful as her taste and means will permit. This department will be welcomed joyfully by every housewife. It shows how to make common things serve a double purpose of decoration as well as usefulness, with very little expenditure either of time or money. There are here also instructions for decorating the house suitably for various occasions, directions for doing fancy work of various kinds in leisure hours, and taking care of pet animals, plants, etc., in the house. This department lifts the whole work out of the ordinary class of household reference books, and appeals in a healthful way to the beauty-loving instincts of every woman.

Table Decorations For State Or Formal Occasions.

When dinners are given in honor of a distinguished guest, or by a select society or organization, elaborate decorations for table and room are prepared. Engraved or neatly printed menus are at each plate. From the ceiling hangs the monogram of the guest or the organization giving the dinner.

Special Decorations

The table is prepared for a special occasion and profusely decorated with flags, potted plants and vines This answers for all patriotic occasions. At the right is a beautiful window box and hanging basket

Table Decorations

A happy suggestion for the arrangement and decoration of a dinner table for a special occasion such as a wedding dinner. The contrast of light drapperies on the walls and the green of the plants is very effective

Patriotic Decorations

Decorations used to instil patriotism are the most commendable of the many public occasions

Children's Days, Commencements and national holidays are the most popular Flags and bunting, banks of daisies, a "Ship of State" and floral columns are seen in this illustration.

Decorations For A Wedding

This is an interesting view of elaborate designs, in arches and festoons. The green and white in the arches and in the pulpit decorations are easily procured and arranged.

Home Decorations

A comfortable cozy corner which may be made in any house at small expense by a rear arrangement of the furniture or by a boy or man familiar with tools The sofa is of rough wooden construction covered with a mattress and a rug or shawl

Home Decorations

The Ingle Nook and Mantel A suggestion for beautifying a room where there is a fire place and mantel and space at each side for artistic seats and cushions The whole effect is that of warmth and comfort A few choice ornaments are on the mantel, handy volumes on the shelves and pictures on the wall