FOR THE HOME BEAUTIFUL 33 



"WITHIN THE CUP" 



As my readers undoubtedly know, this chapter 

 is headed with the title of a recent-day popular 

 novel, which book is based on a quotation from the 

 Book of Matthew; the theme being that the job is 

 incomplete when the outside of the cup is made 

 beautiful while the inside still remains unsightly. 



This too, I think, is an apt illustration of the 

 Home as well as of the individual. 



While we are planning to make beautiful the 

 outside surroundings of the Home, why not give a 

 little thought also to the beautifying of the in- 

 terior? 



Every home should have at least a blooming 

 plant or two, and a few green ferns or a palm, 

 and especially do we need the companionship of 

 the plants and flowers in the house during the dull 

 drear days of winter. They do so help to drive 

 away the "blues," and to shed a few rays of sun- 

 shine into our lives. 



It is also without gainsaying that plants and 

 flowers in the rooms add a refining touch that 

 nothing else will supply; they bring us pleasure 

 also, and good cheer, and they are welcome friends 

 indeed, in sickness and in health. 



The millionaire merchant-prince, the late John 



