40 FARM HOMES, IN-DOORS AND OUT-DOORS. 



mental as well as necessary. They should not only be 

 pleasing to outside inspection, but have a pretty and 

 cheery look from within. By taking sheets of white 

 tissue paper of the size of the panes, cutting out some 

 flowery or geometrical design in the center, and pasting 

 smoothly upon the glass, you have something of the effect 

 of ground glass. Another way is to cut leaves and blos- 

 soms, birds and butterflies, from gay furniture calico or 

 cretonne, paste them on the glass the right side toward 

 the light in wreaths or groups, and cover them with 

 white net, tarleton, or thin book-muslin cut to exactly fit 

 the panes. 



Autumn leaves, vines, and ferns, could be used in place 

 of the cretonne figures if not exposed to strong sun-light 

 which would soon bleach them to anything but an 

 attractive "living green." 



Any window from which the outlook is not desirable, 

 but from which light is wanted, may be decorated in this 

 way and so become a pleasing object in itself. 



