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Some Suggestions. 



An autumn decoration for a banquet 

 ♦j'^ -might enclose the table under a pergola, 

 with a vine decoration of bitter-sweet 

 above and with clusters of grapes hang- 

 ing from the uprights. Extension lights 

 from the permanent lamps may be used, 

 with shades of some light color which 



from around a wide center. Let the 

 orange cluster, with several others of 

 the same kind, lie at the side of the 

 wreath towards the center, while some 

 branch sprays of snowberries are 

 grouped on the outside edge of the 

 bitter-sweet wreath. 



Walls and Canopy. ' i"" 



For a wall decoration use clusters of 

 oranges in the same way, hanging at 



Store oi the SpobtiDe FIbrbt Co., Spokane, Wuh., During an Opening. 



blends with the decoration. For the 

 table center, trail bitter-sweet in a 

 long, meandering line. To this at inter- 

 vals attach grapes as though growing 

 from it. If for a harvest home gather- 

 ing, surround tJie timbers with corn- 

 stalks as though the latter were the 

 real framework. 



A dinner-table donfe, in the brilliant 

 scarlet of the. scrub. ^ak foliage would 

 be ^ pleasiiig j^q^fation if worked out 

 in something like the following man- 

 ner: Over a white table cover lay as 

 fancy directs, but quite closely, the 

 smaller and most brilliantly colored oak> 

 leaves. Cover again with a veil of' 

 Nile green chiffon. Let the table be 

 set over this. The centerpiece mig^t 

 be marked by a waving band of broad 

 fiber ribbon of a color which blends 

 best with some choice apples in yellow- 

 green and light red. Cluster these here 

 and there on the yibbon with loops. 

 Intersperse these tjinsters with long 

 sprays of snowb^^ry and a few scarlet 

 oak leaves.-^. ' 



For a round dinner or luncheon ta- 

 ble, around a wide center space lay a 

 heavy wreath of dpgwopd berries with 

 their owii red and "-green foliage. In 

 the center on a doily of the scarlet 

 dogwood foliage set a candelabrum with 

 candles of the same red. From this as 

 a center trace narrow ribbons to the 

 wreath after the manner of spokes in 

 a wheel. 



Have bitter-sweet, snowberries and 

 oranges for a yellow and white table. 

 A cluster of oranges fastened together 

 loosely with stems of twisted cream 

 ribbon proceeds from a trailing vine of 

 bitter-?weet, which takes a wreath 



intervals in a frieze of yellow or bronze 

 autumn foliage. Another color scheme 

 -for the same design may be invented 

 of ampelopsis with its own berries or 

 of yellow maple with C^cord grapes, 

 while a third may be of Oregon grape 

 Und light grape clusters. "::,;?-: ; 



Wild rose foliage with its own fruit 

 and its color heightened by the addi- 



tion of hawthorn berries makes u 

 striking bit of decoration. If moreNjred 

 is needed, work in ampelopsis foliage. 

 Beautiful, rich hues may be found iu 

 strawberry foliage for centerpieces with 

 red apples. Qarden asparagus in quan^ 

 tity. with its red berries, is fine for 

 large rooms, when quantity is needeti 

 for a nominal price. 



For a bridal canopy effect, cover the 

 frame tree-like with snowberry 

 branches bordered with a draped fes- 

 toon of narrow ribbon, many stranded. 

 Set this in front of a solid wall of 

 ampelopsis or a tapestry of hawthorn 

 berries. For a table decoratioa to cor- 

 respond, use a snowberry and adiantum 

 centerpiece, either in the shape of a 

 solid adiantum plateau with a tracery 

 of the snowberry around the edge or a 

 hanging ball of the snowberry over a 

 mirror bordered with an adiantum 

 wreath. 



To close off a music corner or dining 

 room use a tapestry of hawthorn and 

 snowberry or a screen of arbor-vita; 

 decorarod with sprays of snowberry and 

 ampelopsis in lover 's-knot design. 



O. B. 



A SPOKANE OPENINQ. 



This is the season of the annual 

 autumn openings and it may be of in- 

 terest to know what a Spokane retailer 

 did in this line in the spring. C. T. 

 Kipp, proprietor of the Spokane Florist 

 Co., Spokane, Wash., finds it desirable 

 to have a flower store opening at the 

 time the department stores and milli- 

 ners are making these events popular. 

 He has his openings the same weeks 

 that are selected by the other mer- 

 chants. "In that way we have the 

 benefit of their attendance," he says. 

 "A great deal of interest is manifested 

 iu our store and it is visited by hun- 

 dreds during the three days we usually 

 run our show. The size of our store, 

 which is 27xd0 feet, gives us opportu- 

 nity to make a good display. ' ' 



The accompanying illustrations show 

 Mr. Kipp's store as it appeared during 

 his spring opening, just before Easter. 

 In the lower picture the mirror decora- 

 tion at the left was made with Thomas 



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Store of the Spokaoc Flotitt Co^ Spokane, Wash., During an Openinc^. 



