September, 1909 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 349 
at meal-time, placed against the wall. Both were joined 
together when guests were added to the regular family. 
A tea-cart is a welcome addition to the large living- 
room, either for serving dessert and coffee without a maid, 
or for holding relays of provisions. Walls that are made 
of wood afford unlimited opportunities for auxiliaries to 
the tables in the way of shelves, either stationary or made 
with hinges to fold down when not in use. Corner shelves 
are adapted for jars or bowls of flour; narrow shelves 
over doors and windows may hold copper or brass trays. 
If the dining- and living-room are combined, a decorative 
feature may be made with attractive china placed in open 
shelves. In two of the illustrations the shelves are fitted 
in the “jog” at one side of the fireplace, with covered 
spaces for holding food-supplies. 
Glass, silver and linen for the table are also closely re- 
lated to the successful making of the summer vacation 
home. A plain plated ware that may be easily cleaned 
lessens the care to keep it in proper condition, and avoids 
anxiety as to its safety. [he most experienced house- Sa be 
keepers make such a choice as this, and then leave the Simple curtaining 1s to be preferred 
silver packed away in the cottage when it is not in use. 
The heavy glassware, now so much seen in so-called 
Colonial shapes, with preserve dishes of the same, are a 
good selection for the bungalow. A complete set of either 
china or glass is not essential, but it is wise to begin with 
a pattern that is kept in open stock in a store from which 
additions may be made from time to time. 
If the table top is capable of being used without a cloth, 
some plate doilies, with a center-piece, may be used on a 
round space, or, on a square or oblong table, strips or 
runners of linen. Colored linen is now used for these 
strips, yellow, gray, blue or green, with hemstitched edges, 
or finished with a stenciled pattern or buttonholing. 
The open fireplace expresses so much interior comfort, 
especially on the days when disagreeable weather makes a 
retreat to shelter, that its construction and fittings should, 
individually and collectively, receive intelligent attention. 
A well-laid fireplace with, perhaps, some quaint tiles set 
into the brickwork, an opening of good proportions, and a 
flue of perfect drawing qualities—how much these mean 
to every inmate of a cottage or bungalow. Out-door pleas- 
ures on land or water are forsaken when fog or storm set 
in, and the best exchange is a hospitable hearth to draw 
about. 
Bedroom furnishings in the camp or bungalow are on 
so simple a scale that there seems hardly any excuse for 
their not being perfect of the kind. A floor that is fin- 
ished for the laying of rugs may first have the pieces of 
furniture arranged and then the vacant spaces beside the 
bed and at the foot laid with rugs. The cheapest bed- 
room rug is the cotton variety as spoken of before. Small 
Brussels are now made in good patterns. The Scotch rug 
and others of plain wool afford other choices. Strips of 
carpet in the ordinary twenty-seven-inch width, the three- 
foot, or one still wider, make serviceable rugs when the 
ends are bound with braid. ‘These strips are also helpful 
when it seems imposible to get the right length in bath- 
room rugs. 
White iron beds in the newer pattern have a rounded 
head and foot in place of the straight bars and brass knobs. 
Wooden beds with slender posts and low head- and foot- 
board are becoming popular, and these are now made up 
in the moderate-priced woods. The spring, mattress and 
pillows must, of course, receive first attention, and no 
decorative adornment should be made at the loss of the 
best quality in these foundations for comfort. A colored 
spread to lay over the bed-clothes may be of cretonne, 
crépe or linen, plain or figured, and long enough at the 
sides to do away with a valance. 
A generous provision of tables is desirable 
The open fireplace expresses interior comfort 
