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Home and Flowers for 1 903 



OUTLINE, OF PLANS FOR THE NE,W YEAR 



The program of enlargement and expansion set forth in recent issues of HOME 

 AND Flowers will be conscientiously carried out during 1903. New features 

 are being provided for constantly, and every effort will be made to give our readers 



The Best Home Magazine in America. 



SPE^CIAL FILATURES IN FEBRUARY 



" WINNING HER WAY,'' by Eben E. Rexford 



A serial story of home and child life in the country begins in this number. Written in Mr. 

 Rexford's best vein, full of tenderness and appeal to the love of home and childhood which lies 

 so deep down in all of us, this story will run through four or five numbers of the magazine. 



"GARDEN CITIES OF ENGLAND," by Ralph Neville 



An interesting story of an old world's attempt to get back to nature. 



" THE TOWN'S OPPORTINITY," by Charles Mulford Robinson 



In this last number of his series, Mr. Robinson pictures the moral benefits to the 

 residents of a town, received from their patriotic efforts at "improvement." All these 

 articles will be well illustrated. 



"WASHINGTON AND THE LIFE BEAUTIFUL," by Danske Dandridge 



A sympathetic character-picture of the Father of his Country, by one of the family con- 

 nections, showing how, by his private life and public utterances, our first President, even in 

 his busy, care-worn station, was an example for those who would live the life beautiful. 



"MOUNT MELLICK EMBROIDERY," by Jennie Bissicks 



An account of a survival of some of the charming handicraft of a gentlewoman of the 

 Middle Ages. One of the most interesting and gratifying "side" developments of the modern 

 arts and crafts movement is the revival of some of the beautiful old handiwork done by 

 women centuries ago. Mount Mellick is a beautiful embroidery, embossed on white goods. 



" THE TRIBUTE OF ROSES," by Jessie M. Good 



A true love story of the thirteenth century in France. This is one of the series of 

 dramatic incidents in history in which flowers and trees have been central facts. What the 

 rose is, and what it stands for, is prettily outlined in the introduction. The article will be 

 illustrated. 



" DECORATIONS IN THE HOME," by A. Blair Ridington 



A graphic characterization of the silent, yet powerful influence exerted by home furnish- 

 ings. This is the first of a series of four articles which will be well illustrated. 



OUR REGULAR DEPARTMENTS 



In addition to the above articles there will be the regular departments : " Among the 

 Flowers with Eben E. Rexford," " The Well-Ordered Household," conducted by Miss 

 Martha Van Rensselaer," "Sunshine Every Day in the Year," "The Mystic Garden," 

 " Book Notes," " Survey of Current Betterment," and numerous short sketches, poems, etc. 



