; October, 1913 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
that may be placed back against the wall 
and is useful for holding books or maga¬ 
zines. 
There is a drawer for cards in the 
standard which, incidentally, is so compact 
and well shaped that it leaves sufficient 
room for persons to sit comfortably at the 
table. While the table is quite suitable 
for use in the average library or living- 
room, it seems particularly adapted to the 
summer cottage, as it is easily moved about 
and may be put to a variety of different 
uses. 
This folding card table is well adapted to 
use as a side table 
The Indoor Bulb Table 
A GOOD table for growing bulbs is il¬ 
lustrated on this page. It contains 
three shelves, the lowest—a few inches 
from the floor — being intended for bulbs 
just brought from the cellar. On this 
they remain until the foliage turns from 
white to green, when they are moved into 
the stronger light of the second shelf, and 
after the full color has been reached they 
The three shelves of the bulb table admit 
varying degrees of light to the plants 
that was to have the blue rag rugs, the 
gray chest under the window, the old ma¬ 
hogany bureau with its rich, soft finish, 
the chairs and tables that were waiting 
for cushions and coverings, and the white 
bed all bright and new, made a wonderful 
change in the room’s appearance. White- 
dotted muslin curtains next to the win¬ 
dow were tied back at the middle sash 
with two-inch double bands; outside of 
these were blue chambray curtains with 
two-inch folds of daisy cretonne for trim¬ 
ming, and the coverings on the bed, bu¬ 
reau and tables, the pads for the chairs, 
and the cushion covers were all made in 
the same way. On the table she placed 
several books and magazines and an old 
blue ginger jar to hold a few flowers. 
The dotted muslin cost twelve and a 
half cents a yard, the chambray fifteen 
cents a yard, and the daisy cretonne that 
was used for the two-inch folds she 
bought at twenty-five cents. The final re¬ 
sult was a dainty, restful room that ful¬ 
filled every desire. 
The Folding Card Table 
O NE of the smaller novelties in house 
furnishings is a folding card table 
that may be used as a side table as well. 
It is just the right height, and has all of 
the other good characteristics of the re¬ 
gulation card table that folds up and dis¬ 
appears, including the green cloth top that 
makes it so easy to play on. 
The table is of dark oak in a dull finish, 
and the top is in two sections, hinged, 
just as in the old-fashioned mahogany tip¬ 
top tables. When the table is to be used 
for playing cards the top is opened and 
then pulled forward into place so that the 
center of the top comes directly over the 
standard where it is held by grooves. 
This makes a firm square table of ample 
size. For other uses the top is turned 
down, forming a little rectangular table 
An old preserve closet converted into an ex¬ 
cellent place for the china 
are ready for the top shelf and the sun¬ 
shine. 
A table of this sort takes no more room 
than any other kind, yet the three shelves 
provide space for bulbs in all stages of de¬ 
velopment, and relays may be brought 
from the cellar every few days to take the 
place of those that have gone higher. 
China and China Closets 
M ANY housekeepers are annoyed by 
their maid’s using their best china 
for kitchen purposes, and in an old-fash¬ 
ioned New England country house this 
problem was solved in a very simple way. 
In the cellar was an old preserve closet 
which was very much in the way. This 
was brought upstairs into the kitchen, the 
doors were taken off, and it was washed 
and scrubbed and painted the color of the 
walls. Brass hooks, bought six for five 
cents, were screwed into the shelves to 
hold the cups. The whole closet cost the 
mistress not more than fifty cents. 
For the top shelf she then bought 
pitchers, ranging from the pretty water 
pitcher, which could be purchased for ten 
cents, to the earthen pitchers to be used 
for hot water or milk. The best china, 
which she could use when any of her 
friends came in for an afternoon, was 
tastefully arranged on the upper shelf. 
The more common china, for everyday 
use, was on the lower shelf, while bowls, 
plates and tumblers of plain white china, 
were also attractively placed. No cur¬ 
tain in front of this closet was allowed, so 
that there would be no accumulation of 
dust and no temptation to tuck things out 
of sight. 
Nothing on the shelves cost over ten 
cents, yet they were so dainty and pretty 
that the maid was very proud of them and 
took great care to keep them clean and 
neat. 
It seems an excellent idea that could be 
reproduced in the kitchen in any person’s 
house. If the mistress likes to drink tea 
from dainty cups, so does the servant, and 
why not have for them every-day and 
company china, for it surely saves expense 
and trouble in the end. 
