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House & Garden 
Visions of tea and cakes on a 
zephyr-swept lawn. And the 
maid brings out tea on a tray 
with a Circassian walnut border 
and under the glass, a design on 
natural linen of peacocks and 
flower vases. The tray also coihes 
with mahogany frame. $8 
Since grape juice is 
the great American 
drink we recommend 
a special set to serve 
it from. The cups 
and pitcher are Amer¬ 
ican Bellek in a cream 
tint with a blue en¬ 
amel peasant design. 
Chinese tray painted 
cream with blue edge. 
Spanish linen tray 
cloth crocheted in 
Breakfast out of doors on a table 
all your own. And on the table 
an individual tray set embroi¬ 
dered in cross stitch design of 
blue, yellow, pinks, green and 
purples. A roll hem is whipped 
in tan threads. Tray cloth 20" x 
13%", $6 
SEEN 
IN THE 
SHOPS 
A new kind of flower box is made of long 
tiles, 11" X 5%", highly glazed and in vari¬ 
ous motifs. This has brown and blue de¬ 
signs on a white background. 12" x 7" 
wide by 5%" high. $2.50. Inner com¬ 
partment is galvanized metal 
The tea cosies in the center above are of 
heavy crash. One has an Egyptian design 
of cut-out gingham with edges stitched in 
blue and costs $5. The other has white 
oil-cloth flowers sewed on with green and 
orange wool with edges and handle in 
orange thread. $5 
When the average house builder enters a shop she has so 
many things to see that she often misses the choicest 
opportunities. The articles on these pages are selected by 
shoppers trained to see the sort of things you need. Each 
jf them finds a use in the house or the garden. For the 
names of the shops or for purchasing you can avail your¬ 
self of the Shopping Service, House & Garden, 445 Fourth 
Avenue, New York City. 
As a finishing nautical touch comes a 
sloop weathervane for the boat house. It 
measures 3' 2" long x 2' 7" high. The boat 
and sea and figures are painted in real¬ 
istic colors and the sails will fill with 
any ivind. Complete, $50 
For the guest room desk, a letter post box 
18" wide and 8" high of antique chrome 
with Italian designs. A small draw holds 
stamps. $45. The lamp has a dull gold 
standard 18" high, $8.50. Shade, painted 
after an old French design in ivory and 
rose pink, $9.50 
