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H 0 u s'e Garden 
ofOjiatity Jfnen 
A pleasing and appropriate gift is a cherished 
reminder of a friend who cares—and of a friend' 
ship that should grow firmer with each passing 
year. 
The very first requisite of one’s toilette 
is a fresh handkerchief of soft linen. Have 
you considered a gift package of half a 
dozen fine linen handkerchiefs for 
Christinas? 
Women^s Pure Linen Handkerchiefs witli 
Hand Kmbroidered corners. A Special 
Christmas value. 
50 c each 
Men^s Handkerchiefs of Fine 
Quality Linen, with initial 
corners. 
$1.00 each 
The Gift of Household Linen 
This 13 piece set of 
pure Linen priced 
at $9.00 — remark¬ 
ably reasonable for 
such splendid 
quality. 
B e 1 o w — Guest 
Towels embellished 
by very fine Spanish 
cutwork, oft'ered 
in four beautiful de¬ 
signs. Size 15 X 24 
inches, $3.50 each. 
Luncheon Napkins 
of fine Italian Linen 
in several very at¬ 
tractive designs, 14 
s 14 inches. Spe¬ 
cially priced, $13.00 
a dozen. 
Your mail orders will be given 
prompt and careful attention. 
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NEAR FIFTH AVENUE 
THE DECORATION OF HALLS 
{Conlinued from page 106 ) 
and a charming effect achieved in a tiny 
hall somewhat less than five feet wide. 
Here color was of tremendous value. 
The walls were marbleized a cool gray 
green and the arched spaces between 
painted sky blue. The base board and 
door were also marbleized in black and 
green, and another color was introduced 
in the covering of the little Directoire 
settee—a brilliant cherry red striped 
silk. 
Perhaps one of the most essential 
qualities halls and vestibules should 
possess in their decoration is that of a 
slight impersonality. Here is a part of 
the house through which every one who 
enters by the front door, and for what¬ 
ever purpose, must pass. There is no 
reason in the world, then, why it should 
give itself up to its occupants as a living 
room would. Its treatment should con¬ 
tain a little reserve, but not a hint of 
unfriendliness. 
There is no limit to the infinite variety 
of delightful effects possible in a hall. 
Whether the interior be spacious and 
formal or merely a narrow passageway 
there should be the shock of something 
unusual and brilliant, a color scheme that 
invites and intrigues by its very daring— 
an effect permissible in an interior that 
one merely passes through, and, passing, 
receives a momentary impression which 
strikes the keynote of the interior beyond. 
WITHIN THE CRYSTAL GARDEN 
{Conlimied from page 58 ) 
For the simultaneous accommodation 
of both hot and cool weather vegetables 
and flowers a two-compartment house is, 
of course, the best, for it provides two 
separate and distinct ranges of temper¬ 
ature that can be regulated at will. On the 
other hand, a properly built and managed 
one-compartment structure will produce 
astonishing results, both in variety and 
quality. 
Properly managed, you will note. The 
knowledge that you need is merely that 
general understanding of horticultural 
matters which spells success out-of-doors. 
Are you familiar with the symptoms 
which indicate the necessity for watering? 
You realize the dependence of plants 
upon fresh air, good soil and cultivation, 
plenty of sunlight and a suitable tem¬ 
perature? You know from experience 
that overcrowding means poor blossoms 
or fruit and spindling, unhealthy growth? 
All right—then you may enter upon a 
small greenhouse career with the assur¬ 
ance that the management problem will 
not trouble you. 
As a matter of actual fact, the years 
have done much to stabilize the whole 
matter of growing plants under glass. 
Improvements in design, in construction, 
in heating and ventilating systems have 
put the greenhouse on an extremely 
practical and assured basis. As they 
stand today, the smaller houses produced 
by the leading makers are so efficient 
that no man or woman need have any 
misgivings about being able to handle 
them successfully. 
It is perhaps superfluous to say that 
the primary desirability of a greenhouse 
is during those months when outdoor 
gardening is at a low ebb or an actual 
standstill—say, from November until 
. 4 pril. However, there is no time during 
the year when it need be non-productive, 
e.xcept June, when everything is cleaned 
out of it to admit of a general over¬ 
hauling, repainting and sanitating. After 
the regular winter-blooming plants are 
through, the benches become ideal 
[ilaces for seed flats, for the rooting of 
cuttings, and a dozen other like activities. 
When summer comes, and it is time to 
put in the annual flower and vegetable 
seeds that will fill the house with their 
bounty next winter, what better place 
could be asked than the protected green¬ 
house, with its ample ventilation and slat 
screens that can be drawn at will to 
admit or exclude the sun’s rays? Most 
emphatically the crystal garden is an 
elcven-months-out-of-twelve investment; 
and that twelfth month is much less a loss 
than it is a period of interesting re¬ 
juvenation. 
So, when all is said and done, the small 
greenhouse is not a thing to be looked 
upon with awe or any misgivings as to the 
results it will give when operated with 
average garden knowledge. The difficul¬ 
ties sometimes present in the older types 
of house are gone. Metal frames have 
displaced the former ones of wood, with 
all their disadvantages of appearance and 
innumerable lurking places for bugs and 
germs. Standardized construction has 
improved the architectural features and 
provided tight joints so that a minimum 
of heat goes a maximum of distance. The 
former clumsy ventilation mechanism has 
given place to devices so well designed 
that literally a child can operate them. 
The whole matter has been reduced to a 
point of simpleness and certainty that 
leaves little to be desired. 
Architecturally, these houses of today 
are anything but eyesores. As compared 
with the ugly designs of the 70’s and 8o’s, 
their lines and proportions are excellent, 
their construction is of a character that 
indubitably spells worth. They are pro¬ 
duced in sufficient variety of size and 
form to make possible the selection of one 
that will fit harmoniously into any 
architectural or landscape scheme. 
And now for a few bits of tangible 
advice to help you further than the 
limits of these pages will permit: 
In the first place, get and read some or 
all of the following books: Gardening 
Under Glass, by F. F. Rockwell; Practical 
Floriculture, by Peter Henderson; Fruits 
and Vegetables Under Glass, by William 
Turner. 
Next, in the light of what your reading 
will disclose, be sure that you have a 
suitable location for a greenhouse. 
(There must be abundant sunlight, good 
natural drainage, etc.) 
Study the catalogs of several of the 
leading manufacturers, weigh the class of 
business they are doing and the suitabil¬ 
ity of their designs to your particular 
situation. Consider no house or heating 
system in which quality has been sacri¬ 
ficed to price, for the greenhouse is a 
long-time investment and cannot afford 
to be “cheap”. 
Write freely to the firm whose product 
seems the best for you. Ask them any 
questions you feel like—type of house, 
location, cost of operation, what it will 
grow, etc., etc. They are amply qualified 
to give authentic, helpful advice and 
sincerely assist you in settling doubtful 
points. 
And finally, tear the lining out of your 
pocketbook, auction off your best bonnet, 
or hold up a bank messenger, if need be, 
to acquire the wherewithal that will give 
you a little crystal garden all your own, 
where you can laugh at winter and plant 
and prune and pluck to your heart’s 
cortent. 
