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27 Cedar Street, New York 
S27 5th Ave. Cor. 44th St. 
Residence of Clavton S. Cooper (Authorl 
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Rentals, $300 to $6,000 a year. Furnished 
homes also for rent. 
Town and country properties, furnished or 
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Princeton, N. J. 
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Paints &~ Varnishes 
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Arranging Your Flowers 
W HATEVER receptacles are chosen 
to hold flowers, they should be tall 
enough to accommodate the stems com¬ 
fortably, and a general rule may be ob¬ 
served that low-growing blossoms are best 
used in low bowls, and those growing 
high, as on trellises, are best placed in tall 
jars. To prevent the unpleasant tight and 
crowded effect so often seen when flowers 
are carelessly thrust into any jar at hand, 
each flower should be placed with its fel¬ 
lows separately and allowed to take its 
natural curve. Flowers are like children— 
they need room to breathe and expand, 
and each blossom should stand out as 
much as possible by itself, since no two 
of them are alike, and each has its indi¬ 
vidual beauty. The leaves of the plant 
should also be permitted to twine and 
droop as they will; for any forcing of the 
stems or leaves is unnatural, and there¬ 
fore ugly in contrast with their own natu¬ 
ral lines. 
Sugar bowls are excellent holders for 
flowers, especially the silver ones with 
handles on either side; for silver will 
stand almost any combination of color, 
even though the more delicate shades of 
greys, blues, light pinks and lavender 
make the most effective contrast. White 
roses in a silver holder are remarkable for 
their beauty. Glass bowls and vases are 
admirable for the delicate-stemmed buds 
and blossoms, as the leaves and stems, 
showing through the glass like a mirrored 
reflection, are particularly natural and 
pleasing. Coarse, thick-stemmed flowers, 
however, should never be placed in glass 
receptacles, as the stems are too rank 
and the effect distasteful; nor should 
flowers that discolor the water be used in 
glass vases, since muddy, brown liquid is 
displeasing, no matter what the beauty of 
the flower above. Pewter and brass jars 
can take a heavier flower, and produce 
their best effect in the simpler shapes of 
jars and vases. Old-fashioned spoon- 
iiolders, either silver or glass, are good 
holders, since they are the right shape and 
height, and will carry any colored, long- 
stemmed flower well. 
Flowers are intimate things, each hav¬ 
ing its own character and type. Those 
used for hall decorations should be in 
keeping with the character and furnish¬ 
ings of the particular hall in which they 
are used. Many persons prefer to have 
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