A plate of the unbreakable Swedish ware so 
serviceable for the rougher usage of the 
summer cottage 
only to make the same comment on the very 
next occasion the self-same drawer has to 
be opened. A little of the common yellow 
soap rubbed along the grooves on which 
the drawer slides and on the edges of the 
drawer itself would eliminate the trouble. 
China for Summer Cottages 
/^\ F all the china especially designed for 
the tables of summer cottages and 
bungalows none is prettier or more service¬ 
able than the Swedish ware, which is said 
to be as nearly unbreakable as it is possible 
for china to be. It is noticeably light in 
weight, but quite tough, owing to the large 
amount of bone used in making it, and the 
decorations are in pale yellows and pinks 
and greens, just the colors for summer use. 
As it is an open-stock china, sold by the 
piece and not by the set, any quantity may 
be had, and pieces that are broken can 
readily be replaced. 
Another style that is dainty and prom¬ 
ises to be popular is patterned after the 
familiar Dresden china, and, while inex¬ 
pensive, does not look cheap, as so many 
imitations do. It shows tiny flowers in 
the most delicate of colorings placed singly 
on a plain white ground, with sometimes a 
thin line of gold around the edge of the 
plate. Most of the new china shown this 
season is in fact distinctly simple in dec¬ 
oration and dainty in color, as opposed to 
the large figures in rather gaudy reds and 
blues that decorated the cottage ware of 
a few seasons ago. 
The plain white china ornamented with 
a gold rim, which is much used and always 
suitable, may be had in various qualities 
and at prices to correspond. There are 
of course some people who prefer to keep 
to a standard pattern in white and gold or 
blue and white for summer use, but some¬ 
how a design of flowers with just a bit 
of color seems rather more attractive for 
the season of recreation and outdoor 
pleasures. 
By way of novelty for the blue and 
white enthusiasts the well-known pat¬ 
The upper picture shows a beautiful Adam 
design in green; below is a tasteful nas¬ 
turtium motif in yellow, brown and green 
terns that have been used for generations 
are reproduced with additional decorations 
of gold. One of the more expensive sets 
shows the familiar willow pattern ; lovers, 
doves, irate father, bridge and all, in a 
rather deep blue intermingled with an 
elaborate design done in gold, producing 
an effect that is decidedly rich. The idea 
is not confined to the more expensive 
china, however, for many -of the cheaper 
sets in blue and white are ornamented with 
just a touch of gold to bring out the blue. 
A moderate-priced ware that seems par¬ 
ticularly suited to summer use on account 
of its durability as well as the fitness of 
its decorations is the yellowish china with 
a design in a flat stenciled effect. Hereto¬ 
fore the pattern has been one of poppies 
in plain green or a combination of green 
and red, but a nasturtium design, new this 
season, is even more satisfactory than the 
poppies. The nasturtiums, yellow with 
brown centers, are wonderfully natural¬ 
looking, and with the green leaves on a 
cream ground they make one of the most 
desirable patterns, either for the small 
bungalow or the country house. 
One of the newest patterns has a par¬ 
ticularly cool and summer-like appearance, 
owing to the several shades of green that 
are cleverly work into the decoration. The 
irregularly-shaped edges are outlined in 
A most attractive plate with a Dresden pat¬ 
tern, inexpensive yet dainty and delicately 
colored 
dark green, while a design composed of 
medallions and festoons of the tiniest 
leaves in lighter greens ornaments, the rims 
of the plates and the sides of the other 
pieces. 
Practically all of this china for summer 
use is to be had in any desired quantity as 
well as by the set, and much of it is in¬ 
expensive. A set of one hundred pieces 
of an exceedingly attractive design may 
be had for $25 or $24.75 to be exact, and 
from that figure the prices go up to $100 
and over. 
The Finest Furniture Polish 
A CCORDING to the best cabinet- 
maker in our city, the best possible 
furniture or piano polish is composed of 
equal parts of sewing-machine oil and 
vinegar. It will remove white marks 
caused by heat and dampness, and both 
cleans and polishes the wood. 
A friend of mine keeps her piano like 
new by wiping it with a chamois skin 
wrung out of cold water, doing but little 
at a time, and drying immediately with a 
soft cloth. This is good, but the oil and 
vinegar does more than cleanse. 
Protection for Wall Paper 
T HAD often wanted to rearrange the 
A pictures in the various rooms of my 
house, but owing to the unfaded and espe¬ 
cially bright condition of the paper under¬ 
neath them I was obliged to let them re¬ 
main in their usual positions. 
This spring I have had my rooms done 
with fresh paper, and while the paper- 
hangers were at the house they told me that 
if I would put a push-pin in the wall at 
each corner of the lower edge where the 
picture rested on the paper. I would over¬ 
come this unsightly condition of the paper 
underneath. The glass-headed push-pins 
cause the picture to remain out a little way 
from the wall, allowing the air to circulate 
all around it. thus keeping the condition of 
the paper even. 
June, 1911 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
