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House & Garden 
From Farm To Table 
( Continued, from page 04) 
made possible by the division of the 
land into the small holdings shown in 
the photographs, not only assures a large 
total yield but gives to the French 
farm the nicety of a garden. Well- 
planned and well-kept roads place each 
village within easy reach of the neigh¬ 
boring town and a great network of 
canals connects all important points. 
The tow-path on the river bank, shown 
in the illustration, is characteristic of all 
navigable rivers and wherever the stream 
is too shallow to float the broad-bot¬ 
tomed boats, its waters are used to sup¬ 
ply a canal constructed by its side. 
Thus motor and water transportation 
supplement the rail system and provide 
cheap and sure movement of food and 
other commodities. 
Warning to America 
It is in ways such as these that 
France and other countries of western 
Europe have worked out practical 
methods of maintaining and even in¬ 
creasing their production per acre and 
of getting their products to the urban 
dweller in the best condition and at 
the least cost. To the superficial ob¬ 
server the relation between the smooth, 
white roads, the green-bordered canals, 
the weedless fields, the prominent com¬ 
post-heaps and the well-ordered town 
life does not appear at the first glance; 
but those of our soldiers and educators 
who looked below the surface found 
that Europe has many suggestions for 
us, while, on the other hand, certain of 
our developments, especially machinery, 
can be discriminatingly introduced by 
the European cultivator. A realization 
of what such sympathetic comparison 
might do for each country, and of the 
importance of co-operation in the use 
of those natural resources which are 
essential to the well-being of all na¬ 
tions, has led to the formation of the 
“World Agriculture Society” as a “fel¬ 
lowship of individuals and organizations 
interested in the world-aspects of agri¬ 
culture and country life.” 
This “World Agriculture Society” re¬ 
sulted in part from the Conference on 
World-Co-operation in Agriculture and 
Country Life, called by Dr. Kenyon L. 
Butterfield, Director of Agricultural 
Education, at the A. E. F. University. 
Beaune, France, in June 1919, and dur¬ 
ing the brief period since its incep¬ 
tion the Society has secured the sup¬ 
port of thoughtful people in both hem¬ 
ispheres. It aims to meet the needs of 
the present time by an appeal not only 
to farmers and those engaged in the 
technical and educational phases of 
agriculture and those concerned with 
governmental functions, but also to 
every town dweller, calling upon all to 
think in terms of the country and its 
products and to realize that an en¬ 
lightened public opinion is essential to 
the solution of this national problem. 
The Attic As 
Guest Room 
(Continued from page 31) 
habitues, the shades carry a design of 
golf clubs on their borders. 
Beside each bed is an old hooked rug 
in bright colors, green predominating. 
In the center of the room, under the 
“community” dressing table is a black 
fibre rug cut round and bordered with 
a deep scalloped band of brilliant green 
billiard felt. 
The large round table was made with 
four partitions, so that each guest might 
have his toilet things to himself. From 
the middle of the table is a standard 
with a shelf for jewelry and a revolving 
mirror with glass on both sides. Two 
may “prink” at once. 
At the farther end of the room is a 
dressing case made of two chiffoniers 
with a full-length mirror between. This 
is for shirts and underwear. Under the 
lower eaves is a closet for each man, 
sufficiently high to hold clothes. The 
dressing lights are two demure ladies 
holding ivory taffeta parasols trimmed 
with green taffeta ruche. 
Each man has an old-fashioned chair 
painted old ivory and green, with seats 
of black sateen embroidered in a brilli¬ 
ant bouquet of old-fashioned flowers to 
match the hooked rugs. 
The chimney is faced up with book 
shelves and banded off in green. 
The alcoves are furnished simply. 
Two old English golfing prints give 
them interest. .An old-fashioned barrel 
chair is upholstered in black glazed 
chintz with brilliant flowers. A chaise 
longue is in green stripe material. 
Tarleton Curtains 
The view was too lovely to cut off; 
besides, air was needed. And yet the 
room required color at the windows. 
So they were curtained in brilliant green 
tarleton made up with ruffles edged 
with black ribbon. The color is that 
of fresh lettuce and it cooled the room. 
Also, no air was cut off. The ceiling 
lights were covered to match these cur¬ 
tains. 
Originally this attic was to be called 
“The Apostles’ Room” and on the four 
bed spreads was to be embroidered in 
quaint scriptural letters, Matthew, Mark. 
Luke and John. Then—well, it wasn't 
done. I hope someone will use the 
suggestion. 
The linen closets are painted ivory 
with a tiny green diamond for decora¬ 
tion and the door into the bathroom 
has a large diamond in each panel. 
This same green is used in the bath¬ 
room, although here mulberry predomi¬ 
nates. The curtains in front of the 
alcove shower bath are brilliant green 
rubber banded with white. On the floor 
is green and white linoleum. The walls 
are white. 
The Bathroom 
A stiff English glazed chintz with a 
small lattice design in mulberry and 
white is used for roller shade and val¬ 
ance, ceiling light shades, mirror frames 
and dressing table. These are edged 
with bright green rickrack braid. An 
old hooked bath rug carries out the two 
colors. 
The rooms are furnished so that four 
women would be just as comfortable 
as four men. 
I think that in furnishing an attic we 
should avoid the stereotyped fashions 
of decoration. Nothing is expected but 
comfort and, perhaps, amusement. Clear, 
brilliant colors can be used or soft an¬ 
tique tones, but they should not be 
mixed. 
A small room could be fixed up for 
boys’ or girls’ guests by using marine 
blue woodwork, white walls and yellow 
painted furniture. The curtains could 
be of yellow gingham with a plain or 
pointed band trimming of deep blue 
chambray. Put yellow rag rugs on the 
floor and use lamp shades of blue, yel¬ 
low and red French paper. The French- 
Canadians make beautiful home-spun . 
bed quilts of yellow and white that are 
durable and particularly appropriate for 
such an attic guest room. 
A delightful house that I know boasts 
an attic library and music room. The 
walls are stained, the furniture is heavy 
oak. Between the wall beams are two 
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