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House & Garden 
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Dressing the Four-Poster Bed 
(Continued from page 35) 
silk taffeta may very well be used. 
To meet modern demands the manu¬ 
facturers are exhibiting twin beds of 
the four-poster variety. Here the cur¬ 
tains of cretonne are supplemented by 
under ones of linen edged with a knotted 
fringe which also trims the bed spread. 
The modern bed roll is introduced here 
to good advantage. The hangings of the 
bed are duplicated in the window cur¬ 
tains. 
Very effective is the four-poster 
dressed in a richly flowered cretonne; 
hangings, cover, flounce and valance all 
of the flowered material. Possibly this 
may be a bit too monotonous; if so, 
applique the motif of the cretonne on to 
unbleached muslin. Make curtains and 
flounce of the cretonne. 
Many choose to disregard the posts as 
a means of support for the curtains and 
allow them to aspire to the ceiling in 
austere dignity. It must be admitted 
that this makes for anything but cosi¬ 
ness. 
As a novelty use linen decorated as 
only the Russian needlewomen can, with 
drawn work and added embroidery. 
This could be used for flouncing and 
curtains as well as for coverlet. A 
lighter effect can be obtained by dupli¬ 
cating the criss-cross patterned net used 
in Colonial days. 
Of course, the present day four-poster 
is not built to the height of former times 
when feather beds were piled four and 
five deep. Instead is substituted the 
boxed springs of modern manufacture 
upon which is placed a mattress of any 
number of degrees of softness, hair, of 
course, being preferred as the most satis¬ 
factory filling material. 
Poplars and Aspens—The Trees of Gayety 
(Continued from page 41) 
tremuloides, “the light quivering aspen” 
of the poet. Usually it does not attain 
the height of the Lombardy, nor is it 
of such rapid growth. In form, too, it 
is different, being much more spreading 
and lacking the architectural quality al¬ 
ready described. 
The chief reason for the use of aspens 
is, to my mind, the incessant activity of 
their leaves. The hottest summer noon¬ 
tide depresses them not a whit, and their 
shimmering gray-green foliage seems al¬ 
most to cool the air. Those there are 
who say that this constant leaf motion 
is annoying, but—well, perhaps it is 
just a question of mood or temperament. 
All can agree, however, that the whitish 
gray bark of the younger trees is thor¬ 
oughly desirable as a touch of pleasant 
color. 
Aspens are especially adapted to in¬ 
formal plantings, either in distant groves 
on the large place, or among other trees 
on the smaller one. Do not emphasize 
them to the point where they become 
a dominant note, for that effect should 
be reserved for trees of greater perma¬ 
nence. 
Within comparatively recent years the 
Carolina poplar or Southern cottonwood 
(P. Eugenei) has come into consider¬ 
able prominence as a tree for the home 
grounds. It is one of the quickest 
growing of the whole family, and as 
such is well adapted to temporary screen¬ 
ing effects. Unfortunately, it is mis¬ 
used so often that it has become rather 
distressingly common. Planted with dis¬ 
cretion, however, it fills a niche pecu¬ 
liarly its own. 
The Hidden Things of Interior Decoration 
(Continued from page 28) 
Salem, and Marblehead were also send¬ 
ing to the Orient sailing-ships, the most 
beautiful that have ever sailed the seas, 
as to this day the lines attest of the 
few masterly hand-carven models that 
remain, to be the collector’s craze and 
the decorator’s delight. And there still 
exist rooms in old Germantown houses 
lined with the sandal-wood brought back 
from China to the wealthy merchants 
of the water-front as part of the car¬ 
goes of those audacious ventures. How 
little was tedium allowed to weigh in 
those days as against endurance and 
plain obedience to plain orders! 
Now something of this stern duty 
faces the American woman today. The 
trials and buffetings that will change her 
from a pampered pet to a woman with 
a clear sense of purpose, that will sweep 
away the “junk” mind which has tol¬ 
erated a “junk” home. Can it not be 
said that the war will even serve this 
purpose: to create in American women 
a better taste and a mellowed apprecia¬ 
tion? If it does, it will have accom¬ 
plished incalculable good. And one can¬ 
not but feel that such will be the case. 
A Collection of Liverpool Ware 
(Continued from page 43) • 
of work each man followed his own 
style. Sadler chose pastoral subjects 
with dainty rustic scenery and wonder¬ 
ful foliage. Green, on the contrary, de¬ 
signed Oriental groups with a frame¬ 
work of fantastic furniture. 
New Colors and Designs 
In 1678 black and red were the only 
colors printed, but after Sadler’s retire¬ 
ment, in 1772, Green’s management 
made a great change. The coloring im¬ 
proved, the subjects were finer and 
better illustrations were given. During 
the period following the Revolutionary 
War outline work originated, the pat¬ 
terns being filled in by young girls 
employed for this purpose. Then the 
designs also changed, shells and sea 
weeds being used, followed by Crests 
and Coats of Arms which became very 
popular with the nobility. 
We find mention of dinner and des¬ 
sert services which were used about the 
middle of the 18th Century, one of 
which had landscape patterns differ¬ 
ent in every dish. So fashionable did 
they become that “fifty” dinner and 
dessert services, chiefly pierced with gilt, 
were sent to Amsterdam at one time. 
The sharpness of this decoration was 
due to the ink used. 
American Trade 
Later on Richard Chaffers, one of 
Shaw’s apprentices, designed delft ware 
for the purposes of exporting it to 
America. His ambition was to rival 
Wedgwood both in grace and artistic 
quality of his work. While he failed 
in his undertaking yet his output was 
better than that of any other of the 
Liverpool Potters. Seth Pennington 
was another artistic potter who grew 
so interested in this art that he re¬ 
moved to Worcester, and while there 
one of his sons painted a dinner service 
on order for the Duke of York. 
