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The Road to Home 
Though written faithfully, his letters from home seemed 
to have had a way of arriving at his hotel in one city 
just after he had left for the next—and of never catch¬ 
ing up. 
Three weeks passed—business conferences, long night 
journeyings on sleepers, more conferences—with all too 
little news from home. 
Then he turned eastward. In his hotel room in 
Chicago he still seemed a long way from that fireside 
in a New York suburb. He reached for the telephone 
—asked for his home number. 
The bell tinkled cheerfully. His wife’s voice greeted 
him. Its tone and inflection told him all was right with 
the world. She hardly needed to say, “Yes, they are 
well—dancing right here by the telephone. . . . 
Father and mother came yesterday. . . . Oh, we’ll 
be glad to see you!” 
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American Agriculturist, May 24, I 924 I 
Pictures Worth Hanging 
Aunt Janet Talks of Home Decorations 
I F you enjoyed the letters on choosing 
books as much as I did, you are ready 
for another open forum on some similar 
subject. 
One that should interest every home¬ 
maker has been suggested by Mrs. Ralph 
A. McGeogh, who writes: 
“I have a topic in mind which I have 
long wished to see discussed and I would 
be pleased if you would take it up. 
It is ‘The Selection of Pictures for the 
Home.’ What are the best masterpieces 
and the most suitable for home? How 
should they be framed and where should 
they be hung? I have read many ar¬ 
ticles on books and music in the home 
but it seems to me that good pictures 
have an ever-present influence and 
deserve careful attention. I am sure 
many home-keepers would enjoy such a 
discussion.” 
Can we help Mrs. McGeogh in her 
problem? It is one which all of us have 
the ability of a farm woman to carrv out 
Address your letter to 
Our Family Discoveries 
A VERY convenient medicine closet 
was made out of a small box. Two 
shelves were put in it. One side was taken 
off and a glass fitted in, hinges and a hook 
put on and then the whole painted white. 
This was nailed to the wall making a very 
neat as well as convenient cubboard for 
the medicine. If placed high enough will 
be out of reach of little fingers. — Ellen 
A. Elliot. 
* * * 
In making a birthday cake place a 
buttered tumbler in the center of the 
granite pan and pour the batter around 
it. This keeps the cake from falling. It 
may be removed or left in the cake and 
LOOKING FORWARD TO WARM SUMMER DAYS 
N O. 2047 shows the becoming side 
front closing, ideal for a cool, 
washable summer frock of voile or 
dotted swiss. It comes in sizes 16 
years, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust 
measure. Size 36 takes 3j4 yards 
40-inch material, 1 yard contrasting. 
Price, 12c. 
2092 
No. 2092 is dignified, slenderizing 
blouse for the matron. Worn 
with a suit or separate skirt, it is 
easy to slip on and comfortable to 
wear. Sizes 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 
and 48 inches bust measure. 
Use .2 yards of 40-inch material 
for size 36. Price, 12c. 
No. 1303, a corset cover for a 
stout woman, gives the correct 
line for any blouse or dress. It is 
cleverly cut to give the best 
possible figure.. Sizes 36, 38, 40, 
42, 44, 46, 48 and 50 inches bust 
measure. Size 36 takes yi yard 
of 36-inch material. Price, 12c. 
No. 2059—made of cotton poplin, 
seersucker or chambray, this little 
• suit will be very becoming to small son. 
Sizes 2,4,6 and 8 years. Price, 12c. 
No. 1819, a sleeveless frock for hot 
days, will keep the little girl cool and 
comfortable. Make it with or without 
bloomers. Sizes 2, 4, 6 and 8 years. 
Price, 12c. 
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Fourth Avenue, New York City. Stamps are safer than coins. Add 10c if you wish 
our big summer catalogue, full of enticing styles. 
faced, and remembering that “a wall 
without pictures is like a house without 
windows,” many of us have puzzled long 
over the best ones to hang in different 
rooms. Others of us have been weighted 
down by heirlooms of crude landscapes, 
depressingly framed in heavy wood or 
glaring wide gilt borders, and have 
struggled between conscience and artistic 
sense—until we finally became accustomed 
to the atrocities and kept them. But how 
about substituting now for the harshly 
colored lithographs, some of the lovely, 
soft-tinted modern prints, framed in 
narrow wood dyed a harmonizing, but 
inconspicuous shade? Isn’t it fairer to 
the children, as Mrs. McGeogh suggests, 
to surround them with beauty in every 
possible form? 
What do my readers think? What 
pictures are their favorites and why? 
Let’s hear from home-makers who have 
thought the matter over. Keep your 
letter short, the plans concrete and within 
used to place flowers.— Mrs. Robert T. 
Turner. 
* * * 
Clean your piano keys with a clean 
cloth dipped in lemon juice and dipped 
in silver whiting. — Mrs. Robert T. 
Turner. 
* * * 
To run rods through newly ironed cur¬ 
tains place a thimble upon the end of the 
rod.— Mrs. Robert T. Turner. 
* * * 
Rub your fingers over moist toilet 
soap before doing any rough work, such as 
cleaning the stove or working in the 
garden, it will help in cleaning the hands 
when washing. Dirt from the nails is 
more easily removed.— Mrs. Robert 1 
Turner. 
* * * 
When soaking salty ham, add a table¬ 
spoon of molasses to the water. It im¬ 
proves the taste and makes the ham fry 
nice and brown. — .T. Carnet. 
