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something that we thought could honestly be called the 
decorative arrangement of a natural growth. The girl 
used all her knowledge and feeling of spotting and spacing 
in applying the drawing and was happy, with her problem. 
As a result she "held up" her customers. , 
Here is the idea and if you are getting ready for an 
Baster^sale it may have come just in time. Tint a per- 
fectly plain shallow cup and saucer with yellow lustre, 
being careful to pounce it until firm, then tint the under 
side of the saucer and inside of the cup with orange lustre 
pouncing until light and even in tone. Before applying 
any lustre you will of course wipe over a surface with lav- 
ender oil, and where the lustre to be pounced is a thick 
sticky one, such as orange or yellow brown, leave the sur- 
face quite moist with lavender oil and work the lustre in 
it. The color will then hold open long enough to enable 
one to produce, with the pounce, a firm even tint. 
A soft yellow single rose was chosen as the decoration 
to be applied upon the fired lustre background. The 
drawing was kept in harmony with the lines of the cup and 
saucer, and the colors were laid quite flatly, toning with 
the delicate yellow and orange. In a second working a 
thin tint of yellow lustre was washed over the orange lustre, 
softening and mellowing all together. The rose growth 
was sketched as crisply as possible that very little if any 
touching up was needed. There is always so much danger 
of working the life out of a flower, leaving it a stupid un- 
interesting decoration. Both cup and saucer were rimmed 
with gold and the handle was made solid gold. 
The first one was so popular that the girl did six more 
and a sugar and creamer to match. I suggested an oval 
brass tray for them all and the result was a lovely bright 
harmonious set. They didn't pretend to be so awfully 
serious, but they were honest sunny little cups with a per- 
fectly lawful decoration. 
It has taken a whole bunch of my happy hours to write 
all this, and won't you let me know if you think I can help 
you a bit? 
The Happy Worker. 
CALLA LILY DESIGN FOR VASE— OPHELIA FOLEY 
Same color scheme as supplement. 
