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KERAMIC STUDIO 
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silver and gold made a delicate but harmonious color scheme. As linens are 
very scarce just now I used Cluny-trimmed doilies and center piece that were 
given me one Christmas and that are ample enough to about cover the entire 
table surface for a small luncheon. Time pressed, so I purchased a set of 
plain white linen, hemstitched napkins and embroidered the armorial design 
in colors in one corner (black had to be substituted for the silver but was very 
effective). I used a silver bowl and four small brass bowls (with glass flower 
holders from the ten-cent store inside them) for my flowers, which were blue 
ragged-robins and white sweet peas, bought two china fruit dishes and silvered 
them, putting artificial grapes in pale yellow and black, lemons and small 
pumpkins (which we pretended were meant for Japanese persimmons) into 
them. As I had excluded red from the scheme I also excluded tomatoes and 
strawberries from the salad and dessert courses. Lettuce and celery were 
substituted in the former and pineapple ices with light-colored cake in the 
latter. It seems to me that natural fruit always makes a lovely decoration, 
but I am tired of the sight of oranges and bananas, and the yellow and black 
raspberries, which would have fitted into my plan admirably, were not ripe. 
I omitted candles as they seem to me decidedly out of place in a country house 
at lunch time. 
I think anyone with a little ingenuity could adapt her materials in this 
way, and after she had tried it on the table could perhaps see ways to improve 
the rest of the house, but of course this is only a suggestion. 
LAURA B. MECUTCHEN 
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The United States Civil Service Commission announces 
that an examination will be held in Washington on August 8th 
to fill a vacancy in the Bureau of Standards at Pittsburgh for 
associate ceramic chemist, qualified in glass technology, for 
men only. The salary will be from $2000 to $2500. 
TEA TILE, WILD GEESE— LENA E. HANSCOM 
The outlines, border and wild geese are dusted in with Ivory Black. The background is Copenhagen Greywith a very little 
Ivory Black. The moon and throats of the geese are Primrose Yellow and the clouds are Orange. 
