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AFTER
mentary colors may be used with rich effect,
harmonious units in a general scheme, with one
effect prevailing. This will help to bring about tha
phere which is one of the essentials of a satisfactory
   Such endless variety of combinations is possible
walls and woodwork, windows, floors and their c,
whole volume of illustrations would be inadequate.
ing here, however, a few of the many ways in whih
may be successfully adjusted, and in the photographs
this article the home-maker may study a number of D
interiors which have been treated in an interesti
manner. In all of them the main idea is comfort
carried out along practical, individual lines. And -
case there is a definite interest resulting from the t
of the walls, woodwork, floors and furnishings, N
Dresser says, "it is the art which gives the valu
material."
                           AFTER
                   DRENCHED, after rain,
                       The lilacs tremble again
                   In the cool wind, and pour
Their Tragrance round my door.
Crushed, when Love dies,
Bravely her spirit cries;
But through Life's empty room,
0 the perfume!
              CHARLES HANSON TOWNE.
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