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Rearrange The Furniture

By ELIZABETH M ACRAE BOTKIN

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What kind of a mover are you?

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Are you a furniture mover? Well, what lady. is not! Every so often we all get the urge to see how that table will look over there by the big window or wouldn't. it be better to have the settee go any where but where it now is. And all grousing males to the contrary, any home gets a definite lift when the lady of the house starts giving the furniture a lift from here to there (and sometimes back. again). TURN YOUR SETTEE'S BACK

Why not move furniture with a purpose in summer, providing you furniture two loose 'don't pick a ninety-in-the-shade chairs and a low table perhaps, day to do it: In winter the na-facing the open doors. A wide bow- tural focal point for living room window invites another group for furniture is usually the fireplace afternoon ice-tea drinking. or the bookcases; but how about We have a friend (a furniture- forgetting them in summer? Turn mover if ever we knew one) who your sofa's back rudely to the manages to change the entire at- fireplace and let it look out a win-mosphere of her living room by a dow instead. If your living room simple shift of furniture and a sum- has French doors opening onto mer rug and a few covers. In win- the verandah, plan a grouping of ter a deep wine and blue rug, pole

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grey curtains, grey and blue fur- niture and copper lamps; and ac- cessories suggest long snug even- ings before the fire. But, come summer, the rug is rolled up, she adds a pale grey summer rug and covers the furniture in canary yel- low and deep blue. Then she does such a magical job of shifting that winter is forgotten and the room announces "Summer's here!”

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She hides the fireplace itself with a low folding screen, made of reed and painted yellow with a flam- boyant Oriental bird in full flight

If September 23 is your across its three panels. The settee

birth happy you must have interests that that usually faces the fireplace is anniversary, you were born under the will keep you busy because your turned at right angles and a bit zodiacal sign virgo your sense of active mind must have something away from it, facing French doors proportion should be exceptionally worthwhile to occupy it.

Your en- that look out on the side terrace. well developed. Virgos are, gener-vironment must be cheerful, and The slip covered chairs are grouped ally, noticeably well-mannered, away from discordant noises. So near another pair of doors leading chivalrous, neighbourly, tactful and cial welfare, missionary, literary, to the same terrace. The heavier affectionate. They are capable of musical or artistic work may pro- pieces in the room-a atately being honey-tongued, good-nature vide you with the opportunity to cheat-on-chest and a desk of noble and possessing "the hail fellow well make a name and fortune. proportions are set in the darker met" spirit. If a virgo you ought may discover you have been very corners and some light frivolous to have a large circle of enthusias- fortunate in your selection of a summer chairs step out in odd tic friends and admirers. You should husband: places in the room, accompanied by have exquisite taste, and many little light-as-a-feather tables.

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