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Arrange Your Flowers

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this day of neuroses and complexes, psychologists ex- hort us to find peace of mind and satisfaction in self-expres- sion. They tell us to develop. hobbies painting, dancing, amateur dramatics or writing. But actually, now, how many of us can leave our housekeep- ing and children long enough to acquire enough competence in any of these fields to get any real fun out of them?

And how many of us really want. to get so far away from our home- ly chores?

But we do seek some variety and self-expression in our jobs as home-makers. And there is one way that we can get it without spending a lot of money and time. That way is by flower arrangTM. ments.

You can do almost as much with flowers as you

can do with paints and without", the risks? Fer all of the elements of art are in them-colour and composition, line and light and shade even if they are captured only temporaziły: in a mood of quiet delight by a.

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woman playing with a handful of flowers.

The first requisite for the artis- tic arrangement of flowers is pro- per equipment with which to work -flower-holders and a variety of attractive containers simple in shape and with a minimum of de- coration. You will need at last, one, heavy, large container for Bowering shrubs, heavy, thick- stemmed flowers or foliage. This Can be of pewter, copper - OF pottery, but should be of a dull, earth tone rather than highly glazed or coloured. A tall vase, approximately 12 inches tall, for * long-stemmed flowers is also indispensable. Several

ranging in size from ix to 10 inches in height and in material from copper to porcelain, are also advisable for smaller arrange. ments. One large shallow bowl, approximately 14 inches wide and several smaller shallow bowls for dining tables or low arrangements „should also be incinded. A num

ber of small ́ väses for bedroom flowers or table arrangements are pieszant. M

Of course, in almost no cir cumstance would you ever be using all of these containers at one

There are brains behind this big. movie business of restyling a star in whom many thousands of dollars are invested, developing the matter of dress and grooming to a point where it is both ад art and a science. New silhouette lines are discovered that will bring out a star's best points and camouflage. her worst Artists regulate the clever hair arrangements. The stars are told how many pounds they should gain or lose, and where. They're taught how to walk and hold the head, how to move the hands gracefully, how to wear elothes, and so on.

time-not even for a wedding or a golden wedding anniversary!

The first and most urgent zule is not to use too many, fowers, Usually one artistic arrangement. properly, placed in the room, will create the centre of înterest and decciative accent that your room needs.

Flower arrangements fall into three general claseicfications: maas arrangements, line arrangements and - combination line and mass The most common arrangements: fault in mAKE. ·SITangements divis crowding and a lack of composi- tion. Use animeven... number of flowers with stems of meven length. This will avoid the monotony of perfect symmetry. If all your flowers are the BAIC