UNDER WATER
SUBMARINE DECORATIONS In these degenerate days, with flowers at an absolute premium, doplease consider, when arranging foliage in glass vases, whether their stems and lower leaves are going to make a lovely picture gleaming through the” crystal. Choose a vase which is rather narrow necked, but swells out in generous curves lower down. They are quite inexpensive to buy, and are wonderfully handy. Trim the under-water part of each stem so that only a few well-shaped leaves remain on it, and each one stands out distinctly. A crowded effect is fatal —like an overdressed woman. Keep the narrow neck of the vase rather clear of leaves, and use only a few sprays. The parts in water will greatly outlast those above it. Foliage of a drooping or feathery kind looks best when used for a purpose of this nature. When flowers are obtainable without payment of a king’s ransom, choose snowdrops, roses, daisies, anemones and the many wild blossoms which have dainty, fine stems and delicate leaves. Besides being something of a novelty, this method** of decoration will charm you as well as your visitors.
tl\e right kind of job in Africa, and he asked me to come here and stay a day or two and talk it over. I say, it must be a jolly life you’re leading. Don’t you love it? I said I should like to walk frorii Crogelly, and Mr. Rivett told me the way.” “From Crogelly!” Grace echoed. “Why, you must have been walking all night!” ' “Pretty well! But it’s such wonderful weather. And this sunrise is worth any tramp! ” “But you must want your breakfast!” she exclaimed. “You must be famished! Let’s hurry back!” Glyn picked up his knapsack. His hat was rolled up in his pocket. His golden brown hair pleased Grace’s eyes. It was so straight and stronglooking. There was something about him altogether that warmed her heart.. He was so young. And he made her young, too. They scampered down the path towards the meadows at the back of the ruins of Sulpice, that were gay with
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 311, 23 March 1928, Page 5
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348UNDER WATER Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 311, 23 March 1928, Page 5
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