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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 301, 4 December 1936, Page 7

FOR THE DINNER TABLE. Salads, advocated more and more by doctors during the hot weather, are now served in large wooden bowls that are lacquered on the outside in bright colours. The latest bread trays and cheese platters also decide to be cheerful. Made mostly of natural wood they are nevertheless given a square surround that is gaily painted, and may be further embellished with a studded pattern of chromium nail heads or chromium stars. Table scarves, actually a revival of an old fashion, are having a great success, and are being used by many wellknown hostesses. They are not very long, have fringed ends, and are woven either in silk or in a silkfinished linen, and they feature lovely colour schemes that iiiikc a delightful background for Howers and silver and crystal. Persian blues and greens are chosen a g 'od deal for these scarves; green, dune and nffwhite are also favoured. One of the latest (lower centrepieo-s is made of crystal set into a tlat frill* of mirror glass, tinted a soft peich shade. It has shallow grooves for holding the llowerheads that are now so fashionable for table decoration hydrangeas, and azaleas and rhododendrons v,p ing often used, as well as roses • and iiies, . —....