The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

ors in one ensemble and scatters dazâ€" zling mixtures of flowers on hats, great smashing ones on print2d fabrics, and everywhere else w‘th all the peerleass abandon of a May Queen on the loose. Nor does this preoccupation with flowers and colors stop there. It walks right into our houses and makes itself completely at home in our surâ€" roundingsâ€"there to repzsat the "prettiâ€" ness" that dominates everything this yea.:. (By Bernicc Coffey») You don‘t need to be told that this season â€" permits courageous : use of spirited colorâ€"whether it concerns the assembling o a costume or a new decorating scheme for the house. FPaâ€" shion has burst forth into a riotous splurge of color such as has not been ssen in many years. She unhesitatâ€" ingly >ndorses three, four or more co:â€" All the brave new colours seen at the fashion shows will be found faithfully repeated in the new sample books of the wallpaper manufacturers, besides many other such current <trends as flowers. In view of this, need we say chat all shades of pink deserve your consideratin when planning a new colâ€" orâ€"scheme for th» house? You will see it in such variations as tea ros», coral, dusty pink, crushed strawberry. Blue in all its shades is "good," especially when it is slightly "dusty," as well as gray, soft pale yellow and the lilac tonss. As for the pattern, you‘ll find a riot of flowers in designs such as luscious bunches tied togsether, perhaps with swirling loops of ribbon. One handâ€" some design that has been selected for 2 magnificent new house in Toronto is of lifeâ€"size white lilies and green leaves on silver,. a single of the design almost as wide as the paper. Larger designs are, as a rule, decorâ€" atively well mannsred only in large rooms but the motif of smaller scale adapts itself as beautifully in more limited quarters. In these, too, you will see that the predominating motift is floralâ€"in open, loosely scattersd deâ€" signs that give the ground color lots of importance. But don‘t overlock stripes! They are as smart as can be and possess an inâ€" definable quality of elegance that lifts the most difficult room to distinction. The increasing appreciation of them been a surprise even to the wallâ€" paper people. Not lorg ago we were at the opening of a newly decorated house that was the work of one of the country‘s leading interior decorators. Flowers Figure Much in Some of the New Designs. But Don‘t Overlook Stripes, Says Expert. Modernistic Deâ€" signs Taking Back Seat. Although your pocketbook may be depressedâ€"or should we say recessedâ€"your child‘s room may be just as gay and carefree as you wish to make it. It doesn‘t cost any money to speak of to decorate a nursery with the gay designs that Elizabeth MacRa#e Boykin gives to you in her newest bulletin entitled Modernistic designs, as such, apparâ€" ently ar> beginning to tuke a back seat.‘ In their place we fird that many papers of contemporary dGdesign have drawn inspiration from the Victorian period. Ard one plac?t we saw some enchanting papers strongly flavored with a Swedish interpretation. Thess had small, sturdy slightlyâ€"peasantish, widelyâ€"spaced motifs, such as pine cones, on ground colors in grayed co:â€" crs obviously inspired by the winter‘s skies and sun of that northern counâ€" try. For and a decorative scheme in which a textured wall is desirab‘> there are papers stamped to give an effect of canvas or hopsacking. Then there are exceedingly interesting wocd â€" finishesâ€"actually thin wood veneer, such as that on furniture. which comes in strips and is applicd like wallpaper. Being wood these will take any finish that wood will. They are being used in horizontal strips in som: modern decors; in panel effects for period rooms. They ars quite matchless in giving a memorial feelâ€" ing to an entrance hall or solid digâ€" nity to a library or dining room. Thin there are any number of plastic wallâ€" paper effectsâ€"some excellent, and many others that will recommeng ‘hemselves ‘only to those mistaking a lack of imagination for conservatism. The drawing room walls were papered with a satinâ€"scriped paper in that luscious shade of crushed strawberries. Roils of the paper had been discoverâ€" €d in a basement where it had been stored since it had gone out of style twentyâ€"five years ago. It had been resurrecied and the result was a thorâ€" oughly modern and effective wall background for a beautiful room. Whatever your decorative scheme, approach it boldly and don‘t be afraid of pattern and color on your walls, and don‘t feel that their use is limited to a few rooms of the house.. One thing, thoughâ€"if your walls are to be patternedâ€"hold fast to plain draperâ€" ies, floor coverings and luphoistery; that‘s almost axiomatic! Modern paâ€" pers with their washable,, sistant and fadeless qualities make it possibls for every roocm to share in the vivacity and gaiety of Cesign and eclor. As a result there are numerous charming designs for the nursery with sprighély fanciful figures designed to intrigue the fancy of your young; crisp, clearcut patterns for the kitchen to mak» merrier the labors of the cook. Or you can brighten the white starkâ€" ness of a bathroom with an extravaâ€" THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO "Paint Them on Furniture or Walls." for these attractive nursery figures are included in this bulletinâ€"and you don‘t need to be an artist to transfer them. Send a stamped selfâ€"addressed enâ€" velope for this bulletin. Spring is Ideal Time to Consider Heating . + w * Some Suggestions While Difficulties are Fresh in Mind. At this time of year, in most parts of Canada, household heating systems are being closed off for the summer seasonâ€"usually with considerable feelâ€" ing of relief on the part of houseâ€" holders. Now is the time, suggests the Canadian Institute of and for a review to be mads of the shortcomings of the system while they ar> still fresh in memory, and for steps to be taken to have them gant floral or other design in the bath and shower recess, or a pattern all over the walls Steam and splashing water will have no more effect than watsr on the proverbial duck‘s back. papers as we did. In any event, we can promise that they will have as r>â€" juverating an effect on the house as a facial and a new spring hat on the lady who lives there! We hope you will have as good a time looking at the new spring wallâ€" The resisence of Mr. Frank Dunbar, Tamarack street, Timmins. ids surigâ€" ing home was built by J. P. Roy. general contraztor. It is thoroughly insulated with Rock Weol, and has all the other modern touches, featuring 2 builtâ€"in garage. asngrav o uy NOTHER TIMMINS RESIDENCE se; righi. Minor adjustments may be made by having the system thoroughly inâ€" spoctsda by a competent heating conâ€" tractor so as to have the plant ready for servics as soon as needed in the fall. ‘Householders who have suffere? from unreasonably high fuel consumpâ€" tion and slow, inadequate or uneven heat, would do wi>ll to consider moGdâ€" ernization or replacemer< of outâ€"ofâ€" date, inefficient heating equipment. Definite economizs in fuel as well as much more comfortable temperature conditions are obtainable by the inâ€" stallation of modern automaiic boilâ€" ers which are fully insulated and deâ€" signed so that the fire travel is comâ€" pletely utilized in transmitting heat to the wator. : Automatic firing is available for any type of fuel â€" oil, gas or coal, and improved valves and thermostats ensure more even heat. Radiz«tors also have undergone amazâ€" ing recent improvements. New slenâ€" Gerized units, occupying forty per cent. less space, give greater efficiency or they may even be invisible by concealâ€" ment in the walls, preferably under the windows, where they may meet cold air at its source and climinate drafts. A good boilsr may perhaps be given new term of usefulness and economy by improvement of the radiation and its layout or the efficiency of older radizgtors may be enhanc>d by the inâ€" stallaticn of an electric pump to spged. up circulation. b'i 9 » .. L "’ J ’ " "‘ ’ * p " ' ’ " (4 The spring and summér is the ideal time to plan and carry out improveâ€" ments of the heating system and conâ€" venient easy paymeris for such work can ke arranged unceor the Home Imâ€" provement Flan loan system. In fact, remarks the Institute, this easy finâ€" ancing is enabling many Canadians who take pride in their homes to turt3 the basement into an extra recreation room at the sams time, due to the clednliness of modern boilers. Hang Good Pictures in Your Home for Beauty Pictures make or mar a room. There is a science in selecting them wisely, in finding suitable frames, hanging them propsrly and making them harâ€" monize with the general effect. A pleasing picture becomes a friencâ€" ly thing as the centre of a furniture group. An easy chair, a small table on which is a lamp, a vase of flowers, a book or magazin», with a wellâ€"liked picture above, is a cozy invitation to relax and take sclida comfort. The fireplace is the most important deccrative centre in a room and a picâ€" ture that hangs above it should be vigcrous and arr:sting. Nothing should be placed it midway on the mantel. Picture hooks will not disfigure the walls. They require a nail only a littl»e larger than a pin, driven slantwise throuzsh two small holes. THURSDAY, MAY 12TH, 1938