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Pmblems Solved by / Home Improvements ‘With the statement that "in the: im-4 provement of home conditions lies the: sclution of many problems now lcon-f fronting Canadian women," the Nation-; al Council of Women of Canada} has, endorsed the Dominion Government Home Improvement Plan. The. decisiona to endorse this nationâ€"wide: co-opera.- tive effort. for improving homes and P e e n ce e e Ee ¢M.ng employment was reached axter Garerul consideration. "We are not only willing but: anxious Schumacher â€"Phone 725 Lumber, Cement,: Bulldmg Materials, Coal /and Coke Mine! and ; MnlI Supphes . : _ Ferd : ~Head Ofice"and Â¥Yard _‘ Branch, Office Thanks to the Home Improvement Plan Don‘t put up with primitive‘ methods any longer. You and your family can now enjoy : the convenâ€" ience and health protection that a modern bathâ€" room givesâ€"For Just a Few Dollars a Monthâ€"No Down Payment Needed. ' Emco Bathroom Fixtures and Fittings are widely known for theirâ€"quality, long service and moderate cost. ~Call in and let R. Service, master plumber, éxplain how little they will cost completely inâ€" stalled in your home and the convenient monthly payment plan made possible by the government Home Improvement Loan Act. No Need to be Without a Bathroom Any : Longer Increase fl\e Rental Value Spencser stated that one of the forces whish brought the. National Oouncil of Women ‘into being was "an 1trepmsible "protest against ‘indifferâ€" ence to conditions of less fortunate men and women." to: our Government to bring to. the attention of the public any project which_will provide better homes," Mrs. George: O. Spencer, Fresident of the Cotincil wrote to the National ‘Employâ€" ment Commission which sponsors the Home ‘Imprdmment Plan "As women and home makers we must accept our full share ‘of the responsibility of the success of this venture." Phone 392 In the stories we read about clever career girls in New York, the ones who win their laurels as interior decorators alway$ scund very glamorous to us. And cne cf the smartest as well as the nicest is a friend of ours whose, name is none cther than Becky. She‘s as keen and pretty as a robin, so she‘ well may have ctome right straight from Sunrybrook Farm for all we know. But years of professional decorating nave made here a good match for the manuâ€" facturers of furniture and fabrics and the like. So she holds her own with the best of them and carries the reâ€" sponsibility for creating beautiful rooms for one of Fifth Avenue‘s largest, most distinguished stores. But being. a sucâ€" cessful decorator hasn‘t detracted a whit from her own charm, for she wears a feather in her spring hat as fly away as a ‘debutante and yet has her trim, slim feet very practically on the ground. We had lunch with her not so long ago, and we talked about curtains, apropos of some very rakish ones that had just been exhibited by a decorator who had let his ideas run away with his common sense. Only Three "Well," said Becky, "when you get right down to it, there are only three really good ‘ways to hang a curtain." We let that remark pass at the time â€"it was just an aside anyway. But it stayed with us and as we‘ve trotted about making notes on new spring Ccutrâ€" tains, it has come back to us time and than "in spite of," since the current simplicity in windows really has more elegance than fussiness. The three ways to hang curtains can be interpreted from several angles and t‘s still three! Consider it from the ! point of view of hardware, and youl have the draw rod, the familiar slide ; rod and the ring. Consider from the point of cut, and you have the tie back, the straight hung tailored curtain and Because the new fashions in curtains continue to stress simplicity, in spite of the fact that the atmosphere of rooms in general is toward more elegance. In a way, maybe it‘s "because of" rather 1 ~ Spring Curtains Are Simpler "Than Formerly _ The Ntq Curtain Fahions Stres: Distinction in Talloring whd ntercsting Materialsâ€"Fewe: Fussy Windows. the curtain with cornice or valance. Now of: course there are no end of fancy variations, which is just the pointâ€" you can loop the loop at the windows all you please, but the chances are that one of the three basic and simplier styles would be smarter and more effecâ€" tive after all. After several seasons cf very ornate gyrations with festoons and swags, the really distinguished windows this spring are the simplest omnes. That doesn‘t mean that for cerâ€" tain stylized rooms the intricate drapâ€" ings are not still correct. They are, but for the average room, it‘s better in the long run to stress careful workâ€" manship, interesting material and apâ€" propriate trimmings than involved drapings. When swags are used on new : windwos, they are classically simple. But maybe some notes on new winâ€" dows we‘ve seen for spring will illusâ€" trate our point. Notes on New Windows Pastelâ€"For a bedroom in pinks and blues and Federal mahogany, the curâ€" tains were made of two lengths of sheer blue ninon and two lengths of sheer pale pink ninon all on a single rod, the blue on the outside next to the wood trim of the window, the pink inside. Made to the floor, pleated nicely at the top and hung over Mayflower wood shadesâ€"no draperies, of course. manent finish organdy were finished with rows of red and green rickrac braid, to repeat the colours in the strawberry clusters on the white wall paper. Formalâ€"In a dining rooom of. 18th century dignity, refreshed with blonde wood details, the windows were hung with extended jabots at each side of pink satin lined with>white and held back with cords of brick red to repeat the colour in the Chineseâ€"inspired: wall paper. No glass curtains. Crispâ€"For an informal dining room with maple furniture, curtains of perâ€" With Pale Grey Coolâ€"For a mahogany dining room with â€"pale grey wall paper patterhed in <white, the draperies were palest. spring . greenâ€" taffeta .with white lace wire cornice and tie backs,. s Informa,l â€"In a maple ‘living. with spatter dash ‘floors ‘ and paisleygf print.ed ~upholsteries, the chintz "our~ tains*in. brown‘ and‘ other coltmrs were finished with pinked. double ruffies in green, agnd the valance ‘on a‘ trhme was' eaugea ~with th’e ';ame mrrow “green* double rufiies Tyroleanf-â€"No ‘we" haven’t heax:d thé; last "of" that yetb.. Because ‘it‘s" "sO â€" ga‘y Ir an informal dining. room, it ‘gave Colonial maple a new lease on life. Many: bright: details, . included _green felt curtains. finished, with felt cut out rosettes all around the. edges' Coror'ation Blue . ~ 37 D1gmfied â€"-~In an entrance hnall of Chippendale desxgned furniture, a bamâ€" 55co paper of:red on white was, accentéd with simply draped, rather. narrow swgg C@raperies of coronat,ion "blue satin edg- ed with red ‘woad balls. : Looped simply a pole so that: one: side hung bo the floor. and the other Jush ‘down â€" a short wayâ€"for a pair. of‘ parallel winâ€" dows. , C CaAX Unpretentious â€"Butâ€" dellght«ful _were the .windsws of a bedroom‘ with light honey maple furniture They were of a cotton ‘with a ‘small all over degign. with a good deal, of dark ‘red; in it and" a tcuch of yellow. Finished with ; full vide ruffies of. yellow all the way round Feldman Timber Co. Limited For Estimates and Full Home Improvement ‘Loan Information, see The ‘same made the flounce of the bedspread which had flgured maberia.l quilted for its top. â€" _‘ Lace| Curtains Are In Style * Bheer._Lace ‘curtains are back in style, depend on that. And they arel simp)y delightful, especmlly when ‘they‘re . used for drapery as : well as ‘glass â€" curtain. The gossamel ‘meshes 0" American made lace net are deliciâ€" ‘ous for draped: valances with a crystal pble and cut glass beads Sor tie backs ‘as we saw. them the other day. j Young â€"Widths of red, white and | . preéâ€"shrunk linen sewed together _in horizantal stripes ‘and joined by ;‘jqunty ?oraid brxghtened a room for a bey. _ _ 4 For an Indxan Fighter â€"-Chan}ois col- -outed duveteen or flannel cut in Indian ffringed edages. ‘and laced â€" with black _Btmm ‘of the same materialâ€"what grand ‘curtdins for. a roam withâ€"skins on the \wall and a bow andâ€" arrow ‘collection. 2+ Sheer and White : t ‘A Starry Crown.â€"Sheer white marâ€" q_uisebte glass curtains were.â€"given disâ€" tinctlon by a wall paper. border of stars ‘on a wooden cornice built to top of the window. â€" This wall paper border, ran: all the way around the room to give a lift to a plain painted wall. There will be. no law against having a fresh wall 'paper border aroynd the top of the room â€"and the cornice most any old ‘time ; because wall ‘paper borders~ are: .not expensive and they‘re easy to put ‘up. < It‘s a. idea to shellac over |‘them. s . | Bold -â€"-In a modern. dining room, the curtains for wide doubdle windows conâ€" sisted of a length each of blue, green, rust and dull gold crash, repeated on each of the window ‘but hung straight down fxom xings a slmple paole. â€" Cc 4 (Oopyrxght 1937, ‘by. Elizabeth Macâ€" Rae Boykin.) ; ‘‘The : chiecf technicalities of curtain and drapery making are explained in cur bulletin "How To Make Curtains and Draperxes" which has diagrams to help. over, the hard: parts . This will be sent on receipt of a stamped selfâ€" aodressed envelope. Mill Office: Timmins, Phone 709 Value of Bedroom to : Health and\Comfort Detgils of All Kindsâ€"Should be Watched in Bedrooms. Psyt:hologists claim that the room in which we sleep is important to our rest Certainly a ‘tastefully decoarated rocm. may give us a} satisfaction thnt is xestful to the spirit. . How often. is detail of a room that disturbs the occupant, yet nothing is done.aboutit. .A wallpaper that isn‘t suitableâ€"a . badly planned c« set-â€"worn floors. It is not ‘necesâ€" sary for the houseâ€"wife to feel that depleted finances prevent the righting of such wrongs. Under the Home Imâ€" provement Plan funds may be obtained from any Canadian bank for improveâ€" merts, alterations or additions to homes. A bedroom in one house was changed from just another room to an ‘interâ€" ec»ting sleeping apart.ment The â€"walls were ropé,pered in soft green with silver flowers The white woaodwork | was changed to silvery grey and the floors were scraped, finished gnd waxed. Electric outlets were .placed conveniâ€" ently, allowing lamps to be plased easily at useful points / A. novel arra.ngement of the furniture, added to t.he improvements made in the room. .A dressing table was placed dxrectly under the window and the beds placed on opposlte sides of the room. _ The rug was the same tone as. t;hc walls ‘and â€" chairs and bedcovers were of a. soft blue. The furniture was dark walnut makes it possible for homeoWners to borrow up to With little expense, a bedroom was cbtained: that was. a source of pride to the owner and a room definitely creatâ€" ed for rest. : Ottawa Journal:â€"A lot of theâ€" cars on the highways these days seem to be practising for the fiftyâ€"mile speed limit. e for any improvement that will be a fixed part of the property, such as : Painting Insulation Alterations Roofing Additions Garage New Floors . Basements Fences Cement Walks THI'}HOME IMPROVEMENT