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â€"*"We planned a porch for the back door to project about four feet past the end of the house to the extreme south side of my lot giving me a door facing east with a walk from the street. Also _ "I made arrangements with my bank for a loan of $200 under the above mentioned plan, called in a contractor, and got to work. a door far‘ng west with a walk into the the Government Home Improvement Plan. "My own was cnme of these and my work «being that of a city salesman I know what it means to go from the house to the garage every morning in the winter months through drifts of snow and in 25 4 30 below weather to get to my car and begin my daily calls. "There was also the inconvenience in the sumnier of getting a very decidâ€" ed wetting if one should attempt to take the car out during a heavy shower, er arrive home and leave the car for the house during a rain. "Now that is all changed® thanks to "The back dcoor of my house faces west. hnd there are nd buildings for over two blocks to break the wind from that direction. It has bâ€"ea necessary, during the winter months to close this door permanently in order to keep the warm. "One thing more that made we think was when I looked down a lane and gaw a row of garages on the rear end of the varicus lots Much Improvement from Little Money It indicates that always recessary your house. Winner of second prize in the Improvement contest run by Th nipeg Tribune, the iqlowing ess submitted by Peter Watt, of Wi It indicates that a large dcan always recessary in order to 1 "Every winter I have given a Large Loan to Secure ment. Schnumacher Phone 725 Clear B.C. Fir Vâ€"Joint; Gyproc; Hardwood Floorâ€" ing; Vâ€"Joint and Shiplap; White Pine Featherâ€" edge; Clear Fir and Pine Doors in Stock Sizes; Sash in Stock Sizes. Lumber, Cement, Building Materials, Coa)l and Coke, Mine and Mill Supplies ROUG AND DRESSJZT) John W. Fogg Limited 42 Third Avenue FLOOR PAINT Gives a tough, elastic, hard wearing protective film. Waterproof and Weatherâ€" proof. Retains gloss under severest outdoor or indoor L K Pierce Furniture Co. We show a variety of attractive shades. for a great make Not Necessary Home Improveâ€" my hous expensive number ber of years of thought house more sive to live the Home The Winâ€" essay was Winnipeg. Head Office and Yard Branch Office Timmins Kirkland Lke Phone 117 Phone 393 i is not remodel Barrle Examiner:â€"When a Baptist clergyman declared that fair wages were a prime consideration in indusâ€" trial relations, the Times of High River, Alta., added the hope that congregaâ€" ticns will not be slow to take the hint. Pembroke Bulletin:â€"The Ferguson Highway must be rough; up in Kirkâ€" land Lake, according to the Nonthern News, some people contemplating a drive first provide themselves with pills to ward off seaâ€"sickness. "The arrangements with the bank and the improvements which have been made, have both proven so satisfactory that I am negotiating for another loan, this time to paint the house, porch and garage, which will complete a very satâ€" isfactory improvement to my home, thanks to the government and the coâ€" cperation of the banks." "When everything was completed and I paid the lumber account I was very agreeably surprised to find that by payâ€" ing cash there was a discount of apâ€" proximately The bank had chargâ€" ed $6.50 for the loan, so I reasoned that by using the bank‘s money, made availakle under the Government Home Improvement Plan, and paying cash I had saved $13.50 whicth I could not have done otherwise. plenty "A small porch over a door leading from the basement was removed and the garage was moved up and attachâ€" ed to the house, giving me an entrange from the house to the garage without the necessity of goinzg out into cold or stormy weather. Thus was ancther problem solved. "When everything was completed and some thinking 16 feet and it my car. Not We decided to two and put â€" back yard. The past six months has proven that our back door problem has been solved. "The next step was the insulating of the roof and walls of the house, which was done with a wood shaving comâ€" position and has proved very satisfacâ€" he garage came next and required thinking. It measured 10 feet by et and it was a very.tight fit for ar. Not an inch of raom to spare. decided to take the end off cut in and put in on the gides, making of 10 Phone 302 on the by 21 1 even wi . feet, giving me with the car inâ€" In winter, when out flowers are not placed with an eye for the design of that you can‘t introduce extra and unâ€" expected bouquets and nosegays about. debpbinmm or to arrange < flowers, with* charm ‘as â€"a pax*bofhareftomttomakewhome as tbeautiful as she can. Because fresh flowers from a garden aren‘t a matter of a big income. They‘re the result of lovinge work. So that all of us can have flowers if we want them, and shamg"on anybody who doesn‘t! Make It a Habit Whether you grow your own or buy them, and buying flowers isn‘t nearly so expensive as it sounds and "should be habit if you don‘t have a garden, plan to have cecrteain coloured flowers to complete centain rooms. They should be as much part of the colqur scheme as the rug. Maybe you‘ll want to go toward the â€"lavenderâ€"toâ€"purple tomes in your floral accents if you‘ve used dusty pink, turquoise and beige elsewhere in the room. Or if you.havei rust, green and gold for your colour ..... But do;xlbawcm'y we re notâ€" advocatâ€" ing that gpu,go after a Ph.D. in flower arranging," On‘ anything like that.. We just meantthat every lady shculd leam' Fcr flowerâ€"arranging is an ancient art, one that real gardeners take as geriously as ‘they do the question of soil and seedlinhgs. In Japan, flower arrangâ€" ing is a lof.more important to a girl‘s education" nthan math : or history,â€" and you can fipend years nt.uclying it . .. in fact there. ‘46 : takes years to a~qu1re real profgc;iency for the subject‘ is so involved with symbolism and skillâ€" 1n You can‘tâ€" poke a bunch of flowers in a vase of water and let it go at that. Not if you â€"want your flowers to be decorative the design of a rcom you are planning with such tenâ€" derness and care. Flower Arranging is an Art that a A glender frosted glass vase with carefully chosen flowâ€"ers arranged with an eye for the line form and deliâ€" hinimae cacy of colour. (Courtesy Gardens of:the Nations). Here is a typical and very beautiful Japanese arrangement of branches that shows the conâ€" sumate skill that the Japanese have developed in shaping stems and branches to make a patâ€" tern. â€" (Courtesy Gardens of the Nations). _PLEASANT HoMES Art that a Lady w‘th a House Should be Skilled at. Plants and Their Place in the Decorative Picture. â€" by Elizabeth MacRea Boykin Balance should te achieved by seeing that the blooms on either side of the central foeal point of an arrangement should seem to be of about the same toward the centre of the arrangement. And the ones that ere high and spread â€" mmmwmmw are low and ~clinging, ‘thesefore â€" the flower piece where no height is needed. Decide whether the spot needs a flowâ€" er arrangement that stresses line or Flower ; Furniture ’ \_Iig fun .to plan unustual and> interâ€" ‘esting places forâ€" flowars. . Thnse ‘Glass top tables with plazsss for flowers in the bases :are nice," so are : ta,blw with ,plant holders â€" setâ€" right mto t:he top: sections Many window. stands ‘for‘ flow- .'ars are now in exoei;lam ‘deâ€" ~s'lgn and not infrequently;: ‘we. seeâ€" | ledg..s along mantels _with : concea,ledfi ,containers for flowers‘to. scand‘the en-tv (tite: length of: the:: manitel. Goncea-led ‘mummauon from> above adds extra inâ€" ‘teres: to an arrangement like. this, Often tiers of, shelves in chima cupâ€" board or beok case are made doubly inâ€" teresting ‘by the use of greenery and flowers in rather stiff formal arrangeâ€" ments. Glass shelves and wall brackets for flowers are de.oratdve and delightâ€" ful, too. The first thing to think of in planâ€" ning flowers for a room is the place they‘re to occupy. Don‘t put a huge vase height naturally can go places that a wider or more luxurisus arrangement of the came height could not, and vice verse. Scmetimes you will need a feelâ€" table in a crowded corner. > Nor is it effective to depend on a tiny vase of valley lilies as the centrepiece of an impcsing mantel, and you can‘t put tall flowers on a mantel either. Conâ€" sider not only the general size of the space available with relation to the flowers that should go there, but think also of the shape and mood of the bouquet and how it will harmonize. them aren‘t sunny, you‘d better have a selection ito rotatse from their "growâ€" inrg" window to their spot in the decorâ€" ative scheme. Greenery such as laurel, huckleberry leaves and ivy is usually available, and there are always everâ€" green branches tso. And the, florist will surprise you with what h has at modâ€" erate cost the year around. e o t Here, a pattern of plants and flowers is used as a part of the desigr for this window, and their outâ€" lines are silhouetted ‘delightfully against the light that filters through the Venetian blinds, This room was decorated by Edna Kern. grace of form and shape to offer. And some have both. As a rule there aren‘t any rules for what to use when and where and with what, exoept not to contrast heavy with dainty flowers or pastels with overwhelming â€" vehement colours. Nature plays pleasant tricks wiuagrowmgthingsandmnyaflawer that ordinarily doesn‘t mix well with others may coâ€"operate unexpectedly in something perfectly lovely, while flowâ€" may blossom forth in such profusion that they‘re lovely by themselves, Howâ€" ever," calls lilies, gladiooli, chrysantheâ€" Pleasing Outlines ~Keep in mind the fact that the pleasâ€" ing outline of the empty. ‘spazres in an arrangement ~stressing \lings is jus!t as ‘important as the shape of the branthes ‘and‘ stems.." And> this is attained by fpla" sment‘. of ‘the: main stems rather _bhan by . fillmg in awkward gaps with ¢ indiscrxminate foliage. (Don‘t rely on ;fgz'ns to ~cover‘ awkward gaps, : instead make the gaps as graceful in themâ€" e'elves asâ€" the The selection of ..he main â€" stems ard â€" branches beâ€" comes the matter of first consideraâ€" tion. A curving line or an unusual shape .can give: fascinating design to‘the enâ€" tire ayrangement. On the cther hand there are bouquets that are lovelier for being full and luxurious lsoking. These stress mass. In either case the focal point of the arrangzement (where stems come together) should be just above water level or top of container. But don‘t have the main stems cross, In ccmbining flowers, you‘ll find that gertain varieties aren‘t good together, while others are lovely. One interesting way for the beginner is to copy arâ€" rangements in flower pairtings. The old Dutch florals are the most intriâ€" cate and dramatic of course, and there are exquisite modern flo paintings that have simple charm in their arâ€" rangements. And we‘ve often . gotten ideas from floral chintzes. Don‘t try to imitate each leaf and but but folâ€" low the general theme of colour and highest poin‘ above th2 centre of the vase. This does nodt mean that the arâ€" rangement need ‘be labsolutely symâ€" metrical (that‘s usually the easiest way to get balance but not the ‘most inâ€" teres‘ing). A triangularâ€"shape is often ‘he most effestive cutline: i Nature Plays Pleasant Tricks Certain flowers contribute mostly colâ€" ir to an arrangement, others have sweet peas, scmething for nearly every type of flower, depending altogether on the A Sense of Fitness y Ahough the container should not. be toco dcminating, it should be wholly in accord with the spirit of the flowers it will hold. A lady should cultivate a sense of fitness rather than lay down a set of rules. Here are a few suggestions, but don‘t take them too seriously. Glass is lovely for roses and the more fraâ€" gile flowers. But it‘s not usually reâ€" commended for heavy flowers, vines, branehes or dried things. Rottery conâ€" are neither, this, that ner the other period but a beloved and @gracious blending of various stages and influâ€" ences in cur lives. So we are lucky in that we can use our imaginations and create flower arrangements that have individuality and express the personâ€" ality of our own homes, rather than the restrictions of a period. It‘s espeâ€" clally fun for a lady with a "hand" at arranging to break the rules and experiment with novel ensembles. A flat long tole container or an oblong fish bowl can be used for tall straight flowersâ€"regiment them in a garden formation as if they were growing in a very even row. Or take /carnations, cut the stems short and mass them in a low container so that they look like a ~single enormous blossom. Two or three similar containers like this with different colours can look like a bouâ€" quet of single big flowers. We‘re alâ€" ways harping on the stunning effects to be had by using your pitthers, tea pots and punch bowl for flower arrangeâ€" ments. Chinese tea cups (without hanâ€". dles) are sweet to use for nosegays of tiny flowers, with or without frills from lace paper napkins. Sometimes pretty. perfume bottles are graceful to save. for little blossoms, while old rum botâ€" tles are t:racoful with unexpached branches, arnations, valley lilies and violets are friendly and versatile and can be used alone or in combination with equal paise, The flowers that nearly always need ciher flowers with them for best effect are the spike flowers such as slphinium, lupinus, hollyhock, stock and sometimes gladiol, and many of the incidental flowers that grow in #il oldâ€"fashioned garden. It Depends particular flower, the occasion and the rcom it is to be used in. Remember that there‘s periocod design and degrees of formality in flower arrangement just as there refer yo er you to famous flower ECr a French room, of course, wan: dainty elegant flowers ticnally arranged in an alabs It Stands to Reason we repeat, is in furniture WHAT IS AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW ? it all depends on the the occasion and the d and gracious stages and influâ€" o we are lucky in . _ Here again we flower pictures. course, you will flowers caonvenâ€" alabaster Bracebridge Gazette:â€"A motorist picked up a hitchâ€"hiker the other day and thke hitchâ€"hiker told him he had bought a bunch of ties at Woolworth‘s and was going to sell them to the Bracebridge Mugs. Are you a Mug? Do you buy from just‘ such persons things you can buy just as well or betâ€" ter at your own store? To these pedâ€" dlers you are just Mugs, rubes, easy marks. In fact, they go to you to sell you almost anything from a nail brush to an electric washer believing that you are a softy; by getting you alone in the house they think they are so much more clever than you that they can sell you, not only what you can buy at home on equally good or better terms, but that they can sell you what you have no intention of buying. .To the peddler you are just another Mug. yard. For taller vases wedge a forked branch into the neck: hol@ stems where you want Chicken jwire can also be used. Oreledwodgcaplepe of soft wood rcross thp neck of the vase. ‘Tis a big subject we.‘\ge launched on toâ€"day, much too big faor a single arâ€" ticle. But we have a hew bulletinâ€" "Princgiples of Flower Amnctna“ which will be sent on‘ recei.pt:of a stamped, selfâ€"addressed envelope; It includes full directions for creating beautiful flower effects in your home. wire things to go in the bottom of containers and hold stems, and save an assortment of little. rocks to hold flowers in low contamexs-â€"don'»t deâ€" pend on trying to find just the right one on the spur of the=moment in (the an ideal place for this, but the back porch will do nicely in the warm werâ€" ther at least. Or maybe you can spare a basement spot if you can‘t make rcom in the pantry. Whatever you do, be sure you manage to, keep all this paeraphernalia together., Don‘t forget to have plenty of those little glass and dainty ang it has a pleasant characâ€" ter to bring to an unpremnuous arâ€" rangement, A fair warningâ€"if you get emg'roseed in this business of flower a you‘re certain to stant collecting oan- tainers of all shapes, sizes and condiâ€" enlour of the pcottery. Wood has a hearty charm with zinnias, branches, dried flowers and pods, geranium, cacâ€" tus and centain exotic plants. Silver is beautiful to hold rather formal arâ€" rangements of roses, gladioli, fine tuâ€" lips, delphinium oro any especially disâ€" tinguished blooms. Brass and copper you‘ll like with autumn flowers, forâ€" syi‘hia, zinnias and imany ruddy, sturdy blcoms of branches. Pewter is grand wi‘h almost any kind of flower except the very stiff and formal or the very panticular <‘pottery container. (Just watch to see that your blossoms are in keeping with the shape, finish and those . little go in the imany ruddy, sturd: s. Pewter is gram nd of flower excep formal or the ver a pleasant charac unpretentious ar Whatever you do, to. keep all this itr., Don‘t forget to ppewaiiy and copper flowers, forâ€" ruddy, sturdy ter is grand flower except _or the very sant characâ€" tentuous â€" @râ€" glass : bottom _table or tall staool closet is Better