NOVEL TABLE CENTREPIECE
I During the winter-time, when few flowers were available, a Mend solved the problem of a centrepiece for the breakfast-nook table by making a seashell pool, says an overseas contributor. She produced a flat glass dish, filled it with water, and placed in it pieces of rose-coloured seaweed, small vari-coloured shells, pieces of opalescent mother-of-pearl from abalone shells, and a few hard, bright, red seeds from laurel pods.
Sometimes in the pool floats a single flat bloom and its leaf. By, using a flower-holder, a tuft of greenery or blossoming sprig may be made to "grow" by the edge of such a pool, but care must be taken not to overcrowd the bowl.
If seashells are not available, pieces of coloured rock and bright pebbles may be substituted. The water in the pool should be kept fresh, and, should the disl. become ringed from the evaporation of the water, the deposit may be removed with a cut lemon.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 60, 8 September 1937, Page 16
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