USE GAY LINENS IN THE DINING ROOM.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 September 1932, Page 7

USE GAY LINENS IN THE DINING ROOM.

The winter dining room is made more cheery by using coloured table linen and china. The natural or coloured linens are more in harmony with the cream or buff back grounds generally used in modern china than is pure white damask. Though some of the coloured linens are just as expensive as the white ones, for informal meals the tables may be made attractive with such modest materials as natural-coloured dish ■towelling or cotton crepes. The dish towelling which comes with coloured stripes along the side as a border, may be used effectively as table runners.or individual mats and squares of the same material hemmed or fringed make satisfactory napkins. Glass towelling, which often has a design in small checks, may also be used for runners, sometimes embroidered with coarse decorative stitchery. With patterned cloths plain china is best, but decorated china is good on plain runners or mats. Good quality Japanese cotton crepe can be made into attractive sets for breakfast, luncheon or supper. The delicate pastel shades found in this fabric blend with many designs in china, and the colours launder well.