THE SUMMER FIREPLACE.
When unsightly spots mar the freshness of glazed tiles in fireplaces, they should be rubbed with a piece of lemon, to make them disappear. The tiles must afterwards be polished with a soft rag damped with a little oil. The grate, in summer, may be decorated with plants, or filled in with a Japanese parasol and a palm or azalea placed at each corner. Pretty effects for the summer fireplace, again, may be obtained with saucers or plates filled with hempgrass. Take a soup-plate, fill it with earth-mould and plant in it hemp-seeds, which will soon yield lovely grasses. A few of these “grass plates” in the heart will be pretty and cool-looking to the eye and form a cheap decoration for a sitting-room.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18430, 14 March 1922, Page 2
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127THE SUMMER FIREPLACE. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18430, 14 March 1922, Page 2
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