CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS.
The font is always one of the most difficult parts of a church to arrange satisfactorily. The following idea is rather new, and does not prevent the font being used for its proper purpose if necessary. Remove the cover and fill the font to the brim, cover the edge with moss and let some ferns dip over into the water. On the outer edge place a delicate little wreath of white roses and green and white leaves. Keep the inner edge entirely white, mingled with the green ferns, using for choice the lovely anemone japonica These are —to weave your work into an allegory —the ‘white flowers of a blameless life,’ while the roses and their thorns mav shadow forth the sorrows and temptations of this troublesome world.’ In the water place a floating cross of white blossoms and light feathery ferns. Make the foundation of two strips of wood wired together. If cardboard were used it would soou soak through and sink.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XI, Issue 50, 16 December 1893, Page 525
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165CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XI, Issue 50, 16 December 1893, Page 525
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