Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1912 — WHEN FLOWERS ARE LACKING [ARTICLE]

WHEN FLOWERS ARE LACKING

One Resourceful Hostess Makes Decorative Centerpiece of the Homely Cabbage. A young housekeeper, who lives in a district where it is often impossible to procure flowers suitable for a dining table centerpiece, has fallen back upon her kitchen garden for decorative materialß. All winter long she relies upon the homeiy cabbage, whose center she scoops out and fills with celery sprigs. This she sets upon a plate fringed about with celery tops and to the white and green effect she gives a cheery tone, by addlpg little clusters of cranberries. Another favorite decorative scheme is produced chiefly by a small-sized pumpkin, which is punctured at top and sides, to hold sprays of celery or hemlock. The winter pear, hard and firm and substantial, is another basis for a centerpiece, as its wide end will usually rest squarely upon a saucer, trimmed with sprays of greenery, while Into the top, pierced with a narrow deep hole or tunnel, may he placed holly twigs, hemlock or any winter foliage which may he at hand.