Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1914 — Dainty but Durable Bamboo. [ARTICLE]

Dainty but Durable Bamboo.

Novelties in bamboo furniture are among the desirable articles which a woman can pick up to help furnish her rooms. Aside from their being prettily decorated, they are strong and firm, built to withstand a great deal of hard usage. But their chief attraction lies in their remarkable lightness which enables the home-maker to move them from one end of a house to the other without any strained lifting. This is due- largely to the almost imperceptible weight of their hollow bamboo frames, which are covered with the finest straw matting. An extremely neat desk for a Girl’s boudoir shows large pink peonies scattered here and there over the surface of the matting. Book racks, bureaus, and all sorts of oddly shaped tables are also decorated to match.