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 WOMAN'S HOME positions where the fire makes things cosy. If there is a window near a chimney corner, put a simple screen round, so that hght without draught is obtained. Remember that well-arranged light for everyone is no un- important matter, and if a couple of fresh switches for table lamps have to be added, the money will be well laid out if extra comfort is given, and fees to the oculist are saved. The wear and tear in temper from badly arranged common rooms in the house sends many a son into chambers, or daughter to her club. Put a foot muff or fur rug beneath the writing-table, unroll your stored squares of carpet or warm felt, and put them in sitting and bedrooms. Let every window, however daintily draped with diaphanous casement curtains in the summer, be furnished in the winter with a curtain ample enough to draw right over the entire window. Nothing adds to the cosiness of a room as thick draught - excluding curtains. There are many kinds of door coverings, from the Cordova I A woman's corner. Light comes over the shoulder, a screen prevents draught. Books, magazines, workbox, are all handy. Artificial light is provided for and a high fender footstool is ready for the tired housekeeper It is not for us to argue about the matter, but, simply accepting things as they are, to make a few suggestions which may alleviate the situation. It is quite easy to get in a couple of men for an hour and move the heavy pieces of furniture essential for daily requirements into a sovith room, and far less trouble than constantly surrounding oneself with screens and footwarmers. Sometimes a warm wall, or the close proximity of a well-heated room, makes the choice of the winter sitting-room easy, and the woman who thoroughly understands the art of making herself and other people comfortable will see to it that every advantage is taken of all favourable conditions. Exigencies of space, special require- . ments of the difterent members of a family, or other objections may make the removal into another room impossible, in which case the plan of campaign must be more subtle. The Spare Room Lounge chairs which have filled a natural place near the windows should during the winter be put in definite A screen for an Adams room. This is partly home made, American cloth in a pearly shade being painted with bunches and garlands of flowers. For spring, apple blossoms and daffodils ; summer, a bunch of roses ; autumn, dahlias ; winter, chrysanthemums and Christmas roses. Trophies beneath carry out the symbols of the seasons