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The most fun was the window. Dax is an en gineer, and Gerry, our l£year-old, can do any thing. The two of them managed this chintz covered frame. Clara Dudley suggested we paint one wall blue-grey, to make the room seem larger. Gerry and Jimmie helped Kathryn roll out the rug. Isn’t it amazing—the difference a good rug makes in a room, from the moment it’s down! You can feel the improvement. As Kathryn says, “A rug is the base of a room’s decoration.” We could have frittered away, so easily, the money we’ve invested in our home. But we’re so glad we have something substantial to show for our money. We can’t imagine, now, how we could have lived in that old room so long. Our beautiful new room means more to Kathryn, I think, than her first real date did—corsage and all. How she loves to bring her friends home, now. Our Alexander Smith Rug, of course, is a beauty. It, alone, would have done a lot for our living room. And Clara Dudley’s plan for us is exactly what we’d have dreamed up ourselves, if we’d just known how. Jimmie says, and we all agree, “We’re the luckiest family in Nebraska.” Let Clara Dudley help you, too. Go to your favorite store. Buy your Alexander Smith Rug. Ask for Clara Dudley’s Workshop Questionnaire. Fill it out and send it in for a decorating plan worked out just for you. Or, for Clara Dudley’s new, free, color-idea book, “Colorama,” full of practical ideas to use in your home, write Alexander Smith & Sons Carpet Company, Dept. TE-5, 285 Fifth Avenue, New York 16, N. Y. Alexander Smith Floor-Plan Rugs and Broadloom Carpets