Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-11-16

large figured Moquette might eiivy.
A SQUARE, sunny room. carpeted With
gray and woOd-colored ingram, dotted
with shaggy rugs of blue and gray.
furnished with comfortable blue and
gray divanS and easy chairs, and
decorated with books, pictures, and
pretty trihes, is not a room to be
secuted by anybody, in spite Of the
prejudice against unhappy ingram -
and Joan will fad thai econom, in
the matter Of carpets and curtains
will be long step toward the acquisi-
ton of the books, the pictures, and
the trifes which really make a house
look beautiful and refined Better an
ingram and four or Eve good engrav-
lngs than velvet aud bare walls
the usual combination. These mod
ern i"gralns are good and firm 10
texture. beautiful in color, and rarely
cost more than 81 Il. As for cur
tans, We pretty and very cheap ones
can be made of SWISS muslin, figured
or dotted, and edged with nnted
rutties. They took quite as we'll after
they are washed and new ruffles are
Se~ed on. A woman with a spirit of
ingenuity in her right hand can easily
make lambrequins to matcn her furni
ture-patterus for tie same being
sold by those who deal in garment
patterns Nevertheless, with a neat
c rulce lambrequins are not necessary.
Beautifully hanging curtains may also
be made OF soft, wide, inexpensive
wuOle!i nilteriai. Of some neurpr Self
color, and trimmed with plain strip
of the same material. but of another
color, seWcd on near the edge. or a
velvet strip may be used with good
effect. For bedroom windows make
curtains Of unUleached muslin. trim
med with a fold of blue cotton or
turkey-red. about four inches wide,
ruin on about two inches from the
edge. These ought to be made COM
plete by fat cornice of pine, cover
cd with the muslin and trimmed with
narrow strips Of color and further by
a sCant hounce half a yard deep of
the Muslin. also trimmed with the
color and depending like lambSrquin
from the COrnice. These curtains
are sometimes made to take on a still
more Oriental effect by being striped
at regular intervals with the red or
blue. Dress :tuff of elaborate floral
patterns IN silk or fuulard which have
gone out Of fashion can often be
bought very cheapIy and maze cx-
Gu;site d,apericS.
There is one foolhardy thing that
Young holsekecpers should never at
tempt, and that is the manufacture Of
cheap decorations and furnishings
recommended sometimes by feminine
writer's of questionable taste a
woman with clever fingers may make
her Own curtains and dressing tables,
cover divaus ana chairs Of simple
shape, and, if she likes, may waste
her time in cmb:oidcring screens and
cushi0Es; but il is folly 20 try any Of
the more ambitious decorations. which
only the strength, training, and eX-
perleuce Of the uphOIsterer can ar
range in perfection. Nor should she
NEEDLE with piue-cOue picture frames
and raycled basket and Dcuseusi"al
combinations eli beads aud silver
n ithaca fl,s,,,Y.. ,t 1,
very ugly. II you have 4 dollar to
spare. Madam, bay a clever book
with 1t, or keep il until you can save
enough 10 give yourself a fine en-
CRAVING or beautiful Turkish rug. Il
you have leisure buy one Of the COM
fsrtable inexpensive lOuuginG mot
exteusion) chairs, made of Stats OF
OAK or walnut, and occupy yourself
with cuShiuning it on back aud seat
and arms in any material sou prefer,
stuffed thinly with cotton batting or
excelsior These cushions are not to
be tackled on the chair, but made
separately and lied on. Oae of these
easy chairs, cushioned with handsome
mate ia!, a large, Soft sofa cushion,
and dl,an at the pieasaatest win
dow, covered with the same material,
make wonderfully pretty additions To
the ordinary furniture when they
haimonize wish it in color. Divaus
may be ;pnde of old packing boxes,
a well stuffed cushion being fastened
on the top, aud the material with
winch it is covered brought smoothly,
hat no. roo tightly, around the sides
Fringe makes tasteful fi1ish for the
Lover edge of this part OF the cover,
but it is not necessary To use it
Another piece Of furniture which may
be made beau'l'i by s+t.le labor i,
an old round table The standard
should be carefully cleaned aud
polished urv.rniShed-made, IN short.
to look like new Then stretch
smoothly over The top of piece Of
reps like the furniture covering, and
tack it tightly around the eGgeS, 50
that there will be not the slightest
" Limit bAt RAlC NAt isALNs 4 hAOh am
around the table covering these, new
edges handsome uphoisterer's fringe
of the same color as the reps Gilt
headed tacks are sometimes used for
fastening the fringe. This center
table has real beauty warm and
cosy look which none of the usual
handicapped monstrosities can
have. War should be waged against
these handicapped tables and cabi-
nets, which are always suggestive Of
grave stones, and which help to give
its Geld and dismal air to the average
modern parIor. The most elaborate
of these is less effective than an old
table covered with a richly colored
cloth, whose tint of crimson or scar
let or blue elows and brightens under
gas or lamplight, Severe uniformity
is rarely beautiful. and a sHting-room