, 1876-03-05
HOME ADOHNNENT,

Enexpeasivc Elatsa for Decorating an
| Esenut.sylnc tho Elo2nc-Pructic&,
| aEia.s a:ld SnCgcstluns.
| To the Etiitcr If TIE Chicago T'75usls:
CHICAGO, March 1.-The houeekeepers' colum
Of THE TRIBUNE h1s interested me vory mucl
But housekeeping includes moro than basin.
cake, :1na1ng bread, and cooking vegetables
| Housekeeping is in its widest aense home
| making. As there are little details about coo1
| ing aud tabia arrangement that add SO much e
| the excellence Of food in Que case and 30 muc!
to tho enjoyment Of the family in tho ether, St
there aro details OF arrangement and ornamental
ton that brighten and beautify the home.
Il has Iong been the custom for noyeIists ant
strong-minded women to riliculo what they gen
era!ize as fancy work. and TO intimate that sue!
| work is without purpose End barren OF good re
| suits. Ladies' who really enjoy
| THE WORK OF noIE-MAK1So,
/! and gentlomen Who have pride IN their homes,
| know llow much skiIiful hands and ingenious
| minds accomplish in the way OF decoration uudel
| the almost meaningless name OF fancy work
Many ladies Of my acquaintance are genune
artists In this way, and their homes show not
only the evidence of this artistic impulse but
the presence OF that good tasto that accom-
panies it.
Many ladies arc enthusiastic in this direction.
and Is .heir enthusiasm is expended in making
their homes beautiful, it is certainly commend
able Others again gro Interested and only de-
sire to learn. It has occurred to mo that both
classes would be Interested in q department of
homo ornamentation in which there could b.
An INTERCHANGE OF IDEAS
snd views. mud presentation Of suggestions,
nIrnre7 n hnmn4 nf all r~eaaa
know that in my Own circle Indies ero con-
ataDtly communicating to ono another new ideas.
4 suggestion given in Some periodical is taken
up. ia modified. added to, changed, and changed
again, until it is represented in dozen new
things. Or. lady orisiuates something hersolf,
another lsdy catches tile general ieea and posni-
bly, improves upon it, and 10 on. Now, if we
can come into tho wider circio ct TIE TRIBUNE
readers giving and receiving information. hayo
no doubt all ladies' Of taste will become Interest,"
ed in the department devoted to this work.
1t is extremely difficult to make descriptions
Of designs and processes intel[igibIe to those
who have no knowledge Of the details of ncedIo
work. III many cases find that must satisfy
this, iu connection with the main points. will en-
nto those most Likely to be Interested to catch
the idea.
PICTURE FRAMES.
In nearly every house there are many iant-
some pictures, photographs, eugrayines, stored
of frames. This Is the caeo III families in good
circumstances, aud just why it is go 10 ono can
say- Whether the pictures are not framed be-
cause OF expense that would follow or not, tho
ladies' can ignore the question Of expenditure
aud escape from all other drawbacks b. ma!tiug
frames Of white perforated cardboard.
RUSTIC FRAME.
For rustic FRAME cut the cardboard in strips
say an inch wide, taking given number Of
holes or perfo1atons Is guide (tweIve i'll this
case). Make the strips Of lens,4h required By
picture, tho enda projecting at tha corners as in
the common rustic frame.