The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-04

two or three contrasting shades being
the most effective when tastefully COM
mingled in the pattern. "Daisy" tides
are dainty in effect and easy to make,
and the material required for them costs
but mere trife. They are made of
bleached muslin, white lawn or Swiss
muslin, cut in circles about twoor three
inches in diameter and gathered closely
about the edges, which are by this
means drawn to the center of the circles
on the upper side, where they are con-
cealed under a rosette of bright yellow
worsted. These little daisies bear
striking resemblance to those gathered
from the fields of nature, are Joined to-
gether in star, diamond or other fanci-
full shapes, andare very pretty when fast
ned to the back of the chair. lounge
or sofa. Sometimes red, blue, pink or
violet worsteds are used, but the effect is
not go natural and consequently not so
much admired. A toilet-set conrists of
a bureau, or dressing case cover, a pin
cushion and two small mats, all of which
may be embroidered Java canvas.
An airy set may be made of paper
muslin or Silesia, overlaid with plain or
dotted white Swiss, bordered with deep
lace or lace-edged ruffies of the material.
The paper-mussin shouid be of some deli
cate shade of blue, pink, gold or green,
or else of cardinal red, and should be cut
to ft the bureau, or dressing case smooth
ly. The cover is bordered with rufles
of the same neatly piDked out at the
edge, and after beng fa- tened smoothly
to the bureau, is overlaid with the Swiss
cover, through whose delicate, transpar-
ent texture the color of the under cover
is prettily displayed. The cushion ana
mats should be made to harmonic with
the cover. Paper muslin is preferable
to Silesia, as it hold the lace out better,
aud when the unglazed side is turned
out, the difference is not perceptible I'M
less closely examined. -.a..a 1-'l
Pretty corner brackets, may he made
of pieces. of common wood, cut to fit
snugly inthe corners, and covered with
embroidered canvas or with cashmere,
| flannel, merinosor silk, either painted,
embroidered or decorated with decalco
mamie pictufee! 70 These little artic les
very effectively decorate vacant hooks,
and may be made to hold tiny statuette,
pretty shells, a vase of flowers or other
tasteful, ornament. ~''''' t. ."
For large pictures, and small ones
too, for which frames cannot be con-
venient.y purchased: very effective
frames may be made of paper-muslin.
No doubt paper-muslin picture frames
will sound queer to many, and some will
smile at the, idea of such thing, but
they are really pretty when tastefully
constructed, and the suggestion will be
readily seized upon by the home-loving
woman, who likes to adorn her house,
but ID sometimes very much puzzled to
knew how to do so with very small
sum of money. The paper-muslin may
be either black, or a very dark brown or
cardinal shade. as these resemble most
| closely the colors of the dark wood
usually employed in the manufacture of
such articles; or it may be of any of the
gold shades, to resemble gilt. 1t is cut
in strips of a width to suit the size of the
pictureI large picture needing frame
at least three inches wide--and joined
together One style of frame has the
edges pinked out, with the strips laid in
! donble-box plaits made. very close to-
gether and tackled through the middle of
the frame esunderl soft tufts of bright
| colored worstei. Another kind has the
strips shirred through. the center and at
each edge over thin wire. Both kinds
4 are pretty and may be used in the same
| room to give Variety After the muslin
is shirrede or plated, the picture is
1 fastened at the edges to thin board or
piece Of thick pastelboard, which should
extend sufficiently beyond the margin of
the picture to support the frame. The
/ plated or !. shirred muslin is then
7 fastened by tiny tacks- to the board,
and, 4 large bow of ribbon is placed in
each corner. The wired frame should
bulge outward at the center, and the
plated frame may be left perfectly fat,
or the opposite ends of the plaits may
be caught together with charming
effect e-=eg ss -,.lt