The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-27
handkerchief Language.


NAV read. Tue name, initials or mono
gram formerly en- broidsret 90 handker-
chiefs have been discarded, and IL
stead Is adopted flower or motto
! Thus each selects her own noSer anu
then EN- broidcls below 1t floral Ian
gnarc. The beautiful brunette chooses
for her very own the rose with the ie
vice, Il am all hear; ano' her pansy
with the Inscription, My thoughts
are only nf you. Oae with poppy
/ has Beauty dwciis, in the heart and
+ not in the face above sprig OF mig
nonette is the modest remark, My
qualities surplss my charms; Il cilng
or | die" surmounts An ivy leaf, Purity
.nI nobility" i. written over . bly,,
while some sentimental damsei inscribes
above primrose, Il am mlsunder-
stood.
KNITTED SILK ''HOSEN.
Fashion decree Is that every matron
must knit her husbands silk hose-or
..hosen.' IS the Modern knltter calls
lit-and thus sh ,cks the dear DID grand
mother. who thinks thinks the word
hose bad enough, and that stocking Is
y term modest enough for the most
fas, idious. Those girls who haven't
husbands are advised to knit them for
their brothers or some other girls
brol her ami both wanting for them
selves to keep the ever-restless hands
: Ausy For the ladies themselves they
i are knit round and round and termed
..raiiroad stockings Those who have
learned to knit will. Of course, knit
Y them after the Did orthodox fasion, but
d for those who cannot knit aid thus
e have despaircd OF knit silk hose, TINS
u SUGGESTION is given: There is SIX
). knitting thread sold for this purpose
Il and for mittens. that comes in balls
:, but most people find it too soft and pre-
e fer the tightly twisted finer threac
d which comes in large skeins, weighing
e five ounces. Cast on twenty-elgh
d stitcnes on the needles and knit ava,
NJ until YOU have long, slender PIP
As ;not at all like "a stocking) about half
IL ward in length, or more if you requlr
an extra length. Then KNIT roun'
/" once, dropping every fourth s'it,
fr these dropped stitches Will rua 70 th
> toe Of the stocking. striping 1t IN beau
a ftiful open work, and wide enough 10
OF even large leg. After this the stock
OF ing. being as many stitches smaller q
II YOU have dropped, you knit about thre
er inches at size and then OFT. What. n
:" heel. the reader may say. The stocF
"a ing needs none, it shapes itself to II
ny heel as do the wool ones that are mae
ey for children, from the woven Dant
ne introduced a season or so ago.
= MRS. A. 7. STEWART S HOME.
,e The hangings that divide the room
ed instead Of doors, are peculiar an
,ty beautiful, and were worked under II
auspices of the Ladies Demorative A
er Society, which now supplies the mo
rid wealthy families Of New York with q
ar namental work These hanglngs 4
hi of deep crimson plush, with bros
er. borders in oriental colors, and the ma
be space is covered with embrolderlt
roe Japanese in STYLE embracing stork
be he ons. wild grasses, and vine tips, al
tn, wrought in actallic colors that mai
them staud out the same repousSe woT
/" o her parterr, are Of olive color
,rn plush. worked with gold beads al
r;tl autumn leaves. The furniture is mos
.mu X of teak and cherry wood, IN I
+, g. Queen Anne stNl., massive and scve
te X. outline. with little carving, and
.tI> he grace OF the apartments Is deflV
'ec from the beau HUI slal uaIy, Hhe pa'
tn, ious. and costly vcrtu collected fr(
different parts of the world.
an CrnERo.RD CLOTHS,