The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-07-28

brush and shoe horn; whilst strong, broad,
elastic strips will keep your combs, hand
glass, nail-scissors, button hook, etc. firmly
attached to the lid. Line this box with
glazed twill lining gray is the best slight
" wadded and fixed to the cardboard, made
to fit the box exactly, so that it may be cas-
ny taken out. and the covering renewed
In the hair. brush division keep a small, fine
towel ian old, soft towel, cut in four, lis cap
ital for this purpose) to rub your brushes
on after using them. This keeps them clean
and sa res the incessant washing they other
wise require, and which always tends to
spoil them, no matter how carefully done.
This box is useful on journey, if you do
not possess travelling bag, for in it you
can pack your pincushion, your needle.
thread and button box, and all your little
toilet table accessories, and SO have them
all together at hand, instead of having
each individual article to hunt for.
TINY WHITE CHINA BASKETS
So often seen as toilet tides, are nice in
many ways, but the absence Of lid hardly
seems to fit them for this purpose, as the
hair is SO apt TO getloose. More prefera-
BILE to many will be the small Japanese
boxes with their tight fitting lids, where the
comblngs Of your brush may be securely
placed, and which should be emptied and
the box busted out by the maid as she
does out" the roon. For washstand
screens, the most serviceable are the wicker
work boxes, as they keep clean and fresh
looking, and by hooking on to the stand
save nails in the wall. IF these
do not please, pieces of plain
sheeting, with bands of color hung
in rather full folds to tiny rod, supported
by nails at each end, look nice; or they
may be worked to match the rest of the
furniture, and strained across plain, fasten-
ing them with strong drawing pins. Screens
made of thick card board, covered with
strong wallpaper, made to simulate tiles,
and well vanished, look fresh and nice, if
you don't mind the sham, and at all events
they are easily renewed and they will last
A bath blanket to lay in front of the wash
stand is another most comfortable and
even
PRETTY ADJUNCT.
A yard square of white or grey felt or
blanket Gan ordinary blanket cut into three
or four, according to whether the blanket
has a striped edge or not), either bound
with bright braid or buttonholed around.
embroidered with large bold spray, to
match the rest if possible, looks well, and
is large enough for all useful purposes
Time and space alike would fail us to tell
of the many little things one can make at
but small cost, and which all add to the COM
fort and beauty of ones room. Sachets
for handkerchiefs, ties, collars and cuffs
are pretty and nice at all times, but in
travelling they are really comforts. as the
fiatter such articles can be packed the less
room do they take and the better do they
carry. Tien again, wall pockets (of yari-
GUS sizes, according to the contents they
are intended to hold), combing jackets,
dressing gowns, night-gown cases, all these
can be ornamented, and never look SO pref
ty as when they seem to be part of the
room and to harmonize with the other things
in it. Each individually may be beautiful
and in perfect taste, and yet if they are all
different they seem to miss the dainty per-
lection found in far similar specimens
which have one idea running through them.
and harmonizing thoroughly with their sur
roundings, seen to form complete whole
and to be characteristic. of and peculiar to
their owner.