The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-11-23
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,J9tlia X. HiLdreth, IN Harpsr's Young
People, xT gT
As the Shortening DAYS wan us that
summer is over and delightful winteris
at hand, those Prosperous, fortnnatel
ones among us who have pleasant homes
begin to think of putting o1rcosy rDonas
into trim to meet the cold Weather.
Awnings are taken down and mattiRgs-
are taken up, the s.Tapaneses fans that
are fast replacing @ot1r~old friend tire
palm-leaf are carefully laid away With
them 60 all the airy devices that helpeu
to make the heat tolerable, and soften
the glare of the July sun, and are sue
! ceeded by clever contrivanees for keep
ing out searthing winds and drifting
snow Instead OF cool, pale, greens,
faint. blues, and delicate eraYSr and
scarlet, and clear yellow, brilliant bits
of color to catch, and make the most of,
every ray of wintry sunshine. - 4@ss
AS every one knows who has had the
smallest experience in that charming
yet perplexing business OF furnishing q
house, one of the most important points
in the adonment OF a room is the cur
tains. The carpet requires deep con-
s,deratiOn, and an ugly one is trying to
the soul OF any woman gifted with sense
of the fitness of things, but it can be
/ partially concealed by large rug, or its
most Objectionable features modified by
the judicious use of small ones. The
curtains, on the contrary, stand out in
bold relief. There is no conceaiing or.
modifying or toning them down; a mis-
! take there is irrevOcabIe; and SO the
prudent woman thinks not once nor
twice, bat many times, before she pro-
ceeds to purchase them, and studies
well their future surroundings before
she takes the final step.
1t is at this moment, while she is
/ still bordering, and before she has quite
] committed herself to danask, or rep, or
whatever thick and heavy material most
charms her fancy, that IDyant to appeal
to her. Windows are made primarily
to let in light. Air can gainaadmittance
in other ways, but light that is prevent
ed from entering by the windows is
practically totally excluded from the
room. In this northern climate, where
the winter sun rises late and retires
early, we should give linn warm well
come while he is above the horizon, and
offer the least possible obstruction to
his entrance into our houses.
/ A long-sufering husband once re
marked TO his wife, who had just had
| Their drawing-Foom arranged in gOr-
geOus crimson satin draperies, elabo-
rately lined and trimmeds = Nv dear,
what is the use of having windows. and
! then covering them up with blankets2''
1t is almost impossible to drape heavy
4 curtains gracefully without hiding the
/ entire window, except narrow strip
in the middle Of the lower SASH. if
double curtains are used, or at least
/ two-thirds Of ii il a single one, white.
the sunshine that ought to be warming
and Frightening the whole apartment
struggles almost in vain for admission,
and, when it gets in, must be content to
/ enliven small patch of the carpet Yet
tasteful, well-chosen curtains add so
much to the appearance of a room, and
are so beautiful in themselves, with
Ftheir soft outlines and graceful curves,
that it seems barbarOus to hint that
they nlight be dispensed with entire ".
In this dilemma | would suggest
that the long prevailing fashion of using
only thick fabrics for winter curtains
should be disregarded. and thin ones
substituted for the sitting folds which
nothing but the habit of a lifetime
would induce US to tolerate.
II Handsome lace curtains with then
tracery of fairy-like frost-work, or their
rich masses of hand wrought leaves, are
too costly for most persons of moderate
means, but nothing is prettier for those
who can afford them. Though fiimsV
limitations may detract from their merit
in the opinion of those who are not
Judges of needle-worE, no educated eye
can be deceived for a moment as to
their real value.
So many materials once never seen
outside OF the kitchen have been util-
lied and turned 20 good account by the
passion for decorative art, that the most
modest purse can compass something
at once artistic and inexpensive.
"a Very pretty curtains are made of
cheese-cloth trimmed with Russian lace.
Each width is cut in two lengthwise,
the edges rolled and joined again. with
band of insertion sewed overland be-
tween them. and the whole bordered
with lace The material is yard wide,
and costs but six cents yard, so the
most carping critic cannot object to ii
on the score of expense. If two cur
taIns are used for the same window one
breadth is enough for each, with band
of insertion, and let hang in straight
folds over the window.
Fine osnaburgh, such as is used for
kitchen roller towels. is very effective
with border worked in outline stitch
in black or crimson; either quaint de-
signs and grotRsque figures, or more
regular pattern. like the Grecian border
No cornices are required for these
!, curtains A broad facing should be run
on the curtain on the inside, about an
inch and a half from the top, and a
stick passed Through it, This lis sup
ported on iron hooks driven into the
wall. fitting into Sits or notches cut in
the stick.-E. r. ScoCif, ia Christian
; TfJ1fOgaa -e 4
A New York man aIrai gned fol
bigaIny excused himself on the ground
that his first wife had agreed tosupport
i herself, and telling 10 Do SO lie eansid
+. cred himself absolyed from the Fnarrig5s
, vows and fully authorized to marry
t again. The excuse lodged him IN jaI