Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-07-14

N0tes ON Household Decorations nm
Convenience.

A handsome curtain for a portiere is
made of dark olive green canton flannel ;
the borderis H. of autumn leaves in appli-
que they may be Ut silk, satin, or vel
vet, or have some Of one material and
some of another. If properly outlined,
the leaves look very natural This is a
good time to commence such work, as it
is 80 easy to find ont from Nature herself
just how to vein the leaves.
Tarlatan is much better to embroider
on than paper, even than the thinnest
kind the tarlatan can be drawn out q
thread ut time, and so there is less dan
ger of disturbing the embroidery. The
design may be transferred to the tarlatan
by means OF impression paper. Have
the design neatly and carefully drawn on
tracing paper, then put the impression
paper between this and the tarlatan, then
go over every line and dot with sharp
pencil. In this-wuy you save the ex-
pense OF stamping, aud the cost of the
paper is triaing. II you are able to make
original designs, you eau use them to
good advantage. This method is espec
tally applicable to embroidery ON plush,
velvet, or satin.
Very pretty shades for dining-rooms,
sitting rooms, or bedrooms are made of
white or light brown linen. The trim
ming which seems indispensable now on
every curtain consists, first, OF Q fringe
on the bottom about two inches or more
wide it is made by ravelling the linen
itself Just above this fringe stitch fold
in which to put the curtain stick, and
then above this work pretty designs in
outlines. A simple and yet effective way
is to work straight lines across the end Of
the shade, then bar them off and in the
corners work little fan. shaped figures.
The bars may be longer than is needed to
make the squares, and so relieve any
stiffness in the design.
The exercise of little ingenuity will
often help one to accomplish wonders
See what can be done in one way cards
for birthdays and other holidays can be
arranged AZ handsomely rs many very
costly ones, by selecting two which are Of
exactly the same size and whose designs
go well together. Fringe some silk or
ribbon to any depth you choose, and
paste neatly to the edge of one Of the
cards. When it is dry, so you see that il
is all evenly pasted down, paste the other
card to it. If you wish to add small
cord and two tassels, they ore easily made
from few skeins OF embroidery silk,
To secure the fringed ribbon to the card,
use paste made Of Jumps of gum arabic
dissolved in Just as little water as it is
possible to use. 1t should be four or
five times thicker than ordinary mucil-
age.
A beautiful table spread is made of
drab linen monte cloth, with border of
cat tails, sunhowers, daisies, and stems of
small crimson flowers. Line the spread
with deep wine-colored silesia, leave a
margin of few inches of the drab cloth
below the embroidery, then put on
band Of wine-colored plush, about four
inches wide, below this put fringe of
the monte cloth ravelled out A piece
Of work like this takes time, but when
completed one has something to repay
her for her efforts, aud it may be done
at odd moments when no other work
would be attempted. The advantage of
the linen cloth over felt or broadclOth is
that there is no danger of its being at
tackled by moths. and it is easy to keep
it free from dust. The pattern may be
stamped in the cloth, and about shading
one must observe carefully effects in
nature, and 80 make an educational in
strument of her embroidery.
miscellaneous Recipes.
A good way to prepare veal chops for
breakfast is to dip them in beaten egg,
then in fine cracker crumbs, seasoned
with pepper and salt, and little sifted
sage ; a few thin slices of onion add to
the flavor. Fry the chops in hot lard |;
they need cooking at least twenty minutes,
and should be brown when done.
One Of grandmother's wise ways was to
keep a cup of alum water always close at
hand 1t usually stood on the windows sill
beside her work basket. Out fingers and
bruises of all kinds, if wrapped in cloth
wet in the alum water, healed with