Morning journal and courier., 1882-11-20
Gossip About the Home.

The newest design for colored table cloths
 is of birds on the wing. They are worked in filoselles in raised stitch, the eyes being represented by iridescent beads. In one recently imported from Kensington owls are in two corners and swallows in flight in the corresponding ones.
 Scrap baskets are now in the shape Of vases with one or two handles and the favorite decoration is by means of @ handsome bow, bunch of flowers group of tiny birds
 Bureau covers are now made in crash design of leaves and flowers being generally worked il linen floss. They can be washed and on this account have much to recommend them. The work is usually solid and they are finished off by an insertion of drawn work and fringe.
 In England arrasene has lost it's popularity while here, on the contrary, it is the most fashionable Of all embroidery materials Table covers and portiere borders arc there worked in scroll patterns in raised work. preference is given to geomstrical and ara besque designs.
 The latest fashion in d'oylies for meat dishes is to have a design of uncooked vege tables worked in floselle crewels in the natural colors.
 Wooden baskets are decorated in many fanciful ways, the most popular being by hangings upon the one side of deep garneta crimson sa con, with fringe of the same colsr, and motto worked in Kensington stitch, Heap on more wood, the wind Is chill, v while on the other S1d6 cOuectlOn or fir cones serves as ornament.
 The latest quilt for baby's bed is made of triangular pieces of colored silks joined to- gether by feather stitch embroidery in gold oolored filoselle. It is lined throughout with white satesn.
 Plush covered frames are decorated with small beads or tiny brass headed nails, or by painting a spray of apple or orange blossoms in one of the upper corners and bird upon the corresponding one at the bottom.
 Fashionable bsd quilts are now of satin richly embroidered. The centre, for in- stance, of heavy white satin, upon which design of flowers and leaves is embroidered, surrounding a monogram. bordering Of baby blue satin, about eighteen inches in width, has running design in white silk, and each corner is embroidered in & different pattern in similar stitch.
 Transparencles for windows are made el- ther of what is called architects paper" or of very thin muslin which has been coated over with liquid wax and left to dry. The best way Go paint 1t is to stretch 1t over Q frame in the same way as piece of embroi- dery and in that position trace out the de- ! sign Transparent colors only are used, mixed with gold size and a little turpsntlne. ! Imitation stained glass is becoming very I popular, especially for homes where the l view from the back windows is of blank l wall or neighbours yard, with It's weekly oiS- play of linen.
 ! Square tables are no v fashionable for din l ing rooms usually they are supported upon l one central column extending into carved ] lions heads, breasts and feet. Mahogany is l coming into favor again.
 Lambrequins for parlor mantels are of the l fashionable terra cotta shade of plush, em- broidered in geometrical designs those for ] bed rooms of raw silk with insertion of ] colored satin and fringe to match the inser 1 tion,
 I The latest novelty in tea table cloths is to | have them of fine crash, with border de l sign of quaint tea cups and in the center a | time-pieoe, the hands pointing to o'clock l Usually the embroidery is carried out in blue l filoselle.
 Geomstrioal designs are now the most fash
 ionable fol all small articles doyeils, for in l stance, are left quite plain in the center, and 1 in each corner double triangle or interla- l cling circlsts or squares are worked. Plaques of hammered metal are mounted | upon dsep-toned velvets and then framed ! with narrow headings of ebonized work l The most popular designs are Moorish oi 1 Arabesque. Those who are in the secret oi 1 such things assert that Moorish designs ar,
 to be universally adopted in decoration. l A novel decoration for the unsightly tran l windows which disfgure so many room
 in city houses is made by filling in the space
 with deep-colored dsmask paper, upon whicl
 handsome raised paper figures are laid The
 figures, which are of every variety, can b
 bought singly for 25 cents day at any O | the leading wallpaper ana decorators es ! establishments.
 Esthetic hat stands are the thing now il | small houses A common iron umbreil
 stand is fitted in a corner of the hall, an ! above it framework of common wood l
 nailed against the wall and ebonized. UpoI 1 each side of this frame brass hooks for tn ! hats are arranged, and in the center bevele looking glass is fitted while from the un ) brella stand itself little curtain is hung i
 easy folds from a small brass rod fastene } upon brackets on either side. Handsome tidies are made by stitchin cretonns figures of bright tints. upon dar [ colored plush with gold thread or narro ) gold braid. Cord of mixed color is sew
 around the edge and heavy tassel depend . l from each corner