Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-05-09
AN INVITING INTERIOR.

The woman who does not have a taste.
full and inviting home now must fail in this
respect because she does not care enough
about it to work for il. 1t is surprising
how many things that are truly ornamental
and which brighten mp room can be made
with so little expense. A visit to the homo
OF country minister, man whose salary
of $500 supported himself and his wife
and two children, was revelation TO
me Of what might be done with small
outlay. A discarded dress of some
heavy black wooden cloth made coverings
for several old chairs which had been
ztai-ed and vanished to look like new.
Cretonne figures were button .holed and cut
ont and then applied to the black cloth.
A pretty braid was made of old velvet rib.
bon lined with wiggan and decorated with
silk, which, by the way, was sent for to
some city store, and bought at very low
price, as it comes in packages and is called
waste silk, though of desirable colors. The
lambrequins OF Nottingham lace were lined
with turkey red calico, and the cornice upon
which they were tackled was made in this
way A strip of wood about six inches
wide, and Of the length OF the top of the
window, was fastened to the wall over the
window by screwing three screw eyes into
the board and then putting long screws
through these into the wall the lambre-
auin was tackled on to the edge Of the
board, which projected over the window
far enough so the curtain would clear the
window and hang gracefully. The tacks
were concealed by placing plating OF
muslin over them. Tides were made
of Japanese pictures lined with
cambric, with a border of velvet
ribbon, frightened with silk, and of
common crash, with sort Of satin finish,
and then threads were drawn out in such
a way that squares of crash about three or
four inches in size were left, and tic few
threads that were left were caught together
with scarlet working cotton, and q few
threads of red were mixed with the linen
fringe on the edge. The one eytrayagance
in the way Of decoration was a handsome
table-cover; it was Of olive felt; the edge
was cut in points, and each point was fin
ished with tassel made Of olive crewel,
picked out with a needle on each point
q pretty design was put on in applique
with bits Of velvet. There were round,
and the ordinary shaped fans, crescents,
ETC., all made to look natural, with the
skillful addition OF the embroidery silk.
The atmosphere OF this simple and unpre-
tentious home affected those who breathed
il TO such an extent that at the
holidays, instead OF presenting their
pastor with silver or china, a dressing.
gown and slippers, it had become the
custom Of the people TO add mething to the
wealth Of his home; in this way it happened
that the few fine engavings in plain but
handsome frames had found their place
there. II it is true, as q Boston woman
asserts, that one may judge correctly Of
the amount of culture in home by OBJ
serving the height at which the pictures
are hung, then the mistress of this home
In little village of few hundred In.
habitants back among the hills possessed
culture high degree, for one saw here
large and appropriately-framed engray-
ing Of Landseer's "Impudent Puppy
representing a large dog in his bed
of straw watching the naughty puppy
that ia stealing his breakfast, hung low
| down on the wall, the bottom OF the
frame being not more than c foot from
| the floor. The barrenness OF the wall
above was relieved by smaller pictures
| hanging there The pieces OF needieWorx
were done, the mistress said, when she hao
no other sewing; for with the neip Oh
good sewing machine the simple dresses ior
her two little girls and herself were I y SOON ~
made and out Of the way.-lE. W. d. IN
New York Post.