Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-11-10
sonsrH1sG ABOUT CURTAINS.

Ihere is no one thing that adds so much
70 the furnishing of a room as curtains.
with good carpet, nice walls, tasty cur
tains, Though you have little furniture
IN your room, it will look quite elegant.
Ihere is no greater mistake made by PEG.
pie furnishing than putting all their money
INTO parlor set, and leaving only enough
tc buy dark shades for their windows.
Where house is without shutters, dark
shades seem necessity but uglier things
could not have been thought of than the
present fashionable shades-dark gray and
brown. They make the house gloomy
within. and look, outside, as if no one
llved IN the house. For shades there is
nothing prettier than white, and nothing
wears much better. l have some that
nave been in use five years, and do not
look SO very bad yet. The dust slips off
Holland very easily, and if the large brass
rings are attached to pull them down with,
they can be kept free from finger marks.
but inside the shades some drapery ia
necessary to give graceful appearance to
the windows. These can be of swiss,
scrim, or Canton flannel, as one fancies. If
the windows are a north lookout, swiss
could be used very well; these are pretty,
made TO part IN the center, and edged
VITA antique or coarse torchon lace, and at
the top set IN large box-plaits and fastened
to rings slipped on pole 1t is
noe necessary to purchase the heavy,
expensive poles, and rings at the
stores, II you choose to manufacture your
Own. Have pole turned at the carpen-
tiers little longer than the width of the
window; into the end fasten knob,
which can be bought at hardware store,
together with martingale- rings of iron,
which can be covered with crotcheting in
brown zephyr. Sew theAe at equal dis
tances along your curtains, and hang them
on two large hooks, which can be pur-
chased at the hardware store. The cur
tains should only reach the floor; loop
them back a little below the middle of the
window with ribbons, and not at the win.
dow-sill, as formerly.
For door, pretty curtain ia made of
tarlatar, very full, gathered on string at
the top and bottom part in the middle,
and tie back to each side with ribbon. so
that the opening forms a diamond. H.
side of this have red or white shade to
draw down for privacy.
A very pretty way to fix window look.
ing out upon an unpleasant scene, is to dis.
solve Epson salts into beer until it is the
consistency OF cream, and put it upon the
glass with sponge. 1t will form the most
beautiful shapes-eaual to Jack Frost's
paintings. This arrangement keeps cut
ugly sights, but does not Keep ont tae
light
1t the curtains are made Of Canton fan
nel the trimming should be in broad bands
OF another contrasting color, put q foot
from the top, directly across the curtain,
and on line with the window.sill place
anottler band. Nine inches, at least, in
width should the bands be; line the cur
tains y Ith thin cambria, and trim them on
the edge with worsted fringe, which comes
IN beau siful shades at from 20 to so cents
yard Ii you would like them more
elaborate, there are beautiful strips of
wool canvas about six inches wide, TO be
had in all colors, which can be embroidered
in any of the pretty stitches now used, and
used as the bands, instead of another shade
of Canton flannel. These stripes come for
afghan, but can be used for number of
articles where stripes are employed. They
are in NEARLY all colors, and are 50 cents a
yard.
Very heavy gray linen is also used for
curtains along the edge of the pattern the
linen i outlined in worsted or crewel. With
the great abundance of material it is very
easy IN these days to make home beautiful,
if one.lla taste and one cannot do that
with Ilenty of money unless they have
taste. They great trouble with many
homes is there is too much mixture in
them{ To have everything one must have
large house ; and when people learn to
furnish houses according 70 the haass. we
shali Is @1o-e pretty homes. Furnish cot
Is---nn cottage furniture, and leave the
massive styles for larger houses.