The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-03-22
HOME DECORATION.

TABLE SpREAD.-For foundation use
olive-green satin or serge. For border
have q design OF blossoms or deep yell
low sunfiowcrs. Another design IL to
have the cloth OF old gold, worked with
gorgeously- humming birds and
tall grasses.
ScRAp-BooKs FOR CHrLDREN.--Cut
pieces Of brown holland Of one given
size, bind them with colored braid, and
then paste in the pictures. When SUI
iicient are ready attach them by bow
of the braid at the top and the bottom
and the scrap-book is complete.
EMBROIDERY PAsTE.-This is used for
gluing embossed scraps Of table covers.
etc, and is made as follows: Take
three tablespoonfuls Of flour, and as
much resin as will lie on q shilling.
Mix them smoothly with half pint Of
water. Pour into an iron saucepan and
stir till it boils. Let it boil five min
utcs, then turn it into basin. When
quite cold it is fit for use.
PIGEONS WINas.-These look we'll
arranged Us border to velvet mat or
rug, placed at equal distances apart
with pulling of velvet between each.
Handsome duck and pheasant wings
can also be arranged in the same way.
A standing screen of dark-colored vel
vet or satin with the wings oil converg-
ing toward the center with rosettes OF
either satin or velvet to hide the quilts
is effective. A screen with birds worked
on in silks, life-size, with real wings
worked on, is very novel and pretty. Il
is better to have the screen high for
such design. At the base Of the panels
work grasses and rushcs.
SHELL NEEDLE BooK.-Procure two
sheels Of the same kind and size; per-
forate nine small holes round the front
Of the top one, at equal distances, about
half an inch from the front, and two
more at the top part of both shells.
Take narrow piece Of sarcenet ribbon,
put one end into the left hand hole and
fasten it there, then over the front of
the shell, under, and through the sec
ond hole, SO on to the last, and fasten it
off. Cut out two pieces Of fine white
flannel little less, and also the form Of
the shell, bind it round with the same
blue ribbon; put these inside, and with
another piece tie them together through
the four holes at the top in neat little
bow For the strings in the front, take
some more Of the same blue ribbon,
and, after fastening to each shell, tic to-
gether in larger bow.
A THREE-FoLD screen has the center
panel Of gold paper and the side ones
alternately Of blue and satin-watered
paper. On the center panel fancy cards
are arranged close together, one over
tapping the other, without any particu-
lar design, showing every now and then
the gold background. At the base .
| row of floral cards cut out formed =
band. below which, to the depth of eight
inches or 50, the plain gold paper was
left, Stimulating "dado." On the pale
blue and pink panels the best and
largest cards were placed, every one
with a narrow gold embossed band
round it, and narrow gold cord APP
parentlv suspending it to gold headed
nail. Each one backed picture, and
! the effect when vanished was of pink
and blue china. This arrangement was
l carried down to the base Of the screen.
Another screen had n rather deep "dado"
OF the rich-looking lacqucrcd Japanese
paper, now so fashionable. above which
were arranged the cards, the largest
apd most effective being in the center,
ami the others grouped round.