Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-02-09
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Notes on Household Decoration.
Tissue paper lamp shades, represent.
ing owls, are all the rage.
The fashionable covers for parlor fur.
niture are plush in plain colors.
Curtains of fishermen's twine are new.
and promise to be fashionable.
A reception room is incomplete unless
adorned with a cabinet for bric-a-brac
Fine white damask table-clOths are con-
sldered the acme of elegance, and occa-
slonally they are edged with lace.
Common fishing cord is now used for
coarse crotchet instead of Macrame lace.
1t makes pretty table-covers and hand
bags.
Serviceable bureau covers are made Of
crash worked in linen floss and finished
on the edge with an insertion Of drawn
work and fringe.
The newest tea table-cothes are of fine
crash, worked ill iiloscllc. The border
design is of quaint tea-cups. while in the
centre there is a timcpicce with the hands
pointing to ) o'clock
A lovely wood basket has upon one
side hangings Of satin finished with fringe.
and motto, Heap ON more wood the
wind is chill, worked in kensington
stitch. and on the other sida thero - ~
collection of fir cones g
Ia. ..,.1ua.
,i.;,,I4 =, tr',S'"n' ',i"t Is no" the correct
1irns w. d SINAI. liu"sc is ii"ue oi an or
] 80, IN a. im ieii"-st'thu' Ht'eu INTO Il
,rnni' % % 'rIe iiaii anu apo'e II frame,
.,ii " '",,,iiioll ,ii, "ooo Is h"lieu against
.i .ie wall. Inns "oo'' Is eoohi|ed' ana III
t,.e l'io Lei,ie 8IuSS Is Hi'e"' ana prass
itr i'ooAo aif ail"hScu on el'ner sac Tor tiie
as iii:. iioiii 'nc ul'ipreiia staiiu niue
III. i.n ~ Is i'"ns' miilcll l"'lS IN erncciul
.ua .on1 'no'ii slii"ii or"sS ro1 Wilich Is las
''ne" upon oi"cAe's III e"ch slde'
y very pretty way to fasten the cash
mere lining to a silk quilt is to first baste
the outside carefully to it, then measure
1t, and divide the measure in equal parts,
I'll. "i' 'iosS"'S' VI .He
snunras nj oocb onr,ar - ,i'e 'I'' va ~
moLo - s,,r r.;tl, ~, W
crv .;ll oatoh a,anr o.i',,'i. ;ii'
In. H., 80 10. ~ W Wv ',ih'
rioht eiJe A narI;nnI H. ,'.;.I o- ''a,
in vollow s;Il, 10 -. taatns'7i "''' ''"''
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NO one Dtt the very rich or the mex
perlehced housewife enjoys using tides
tilat Will not wash, and there are few wo-
men who have not suffered pangs of grief
IN hnding some delicate but useless arti-
c!e OF TINS description hanging by one pin
IN uhdistinguishable ruin from the back
OF char after the exit of n gentleman
friend. The tides made of macreme
and OF the lighter fish cord embelished
with bright ribbons, are really pretty,
anu can be used with unconcem Those
crocheted of the tish-cord are very easy
to make. After making Il chain of pro-
per length for the width of the tidy,
make alternate rows Of thick stitches and
OF chains, SO that spaces will be left in
which to run ribbons the ribbons should
be OF the exact width of the spaces black
velvet ribbon Is also pretty to run in.
When 1t forms block on the right side
work star III yellow and scarlet silk.
warm MILK a Health u,.,,rcr
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worn, nil as ro,,,ni;ai I'n5 -. -; '''". VI
diseases The ..CLr;st;on NJ WI, :" 80 $50
fcrrino to an interesi;ng art;cls an th,s
suh;nct which intal,, ,,,,to,r,i ~ ,lI 'n''
don ujlL 'LonyoJ st"tds an thnon,har;t, ,II ,,Gt.
of DIR Reni,min CInrlsc flo, IN ,i,' ~.
Indies warm mill, j. u,oj ~, - ,,,,. 80
font ns -, snaciec for JiorrI,1o,
every four hnurs will check tho most y;n'
lent li,rrhpI st,morh.n,Ln ;nn;ninn,
cholera md Jysantnrv Thn nil H., sLa,Ii ,'LrIIii
ncyc, ha hn;inJ M o,i,, hnat',i " I',Wi' a,,,,;
c;outl,' :, ho anr,oo,i,. III, 'nay ~, Nv".'t sun
to I,ink NJ;il wI;ci; has 49, no,, my Ioi ,1o To-
unGt fnr usa THIS wr;t"r nivas 'U''ru ,oraI aI
instances in orrest;no thn H. 'un'i", on,'',
which i. tha fnilnu,;,95o ,rh','.;, i,5,' ','."'b
"It has never fa;IaI IN arr;,'n H. 10y
twelve hnnrs onJ boyc tr;aJ7i, IsLnrii
think fftv times have also a,;ro,, ' ~
to n JvinG man who hal hoo,' srT,;',ot ~ ~
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