Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-26
HOUSEHOLD ART.

TEN, trace you pattern al over care
fully, and You viii find the cloth marked.
II person Is where they cannot pro
cure the paper they can make it as fol-
lows: Take n sheet Of writing paper,
nos 1oo thin, and rub it all over with
warm LARD, then pour or lampblack in
hne powder, rubbing very. smoothly;
repeat several times; when all loose
powder is removed lay it aside for two
days to dry
EAy0Rs FOR FAIRs.-Cut two circular
pieces Of cardboard, about the size Of
5he top of a coffee cup, cover with satin
and sew them together neatly Cut
straight piece Of cardboard, two inches
vide, to fit exactly around the circular
piece, cover with satin and embroidery
or paint a running vine around it: sew
the edge over and over TO the circular
bottom. Sew to the upper edge of the
straight piece apiece Of satin two inches
vide, do not leave any side opening.
Tie top Of the bag should have a hem
ha-- on inch wide, and Just below the
hem run drawing string. Finish with
q fine silk cord where the pieces are
sewn together. Draw up the string
with narrow satin ribbon, tie with long
ends and fill the bag with bon-bons.
TRAY CLOTHS AND DoYLIEs.- Take a
square of cream white, unfinished can
vass and decorate with q border of
drawn work, and above this work in old
gold silk, dipped in boiling water and
dried thoroughly before using, daisy
outline design, working the leaves in
fiIled-in embroidery. This cloth is suit
able for breakfast and dinner. For
luncheon embroider band in color of
strawberries, blossoms and leaves.
Finish the edge with drawn work and
plated fringe. Doylies are made to cor
respond, the fruit being worked in the
centers or in the corners. They should
be fifteen inches square and fringed all
around. Tray cloths, all white, 22x3O
inches in size, can be purchased ready
fringed. Besides the white, they come
in pink, buff, blue and cardinal. Nap
klns have plate, tea-urn, tureen, knife
and fork, or plate embroidered in one
corner. The work is done in Kensing-
ton, with embroidery cotton in colors.
White damask fruit doylies have asmall
branch of blackberries or raspberries
extending diagonally across them. The
berries are worked in French knot"
1t is made by bringing the needle up
from the underside and holding the silk
firmly under the thumb of the left hand.
Take the needle in the right hand and
put it under the silk, from the further
side twist two or three times around
the needle, then without letting go
place the needle through the work and
draw down; reapeat until the berry is
finished, great care being taken to pre-
serve the form. Work the leaves in
etching. If the stem is broad place two
or more rows Of etching side by side,
always going in the same direction Old
table cloths can be cut into squares for
doylies, and fringed and worked viii
look equal to new. Linen sheeting is
an excellent material for doylies. For
dozen you viii need half yard and
one inch of that which comes a yard and |
and half in width. Before using wash |
in hot suds, rinsing in two waters, boil
ing it for five minutes, rinsing 1t again
in cold water, dry and iron smooth. Cut |
by thread into small squares, measuring
4 quarter Of yard each way. Fringe !
all around about seyen-eights of an inch |
deep from narrow border of open |
work by drawing the threads and hem |
stitching them so as to form lattice |
work. Work in the center of each a |
wreath of leaves and flowers or bunch |
of peacock feathers.
Why is fool in high station Ike
q man in balloon? Because every
body appears little to him, and he ap-
pears little 10 everybody.
1t is beautiful dispensation of na-
ture that ice-cream and Watermelons
were made to grow in the Summer in
stead of Winter. Similarly we find |
hot buckwheat cakes and oyster steWs |
on the vines in Winter. Things are
nearer right in the world than the
grumblers imagine.
4 young man sent twenty-five cents
to q New York firm for the purpose
of learning chow to get along without
a blotter in writing" and received this
reply, "Write with q lead pencil"
4 shrewd rascal advertises a ma
chine that "Will add up a column
foot long" il six seconds. He sends
a piece of chalk with directions to use
it on barn door or other surface big
enough to hold figures foot long.
Speaking of a new mosquito netting
Mark Twain writes: "The day is
coming when we shall sit under our
nets in church and slumber peacefully,
while the discounted flies club to-
gether and take it out o. the minis
ter
The Rev. NJ. W paid his devoirs
to a lady who was preposseSsed in ia
vor of Mr.. Psalter. Her Partially
being very evident, the former took
occasion to ask, in room full of COM
pany, spray, miss, how far have you
cot in your Psalter?' The lady archly
replied, GAS far as BLESSED is the
man~
The people of a New Hampshire
town are so fearfully lazy that when
the wife of minister who had just
settled in that town asked promi-
nent citizen if the inhabitants general
lv expected the Sabbath and refrain
ed from business, replied: "Confound
it. ma'am, they don't do enough work
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