The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-06-01

tnem IN sucn places; Dut at nome, when pre-
pared under the supervision OF a good cook,
they make a dish that is wholesome and pala.
table.
Homo Comforts and Decorations.
For upper rooms now cretonne curtains have
rather replaced those of muslin and serim, and
in country houses hangings throughout are
frequently of this material In luxurious
houses, where expense is not much considered,
self-colored draperies of most delicate tone
are in fashion, which are free from all design.
In one room, for example, all the hangings
may be of light rose tint, in another Of delicate
blue, simply tied up with ribbons to corre-
spond. tho drapery Of bed, windows, and often
Of ;1. walls, being en- suite. In some instances
self-colored fabrics, but, If so, they
run across and not down the mate
rial Last year decorators attempted to
shorten the inartistic length of windows by the
introduction Of margins above the curtains, in
many instances obtaining this result by the use
of stained or colored glass as a margin, the
curtain being suspended just below it, but this
style has not become usual from the fact that
in the majority of newly-built houses tho in
terror decoration has rendered it impossible.
In largo houses where moro variety is possible,
many Of tho best rooms have the advantage of
this margin, and in such cases it is easy to pro-
duce artistic results, and to break the nonoto-
nous line Of long drapery, but where, as above
said, it is not possible to do this, cream colored
and tinted draperies rcign supreme.
Portieres of all materials are found in tho
modern home. 1n very few cases tho heavy
winter are replaced by those of lighter make,
more suitable for the coming weather, but as a
general thing they are either dispensed with
altogether Of left as they are The latest
novelties in these hangings are striped goods,
the stripes running across the material aud on
hnd hyy fNo Yy,tr IrNk ~ al Je:1,
thread on either side of the stripe; and such
can be obtained at very reasonable prices from
rs cents yard upward It is unnecessary to
dilate upon the wide field that drapery
opens for the. home decorator. EN-.
and noedework can BE- u ar upon material 1O of
every kind Simple designs are the best for
working upon the fabrics, and it is better to
avoid conventional patterns for this purpose
and select continuous design, or at least one
which can DO indefinitely repeated, as for OK
worked in shaded silks, or, to suit prevailing
taste, in silver thread Borders are not so
fashionable for sumber curtains as they are
for those OF heavy material, in which recently
the margin has been very deep, the design
being entirely confined to it and the side Dor
dering, while the body Of the hanging is of one
color.
Lace curtains, Of which we have said moth
ing, are Of course always fashionable if they
are really handsome Some most beautiful
designs are to be seen in the leading furnish
ers' to-day, but. as rule, they are suitable
only for very large and handsome rooms.
Sets for three or four windows are woven in
different designs, illustrating historic or legend
airy events, and are often exceedingly hand
some. Less costly ones of Nottingham
and antique laces are often decorated in
needlework, the designs being out
lined in coored silks and figures.
worked in raised stitch. Light silk curtains
are also in fashion, either plain or with small
patterns, or embroidered by hand. As matter
of fact, no attention bestowed upon windows
is thrown away; they ought to be the most i'm
portant features Of the house-so much de-
ponds upon them, so much Of the health, the
pleasure and the happiness Of every inmate of
the home. The right way to consider them
would really DO to look upon them as pictures
to be framed in such q way that accessories
should interfere as little as possible with their
intention and scope.
A novel decoration is being introduced in
fashionable drawing rooms, vestlbules and
conservatories 1t is the trunk of o small
tree, five or six feet in height, with branches
of Towering or other shrubs emerging from
the top, replenished when necessary, and kept
fresh by long tin tube inside tho tree The
trunk 10, OF course, hollow, and is fitted into
sort Of ornamental base, composed of cork or
pieces of wood. Sometimes small holes are
cut, q tube fitted in and fern planted In the
spring sprays Of wild cherry, crab. laburnum,
lilac, etc., would be correct, and in the late
autumn our winter evergreens.