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Homc-M ado Japanese Umbrella stand
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Homo-Ma Mado Japanese Umbrella stand
Artistic Decorating with Fans
In these days Of artistic furnishing
every article in the house must be benu-
tiful as well as useful. The japanese
umbrella stands which are so much ad-
mired can be initiated at home at trihing
! cost. Get piece Of stovepipe about two
ana half feet high, and after washing it
thoroughly apply on the outside a num-
Der Of small pictures, birds, flowers, etc.,
! placing them very close together; put on
u coat OF varnish and paint the inside OF
the pipe as far as you can reach with
| black paint. Get u wooden stand a foot
square and ornament it in tho same way.
Fasten on the pipe with rivets and row
of brass-headed nails aud you will have
very handsome umbrella stand. 1t should
be placed in the hallway, in the right
hand corner as yOu come in. II prefer
red the pipe could be painted a brilliant
crimson and tho pictules then put on
but black looks better and is not so muoh
| trouble.
A tall slim terra -aottn jar may be turn
cd into an umbrclla-stpnd, aud made to
looi very artistic. One can DO purchased
for from 70 cents to 81. On it paint in
wator-coors bird and q few cat-tails, a
!
and fastep large bow Of ribbons on one
side ; either deep crimson color OF pale
blue will look best,
A fantastic stand may be made out oil
a large vase of any kind with several diff
ferent paints put on it and mixed, one into
| another. The whole when vanished has
quite an Oriental appearance.
Fans form an important feature in the
decoration of all rosms. Palmleaf and
japanese are tho most popular, and very
pretty ones OF the latter kind can be pur-
chased for three and five cents apiece A
wall-pocket for grasses or merely for or
nament may be made out OF good-slhed
japanese fan. Choose ore with eolors to
match the furnishings Of the room, and
fasten il to the wall with small invisible
tacks. i corner Is the best place to put
it, taking care to bring the edges inside.
\ bow OF ribbon is placed at tie bottom
and it may be further ornamented by a
few peacock, feathers caught i'll the bow
a diuing-room Of bedroom msntel may
be ornamcntod with japanese fans with
exceIleu- effect, Opeu them vide and
tack them about iao clock or cSntro vase
IN half circle, or II p:eia.tsd, place IN
q circle higher up % the wall, bringing
the ends t. the centre, and ornament with
Ia bow or ribbon. The Top of Il bureau,
bookcase or sidebugrd OUld look well or
uameuted with fans. The AK japanese
fans which sell foY two and three cents
apiece are also very effective for decora-
ting.
Tie pelm-lear fans may be TUNED into
&0inty hand-screcQS which are both orna-
mental and u5pia,. There re several
ways OF making these screens. Ono OF
the simplest ways j. 10 both sides OF the
fan with light silk IN pcats and ornament
the handle with bow of ribbon. more
fanciful ono is rundo by covering one side
Of the fan with either silk or velvet, and
the other with lilesia. Over the siesia
paste peacocN feathers in a row, all point
ing the same way, and placed about the
edge so as to cover It. riobon OF pea
cocl, blue satin with long ends should
ornament the bandln. To secure tho
, feathers well, sew rs well as paste, but
the former should be done before the silk
covering IL pat on. II the ian IS hand
painted with binds or flowers 1t makes
sufficiently pretty screen without other
, enumeration.
I'seuI uint..
= When lemons are cheap, 1t is prudent
} to lay il Il good store OF them, as they
will keep well by running = fine string
through the NIB at the end and hanging
them up il dry place, taking care that
they do not touch each other.
An old-fgshjoned and toothsone spice
cake is made Of three pounds Of ssedless
, raisips one aud half pounds Of citron.
two and A half coffee cnps Of sugar, two
, cups Of sweet milk, foGr cups of -four,
SIX eggs, two teaspoonfuls Of baking pow.
der, three teaspooriuls Of cinnamon and
two of mace.
Cut some smoked salmon il the very
tLiupest possible slices Law them neatly
on pieces Of buttered toast, sprinkle with
r,t,ucr ,,d nut into tho oven, with
nitco - Lnttcted poper over them. inst
ionr Auourb In got quite hot.
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/; If baby !s hoaIao Al 4o4s' .ake
! Hma!l piece ot OIL sli"' 'un !!t'Ie 'aiu VI
! animal OH oi any kind over J. anu i'sVen
? 1t next hls sKin over tAe ene''' IL may
/ be pinned with snnt'i safety piHS 10 MS
n wrapper.
Enivcs with ivory lardies, which have
become loossred or have iallen out en-.
= tirelv. can be ceulo4tod 1T home, and with
o small expense bv us;pS this cement
Take four parts Of rosin, enc part of bees
e wax, one part Of plaster OF Paris fill the
: hole in the handle with the cement. then