St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-20
FASHIONABLE GLOBELETS,

large bags.
Hassocks covered with skins, with horn
rests are much admired.
The backs OF mahogany or plush chairs are
tied with wide ribbon bows.
The most elegant portieres are hand
painted, in copies of celebrated pictures.
Stuffed Chinese pheasants are beautiful,
mounted on wood panels to correspond with
the woodwork of dining rooms.
Combings in graceful curves, or plaques,
in the soft paint, or plaster, bronzed, are
still much admired for friezes and dados.
Bunches of pressed ferns, if put in fancy
flower pots, filed with sand, will keep green
all winter and appear to be growing.
Circular-bevelled mirrors, with open work
brass frames and chains to hang them by,
from which fall spiked balls over the glass,
are very snowy.
Wide, fiat plush frames on pictures have a
large bunch of fruit, peaches, apples or
oranges fastened on the upper left corner
with a wide ribbon bow.
The newest fashionable glassware is Webb's
Iby. 1t is English, and very charming in
vases, salad or flower bowls. 1t has an ivory
tint and is ornamented with colored glass
flowers in relief.
Some tall, square zinc articles that come
for the purpose look very well when covered
with gold paper on which every imaginable
object is pasted, butterflies and birds pre-
ponderating.
A fine quality of mating may be used for
deep dado and either left plain or painted
or brOnzed, the effect being better when the
floor is covered with the same material under
one large or several smaller rugs.
The rage for armor continues and clocks
now come in the steel breast plates and
shields ready to be placed on a large frame
of plush, shield shape, with viziers, spiked
balls, battle axles and other warlilIe surround
ings.
For the afternoon tea small square dollies
are used, which is the fashion now to cover
with old English notices, worked crosswise
over them, each one different, such as,
''Dost sometime counsel take, and sometimes
tea
Four o'clock tea screens are made with
the painting or embroidery only extending
half way to the ground. Just below this, on
one side, is a small shelf for tea-cups, be-
meath which there is either lattice-work Of
the same wood as the screen or little cur
tain hanging to the floor from fine brass rods.
Mating is not put on floors now in straight
breadths, plaid or bright colored piece be-
ing tackled all around the floor and square
in the middle, the rest being filed with
plain white, or any Individual taste is car
ried out, to lay it in rug like manner.
Elaborate hinges are considered important.
In one new house in st. James place, Brook
Ign, where each room is beautifully finished
with different wood, the brass figures on
them in relief represent Chinese with open
umbrellas on a black ground. A novelty is
to have plated handle inside of windows to
open and shut the blinds at will without
opening the window.
The sides OF wood baskets are covered with
plush some motto in guilt thread being
worked on the upper portion, ''Put on more
wood the wind is chill,' being a favorite;
under the motto some snowdrops or other
flowers are embroidered. Almost all the ladies
make at least one umbrella stand. Those of
plush, with ''Parapluie'' are embroidered on
them, surrounded with luxurious vines and
mounted on brass, are no more appropriate
than pretty