Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-07-29
TISSUE FLOWERS AND PARTIES.
The Beautiful Art Which Is Taking the
Place of the Crazy Quilt.

Tissue paper flowers are the feminine
craze now The show windows are resplen-
dent with tulips rCses daisies, peoples and
violets made out of tissue paper. and young
ladies of society are devoting hours to &C
quiring the art OF their manufacture 1t is
pastime particularly interesting, and it is
remarkable what beautiful floral effects are
produced with colored paper, a little wire, a
little glue, and a pair Of scissors An en-
terprising manufacturing company has
taken advantage of the craze and has put
up in boxes an assortment of different col
ored tissue paper, with a small coil of fine
wire and few pieces of very fine soft rub
Der pipe to be used for stems These boxes
together with pamphlet OF instructions,
are sold at a trihing sum by the thousands
Young ladies with no knowledge of the
manufacture of artificial flowers, it is said,
can, with the contents of one of these boxes,
and by the aid of the book of instru ctions,
produce the most natural domestic flowers
with little practice.
"Tissue-paper parties have already be-
come popular. The fashionable world al
ways eagerly welcomes any new entertain
ment which promises to be both novel and
amusing, and it has taken hold OF the tissue
paper mania At these quiet little assem-
blases not only striking effects in flowers
are produced, but dresses are manufact-
ured. The paper used at these affairs is
imported. and comes i'll most marvellous
variety and beauty of color Some of the
garments made out of this fiimsy material
are exceedingly beautiful As can be easily
imagined, the variety of colors, shades, and
tints is almost inexhaustible, and every
kind of combination and effect are possible.
In the matter of trimming there is scope
for all sorts OF initations-fowers, fringes
rufIs, and hundred and one furbelows
which women only understand the name or
the object OF. There must be a great deal
of satisfaction in a lady making such
dress and then viewing it with rapturous
feminine delight, but this satisfaction can
not, of course, he compared to that of the
master of the house, who finds his relief in
the fact that it costs but few cents.
But it is the manufacture of flowers from
this imported paper which has turned the
young feminine mind upside down In the
wonderful craze for fancy work these paper
flowers are much used for ornamentation.
Roses and peoples much larger than nature
are used for decorating lace curtains, PHI
low cases. backs of plush sofas and chairs
and easels A very popular feature of the
parlor is a basket OF these flowers The
basket itself is made Of dark-colored paper,
without a foundation, simply in a ring, and
the material is placed in folds The flow
ers themselves are then laid on shavings,
which I'LL out and keep the basket in shape.
The handle, of wire, is covered with paper,
with sweet peas or other climbing flowers,
twined around it Such basket Of flowers
can scarcely be distinguished from wax. A
skillful hand, however, is needed in their
manufacture.
The prettiest thing | have seen made OF
tissue paper is mat representing a water
lily" said. young lady the other day,
while in conversation with the writer upon
the subject The perfect form of the beau
tiful flower was reproduced 1t was made
upon a foundation Of q very large leaf and
upon this leaves in graduated sizes are
placed, the lower ones being of dark green,
the center Of very pale yellow, while the in
termediate leaves were of graduated tints
You have nc idea what happy effect was
produced New York Sun