Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-19
TISSUE FLOWERS AND PARTIES.
The Beautiful Art which is Taking the Place of the Crazy Quilts.


 Tissue paper flowers are the feminine craze now. The show windows are resplendent | with tulips, roses, daisies. peoples, and vio' | lets made out of tissue paper, and young lad l ies of society are devotihg hours to acquiring l the art of their manufacture. It is pastime particularly interesting, and it is remarkable what beautiful floral effects are produced with colored paper, little wire, a little glue, and pair of scissors. Ali enterprising man. ufacturing company has taken advantage of the craze, and has put up in boxes an assort- ment of different colored tissue paper, with small coil of fine wire and few pieces of very fine soft rubber pipe, to be used for stems. These boxes, together with a pam phlet of instructions, are sold at trifing 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 instructions, produce the most natural domestic flowers with a little prac- tice.
 ssTissue-paper parties'' have already become popular The fashionable world always eag- erly welcomes any new entertainment which promises to Ee both novel and amusing, and itshas taken hold of the tissue-paper mania. At these assemblages not only striking effects in flowers are produced, but dresses are manu- factured The paper used at these affairs is imported, ,s and comes in a most marvellous variety and beauty of color. Some of the garments made out of this f1imsy 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 possible. In the matter of trimming there is scope for all sorts of imitations.a wers, fringes, ruffs, and hundred ans 1rbelows which wo- 1 Ina n1i of There must be great deal of satisfac- tion in lady making such dress and then viewing it with rapturous feminine delight, but this satisfaction cannot, of course, be 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, made much larger than nature, are used for decorating lace curtains, pillowcases, backs of plush sofas and chairs, and easels. 4 very popular feature of the parlor is basket of these flowers. The bas- ket itself is made of dark-colored paper, with out foundation, simply in a ring, and the material is placed in folds. The flowers themselves are then laid on paper shavings, which fill 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 man. ufacture.
 "The prettiest thing I have seen made of tissue paper is mat representing water lily" said young lady the other day, while in conversation with the writer upon the sub jeot. lasr7
 tsThe perfect form of the beautiful flower was reproduced. It was made upon foun- dation of very large leaf, and upon this leaves in graduated sizes are placed, the low CT ones being of dark green, the centre of very pale yellow, while the intermediate leaves were in graduated tints. You have no idea what happy effect was produc- ed"