Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-04-17
Tea Cloths

dear 10 The hesrt 81 The dainty housewife,
ssd m.ny ladies' snrloy their spare h0ur-
In deeorstlnx one % more % these useful
article. Zoe zee on their Own tsolss. The
slIs % these cloths. seldom larger thsn
tAifiy sln 70 forty inches ,qans. does not
allow Of their bsing eumbsrsone In worn
Ing. ard UT they are large suosgh 10 al
NH ~ sinosi any syls o. dscofal0n.
from The dslItssi 10 The bOldsst The
clOtks. q. sssfy0ne kno~s, are ssed 81 TIE
hss O'clOck tea 20 universal In ksglish
h0sss- and uOw bes0ming go cOnmon 10
Amsriea TIE dsinissi % Tea ssfvioss are
u..d asd ne bssuv and tisgAbcs and
pictaftsgssnrss Of ne table IL much sn-
hAscsd ~ The hssatiful cloth. tecorstsd
stAr win ,moro.dsfy or drawn With.
/ Nos iei ne give fsu practices di.,ctions
% thoss :, s8srs Who nay f,sl timidltJ Ia
attempting sach piscs Of ~0fk. OF wh0
mar b. rvuOt- from the osntsfs ~hsfs
ssch ikirgs can b. sssn ard - are nOi
abe easily 10 ottsin ideas 90 sScA sab-
j,eis.
A good slts, ~ btfors nsniloosi. l.
thirty ,i1 IN fury lnehss 'qsare. ibcludinE
ben % frings. hsm.liichsd ben IN
Zach o. iteh AID . bali vide !. The prevail
irg fuisn Tor tie edge. though some ladies'
siill prefer knotisd ffings four 90 fss
iuche. dep vlih one % too rows OF krOts.
An snufsiy nss fni.h !. hsusriehsd
hen iSO inches vide with Shlts linen i.s-
sells kBotisd iHto IL sdsv, slihsf AL Tie
.sy sr0urd 90 ssi qults close together
Zoe fOar OF nes inchss co esca slds Of Tie
corners and The spso- between lef, with.
0at t.sssis. THIS last 10 gate an OH and
PRETTY msthOi OF fal'hlug.
Nov % ~ The material - b. used
botklng Il NOTE satisfactory than batchsf's
Inca OF has gsshty, not ths Aid TIA, q
oissehed sut pressed quiis Cat, bot TIA,
TIA; hAs q soIevksi crtauy lint and las
apparently 20 dressing Ia H. Itis con 10
ihs tOuch All 1. bssaufal Tor dsruing up.
on. Pre- linen shceiins OF pi.o~-.lip
llnsn Aiso sbsusfs The pgfpose ticsly, II
obc IL careful in sslsctlng ~ gsi piece
vhlch Z. vo,sn svsrly slIh al ne Unread.
tie sane thlsknsss There arr aiso mn.
sroas linens made Zoe embroidery. al u
Which are saltAb.e. Tier, Is satin faced
/ lien lks The plata part u Q Gam al table.
/ cloth. sDd th'rc ar fus monte clOihs-in
/ fact. Ons cabnot fkil o. hsi sons n.tsriAl
tat sill b. satisfactory.
Hayiag ssiseied the material, drawn he
/ thread. ani hensiiichsd The edge. The
nstl matter hn coGslisrstioH 10 The siyls
/ % dscorailoa ,bd The eolofing n TIE
/ llncu selected ia gsfy hsaVy piece Tie
STYLE % dscirsiiou nay ~. 81 coerss.
/ heavier than wOai b. appropriate 90
lighter Qaslity ~ llnsu. All-stits tss
Goth. are Vsfy popular nowadays, ibdcsi,
/ thsrs sssm. " b. faGcy iOr An.uhiie in
msuy thitgs, such |. bar,ag ati sab.
staRd covers, slisboNd covers. doyliss.
ETC., sni IL IL u sensible fstcy Tor white 10
To- 30 dabgsr % fsdipg. however u may b.
wasAei. Alikosgh "a iush lsunirss. t.aI
hsafd - ssy livery color uiu fade, sysn
shlls Nil fade yellow" Bet lsi ns ct
b,ck - NE dsooratlon % oar tssciotA
/ Oas pretty style 10 gsomstricL border
made ~ of poftiots % circles Aud cJUvtb.
/ iiouA fbrsr.. usilinsd In two OF ibIss
/ shade. Of The sane oolpr Members OF
/ saitAbls borders are % 30 foani on boot
aui magtEine cover. ard ~ lille car,
/ ihsJ cAh ~ stlsfged ~ The repaired IA
and MARRIED upun The linen - means ola
/ Lad psrcil.--if ons 10 A. al skillet In ne
/ cbaTicAl dfAwiug-of ~ means % uasing
paper ~ any person, horsvsr ignorant
I sss NAY b. % drawing fifsi calcnlals
The space carefully. sfrtugitg The oorusr,.
AMI ibsn diViiing The space bsi-sen Into .
nanosr % spaces each lasl large snosgh
/ for one % The egures % ne border. ~ Ia
/ lng this pfscaauou ous II abe 10 avoid
tAs uss Of . bal nsafs. -hieA always
looks s-tafd. Cor an Zach 90 80 that sOslJ
b. eft N The ngufc. are pat Close ,og,tssf
can essilJ 70 dltiisd into small space. be-
tsesu the nsar,. and rot BE- noticed.
HAving gotten ihs pattern onto The Goth
al The test % TIE -ofk IL easy std tsligh'.
| nsL Tbfss shades of sof. PIMA ATE pls...
/ Ing In toFtc' % tbis kiuc. OF blue. %
| ysll Jss an pretty AbOthsr pretty border
/ Zoe tsa-cl0lh !, sbJsi f0Gr Ati bali 90
I Csc lrcies vide, composed " isfgs nss
/ psiAisd f1vsis. thfuwa Ou 10 an "aii-Oscf
way These fOusfs Arc al 10 bc ouilln
/ 81 10 Ssfy A,Ay white silk. s,e1 p,ial
I dilsd 10 -lih . rather open "f'iing stiieh-
at he csttsfs worried in The heavy siik.
/ The "niliug stitch" % b. done sith . mgch
/ fBsr Ella.
Dee cloth TIE writer h,s lately seen VAS
/ ofuameutsi al aiooni with tqaAfvs-tEo
Auf bali tks1--of heavy dfAvn uoft.
wilh Aiso All q half lnch square .pac. of
The llnsn len bstw,sn sach two open
squares. in tale space wAs oatlinsd. with
rAihsr coarse linen z I.s. q simplu gcomsi.
fical fgnfc which sAs partly filed Ia with
lsgtice. sofk % TIE sans 4 1ss. The o.O.h
Another cloth. ard perh,p. TIE h,ni.
soonest % All, was cmbfOiieTsd all over,
he ocutsr square % Aboas twenty. four
lsches sAs covered ~ pattern % COO
VsuuonA uild roses aud leaves, olillusd
10 Go noss. The nJu,rs 10 dsuests shaie
90 pluk vlth Two o. thTev pvtAs % each
hossr hlled 10 with ~ha, IL kbOsu A. tie
"h0usJc0mb- silich The osntsrs ~srs
worried With . son shade % plnkish
brown, III kaVes Ani stsms oailinci sigh
The satif Of TIE csnisfs All Que shade
| lighter Of TIE sane color. The border 20
thls cloth wAs n plata except AZ The
corners, In each OF which Vas. siBgls
ross ADD Iuo spray. % leaves. Tai. same
pattern woa,d be beautifsl worked al Ia
Whit silk OF the q1ality Known a. raw
eth. which sonsshii resembles n'Ostlle,
bat IL softsr.
Pefhaps IL 10 rot necessary 90 sid
word % caation As 10 nestness, for every.
One Who attempts any considerable piece
" worn Knows how naeh depends on The
careful n-stn... which should always
mara isiys work might ,ke many
m0fr Suggestions. bat these sfe psfhap.
euough 20 suggest Others ~ the mind. Of
my rvsdsrs III. w. wAtkRs In Modern
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