St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-16
NEWS FOR HOUSEWIVES.
Luncheon Cloths, Towels, Dinner
Cloths and Other Things That DC
Not Interest Men.

Luncheon CLOTHS, Towels, Dinner
Cloths and Other Things That DC
Not Interest Men.
The subject of household linen is al
ways more or less interesting TO house
keepers, and is especially so at this sea
son of gift-giying and entertaining
Sheets, pillow cases, towels, table
cloths and napkins wear out as well
as personal garments, and must he
replaced. All linen sheets now are
hemstitched, as are the pillow cases to
match. The most recent importation
shows them not only having the simple
hem, but fancy design i'm hemstitching
from two to three inches in width. A
simple sheet of this kind costs from 81
Sl5, and pair of pillow cases to match
are valued at the same price. in some
instances hand embrOidering is mingled
with the hemstitched pattern. and
the two kinds Of work together produce
a very pretty effect. The handsomest
damask towels are all white, fringed
with three rows of simple hemstitching
and cost 81 apiece. A handsome towel
of monte cloth has an open-worked Dor
der OF hand embroidery and long knot
ted fringe. These towels cost 1915 each,
and are quite as handsome as the lat
est novelty, monte cloth towels with
heavy lace insertion, that cost from s.
to $40. In luncheon cloths those OF
monte. with inserted border of hand
made lace, come as high as 500. They
are also embroidered in white or colors,
in place of the insertion. Others have
cOlOred borders. matching the napkins.
For fruit napkins are used the square
white ones, with colOred borders, or the
ordinary cOlored napkins in dark Persian
colors, checker-bOard pattern, or other
designs. The white napkins are the
most popular, and, as they can be used
only few times on account of being
easily stained, they come only Of
ordinary quality. DoyleyS. on which the
finger bowl rests, are of white pongee
silk, hemStitched and embroidered
with conventional design in
KenSingtOn stitch. Others are
of fine linen cambric,> made
up in the same style, or covered en-
tirely with the drawn work which is so
beautiful and fashionable. each one hay
ing different design. The latter are
very expensive, costing sometimes s. or
81 apiece, and many ladies make large
amount of money in doing this work.
For dinner cloths the heavy white dam
ask is used, and center pieces are of
satin or plush, embroidered and edged
with gold lace, or of linen drawn work
and embroidery, with lace trimmi ngs.
Sometimes embroidered pieces are also
used at each end of the table or candel-
abra. For luncheon favOrs prominent
caterer has just imported small dainty
baskets of delicate straw, twisted on
wire, in pale shades of blue, pink
and yellow, the latter color being less
popular than the two former ones.
They are of different shapes, and are in
nH frNl nE In1
attached to the arched handle is a broad
satin ribbon, on which the lady's name
is to be painted. In bOnbOnnieres are a
variety of fancy baskets in all shapes,
decorated with French flowers and satin
ribbon. But the latest novelty, which
has just been received from Paris. ara
imitation tambOurlneS, mandolins
banjos, guitars and palettes, on which
are painted copies of the Salon pictures.
he musical instruments have gilded
strings and pegs, satin bows, and on the
back of what might be called these
false fronts, are satin bags for bon
comes the fiat fan of delicate gauze
in pale tints, set in slen-
der gilt frame. and having
gilded handle on which is tied bow of
satin ribbon. These fans have, also, re-
productions of the Salon pictures. Eoy-
leyS are made of tinted. fine gauZe, a
lining of soft silk in the same color being
attached by herring-bone stitch, the
edges Of both being fringed, and
painted conventional design on the
gauze. These may be given to guests as
souvenirs.
Dinner cards are in the same style, but
made oblOng instead of square, and hay
ing one end fringed. These have paint
ings of ballet dancers, Marguerite, or
copies of favOrite pictures. In the upper
left hand corner is tiny card for the
name. attached by q narrow rihhnn