St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-12
OUR WORK BASKET.
Hints on Selecting Goods for
Spring Wear---What to Buy.

Hints on Selecting Goods for
Spring Wear---What to Buy.
This and the coming months are the
chosen ones for family sewing, for the
making of underwear and bedding and
the childien'S summer clothing. The
inclement weather does not tempt
women outdoors, and they may well
utilize their time in getting the family
sewing out of the way before the balmy
April and May weather. when the needle
becomes WEAKNESS.
The shops recognizing this fact are
Offering their newest stocks of muSlins,
mulls, embrolderies and cotton dress
fabrics. Those who hope to buy these
cheaper later in the season may realize
their hope, but the reduction will be but
little and there will not be the same
great variety to select from.
The crinkled cloths, or ''crazy" seer
suckers, which come in all the blues.
grays, browns and yellows, as well as
white, and which retail as low as
cents yard, are most desirable for
dresses or aprons for small children, for
they require no ironing. A fresh dress
can be worn each and will make
but little addition | W k for the laun-
dress. OF course .--., material needs
no starch. Dresses made of these goods
should be plain. deep hem and puffed
sleeves being the only trimming neces-
Sary.
The white goods, with lace effects. ARE
most desirable for infants and chill
dren'S best dresses. They are so dainty
and pretty that they trim themselves,
and look best when made plainly and
triT OIL with ny1lxr n 1ift1n
broidery edging. These goods retail as
low as 10 cents, and are extremely
pretty for school or house aprons.
All the new cotton fabrics for adults
dresses are displayed, and the different
| ginghams and muslinS are tasteful i'll
| design as wooden goods. Two patterns
| of the same color are generally used fol-
| one dress, and one or two dresses made
now in the prevailing fashions will be
in style at the opening of the summer.
| The skirt of perpendicular stripe, made
| PLAIN and full; the OverdreSs of dotted
| or plaided goods, short in front, with q
full butterfly drapery back and belted
| waist of the same, with collar. cuffs and
belt of the skirt material is a tasteful
design. The OverdreSS may be furnished
with running strings, which will let out
when the garment needs to be washed
dresses to make them in fashion, but
they are easily removed.
Table Napkins.
Here are directions for making some
dainty taole napkins:
Select close, even linen, of the kinC
used for sheeting, and one and hall
! yards wide, and see that il has no uIi
dc choI ~
boiling hot sudS, we'll rinsed, and ther
boiled in clear water. to remove the
Starch'and render it pliable; rinse il
clear, cold water, and put to dry with
out the addition of blueing. Half YARD
| and one inch is sufficient for one dozen
napkins. When dry, cut Off perfectly
straight the sewage. Divide the liner
| into two pieces, each of which will be a
| quarter of yard in width by yard and
half in length. Each of these pieces
to be cut into six. giving twelve pieces
in all, each nine inches square
| One feels that the decoration OF these
| napkins may be quite elaborate, nov
| that the real Scotch linen fiosses may be
obtained so cheaply, and can also be
washed and ironed. The col0rs, in
stead Of fading, are only brought out
brighter by the iron. These fioSses
4!
it is all made in Scotland, by Finayson
Bonsfield Il Co. The tiosses are 5 cent.
a skein, each skein containing sixty
yards. Have the napkins stamped any
design preferred. A set done in fan,
would by very pretty. Outline them in
light blue linen floss: with an inner lInt
of pink linen floss. Navy. with ligh
| blue: sage green, with pink, or any
other colOrS that contrast or harmOniZe
make the stick and ribs of bamboo
may be outlined in old gold
sticks and nil, With sprays of Star
shaped flowers done in red, stems in
light blue and leaves in green, this il
fine outline. A spiders web hang
ing from branch. just covering
over one side of the napkin is pretty
Outline the stems in olive, leaves il
green, and the web in light-blue liner
floss, making it out perfectly round, bu
larger one way than another. Have
some of the rays to project little
others caught on the branches, and from
one oi the lower ones spider dangling
while ~ -" web = stitch or two oil
black ni,!>'. u good representation o
his prey. Give IL little color in one O.
the lower corners by few PUSHES, one
or two Of which should have few rec
linen tasSels. An apple bough, with &
leaf of green here and there, tin,
flowers of red and pink, some of which
have drifted Off before a gentle wind
make beautiful designs. Fringe OH
the napkins all round, and. il wished
add drawn work above fringe. For
large napkin TO place OH the table unde
dish of meat, take fine butchers linen