St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-17

wood about it. Pictures for white
and gold parl0rs are framed in
delicate enamelS or, less expen-
sively, i'm painted woods. A sea view so
treated will have frame of pale whitiSh
green where it abuts on the picture;
deepening to deep-Sea blue farther
away. Hope" beautiful girl gather
ing apple blooms, is framed in pink en-
amel. The branches of the tree arc
continued upon the frame, making that
an integral part of the picture. The
girl's dress also futterS out of the water
color and upon the frame. Around the
Inner frame is an outer one, also enam-
eled, and so carved under the enamel as
TO represent a frill of pink satin tied
with pink ribbon bows. Faces of girls
and children are almost invariably
framed, as it were, in lace or ribbon. A
within in framing partially covers tho
oak or chestnut which encloSeS rustic
scene with birch bark. The Silvery
tissue is gathered just as it comes from
the tree and fastened irregularly, as
fancy chooses, making an inner frame
as countrywide as the picture it sur
rounds.
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When the holiday designer is at sore
loss which way to turn she inyents a.
new sachet case. 1t would be cruel in
deed to tell the pretty maid that the
dear man applies the irreverent term
jinks to all such dainty inutilities, and
so, for lack of warning, she will apply
her pretty fingers to sets of four with
which to bewilder him this Christmas.
One is for cravats, one for han kerr,
chief, one for gloves and One-I beg its
pardon, this one hasn't any sachet pow
der in it-fOr amateur photographs. :
These new cases are OF chamOiS skin,
lined with the quilted satin which one
buys at the stores. They are painted
on the outside with as humorous de-
signs as the amateur brush is equal to.
The dear man wrestling with his collar,
fighting with tight gloves. chased by a
savage dog when he thought to get q
fine shot with detective camera, these
and such like subjects enable the pretty
maid to sharpen her wits on the dear
man.
Another last resort when ones brain
goes wandering is the cushion. There
is fine field for cushions just now.
The foot cushion seems to be thought
the correct thing to stumble over in our
half-lighted parlorS. Certainly it is less
dangerous than the ottoman. The foot
cushion is big and soft and puffy. 1t is
covered with brocatelle or lampaS of old
brOcade. You may make it of velvet
if you like and embroider it. Another
chance FOR the cushion appears with the
huge iron-bound oak chests which peO-
pie are falling into the way of having in
their halls. These have led to quite
development of cushions, long cushions
which you embroider in sOber-cOlOred
conventional patterns and which you
knot with fringe at both ends.
A tritle which costs nothing and is
pretty is a big, round cartwheel of q
silk pin ball. 1t has ribbon bows on its
sides and is hung up by long loops of
ribbon. The pins are left standing in q
projecting circle about the edge, sug-
costing if you did it in yellow, instead
of blue, sunflower. 1t is meant to
hang conveniently in ones chamber.
And those bottles, those glass and
crystal bottles, which you have been so
many years swaddling in fringed silk
baby clothes to stand on bureaus and
dressing tables. Don't do it any more.
If you must give somebody toilet set
paint ferns or fOrget-me-nOtS or other
posies on the glass, and then let it go
bare.
Pretty things to embroider are bands
of linen or velvet for the housekeeper
to fasten about her fine napery. These.
also, are given in sets, two bands for
each of the priced varieties i'm the linen
drawer. And so good luck to the Christ.
mas shopping.