Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-08-20

pfet'y thpie- e-sprehu designed Dy Boston
artist smade OF soft green hsiiied cloth
with wide border Of dragons, with beaks.
claws anu wreathing tails, done In outline
In three shades OF gold floss. Another
spread on which no less ., person than the
. hussian princess who has graeed New
4 YORK with her presence was working
some dnys ago 10 OF soft sage green hn
ished texture with border OF glowing
chrysanthemums In deep yellow reds,
shading In to yellow.
Cushions are made OF pongee ombroid-
cred In wash silks OF low tones. The fr'nged
gentiaa gives beautiful contrast or color
on the natural gray pongee background.
Goid braids and laces are iayished ON the
satin and plush cushions meant for winter
luxury, and one might spend many words
on exquisite dahodil patterns wrought In
pale yellow silk nivory white sateen, but
more to the point mt this season are the
hammock and piazza, and boat cushions for
rouRh wear Gay stout cretonne Is good
material for these and clever women make
two or three slips for every cushion 30 as
TO change them when soiled.
A brown-eyed girl up among the Cats
Kills lasts ummer spent good share OF
her leisure embroidering hammock cloths.
| The prettiest product OF her needle
exhibited was strip OF fine grass linen
three yards long and showing branches OF
the clematis vine with the flowers outlined
In white and blue. Another pretty cover
let WAS OF the same material worked with
aconventionalized rose design. Equally
useful for wraps and much less trouble are
strips OF bright Japanese cotton stuffs,
gaily figured aud needing no decoration.
Half the women of.one'sg acquaintance
are embroidering bedspreads These are
always planned to harmonize In color with
the chamber furnishings. Bolton sheeting
Is the best material. 1t is not easy to em-
broider. being close and liable to draw,
but when carefully done the sheen OF the
silk makes beautiful background. A
spread Just completed shows apple bios
SONS outlined Ia natural colors OF buds
and leaves. The sides and ends are fringed
and couplet from "Marmioa' furnishes
motto In the middle; u0q97 Tf
ITO all; to each fair good night
AND pleasing dreams aud sinmbers light"
This goes into charming chintz bed
room. The woodwork Is an olive green.
the walls cream colored with gilt picture
rail, the frieze pale olive, cornice, pale
terra Gotta and ceiling cream. The hang
ings are Of soft-hnished chintz In q Morris
apple blossom pattern.
The Russian craze has affected our table
linen fashions. Many women are em-
broidering tee-cloths. carving trays aud
even large dinner cloths with detached
figures in the old.fashioned cross-stitch,
done In two shades Of red or blue.
The effect is not good unless the embroid-'
cry Is kept near the edges. No parts of 1t
should be on the table. The Simplest fine
linen table scarfs aru hemstitched on all
four sides. Next these CONS those which
have borders OF drawnwork or eutwork ON
the ends, but plain sides. The most elab.
orats are n cobweb tracery OF needlework.
The cutwork which Catherine de Medici
learned IN Venice, the drawnwork which
Mary Queen OF SCOTS used to delight In,
the Gobelin work for which the design is