Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-08-20
WORK FOR SUMMER DAYS.
Trifies to Be Concocted in Shade
or Piazza Vines.
coPYnIour 1889.


What will you do on cottage veranda Of
hotel piazza on those delicious gray-greeI
| Summer days when the rain It rains
alwayi While the render Of the party 4
swinging to aud fro In her low rocker
giving you the initial chapters of tha
latest study OF the marriage question
Florence Finch Kelly's Frances, n Stor,
for Men and Women" suppose you expert
,nent with one OF those bamboo and beat
portieres, which are the most approved
Summer hanglngs. You can buy one II Il
suits you better. but the stores do moi
furnish, for sum within the reach OF th'
ordinary sweet woman who keeps hel
house aud cares for her babies, any such
choise OF colors,. designs ahd dimensioni
as the bright home genius with small
| expense of time and less Of money has al
her own command.
Fishlines are cheap at the seaside. and
flshlines, glass beads and bamboo cut intc
short lengths are all the materials you
need. Measure the opening OF your door
way, have n slender strip OF pine to flt II
set with small hooks from which youi
cords will depend; then when the needle
Is u burden aud the delicate colors OF EN-
broidery fade and soil in perspiring finger
select cool green or clear glass beadl
and-string.
Out on Long Island there Is a country
cottage owned by a yonng woman. All
Winter she paints In little room up In
the top OF n swell apartment house not fai
from Gramerey Park, all. Summer she
vibrates to aud fro. In an out OF another
littls room which Is cut off from the world
OF greenness and beauty by Roman scari
bamboo aud bead portiere. Oiled pine Il
her woodwork, terra Gotta and cream hei
walls and ceiling. Indian red and olive the
beads which are strung 80 ~ 10 form broad
and narrow color bands across her curtain.
She has used big beads and large short
pieces of bamboo, and wrought In her mono
gram In the middle at the top. Each
strand OF the portiere Is Terminated by
tiny bell, 80 that her comiDRs and goings
are heralded by musical tinkle.
Much easier than this, As requiring nc
care IN the placing Of the beads on the
cord. is curtain made by strlnging bafn'
boo and beads alternately, using only
green beads. or employing dozen differ
ent but harmonious colors. The mora
beads the more effective the curtain, and
some OF the handsomest and simplest use.
without regard TO color, six or eight or a
dozen harlequin beads between every two
strips Of bamboo. To initiate the Chinese
and Japanese designs OF birds and beasts
and flowers is almost too difficult for hot
weather, involving nice calculation M to
the position OF each bead.
Some days ago saw unique portiere
in seaside cottage. The room itself was
rs far from commonplace as may be i'm.
agined. The ceiling WAS tinted pale sea
grsen, the side walls taking deeper tone.
Fishnets were draped from frieze to floor.
ing and In the meshes were tangled many.
colored fish, bought at japanese shops,
Holsters and the long ribbons OF sea inosses.
Oars were cfos.cl! Above tho windows add
doors. In the large doorway was FIRST /
curtain hung straight OF small fishcord
woven Into network with the long net.
ting needle. Many vislts to the beach had
resulted In n large collection OF scallop and
jiugle shells. gold aud silver shails ths
little people call them, and these had been
perforated and knotted In. Outside the
netted curtain hung pair OF portieres
male OF coffee saoking aud decorated with
rings Of green plush and fringes OF shells.
The effct was wonderfully picturesque and
had been obtained at small trouble and
time. re.ra
l number among my acquaintauces q
half dozen young teachers In New York
private school who have spent the weeks
OF their warm weather vacation for two or
three years past camping In building
which In It's former estate wis q woodshed
on the picturesque Massachusetts coast,
near Gloucester. Last year the main room
OF this festive establishment had its aide
walls. which are not plastered, covered
with bdrlaps laid on fiat and fastened by a
strip OF oiled pine which answered for pic
ture moulding. Autumn leaves stencilled
on In metallic oolors gave character to the
frieze. All through the Spring months
these young women have been busy with
decorative work for the 1889 campaign.
An important feature OF the room this
Summer isto be n portiere made Of hempen
rope Just ort OF the store. The article Of
furniture was manufactured, so to speak,
in position. A pole was adjusted at the
proper height and the rope tied over 1t.
The cords were then knotted TO form tiis
mond patterned network, making a band
perhaps sixteen inches deep across the cur.
tain. A quantity OF perforated wooden
balls had been turned out by a carpenter.
and these were next strung on the cords
three or four deep. as In the making of the
bamboo portiere. Below the balls came
more knotting and then more balls, and
SO on to the floor. When completed the
balls were given coat OF gold paint and
the cords were painted coppery bronze
Two of the holiday makers are now at
work ON knotted twine window curtains
OF the same sort, with smaller balls TO
correspond. The curtains are to be all OF
the gold color, / believe. ttts A$ x
A good deal of woman Summer leis-
ure connects itself with screens. They
shut of draughts from open windows and
are invaluable In cutting off awkward
corners In hastily furnished summer cot.
tages. For July and August use there are
few materials better than rough burlaps
IL the design Is TO be painted somewhat
sketchily. For Summer work TO DO en-
joyed In Winter days we have now re-
vlval Of the tapestry screen work 80 popu-
lar In the eighteenth century. The pretty,
graceful, affected Vatican and Boucher
designs will this Summer cupy the
brushes of skilled amateur artists who
delight In the light-hearted, pink and
white gayety of Marie Antoinett's era.
E.oN Nohitn WIN ciubrotutTf IuoDs SILK,
sateen. satin sheeting and bolton cloth are
the favored screen materials, and much
more artistic work Is required than served
to make a "show piece" formerly. EN-
broidery has reached Ms high plane in
decorative art In this country as paint
ing, and fancy work with no fancy
In 1t Is best hidden In the attic or left
undone. Needlewomen with the requisite
skill turn for subjects to lilies, goldenrod
aud the brilliant cardinal flower, heur de
lis and bunches OF all posies rich In color.
TheseAre worked not In outline, as for
cushions, but In satin embroidery and 1t is
possible to show great skill In the choice
OF stitches and in the blending of colors,
It'll really required TO transfer the paint
er's method to textiles. A beautiful de-
sign shows foundation OF cream white
silk canvas, on which Is worked mountain
laurel in soft. bright pinks shading ints
lighter tones. Tho leaves are wrought
out In natural colorlngs, with little
brown and dull red added to represent
those that may be fading.
Women who do not paint or embroider
should make their Summer screens Of
cretonne, choosing the designs which show
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