The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-03

leaf she placed a shelf wide enough TO hoi,
a flower vase or q cup of tea, and widoS
OF means saw it, loved it, and bought
| for he'll library.
! OF course the most beautiful and valu
able embroidered screens are the needle
work tapestries of the Associated Artists
notably those designed by Miss Dor
| Wheeler, whose mother, Mrs. Cnndact
| Wheeler, has done for modern art wha
the Gobelin mandatory did for the art O
Vatican and Boucher.
Miss Eastlake, of Wilson Barrett's com
pany, spends much of her leisure with the
needle, and a friend describes a screen moi
long since wrought by her as being of great
beauty. It is to be placed in front of the
fire and is mounted in white picked out
with gold. The foundation is cream white
silk canvas and the design a vase contain
\ ing chrysa nthemums. The flowers are
worked out in solid stitch in yellow-red
shading into soft pale yellow. The leaves
are in shades of pale yellowlsh olive, and
the vase is cut from gold satin and appliqued
on the canvas before embroidering. Gold
thread is used to couch it down, and the
| light and shade are handled so cleverly in
| the elaboration as to seem like japanese
| ceramic copied with wonderful fidelity.
Mrs. William J. Florence has a knack
the same way and some of her intimates
| have seen and admired piece Of her handi-
work in the shape of a single paneled sage
green satin fire screen; upon 10 masses of
roses are embroidered ranging in color
from cream white buds to glowing red
Jacqueminots. Every leaf ID thorn is
sketched freely, just as it grew, and not
only great handiness with the needle but
skill in the management of colors was re-
quired.
Miss Kate and Miss Lizzie Greatorex, the
artist sisters, once made very decorative
screen for their studio by applying the
scrapings from their palettes to fine bur-
laps. No design was attempted, but the
Kaleidoscope c0loring was very effective.
Somebody, perhaps it was Mrs. Frank
Leslie, once showed me a fine screen of
white brocade, the figures of its intricate
design finely outlined with couchings of
goldIthread. This was three-fold screen
mounted in white and gold and having tiny
plate glass mirrors set in the frame at in
tervals
Women whose fad is screens and who
have number, get variety by using rich
colored brocades without embroidery.
many stuffs being quite handsome enough
for such treatment, and indeed far more
effective than the average ueedlework or
painting of the average amateur.
Bedroom and boudoir screens are the de-
light of the dainty girl. Cretonne is
pretty material, matching the curtains
and draperies. Mating is also pretty, es-
pecially when painted like one owned by
red-curled debptante with dancing girls
twined with garlands OF flowers. Another
screen Of mating in an artistic apartment
is hung on gilded frame, painted sketch
lily with cupids chasing butterflies aud fin
ished with silk scarf drapery across the
top. Linen, sateel and satin sheetings are
other good screen materials, usually
treated in outline stitch in silk or linen
threads. Roses clambering ON a trellis is
pretty on fine gray linen. Bright Japanese
or China silks make pretty three-fold
screens, run on rods and mounted on sim
pie cherry frames.
Isabella Urquhart, the singer, is said to
possess an unique screen Of four leaves,
every leaf being mirror
ELIZA PUTNAM HEAToN.