Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-08-15
BEAUTIFYING THE HOUSE.
How Woman's Sklllful Needle
May Ornament the Household
EurnIShinas.

80 ss
How Woman's SkIilful Needle
May Ornament the Household
Furnishings.
Willow chairs, rattan divans and
rustic couches of Georgia pine, such
.as are used in the furnishing OF coun-
try houses, can be made delightfully."-
picturesque, Us well as inviting, by
the addition OF a few gay pillows and
slumber blankets. You don't want
.one, but multitude OF bags, pillows
and robes for comfort, as well as effect,
and the cost OF providing them will
depend entirely on the fancy OF the
housekeeper.@ The other day box of
pillows was sent from a Sixth Avenue
store to Newport cottage that had
been prepared at an expense of only
&l2. There were pillows OF various
shapes and sizes filed with feathers,
swans down or balsam buds, and ali
covered with French cretonne. The
order came from n man who stated that
he wanted something nice enough for
a.parlor and not too good for a ham,
mock or snoOze on the beach. Mrs.
Harrison has ordered similar supply
OF pillows for the parlor and piazza OF
Deer Park cottage.
The bags that are filed with orris
root, sweet clover or sachet powders,
and are hung on chair corners to per-
fume the apartment. are usually cover
ed with some rich silk or bits of stuff
OF historic value. For instance, there
is in every dressing-case a flag, scarf,
piece OF drapery or sash preserved as
a souvenir Of some German festival or
tournament, which wives and sisters
are only too glad TO work into chair
sachets.. Then there arc strange silk
mufflers and hardkerchiefs that ac-
cumulate in every hail tree where
there are young ladies, and as no one
claims or Identifies them they dire sent
to the dycrs for a golden brown or deep
crimson cOloring, and appear later as a
top cover for a pillow or casing of
hanging sachet. A ball OF kismet and
some free hand sketches will make the
handkerchief dfapery as artistic as Il
specimen from the Kensington school.
Young men who lay their hearts where
the feet OF the foot-light stars tread,
and who plfer dramatic shoulder
scarfs and lyric sashes are envied by
their friends for it isn't every fellow
who lives in apartments who can rest
his weary head, smoke his cigar and
dream away an odd hour on IL sofa pill
low covered with the satin ribbons cut
from diva's opera wrap.
Some of the swan s-down pillows
are as costly us u perfect pearl, but
the buyer has or blicves he has Il
veritablc piece of Louis some mem
ber's court coat or a bit Of the ident-
cal ecclesiastical embroidery that
draped the altar of a Peter, u Gregory
or a Chrysostom. Odds and ends OF
pretty figured silks can be bought for
a couple of shillings and the 30-cent
India tissues are admirable for en-
casing the fragrant pine, fir and
balsam pillows.
Fancy carriage robes OF leopard
cloth, silver, crimson or russell plush,
are frequently seen on willow cOuches,
but if purchase is to be made there is
nothing more desirable than a swan s.
down slumber blanket, for the weight
is slight, the colOrs sure to be pleas
ing. and when not thrown across my
lady's pretty feet or his lordship's
rheumatic shoulders, it will make a
striking background draped over the
back of the sofa. Red silks are
abundant and if body cares to be
her own seamstress saving Of so per
cent can be made on the retail price.
These red silk slumber blankets are
exceedingly nice to spread on the
rocks, the sand or the lawn for the
comfort of children, or the luxury oil
filtration. and where Il business is
made OF mapping in Il hammock soft
silken robe and Il big sofa pillow mike
the swinging couch an ideal bed
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