Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-03
Beautifying the House.
From the New York World.

FROM the new 1OrK WORLD
Willow chairs, rattan divans and rus
tic touches of Georgia pine. such as are
used liz the furnishing of country
houses, can be made delightfully."- pic
turesque, as we'll as inviting, by the adj
dition of few gay pillows and slumber
blankets. You don't want one, but a
multitude of bags. pillows and robes for
comfort. as we'll as effect, and the cost
of providing them will depend entirely
on the fancy of the housekeeper.
The other day a box of pillows was
sent from a Sixth Avenue store to q
Newport cottage that had been pre-
pared at an expense of only Sl2. There
were fourteen pillows of various shapes
and sizes filled with feathers, swans
down or balsam buds, and all covered
with French cretonne. The order came
from man who stated that he wanted
something nice enough for parlor and
not too good for hammock or snooze
on the beach. Mrs. Harrison has or
dered similar supply of pillows for
the parlor and piazza of Deer Park cot
tage.
The bags that are filled 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 flag, scarf, piece Of
drapery or sash preserved as souve-
mir ofsome German festival OF tourna-
ment, which wives and sisters are only
too glad to work into chair sachets.
Then there are the strange silk muff1ers
and handkerchlefs that accumulate in
every hall tree where there are young
ladies. and as no one claims or identi-
fies them they are sent to the dyers for
a golden brown or deep Grim
som coloring, and apnear later
as a top cover for pillow
or the casing OF hanging sachet. A
ball Of kismet and some free hand
sketches will make the handkerchief
drapery as artistic as a specimen from
the Kensineton school. Young men
who lay their hearts where the feet of
foot-light stars tread, and who pilfer
dramatic shoulder scarfs and lyric
sashes are envied by their friends, for
it isn't every fellow who lives in apart
ments who can rest his weary head,
hour on sofa pillow covered with e
satin ribbons cut from diva's opera
wrap.
Some CT the swan s-down pillows are
as costly as perfect pearl, but the buy
er has or believes he has a verltable
piece of Louis some members court
coat or bit of the identical ecclesias-
teal embroidery that draped the altar
of Peter, Gregory or Chrvsostom.
Odds and ends OF pretty figured silks
can be bought for couple of shillines
and the 3O-cent India tissues are adj
mirable for encasing the fragrant pine,
tir and balsam pillows.
Fancy carriage robes of leopard cloth,
silver, crimson or russell plush, are fire.
quently seen on willow touches, but if a
purchase is to be made there is nothing
more desirable than a swan s-down
slumber blanket, for the Weights slight,
the coors sure to be pleasing, and when
not thrown across my lady's pretty feet
or his lordship's rheumatic shoulders, it
will make striking background draped
over the back of 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 siumber blankets are exceed
inglv nice to spread on the rocks, the
sand or the lawn for the comfort of chill
dren, or the luxury of filtration, and
where a business is made of mapping in
a hammock soft silken robe and big
sofa pillow make the swinging couch an
ideal bed