Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-26
written for TIVE EvrSrxs srsR
PRETTY THINGS FOR christina.
Dainty Ways Of Decorating Picture
Boxes and Photograph Cases.

Dainty Ways OF Decorating Picture
Boxes and Photograph Csses.
WHAT CAN m DONE WITH A rLArx PAsrrsoARp
BOZ WITH AvoxAs VINO HAS A WILL AHp an
AssoarnESr OF ooLoRs-rAsTsruL DESIGNS
sHsH In TIE Art ROOMS
With the unsuitable thirst for novelty that
now prevails IL 10 quite wonderful 70 zee how
the supply keeps up with the demand In
every shop every department IL crowded with
srncies ntted 10 tempt the unwary passsr-by.
Especially full OF vsris us wares are the places
where household art is the main thing catered
to. The array 10 fairly bewilderine OF things
large and small that inventive minds and shilled
hands have produced 10 add 10 the besuty and
comfort Of homes or 70 bring additional csss
taking, which, perhaps, 10 the way some bur
dened housewives may look at it. ''sonsthins
more to dust" accompanied by an inward
groan, is the exclamation over q new scquisi-
ton. However, the majority Of women With
homes like TO acquire and a large choice 10 Of
fered this autumn in every line OF furnishings
for houses. In the art rooms especially de-
voted 10 womans handiwork there are number
less articles. attractive and useful or decorative
Among the small things
sUITABLE ron CHRISTMAS ofrp
are the pretty photograph boxes and cases.
Every one has qusntites-more or lsss-of
beautiful photographs TO which they are con-
tinually adding, and with albums 90 hopsiessly
out OF fashion. IL Is puzzle often 20 know what
TO do with them to make them more effective
than simply packing them away In drawer.
The boxes are the most capacious Of any
ceptacle In fancy style that has been invented
A pasteboard box of any desired size and
shape may be the foundation. but tin 10 much
better and more durable. The weight Of q
dozen or two photographs IL not inconsidera-
bic, and pasteboard soon breaks AZ any tin
shop pieces Of the right size be
little larger than cabinet sized pho
tographs being the best The inside OF the
box Is generally silk. and the outside Of some
very pretty ones has been made OF heavy linen
or nhe crash. On this the decoration may be
either painting or embroidery. II the former
Is chosen a good combination is TO use both
tapestry dyes and lustra paints. A conventional
design Is best something suggesting a flower is
good, either singly, scattered about or in groupa
These are lovely tinted with the dyes in pale
delicate shades-yellow and pink on one for
instance, old pink and yellow-green on another
or hight pink or blue together. The silk lining
10 chosen IN one of the shades on the outside,
and all the flowers have heavy outline
IN RAISED GOLD
in the lustra paint Connecting lines or ten
drills are added at will, though overdecoration
is to be avoided Sometimes the word photo
badphs II pdlnttu IL ROlQ-ralse0 Letters OF
rustic form. After the painting is done
on the various pieces Of linen, which were
nrst cut the proper size for covering the
tan box, they and the lining are basted TO-
gether andsewed in an overland seam, ribbons
or gold cord. whatever one fanoies, being added
to fasten the lid down when desired. The boxes
are also quite extensively used 40 bourbon
boxes, but something less delicate In material
and OF less work is preferable.
"A box to hold a collection of foreign pictures,
for nsta aferht h., a.. AZ
| covered with brOcade in the beautiful striped
or lowered effects used now so much for furni-
ture covering, or with the lovely shadow
silks" liz person has no gift for painting, q
box made IN this way might be accomplished
without any strain OF the inventive faculty.
Still another effective decoration Ia embroidery
This takes more time, but powdered small
flowers, or a branch with blossoms on Il, give
very good results. The dyes could be used in
another way than with the gold paint by out
lining the flower forms with silk or gold thread
| The heavy COUGHING cord which is
SOMETHING NEW THIS SEASON,
and very easily applied, would be Q very
effective decoration in curying lines and ten
drills with no other designs. On gold-colored
silk for the tapestry weave. and with gold
COUGHING silk, a really lovely box might be
made TO delight some friends heart at the ap-
preaching holidays. The same heavy cord
| should be bound around il with ends left 20
tie IN loops a finish and 10 fasten il. For
a friend recently returned from foreign
| travel such a gift would be especially appro-
pirate to hold some Of the fascinating photo
graphs wanderer always collects in travelling.
PHOTOGRAPH CASES
haYe been popular for some time and still are
if one may judge by the pretty ones offered for
sale in lare numbers at the art societies and in
shops. The folding ones to stand on mantel or
| chifonier, holding from one to half a dozen
pictures. are shown in every color and covered
with various materials India silk prevails ex-
tensively and is very suitable for boudoir or
| bed room, where such trifes generally find
place. One on which a little more time had
| been expended than on the figured silk ones
was of India silk in a crinkled finish OF a pearly
| white. This had been painted before making
up with spray OF poppy-shaped flowers. In
the lower left hand corner the flowers and
| leaves clustered quite thckly, while a single
spray Of bud and leaf appeared in the uppe-
| right hand corner beyond the opening for the
photograph. 1t was for a single cabinet-sized
picture and very attractive. To hold picture
of some pretty girl in her wedding gown. for
| instance, would be @ fitting to put il TO and
make its daintiness appropriate. The poppy
blossoms were not in the glaring red the name
would imply but in softest tone of old pink,
with leaves of olive green. and a light gold
| edge was outlined to all in lustra paint.
NEWER WAY
to make up these folding cases is 10 have them
| arranged panel-Wise anu nunS nat on the wall.
The opening for the picture in this case is put
the opposite way from what IL is when the case
is to stand on q mantel, so the pictures are per-
pendicular as they hang. In some narrow
space or on a door this is a pretty novelty in
their use. The photograph holders, to lie
| about on tables to carry pictures while
| travelling, are nothing specially new but always
useful little articles and so in favor. The fold
ing ones are rather giving place TO the single
| oblong bags-not drawn up on strings. how
ever-which are considerably larger than the
\ pictures and hold more without bulging than
| the folding ones. Plush, with its long, silky
nap and changing lights. is very good for
| these affairs. Lined with satin and edged
| with cord they are easily made and
handsome from the materials used. II one
| likes the bag may be left open on one side for
| two inches and the corner turned back onto
the plush, thus showing the satin lining against
| the plush This turned-bsck corner 10 pretty
| lighted of with fine gold thread put on in
iligree pattern, or rather, no pattern except TO
| quirl IL as often as possible in covering the
| ground in order TO have IL catch the light
These cases, too, are ornamented by painting,
both in dyes or lustrs or both combined, very
much in the style Of the boxes described above.
Any worker with little ingenuity Of her own
may get
UNIQUE EFfEcTs
| in such work, which gives il more value st