Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-09-02
gadies' Column.
Household Decorations


The latest thing is to have large
square strap baskets, and gid the
top, handles at the side, and feet.
and run rows of two shades of ribbon
in, finishing one side with a large
bow. Pink and green, pink and
blue, and old gold and blue, are al
pretty shades, used together.
The creamy celluloid is much used
for fancy articles. 1t comes III
sheets, and can be easily cut and
made into receptacles for cards, let
tiers and papers that are both novel
and pretty.
! Pretty and dainty lamp shades are
made of colored gauze in handker-
chief shape, and are trimmed around
the edge with several rows of narrow
ribbon, and in each corner is embroi-
dered small flannel design in gold
or silver thread. A pretty bon-bon
bag. which is intended for a philippe
ma present, is made of wide satin rib
bon. At the top of the bag the rib
bon is fringed, and just below this
are sewed small rings, through which
narrow ribbons are drawn for the
trings. A flmy cobweb is painted
on one side, which imprisons a green
fly in it's meshes, and under that the
word ''Philopena'' is painted in fam
cy letters. The following verse is
painted on the other side:
'''Twas fool1shness that made me play
With you at give and take;
But those who into cobwebs 1un
Right well deserve their fate.''
Fancy baskets of every imaginable
style and form, gilded, silvered OF
plain, and trimmed with yards of
ribbon are to be seen everywhere,
and are used for hairpins, pin-cush-
ions, jeweIry, work, scraps, etc.
Dainty sachet bags are made of
boiling cloth or silk illusion, and fill
ed with the fluffy milk-weed pods.
They are tied with handsome bow
of ribbon, and the top of the sachet
is oftentimes trimmed with lace.
"Thorns,'' or fancy scarfs, are
made of China silk or boltlng cloth
and the ends can be painted, embroi-
dered or left plain. Some very pref
ty ones are hemstitched.
Pongee and surah silk is much
used for sofa cushions or pine pill
lows. A pretty pine pillow that is
both useful and ornamental is made
of a pretty light shade of green, and
has band of cardinal plush across
the top, with the following motto en-
broidered below:
s'Who rests his head on me is blest,
bring sweet dreams and peaceful rest.
Chair rolls can be crOcheted afgan
stitch of four colors of midnight yarn
or zephyr that harmonic nicely (four
shades Of red makes a pretty one) {,
or made of plush, or India silk long
enough to fit the chair. At either
end where they are gathered up, is a
fancy bow, and ribbon or cord is
used to fasten them to the chair.
They should be stuffed or filled with
cotton wool, and there should be an
inner lining to prevent the cotton
from ever coming through the outer
cover.
Dainty toilet sets for the guest
room can be made of bolting-cloth
embroidered in for-get-me-nots, over
a pale blue silesia or silk lining
For pink room they can be en-
broidered with apple blossoms, wild
roses or rose buds, and lined with
pink. There should be long bu-
reau spread or scarf. A large mat
for the cushion and two toilet bot
ties, besides a splasher.
A pretty and unique toilet set has
clover blossoms, and occasionally a
four-leaf clover scattered here and
there over it. And another has
yellow butter-cup stems over it the
same way, and the lining is of yell
low silesia or satin to match the but
ter cups.
Many who cannot embroider, paint
their fancy work. Fancy work, like
other things, needs originality. Do
not think you must have something
like Mrs. A or Mrs. b.
Do not be a Chinaman, and only
copy. Use your own ideas, and
many times you can improve upon
your friends fancy work that you
have admired so much.
Table linen embroidered in wash
silks is very fashionable and expen-
sive. The stitches used are known
as Kensington and satin. Roses,
butter-cups, carnations, corn-fowers
and peoples are all pretty and appro-
pirate designs for table decorations.
Many of the latest table-linen dec
orations are in white. A handsome
side-board scarf has yellow morning
glories on one end, and pink carna-
tons on the other. Tray cloths are
very useful and save table-cloth a
great deal. For ordinary use red
embroidery cotton is very durable
for outlining them, but for other
purposes the silk is preferable.
dey's Lady, Book.
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