New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-21

popular. II costs 50 50 and may be utilized many
by slipping ont all the old cards and inserting
a new set at the emf of the year. With an engage
ment tablet attached TO it Of porcelain this calendar
i, sold at -. Calendar cards framed in igIee silver
plate are 80. The desk botter IS an item Of the
library table on which considerable money may be
spent simple blOtters mounted in leather begin III
price ~ with silver corners they are % upward
Mounted in solid silver they $40 and SO
or made Of Russian papler mache, one OF The
fashionable fad; of the hour, they are S'o.
bloter pad recently made to order Of silver to tit
costly desk $50
There is no more generally acceptable present than
box Of fine stationery, properly marked win inc
monogram or address of the recipient. The most eN-
pcn-vc paper now used Is the old style vellum paper
OF heavy weight which I, usually selected in creamy
white or sapphire blue and stamped in gold silver or
copper with heavy hammered initials placed dag
onally across the upper efthand corner or with
monogram IN the centre of the sheet. staOners cut
this letter paper to order for faslGous customers in
extra large letter size and furnish extra large en-
vclope for it. Tile dark sapphire aud the paer cadet
or telegraph blue paper i very largely uNed ana j.
generally stamped with silver gold lettering If the
address i, short enough. it is considered in the best
taste to have il written ont in script without any
figure being used but this Is sometimes impossible,
owing 70 the space that would be taken mp For
people who prefer light paper there are Tough bond
paper, of thin and medium weight. which are stamped
with light monOgrams initials in various metals.
The papers known scotch granite from their tint
are exceedingly pretty stamped with silver initials or
monogram. The address which is placed in the middle
Of the sheet OF writing paper I, not so often printed in
metal, stamped out in raised letters the color Of the
paper.
The only decorated Cu,im cards left those
painted by hand on ivorue cellulod with holly,
mi,tetoe. snowbiris or other suggestive designs.
The cloths used at Christina, dinners this season
Will often be Of perfectly plain ,anini,hed damaNl
without any figure. and simply finished the edge
with hcm-stiiched hem from two and half to three
nchc, wide. The napkins 10 match these cloths are
~eycnechths Of a yard SQUARE and hemstiiched en-
tircly around with inch hem. square ablecentre
Of fine linen embroidered in artistic stitches with white
and gold or m~lcioe and gold, j. used to relieve
ihi, plain surface and support the Hover decorat ms
These Ice Of holly and mi,tctoe. OF ferns or
lilies Of the valley and red tulips arranged in pots
concealed in gildcd wicker baskets, in the lower
silver iarducle, CyclameuS pOinsettl leaves. mis-
tlctoc and holly VIII all be used In decorating the
Christina, dinner table Flowers with powerful per
fumr generally avoided the fragrance Of now
CT, does not mugle acrccably with that Of ViandS
The newest counierpanes copied from the gor-
gco, brocatele bed pread, used in Old French palaces
in the luXuiious Of L,ui. the Magnificent The
material, for these cOycrlct> are imported expressly
for them. and are wide that two widths Of the
brocaelle j, sufficient flr large double bed. Black,
cream white crimson -atin used I'm large rose
and thistle patterns wrought with gold silver threads
and I'm rising sun" designs metal showing through
q cafy pattern ~ rich br,'ade. \ fringe formed Of
alternate loops and tabs If two inch satin ribbon The
tab, finished with hui'y a,el> edges these counter
pane, which are allowed 20 fan over The side If the
and are accompanied ly round. upholstered
| bolster covered with the same brooade. There are
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