The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-12-14

slipped off at pleasure, and IL can be
washed without injury. Another piece OF
Alrs. Miller's Christmas handiwork is
coverlet or short comfort of this same blue
jeans, which, though inexpensive, is very
artistic, Take square of the jeans some
what larger than the desired size, to lay
across the centre of the coverlet, select the
wrong or lighter side of the material, and
turn up broad border all around. and fas-
ten down with cat-stitch in white In the
center embroider conventional design in
white linen floss, and the effect is beauti-
full.
SOME OTHER CABINET PRESENTS.
Mrs. Miller is not alone in her possession
of talent for making home attractive, as
many of the ladies of the cabinet circle find
time in the midst of their absorbing obi
cations to concoct pretty pieces of Christ
mas fancy work. In fact their drawing
rooms are beauttied by them. Mrs. Nor
ton, Mrs. Blaine and Mrs. Noble, each
show marked talent in this line and
numerous pieces of embroidery and paint
ings upon silk. the work of Mrs Harrison
are still to be met with. She made these
while she was in the Garfield Hospital
Sewing society at the time of her hus-
bands term in the Senate, and she often
speaks regretfully of her lack of time
under her changed circumstances, TO keep
up her interests IN such matters. Not
withstanding the difficulties in her way,
Mrs. Harrison has persevered in her por-
celain painting, and she VIII give some
paintings away this Christmas.
MRS MARSHAL Wilson'S EMBROIDERED
BABY-oARRIAGE BAND.
Few Washington hostesses possess a
more marked talent for tasteful fancy work
than Mrs Albert A Wilson, wife of the
ex marshal OF the District TO which fact
her attractive home on G. street gives ample
testimony When called one morning not
long since, Mrs. Wilson had Just completed
d handsome array of Christmas presents TO
send To friends at distance. One of the
latest novelties in the list was arattle made
OF an embroidery hoop, covered with blue
ribbon about an incn wide, satin edged,
wound round and round the wood until
completely hidden, two bands of the same
being stretched face to lace across the cen
tire, each piece hung with six tiny sleigh
bells that tinkled with every movement.
| On one side was fastened a bow and ends
Another of Mrs. Wilson's presents IS q
baby-carriage band made of strip of white
gross grain ribbon with picot edge. Upon
this is embroidered rosebuds, daisies or
violets, as fancy may dictate, in colored
silks; d narrow piece of white ribbon about
half yard in length, being fastened on
either end to attach it to the carriage, and
the connection hidden by big rosettes of
the same color. Mrs. Wilson also
showed me a lovely tea cloth of white linen
with broad insertion set just within two
inches of the edge, in the form of a dia-
mond. There was wide edge of Duchess
lace, and on each of the four corners be-
tween the insertion and the hem, was
worked leaf designs in linen thread in the
long and short stitch. This can be used
either as a tea cloth or flower DOYLE for the
center of the mahogany, with smaller ones
for the finger bowls. Mrs. Wilson de-
signed and embroidered beautiful tea set
of doylies for her daughters trousseau last
spring, which she carried away with her
upon her departure for her new home at
Fort Leavenworth. These doylies were
greatly admired by all who saw them.
They were in the form of large grape
leaves drawn first upon fine damask and
then embroidered in outline with the long
and-short stitch, forming heavy edge with
the veining over the surface. When this
was completed, the leaf was cut out, the
work on the edge being finished in button
hole stitch to prevent fringing.
"A CHRISTMAS woRK-BAG.
Another simple aud pretty arrangement