The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-18
WHERE WomAN DOES 4 GOOD DEED.
The Making of Cushions Upon Which
Weary Man Nav Rest In Contentment.

The Making Of Cushions Upon Which
Weary Nan May Rest In Contentment.
| The exceptional sweet woman who Is con-
tent to let the Lord Almighty look after his
own 10 heather lands, and TO allow the City
Fathers to suDerintend the sewers and garbage
at home: who has no desire to soil her dainty
fingers adjusting the mechanism OF the big
dirty political machine. and likes her petit
coats Just as her mother taught her to wear
them in singleness OF purpose and arrange
mont: who is satisfied to be Just womanly. and
ambitious only to have the man she loves
love her half as much in return. can work of
some Of her surplus energy stirring round
after bargains in bright soft stuffs
and making them UP into cushions
OF all sizes and shapes, adding thereby to the
sum of human happiness very picturesque
and pleasing factor of comfort. One industri-
didn't really, eel satisfied First the divan.
without which, existence is empty. must have
siE"n pillows. family pertemed down aIIed.
brightly tinted 1t costs very nearly $50 to buy
the diyan ready for its covering. which may be
OF ANYTHING from creton up to some rare old
rug with Oriental traditions In its colorng.
and hallowed remtniscences Of some Mussel-
nuns devotion In Its designing.
Then the pillows may Re Of every hue and
quaiGtly owered silk. finished with big
double frill about the edge. drawn M at the
corners in odd little putfy rosette9. tied in the
centre or near the end with broad ribbon cir
dies and sashes. ornnmented with more or less
frightened with metallic threads smoked
across tho corners in English fashion and puff
Ing IN SOFT iplneSs in the centre or simply
all The pretty woman who tutters down and
nestles among these many-hucd cushions. In
fumeh gown. does more toward tho elevation
anu culture Of the deprayed mans better ma
tI ,rd ,nat whole army Of w9mans c!n6s gab
Advancement Of tho race in divided petit
c0ats and boneless bodiceT,
ons above IN ,ther on the floor, made OF some
rare Old brocado with golden ge9ri4gs or bit
and they are nIaced Just in front ,of some
GurIously carved painted screen or rich hang
freight. or of u tall shaded lamp, will fall
gently upon my lady's face az she sits grace
folded IN her, Ian as innocently a1 u she didn't
Know down deep In her naughty little heart.
iove with her pretty nose ontIine6 againat the
soil background of the curtain anu the eX-
guls!te hints the freight brings out on cheek
are inc tootstools on which tiny loot in
GGonhtiea sIiEn s, rests among eroumambent
petals Of huge cabbage rose, or upon a sim
Pile bit Of bright broeade circed with fringe or
t siHn sefpnS wEqnEht IN an a."ysr couNen-
S4meumes q t0ur-lcafrd clover. staggering
under Il ln0nstrous bow ana set upon four clover
heads ~ gold has tho preference. and the
small guided Louis ANi. stool, with Pompa.
dour silk finish, has been brought down out Of
the attic for peope to fall over liz the dimly
lighted drawing rooms. The reason for the
existence OF these foot cushions. whose variety
IL unlimited, only the inscrutable wisdom OF
woman can determine, for the lOwness of pop
uar chairs docs away entirely with any need
ior them. In every window there must be
"urlQusly cut. groosuue seat more or less un.
comfortable, with its accompanying cushion OF
silk. anchored with huge ribbon bows and dec
GRATED according to the fancyoi the designer.
Every chair back must have it's sack o. per-
silk, or soft chamois leather. The latest
fai 10 the "PenseZ moi" chair bolster OF
cool. soft moss green. embroidered with the
motto wrought in about u shower oil violets.
wi their DELICATE green stems pointing dis
tractedly in all directions at once and per-
bolster Is usually covered with embroidery OF
IN Oriental nature gathered M the onds.
which are liued with contrasting color form
Ing a sort oil puckered rosette. from which tho
ribbons extend over the chair back to fasten
vii tn a great hutter OF culorS. Really economi-
and pretty chair backs Of odd pieces OF ere
tonne. SILK, or brOcade. artiStically com ned In
diamond shape and edged about with silk.
Inere are yacht cushions OF blue denim.
wrought with bright linen ilosses, whose col
nrs dely even salt wafer: pial2a cushions OF
also with Holkin stitches In the linen iiosses.
and smoking cushions for gentlemen in cloudy
SmoEe-rolorol plush, with cleaning designs
IN gold thread. The president of "A whole iod-
GRAFTON OF women's clubs and reform societies
could md time hang heavy on her hands
cushions she can use TO add to her own pic.
tuteBuueness and her friends comfort