New-York tribune., 1890-06-29

| the boiling temperature. In ABOUT seve" "
| utes. or the leaves settic' III" 'c"po'
should be filled up with more water. enough 10 msho
tea Of the strength desired and 1t must be sefVeo az
once. .
one Of the pretticst materials for tea cosey -
Chinese Grape in China blue or delicate tea green
decorated with the Chinese alphabet in gold the same
figures which are familiar tea chests. wellInade
cosey Is shaped like hollow hemisphere ana nus
snngy over the teapot. entirely covering It, 1t shouid
be heavily wadded and lined with strong suitable
material Very pretty cOscys made OF the pieces
of Turkish embroidery worked for fcz caps. Ihese
can be purchased in a Turkish shop at from az %
upward. They are sometimes united by pun on
satin or silk and wadded heavily and lined.
Genuine lovers Of tea usually prefer fine Formosa
10 any other brand, though many use mixture OF
half and half Oolong and Young Tyson or ooong anu
Japan. Very few people now drink Young Tyson
or green tea alone. 1t Is almost superseded py tho
best quality of Japanese tea. English breakfast tea
has become popular in this country thongh
properly made il IS delightful. The better the tea
the more necessity for in its preparation.
fine Formosa tea becomes especially rank II boheo
! for any length OF time. II is not an uncommon
practice IN parts Of the South to boil tea lot
several hours An inferior brand Of tea will bear
such treatment without developing flavor that makes
1t ntolerable to the taste. but good tea becomes SO
bitter that no one can drink it. 1t is almost un'
necessary TO add that metal, not even silver. 10
fit TO make tea coffee I'm.
The fans imported for market from Spain arc
not attractive in themselves, whatever they meht DO
were the bewitcing eyes Of spanish damsel LOOKING
over them. The Spanish Use elaring colors IN tho
OF their satin and fans and decorate
them rudely with figures dancing inc Doiero VI
fandango clad in the peasant dress OF Andalusa'
Barcelona CASTLE. The Spanish painters nave only
the crudcst ideas OF the OF color. Their bricky
reds and yclIows and inevitable gold are lntolerabe
! to cultivated tastes. The Orentals, who are Color
<1,atac h,fn hinq
Others in way that is delightful in effect. Among
! the prize fans shown the recent exhibition OK
London fanmakers there were some which werc
certainly open to criticism. Flowers, picturesque
of life outdoors painted in classic style or aiter
Vatican, always in keeping with any occasion when
a fan is be used What possible excuse, however.
Is there for making fan o background for animal
painting Obese little puppies and kittens stll IN
of their legs be interesting To the animal
painter but such designs these which are shown
among prize fans much ont OF place as kennci
| Of puppies would he in bail room
There fans beautiful than those OK
ostrich plurncs in Tyre folding shape but un-
fortunately they heavy. The faus Of silk tissue
and grapes painted with flight of birds or flowers
are light japanese paper fans. Nothing Is
prettier than fan of palest yellow Grape
1t sometimes happens that ones wall paper. while
an excellent background for pictures, Is not equally
50 for china and bric-abrac; in that case a wall
| hanging of crimson plush plush Of any dark ap-
|
proprate shade may be suspended back Of thc cabinet
and will serve admirably 10 show to advantage any
| dainty bits Of china which would be lost against
pale manila colored cartridge paper one of pale
gray or olive such form lovely backgrounds for
engravngs echngs.
Mrs W J. II. writes in reference 10 a statement
in this column in regard 10 the Of velvet as
hinding for dress skirts: "You can the tme
ard patience Of your woman readers still by
advising them 10 bias band Of cheap vclveteen
80 cents per yard instead N the good velvet
The vevetcen having much shorter nap and frmer
back outwcars the velvet By quito a little. such
has been my experience
There are no pretier screens than those Of motted
brown bamboo with panels Of decorated japanese
leather paper in touched with gold or in
any other colors and lined with red. Such screen
NAV cost in three folds so so. a pretty paper
screen six feet high and four fold may be found for
s. So II Is fra however and il cheaper the end
70 buy covered with cloth back and front for
"a or 81
little gilded or motted brown bamboo table low
| as a O'Clock table is very pretty and useful
addition 10 country parlor II IS convenient 10 hold
books near Of ferns looks better there
up higher. There is special pleasure n look ns
down into n bouquet Of daisies other flowers, in
stead OF up toward them, they arc usually placed.
The latest designs in nshtgowns are in simple
sacque STYLE but fall full in front from the neck.
though held In in square of tuclng az the back,
reaching four or five inches from the neckband Such
, a gown is completed BY wide sailor collar trimmed
with lace and a wide fril Of lace down the front 10
the waist. and broad cuffs trimmed with lace falling
over the hand. Wide peaneS Of needework or lace
at the neck and sometimes nscd in place
e Of the sailor collar and cuffs falling the hand
4 pretty gown in similar shape is finished with a
plastr0n of tuckIng and narrow insertion graduated
narrower al the wai, than at the top, and finished
with band and wide frill Of needlevOri at the neck
and with full French sleeves. y band Of embroidery
ornaments each side # the plastron under which tho
gown faSfenS SIDE.
The latest imported chenliSes models Of sim
pljctv They are without sleeves. they have been
for some time, and are merely finished by narrow
band M the neck and arm hole edged with beading
run with ribbons and with fall frs Of lace.
The danticst covers for the toilet table made OF
linen and hemstitchcd Ule borders, and wrought
i'm drawnwOrll and darncd stitch. The finest OF this
work comes from the rayal Islands, though the Italian
. peasant women do very pretty needlcwork OF
this kind. They generally finish IT with long nettcd
irinccs tied In myriad fancy styles, work in which
they excel The "spachtelr work Of The Germans Is
simple cuwork the patterns being cut out and button-
holcd around with the needle Very pretty II no;
rev bureau and toilet table made Of scrim
run in shaded borders With many rows OF NO riD-
hons beginning with very delicate shade ana end
ing with a very dark one.