, 1890-12-11
HOLIDAY GIFTS.
Some Pretty and Very Dainty Novel;
ties.

Some Pretty and Very Dainty Novel;
ties.
At present the average woman,
thinking of the long list of friends
and relatives to be remembered at
Christmas, makes purchases of ma
terials for dainty pieces of fancy
work, and looks about for sugges-
tions of pretty novelties. "What
shall l make for Christmas?" is n
time-worn question which is always
invested with anxious importan ce.
Here are some hints which will be
sufficient for q beginning of Christ
mas fancy work. India silk, linen,
denim, aud Bolton sileeting are still
the favorlte materials for fancy
decorative articles.
The combination of straw baskets
and silk bags Is popular, and among
the new things are fiat straw mats
of bright shades, to which are at
tached India silk bags, the bottom
of the bag being made by the straw
mat. Small bags of this kind are to
be used for buttons and spools and
the larger ones for work. India
silk bureau covers are very useful
and pretty trimmed with white lace
and feather stitching on the ends,
and accompanied with cushions of
India silk. The cut glass cologne
bottles, with their cases of India
silk, have comfortable look, but
can not be called artistic. 1t is a
curious fancy of the time tn wrap
other ornaments In India silk, but
/ 1t will not be followed generally.
Something new are the pansy
bags. A large pansy blossom Is
made by ombroidering with colored
silks piece of white silk, muslin
cut, In the shape of a pansy. This
is attached, when finished to one
side of u round, green India silk bag.
A work-bag made of yellow cambric
or figured India silk has attached to
one side a needlebook with many
leaves.
An agreeable piece of fancy work
Is white linen handkerchief case,
embroidered with conventional
flowers in white or yellow silk. The
case Is simply n plain strip of linen,
and when embroidered is lined with
white satin aud tied with white
satin ribbon. Large round piu-
balls of white linen are embroidered
with conventional flowers and
leaves, such as green geranium
leaves.
A novel newspaper case Is made
of coarse basket roll gilded and
trimmed with loops of rope. 1t is
also hung with rope. A magazine
cover is of brown linen the size and
shape of the magazine and en-
broidered with applique red leaves
about the word magazine" in red,
the leaves being worked In gold
thread. Darning is u popular orna-
mental stitch of the season. A
large white linen sofa pillow Ia
darned with white linen, done by
taking long straight stitch and
then catching up two threads, then
another long stitch. A design of
oak leaves and acofns in brown Is
dnrned against the white back
ground. On pale.blue linen which
forms the bedspread, IA small table
cover, toilet and washstand covers,
the decoration is pule yellow mar
guertes shaded with darker tints.
A scarf for center.table decoration
Is a white silk square etched with a
spiders web Of yellow silk.
A Philadelphia novell y IL u friend
ship tea cloth made of fringed white
damask. Within the fringe is set
on two inch can vas for cross-stitch
crewel or satin stitch. This canvas
border is divided equally into squares
and each square Is sent TO friend,
who Is asked To work either the in
itiuls of her name or her monogram.
The owner of the cloth works her
monogram in the center, the corner
designs of the cloth, and a double
teather-stitch 0rnamenting the rows
OF letters and monographs.
No particularly new development