Morning journal and courier., 1890-07-26

book shelves, Is 30 skillfully inlaid to simu.
late carved work that 1t is only by passing
the hand over 1t that one can be convinced
that the surface IL smooth. Miss Morgan's
writing room Is adorned with most curious
ornamentations, the bones and horns of ami
mails being the materials used for inlaying.
Ok tail bones are fastened upon the window
frames in very delicate forms and designs.
Many OF them are slender Is wire or minute
as the smallest shell, and the form q white
and polished tracery upon the walnut back
ground. The frisxe Of this room is inlsid
with horns, some of which project from cir
cular frames Of wood studded with what
might be taken for beautiful bits Of ivory or
pearl, but In reality are pigs toe nails.
The most beautiful room yet completed is
Miss Norgan's sleeping room. The painting
on the wall are all devotional in character;
the carved letters above the inlaid panels
which form q dado, repeat in Greek and
Hebrew, "God be with u.s." ST laid me
down to sleep in peace, snd walked, for God
sustained me" and through the wonderful
colored glass of the large windows streams
soft golden light that enhances the beauty of
the rich ornamentation.
This very peculiar house has no door in
front; lofty, medieval door at the back
does not open, but has slide through which
callers are interviewed; il they are to be ad-
mitted they pass to the side OF the house and
gain entrance at last through four doors of
wood and iron. The building Is ireproof
with very thick walls of brick, the stsirways
are of iron and the floors are concrete, to be
covered with inlaid woods. Altogether it is
beautiful home for the two women who
have expended upon 1t 30 much of thought
and labor.
EMBROIDERED INITIALS.
To embroider initials or monograms on
table and houee linen Is still the fsyorite
n4sthod of marking them and is done in satin
stitch with white French cotton. The en-
broidery should be raised over filling which
| is wrought by taking outline stitches length
| wise of the space to be covered. The satin
4 stitches are then worked crosswise over this
| foundation as closely as possible. Towels
are marked just above the border 30 that the
letters will occupy the center of a quarter
of the letters toward the upper hem, SO thai
they will be in the right position when thu
sheet is folded over the spread. On table
cloths the initials are twice embroidered a
the middle fold on both ends, or q quarter o.
| yard from each side of the center, with th
| tops of the letters toward each other. Or
napkins they are worked squsrely in the cor
ners. For sheets, tableoloths and towels tn
| letters should be five or six inches long; TO
napkins and pillow eases three or four inches
and when we'll done are both handsome ant
durable.
| PASTE.
Scrap book makers, and the guild is
large one, may be glad to know that stronI
and rapidly drying paste is made by dissolv
ing equal parts of gum arabic and gun
tragacanth in warm water. 1t should be o
the consistency of thick starch, and if it /
too thick to spread evenly, or If it drie
away, it may be diluted with warm waite
and stirred until 1t is smooth again. Put n
in wide mouthed bottle and Kept Tight
corked when not in use 1t will not spoil, an,
spots of 1t upon the pages of the scrap boo
may be wiped off, leaving no stain.
HILARY