St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-15
A Punch Bowl to Keep Jack
at Home at
Night.

l6NAtN 81 that pushes are out.
FsiEEA and nothing but soft
-. II BY China silks and oak
~ or white and gold
s=Ss~gS finishes are permits
~@Gf>A4z Sibie in woods.
So We concluded to take stroll
through the shops, and notice whats
WHAT for the coming winter. A good
many changes appear in styles of every
thing, from piano lamp to dish
drainer
'Ive found out that Jack is very par
t!cular about what he eats" says Dotty,
blushing prettily. if permanently, Just
as though she had discovered some very
strange and delightful secret he whole
world had not found Out' ages ago.
He says he would rather anything
would look well than taste WE'LL"
So that has set me thinking about din
ing room furnishings more deeply than
about those of the parOr.
So, leaving parlOr and kitchen, hall
and chamber for future discussion, we
wrote down a few of the dining room
necessities and proceeded to look them
up.
The furniture was easily disposed of.
Unjust be oak, polished, not Shellacked,
and carved
AS Much as One Can Afford.
The general tones of carpet and wall
papers must be in creams and browns
Creams and browns rule the world of
cOlOrS just now, with the roses and
/ blues of ancient faded tapestries thrown
i'll in dashes of color.
But after the inevitable sideb0ard and
polished table are in place, the still
more delicate work of furnishing them
is in store.
''Of course needn't bother about the
.sidebOard furnishings muses. Dot,
half aloud, ''for if haven't given pres
entS enough away the past five years to
insure the settlement OF that question,
then to cast your Silverware upon the
waters of society weddings that it NAV
return after many days is delusion
and snare. The china and cut glass
question is what puzzles me-"
SO straight away to china shop we
went. Eli PEASANT, you know, Jack
isn't very rich. so Dot reSolutely shut
courageOusly:
"Please show me some dinner sets at
s4o.'
That's the usual price Dot has been
paying for her covert coats, and her last
Fife tartan cost twice that mount, but
she is going to economiZe now for dear
Jacks sake, and beside, papa has said,
IF you're bound to marry that ape for
his manners you and are Quits.''
Dot doesn't believe the governor
means it, but she is sailing quite close
to the wind, just the same.
Really you would never imagine the
pretty things you can buy for $40 or $50,
however.
At S35 there were several representa-
tive sets, new this fall. One was fac
smile of set which came over in the
MayHOWer, and was the property of Ell
der Brewster. Very prim-lOOLing roses
were first printed OH the edges of the
ware in black, and then colOred over in
yellow. giving the same effects as the
reward of merit cards, which you will
sometimes even now find slowed away
in grandmothers's old teakwood cabI-
net, reminiscent to her of the days when
Your Uncle Joshua. that's dead these
nigh onto fifty years. used to bring home
every night. when young Masters, the
teacher, was a-cOurtin' my Jane"
Another set. still more ancient in ap-
pearance, was of very good china, with
border composed of all exact
Imitation of Old NOsaics
in intricate design.
VERY pretty, but | should feel all the
time as if those mOSaics needed scrub
bing with brush to remove the accumu-
latiOns of ages from the crevices be-
tween the little squares"
Lately the Germans have walked up
and are producing some really fine table
service at moderate prices. Carlsbad
factories have just sent over very
pretty set in lovely old blue conven-
tional design with gilded edges at s49
The English. however, send over the
best services, but the prices are away
up.
A Western gentleman was IN one of
the rooms and buying a beautiful Havi-
land, tinted i'll creams like the royal
Worcester wares, and bordered with
conventional tracerv i'm gold.
That's just what want for my din
|. ing rOom," said Dot. "What is the
price?"
1.-Two hundred and twenty-five dol
lars. madame"
Il think, then. / will continue looking
at something | do not want"
.'lf done by we'll knOwn artist, par
ticularly If he lives abroad, hand-painted
china is priceless: but so much that is
palpably anlateurish has been foisted
upon the market that really elegant
people prefer the conventional printed
designs"
us there any change in design for real
imported dessert plates?'
Il am expecting some among my
gifts" adds Dot in an aside to me.
Eyes, indeed, there are some for S7S
per dozen. Really fine. Any one is
worthy of frame. The choice of sub
jects this year has changed greatly.
Flowers, the delight of the amateurs
heart, have entirely given way to birds,
which are much harder to paint. Dain-
bits of marines are quite the thing
Tor dessert services now, although they
have been confined to fish sets in the
past.
"Monochromatic effects are the most
sought after to-day. Indeed, one color
on the china, with the sunny linen, cryS-
tai and silver, is amply sufficient for
variety.
THAT makes me think, the cut
glass;" said Dotty.
''Cut glass. my dear? If Jack were
not millionaire, should not advise
you to get much cut glass, unless, of
course, you wanted to do all your own
dish washing"
Was My Advice,
but then know so well what becomes
of advice.
Not even cut-glass punch bowl?''
| asked Dot, mischievously.
IA punch bowl, for what?''
swell, you know Eve been thinking"
AS the salesman went across the store
| for sample bowl-'I've been thinking
| that, perhaps. if / INDUCED Jack in en-
| pertaining his friends he would stay at
home MORE" with a blush.
"All folly, my dear, all folly. tried