The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-10-19

From the Domestic Monthly.
Some sofa pillows of lovely brocaded satin are
as large as 34x36 inches.
In wedding cards the fashion of very many
years ago is revived In tying the two together
with bow of silver cord.
Cricket, croquet, and tennis club invitation
cards are edged with the appropriate colors very
neatly and effectively carried out.
Save the tops OF long suede gloves for fancy
work like the lining of cigar cases, spectacle
cases, emery bags patchwork, and many other
trifes.
As startling stationery the paper and envel-
opes of bronze-Rreen shot with red and gold, or
peacock green with metallic blue sheen over
II. are notable.
Fashion is followed in stationery as in every
other branch of business, and this season butter
flies seem popular, therefore they have alighted
on note paper and envelopes.
Charming lamp shades are made of yellow
crepe or India silk. laid and steamed in fine ac-
Gordon pleats, and gathered at the top to form
an upright frill. On the lower edge sew row of
gilt balls. fringe, or sequins.
Velvet calf is the latest thing for blotters and
album covers. 1t has a soft appearance, which
suggested the name. In dull green it is particu-
larly attractive, and the addition of silver mounts
at the corners of the books gives it further
charm.
The white wooden photo receptacles that re-
semble small over-mantels, holding from four to
eight photos, now have gilt rod along the top,
with alittle yellow. red, peacockcolored silken
curtain at each end, intended to draw, if re.
quired, across the whole row.
The large orchid menu is carried out in new
shade this season. The centre and largest petal,
detached from the rest, 30 that several of them
are sold separately for fitting into the same
flower. The guest cards are small petal.
Leaf and flower doyleys afford change from
the now familiar square and circular shapes.
These newer ones cut out of fine pillow case
linen to represent a leaf or flower oak, poppy,
wild-rose, lily, ETC., and buttonholed around with
cotton or silk. The veining is then done with
the same color though of darker shade. 1t is a
pretty fancy to have each of the set of twelve of
different shape and color.
In menu cards there are some resembling q
panel Of a Louis XIV screen, with the curved top
carried out in delicate scroll tracery of metallic
painting, with Menu in gold lettering in the
| centre. The guest cards are small editions Of
the menu, and both are beautifully carried out.
Some pretty menus are on pale-tinted cards,
| edged with gold, and little swinging Cupid,
| trying to catch butterfly, on the covers.
| For decorative purposes palm leaves can be
| most charmngly treated. By steaming they can
| be rendered pliable, and then are bent together
| and laced and trimmed with dainGy bows, to be
hung on the walls where they serve for useful
receptacles for odds and ends; sometimes tin is
| placed inside to hold water and flowers. They
are also draped with velvet and with satin, laid
| diagonally across pocket formed in the front;
| and many pretty embroidered appliques, which
| can be bought all ready, are applied to them.
| They are used often now for pipe racks, fluted
straps Of velvet, plush, or ribbon being sewed
across them for the pipes to be slipped in. Some
| are worked all over with tinse thread radiating
from the centre. Many of the newest are cov-
cred with velvet, having diagonal piece across
| in which unmounted photographs are placed.