Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-25
monograms, arms and heraldio devices on

monograms, arms and heraldio devices on
window curtains.
A woman of means will send lace cur
tain to a competent establishment where it
can be 'done up" properly, says the Phila-
delphia Upholsterer. This is the way it is
done there: The washers of nice lace form
class of labor quite by themselves, and few
people have an idea of the amount of labor
involved in the cleansing operation, and of
the skill and knowledge required. The
labor, of course, comes in chiefly In drying,
for the washing is bnt a simple thing in
comparison. A table is cushioned and
covered closely with spotless cloth, and on
this the lace is stretched with an intricate
care that is amazing. Through every mesh
a pin is placed to hold it. in place, and the
whole pattern is thus pricked out till every
leaf and sprig is firmly fastened. so that it
cannot shrivel or contract. a whole day
being sometimes used up in preparing
single yard of the lace so that when dry it is
lifted all soft and perfect and unimpared in
the design.
Bronze peddlers have got their stuffs so
cheap now that they permit the servants to
do over their kitchen chairs in Louis XVI
tints; indeed, the price of gold is low enough
to give US all white and gold coal bins.
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In the fashionable prayer books and
hymnals the most exquisite taste has been
lavished. The binding rs shown in variety
of feathers, velvet, shell, ivory and silver
and not only is excellent plate used but
1S-karat gold as we'll, prices ranging from
81 25 to $100 each, and from 81 to 5000 set.
The day of the doll-faced shallowpate has
passed away. A merely pretty woman cam
not hold her own beside the interesting
woman, the woman who fascinates, says
Edith Sessions Tupper in the New York
World. Who attracts the cleverest men at a
social function? Not the beautiful woman or
the dancing woman, but the woman who can
talk, charm, interest and fasciuate. Let us
not undervalue the worth of beauty. A
fascinating woman may have beauty; she
must have brains. Beauty is a powerful
adjunct to the empire of mind, but beauty
without wit, cleverness and magnetism no
longer rules.
The woman who fascinates-what is she?
a study. Above all must she pique curiosity,
rouse mans interest, puzzle and allure his
thought. A woman who can reveal Just
enough of her real self to make a man long
to know her better can fascinate. Allow
yourself to be read and understood at once
and you will never fascinate. Man is by
nature discoverer.
An inch of gold braid on the bottom of
white evening dress is exceedingly pretty
though not economical.
Fourteen dollars for the simplest gold key
ring! And all the girls have them, with
some such quotation as this inscribed: "a
mans tongue is the key to his heart" or
"In changing keys there is safety" "The
key Of fate is in our hands, - Turn the KEY
upon my love. ga KEY confines, key re-
leases, ""A golden key unlocks every door
save that of happiness" Strung on these
pretty gold bands are the bracelet key, the
key to the forever-and-ever box and the KEY
to milady's satchel, trunk. club locker and
front door.
Everything decorative in the Oriental
line has dropped in price, says the Phila-
delphia Upholsterer. All of us have got
some little bi: OF japanese embroidery that
Uncle Joe sent us or was handed down by
somebody's grandfather, and which for
years we have priced as curio to be some
day worked into q screen or something of
that kind. We regret, however, TO see these