Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-23

]P~y VI stfacaons especially suited 70 the
season IL what il most noticeable. More and
more tnought is given to the comforts for warm
Nse'ner life, whether for city or country, and
eAcn season sees more ingenuity brought TO
oe.f on the subject, which is important enough
1us1iy she attention paid 70 it, Novelties in
TINS line are appearing all the time, and diverse
tastes can be gratiied. Never before this year
were 90 many pretty and suitable taings to Be
found for furnishing summer houses or for
hitting up even one room in airy fashion for hot
weather.
In the first place there IL the furniture. in
wicker and bamboo, and the regular cottage
sets, with sofa, chairs and table, with reed
backs and in pretty shapes; good variety 10
offered. In bamboo especially novelties
are all the time appearing. Among them
1 have just lately seen . very pretty eight
sided table. somewhat higher than .
coffee table, with mating top, and low shelf
the same size, also mating covered. Foot
STOOLS are also shown with bamboo frames and
mating tops, Q small size, and another large,
and high enough for . low seat. These are
very pretty and to use in Q room with them
come light chairs, mating seated, with open
PACK and OF good shape. There are also chairs
In this combination, but heavier and with odd
frames, more suited perhaps to piazza use
tnan ior the house. There are not any Of thsm
nign priced and they are attractive pieces.
SOM JAPANESE NovxLrIEs.
10 the japanese we owe many pretty and
sensible ideas for furnishing which are particu-
larly applicable TO our warm season, and We
may avail ourselves now Of more of their
Isncies than ever. One Of the very latest nov
elites are the Japanese cushions for piazza
use, or when there is none, % 4 the
case in most Washington houses, these
are equally suitable for the front steps, where
people are wont to spend the warm evenings
which are slowly but surely coming. These
round cushions are of woven PUSHES or straw
and with loop BY which to lift and carry them.
Ihey are cool, look we'll, cannot get soiled,
and II accidentally left out in shower cannot
be ruined-and only 10 cents for all this COM
iortl Half dozen will stock high flight Of
sad ss nsy ns s5s sure SO, to be
some gay color about porch cushions, and
In TINS case slip cover Of Turkey red, yellow,
madras or what not could be made for these
same cushions, but they look best as they are,
and their foreign appearance is in their favor.
A pretty set Of porch cushions has been
made with rufied cases Of Turkey red,
the frilis being single and eight inches wide.
The pillows are Of different sizes, some square,
some round, some thin to sit on and some small
TO tuck between backs and the unyielding posts
OF the piazza. The filling is light,
mostly excelsior, with layer of cotton
over it, or of cotton and furniture moss
nothing 80 heating or SO expensive as feathers.
Ihese really furnish q porch or even merely
steps quite attractively, though where the steps
are very near the sidewalk anything 90 gay il
rather conspicuous.
NEW SUMNER FURNITURE COVERS.
Every week sees something new and almost
prestier than heretofore in the way of material
for summer furnishing or slip furniture covers.
This week among other charming things are
cretonnes, some Of them in exquisite coloring.
One in fawn, with a very stylish design, 10 par
ticularly striking though the coloring is Is soft
and lovely as can be. Such low prices are asked
for all this class Of goods this year that rooms
should be prettier than ever before in their
summer attire. Some Of the colors are fast in
these light goods and some are not warranted
so. but all such things wear . good while any
way II any can be used, and cost SO little they
can be replaced without great expense. The
cutting and fitting Of covers for large pieces Of
stuffed furniture is expensive in the first place,
Tor it needs an experienced filter to do Il, but
II one has old covers to 60 by which can be cut
up a. patterns a seamstress in Q few DAYS ought
to De able to make entire new covers at little
expense.
PILLOWS FOR CANE BAcK CHAIRS.
When light cane seat or wicker chairs are
used the GOODNESS is pleasant, but often the
height Of the back is just sufficient to hurt the
back Of the neck as it rests against it. To
avoid this nothing is more useful than the little
saddle bag pillows which one can buy SO
cheaply that 1t Is nolonger worth while to make
them. In all the pretty silkolines, made up
plainly a. suits their use for warm weather,
when all opportunities Of every kind are to be
avoided, these are only Is cents, and in silk
with tassel fringe, the price is not over much,
though the palmer cotton coverings are prefer.
able.
Instead Of satin covers on the down pillows
for sale there are now pretty airy looking ones
of silkoline with frill all around, as dainty and
inviting as may be-. In buying these now the
will be good for this summers wear,
and when soiled can be replaced by silk or en-
broidery in the autumn. A summer material
which can be used for decorative purposes ia
the canton cotton crepe, which drapes well and
is in several colorings, one, shrimp pink, being
yard and can be put to effective use in various
ways.
TIDES FOR COVERED FuRrrTUnR.
A good idea that is often overlooked is to use
large serviceable tides on furniture already
concealed BY loose covers. With the back and
arms Of an easy chair well protected the cover
itself will keep in presentable condition
about twice as long. No fancy tides should be
used for the summer season, but good sized
ones OF plain linen or duck hemstitehed. or
monte cloth fringed, or with at most some
simple outlining In color, with wash silks or
linens. These can be 30 easily kept clean that
they ere real luxury, e. the whole chair seemu
freshened with their removal II plain linen
coverings are over any Of the pieces Of furni.
ture tides Of the gay figured dimity with
merely q hem and maybe . feathefstitch in
color around them will give the effect of EN-.
broidered designs and brighten M the plain
material very much.
Another excellent idea il 10 have ain covsrs
for all the sofa pillows, thus protecting the or
namentsd covers Silkolins or pllin 6atiste in
any pretty color 10 good for these alps. which
should ft easily and be buttonod ON the omen
end. These can be washed - readily as any
small pillow case, while they save deeorated
pillows much wear and probable injury. Warm
weather induces more or less louneing, which
soon begins to tell on prettily covered pillowl,
1AnHooKs INDOORS.
Wherever one has space for Il hammock
swung in . room u . great comfort for hot
weather. In this climate . piazza 10 too hot,
except At morning and evening, while in the
seclusion OF the house one can enjoy a after.
noon nap In . hammock and b much cooler
than on q bed or lounge. The hammoeks this
year are DO pretty and graceful looking that
one would add 70 rather than detrset from the
appearance Of . room. A nouuce or valance
falls on each side with enough fullness TO hang
in folds, and fringss or tassels mako the anish
ct the bottom. These are in quite different
eolorinR from the brilliant red and orange Of
the usual hammock stripes. There are gray.
white and Q quiet blue which are very cool
LOOKING. where babies or small ehildren ere
kept in the city hanmecks might b uesd with