St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-22

the rubber is slipped off the buttons.
The points only spread far enough to
disclose OH the inside of the Satchet-
which is almost a basket in shape after
the flaps are bent-a little white Surah
bag in the center, fastened to the surah
lining and holding powder and puff. A
shir string allows this powder bag to be
easily opened OF closed. A little brush
is slipped into ribbon Stats, as it were,
which are fastened to the surah lining
of the satchet.
The same little Stats hold sponge on
another side, while tiny square pin
cushion is on another side and a roll
curtain for safety pins is on the fourth
side. These cushions are held in place
by Stats of ribbons like those for brush
and sponge. This does not take up as
much room as basket and really holds
all the toilet articles necessary III dress
ing the baby.
Upholstered BassInets.
The little bassinets upholstered on a
folding frame of brass or iron are as
pretty sleeping place for baby as can
be imagined. They can be trimmed in
various ways of course depending on
the taste of the purchaser, but as lovely
as anything are the deep Shirred val
ances of piece lace. with two frills of
lace edging four inches wide set at the
bottom. Curtains of the piece lace with
two frills of lace edging them likewise
hang from the rod and support over the
head. while bows of ribbon finish the
rod in front, loop the curtains back at
the side and on each corner of the bas-
ket front.
Pillows of all styles of decoration can
be found for the baby, lace in Vandykes
being set on around the edge for one
thing, with the points turning up onto
the pillow, hemstitched hem being
the outer finish. Frills of lace are seen
on many pillows, and they always make
soft finish about baby's face. How
ever, hemstitched hens seem to be the
favOrite way of edging pillows, as 1t is
for the little skirts and gowns.
Pretty, Simple Pillow.
One of the prettiest as well as the sim
plest pillow cases is of fine linen null.
with cloverleaf designs around the edge
inside the hem, which is one and half
inches wide. This hem has double
hemstitchng or laddar-stltch finish.
The clover leaves are some of them sin
gle, some of two leaves intertwined, and
are worked by simply folIowings the
outline of the flower in fine feather
stitch, worked with cotton floss, which
is round and firm, and not so easily
pressed by the tlatiron as silk or linen
after washing. The stems to these
clover leaves are worked closely IN stem
stitch, and, though so little work, this
slight embroidery is very effective. and
the same idea might be applied to other
things, table scarfS, mats or similar ar
ticles.>
Among trifles which may be added to
these more important items are car
riage bands to keep the baby from Slip
ping off the seat. These can be made
more ornamental than the ones that
come attached to the carriage. A rib
bon of satin, with white ground, on
which are brocaded tiny flowers, is
pretty for this purpose, finished with
rosetteS at each end, and underneath
these plain, narrow ribbon strings to
pretty little gift for baby, and if one
wishes TO give her own work plain
ribbon may be embroidered with forget
me-nOtS.
A Neat Rattle.
Another little present to give baby
is rattle made of gay ribbons and
bellS-one in this style of which [ have
heard is made of stick six inches long
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colOrS. A rOSette of both colors is on
one end, and under it are fastened
twelve unequal lengths of the two col
ors of ribbon, with little sleigh bell
sewed to the free END of each, the long
est not being more than four inches.
Another idea for rattle is small en-
broidery hoop, wound with ribbons of
two coIors also; the ribbons are
stretched across the hoops, too, crossing
at right angles in the center. Bells are
sewed to the edge of each of the crossed
ribbons, and make the desired tinkling
which pleases baby's ear.
An older-fashioned toy. but safe and
durable one, is the gay, knitted ball in
wool. A straight strip is made of Ro
man stripes and coloring, which is then
sewed tagether and one end packered
and sewed tightly. A stutfing of cotton
is put in next, with little box half
filled with shot in the middle; the other
end is then puckered and sewed and
the ball is complete. with rattle inside.