St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-22
ATTRACTIVE HOMES.
How the Calm Period Of Lent
May Be Usegully En-
ployed.
Patterns for En- broidery Of
Numerous and Very Pretty e
Designs.
How Table Spreads Particu-
larly May Be Made At
tpactive. q
Some Practical Suggestions
for the Comfort and Adorn-
ment Of the Baby.

Now is the lull in all matters pertain
ing to society. and many will welcome the
quiet after the seasons rush, with its
opportunities for reading and working,
which have been all too rare of late.
TO those who do not keep Lent in
strictly religious way it is time to look
forward TO as i. reStful season, when
much can be accomplished toward the
work necessary to be done before hot
weather comes. For some time past the
shops have been full of spring attrac-
tionS Of all kinds, and the first buyers
have the choice, of course. When chill
dren are in the family, Lent is the
chosen time for making the thin dresses
of bingham and cambria which the
growing girls demand a-fresh with
every season, and to renew the under
clothing, and see that each small ward
robe is in order. To those who are not
busy mothers, and yet are interested in
their homes, now is the time when there
is leisure for the favorite occupations,
when one can indulge in them without
feeling that social duties are being neg
lected. Whether the taste be for writ
ing, painting or embrOideriEg, Lent is
sure to give facilities for accomplishing
something in either or all directions.
Table Spreads.
In making some purchases one day at
an embroidery counter in one of our
stores | heard one lady say to another as
they selected some OF the pretty ma
terials ready for working: "Well, now
[ shall be able to find time for some of
this fascinating work." Table spreads
are something that appeal to every one
who embroders at all, for those that are
already stamped are in such pretty ma
terialS and i'll such pretty designs that
they are irresistible. OF course. they
admit of quite choice in the way OF
working, whether. for instance, with
rope silk, twisted silk or linen floss. but
newer than any way of treating them is
to follow much of the outline with
novelty BRAID" catching it down on
each side quite close together with
short stitch of colored silk, which looks
very pretty. The silk stitches are at
right angles with the braid, and are
caught into each little loop on the edge
of it, thus making them at even dis
tanceS apart, and are also seWed into
the cord which connects the lace-lke
ing set thus closely together make the
braid very securely fastened to the
groundwork, and yet is work that must
be quickly done.
A Very Pretty Design.
A very pretty example of this kind of
work is Oh Sorrento cloth, in pattern
of scroll work, with a clover leaf inter-
tWned at regular distances. 1t is not
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itself, but treated as it is here it is most
attractive. Each clover leaf is worked
with white twisted silk, in the long and
short stitch, and then outlined i'll blue
silk. All the rest of the pattern is done
with the novelty braid, caught down
with the same blue silk used in out
Inning the clover leaf. A hem is turned
about all inch wide, and covering the :
hemming on the right side is a row of
the braid on all four sides, caught down
with blue silk, the same as the pattern.
This makes pretty border, and, as
further finish, handsome linen lace in
guipure design IS set full on the edge
all around. This lace-like effect of the
braid, combined with frlled lace on the
edge, makes particularly dainty
spread, which would be equally pretty
for table cover or as carriage robe in
summer for a baby's carriage. 1t all
being of washable materials would make
it quite suitable for the latter use, while
the delicate coloring OF blue and white
seemed to suggest the accomplishments
of white wicker carriage, lace frilled
pillow and a sweet baby snugly en-
Sconced therein.
For Baby's Comfort.
1t is difficult to tell which are the
most enticing things displayed for a
baby'S comfort or adOrnment Every
thing can be bought to supply the least
to the greatest need, if one wishes, and
an attractive array they make.
One of the earliest conveniences in
baby's life is the weighing basket.
wicker affair with handle arching from
end to end and coming up in an odd
curve Just on top. These all trimmed
make pretty gift for baby, and can
be bought ready, or the plain basket
can be gotten and trimmed by the donor,
which puts more sentiment into the gift.
The decoration is much after the usual
fashion of toilet baskets and baSSinetS.
A cOlored foundation is put On the bas-
ket, and white, plain or dotted null
drawn over, or surah is Shirred full on
the inside, with narrow double ruff1e
finishing the edge, and on the outside
deep fall of the surah, with lace frill
over it. The lace is sometimes Valen-
ciennes, sometimes point d'esprit, with
a narrow edge sewed Oh. Over the
handle. which is three inches wide and
quite fiat, is a band made of several
rows of lace beading sewed together,
with narrow ribbons run in and mar
row lace edge on each side. The ribbon
matches in color the SUrah lining the
basket, of course, OF all can be white.
The Rubber Bath Tub
The bath tubs for babies nowadays are
of rubber at least the most approved
and convenient ones are. A standard of
oak holds the tub, which hangs from an
oak rim. This can be drawn close to
the person bathing the baby, and is
much easier to manage than any other,
while the soft rubber sides of the little
tub prevent any possibility of the
baby's getting a bump in some unex-
pected luz oh on its own part.
A hamper for baby l described such
a short time ago that | will only speak
of their pretty usefulness. If one pre-
fers the hamper instead of being only
trimmed with ribbon outside, can be
covered entirely; deep frill of muslin
over color hanging from edge to floor,
while piece of muslin can be fulled
all around the edge of the lid outside
and drawn together in the center with
many folds, where full rosette of rib
hon finishes it. This all implies much
more work if the hamper is home
| trimmed. and when it is done it can
only remain fresh short time COM
pared with the inside, and is a much
less preferable style it would seem than
| the other.
A Sachet Novelty.
A novelty in place of the toilet tray of
the hamper or the basket. which has
! been for years the most generally ac-
| cepted receptacle for all the articles
necessary in dressing the baby. is
| sachet. This sachet is about eighteen
inches square, and is made of quilted
silk outside, with an interlining of
| buckram or stiff canvass, and all inner
lining of white surah, very full, so that
it is in soft Fuckers and puffs. The
edge is finished with cord OF tbs out
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