Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-10-06

From the simple little hemstltched
squares of linen Ia place between The
plate and pretty scallop shell Ia the
d.intiiy fring-.i bite of linen Lawn for the
flngcr bowi, they are each and all ex-
auI.Ife and give touch of elegance that
nothing el.e seems la impart la the plain
90, table sni add materially io the re-
fnem.nt of the most sumptuous.
Just At present the rsgc u Tor the long
and short buttonbolc stitch, aud several
de.Ign. Tor very pretty dollIe. In this
.tyle have tccu given Ia The Priscilla,
those In the May number being we'll
worthy 81 stienilon.
The fvur.leaf~i clover Il worked In
white and q pale grsv-greeu hlo ho.s,
using two threads. The ring IL button
holed closely With the white, the leaves
done In long aud short buitonhole stitch
With the green, and On. lines outllned w
white. The horse chestnut u treated In
the same way, az Il also the Ivy. They
are equally pleasing all white, ar another
mode af working Il to do the ring With
white filo fio.. In IN. close buitonhole
stitch, then do the leaves In the ordinary
long and short stitch. and feather--iltch
finely the ,cining. finishing by buttonhol-
ing on the edge. 10 the leaves With Que
thread ~ the fio.., \ fine gold thread.
hi. makes very dainty dolly aud usc'i
for finger bowl on white aud gold
plate will d. much admired. The grrs-
mum, maple snd hegonis leave. may IT,
done In the long aud short buitonho'e
stitch With white. outlining the ,cinlng,
az YOU NAV huitonhole stitch the cigr.
la long aud short With faint shade of
grass green, then put In row 81 Will.
In kenslngton. taking your .iitci'e.
we'll ln,n IN. green. yclnlng In white or
green, or again. cmbroid.r the leaf In
kenslngtnn .iitch In tts natural colOrs,
hu,ionholc stitching th. edge. IL YOU
have q leaf Ia copy sud your shades are
correct, YOU will have some novel doil'e.
when iinlsh-i.
4 charming method 10 working the
pansy, passion fo~er and chryssnthe-
mum given In the February numt-r s'o
cover each pst,l With basket stitch of
White lilo f'oss. using one thread 10.
ssIgr. 81 th. petal. arr nnlshed With gold
thread buiioaholei on With gold-col"rrd
io... The ccnirt ~ the chrysauihcmnm
Ia ullsi with Nhiis ir,nch knots. III"
line. ~ psn.y and passion flower. arr
outlined In white, aud the snihcr. 81 The
latter dan. IN satin stitch. N your dol.
IT,. sr~ Tor ilngrr bowls make them oi
linen lawn of iolting cloth; " Tor either
purposes use shirt bo.om linen az even
heavier.
The bet .llk "a u,e In doing long and
.hort battonhalc stitch on small article.
/. do fio... This wears t"ii.r, '. easier
a. work With. sni gives much inner and
.mpothsr cf',xt than the twisied cul-
broiisry iii which " 80 often used.
Two thread. ~, generally r,gulr~i un-
lrs. ia. material a. br worked !. cNC"s'i-
lngly fine, vh.u que thread will ansNcr'
\ uulek method 10 making a dolly i
90 take a doe hsmsiiirh~l handkerchief,
cut Il In quarter. which will give vuu
-four picc.., Two sides ~ which arr bcm-
stitched. While The other two side. ar-
unhni.hcd. Tbcs~ unfinished edge. ar"
h-msti,Ch.d ani ihsn fringcd, aiicr
which they str embroidered With a single
thread 81 filo hoe. Ia forget me-npis,
daisics, or sam. similar dcsign uslns
white. natural .hsir- "r Ia Dresden style,
thtt u, making each Hover different
cnlar. TIL. latter stvle u quilt. popular.
Thee handkerchief dollics are much adj
mlrrd by many; they certainly have the
advantage 20 bclng hut little work, bat
unlc.. one Il pressed for time they viii
not pru,- a. ssti.fsytory e. ether pat
,rrn.. 4 good slSr Zoe bread 90 cake
Mate dnllls. 4. seven inches square, and
ibsy arr either embroidered az done w
drawn work. They arr PRETTY simplv
funr.l az h.m.tltrhri With plnks or
.nmr small flower. scattered over them
sni wotks~i IN long aud short stlich With
no foss &c linen.
\ very prvtiy design Tor plate dolly
Il In Roman rmbrutlery. This can, 81
,,uu .... - ton" In nny Col"f oue cll""."',
but one iust finished V WORKED With
shlir linen over ihr cord AMI l. expected
e. Let re- great many YEAR. ass cake Dolly.
i.inrn ~. u.s,l VA pfvicfrnc" Ia sllk Nth
, ilouglt ~ the rp"airi huudcfing' u
must have. Th'rc are 80 many
an u piers u.cl just nOs, such q. lrllv'
berry. h.h. butter doillcs, small leaves
and mat. for bon.i-on dlshe. aud water
bottle. uni-.. they are used With =
poli.l,s,i table, without cover, where
they af- of service In bath ornament
log anl protecting the w""i frum
scr,trhrs. they are apt Ia make table
look patchy n not .psrlngly used.
Herr, doili.. arr about twelve inche.
.auArr With hem an inch Niic aud a
ruW 20 fsguiing. Strawberries llcaNrs,
hla.som. AMI FRUIT are scattered over
IA. cloth. anil should b. worked With .
.ingl- thread 20 filo fos.. In their natural
coIors. N the shading II PROPERLY done
the work when finished !. something ~
xhich o. BE- proud. fur the de.lgn u
lovely when we'll done. Butier doili".
arr nln. inche. SQUARE. sotk~l Ia light
golden yellow. ANY simple little COM
,.utIonaI pattern ~lll do With a .uliabl.
auo,ailon outlined In gracefully shaped
letters. jelly dolllc. arr the .,mc Sire
nine lnch"., With a .puy of h"N"rs w
each corner. don. In henslngion stitch,
While in between each cluster l. Que
word ~ tie quotation, ''swc,i. Ia the
sweet"
Wine dollies arv twelve lnchc. square,
either fringed az hcmsilichcd; Ia each
corner l. cluster ~ grape. aud their
foll,gr worked In kenslngton stitch la
their tolors. The quotation, "Winr \.
a good familiar creature II u - we'll
need" l. found divided among ih. fruit.
Thea doilIc. are pretty either fringsi or
hem.tltchei, hut do no, advocate
fringe for anything that l. Ia be- Ia com
mon use, q. II wear. so badly.
An exquisite set ~ fruit dollies we're
half yard square, 81 a very hne quality
~ linen: the hem VA. m Inch Wide
finished with mi.-m,tche'l hemstiiching.
In one corner was cluster 81 fruit
With Il. own foliage. The work VA.
done Ia k-nslngton stitch IN the natural
color. Of the fruit. Each dolly Was
different. The fruits u.r'l were straw
berries, blackbcrrIc-, rasph~rric-, cher.
RE. (red and black currani. (rcd aud
whlie.) grapc., plums, apticots, crab
apples, aud pears.