Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24

stripes, at 20 cents, dead copies of the So
goods; cotton hangings, resembling silk
brOcd4eS as closely as cotton pOngees re-
semble ;he Light silk goods, at s. cents, so
inches wile-things that a plan sees in a
hasty review Of The market und remembers.
The colorS are good and the designs are
pure. being copies of expensive fabrics;
jutes, in the daintiest tints aud harmonious,
on the hrocade order, 65 cents a yard, 80
inches wide, and MORE antiques at 75 cents.
A screen. which is distinctly feminine,
'siust lovely in every particular, is done
upon bamboo or enameled frame, and of
daintiest silk. One of the accompanying
illustrations tells the rest. 1t combines the
screen with a catch-all. Another of the
illustrations shows something new in the
way of & screen. 1t is medieval in char
Gctcr. and should be decorated with ones
coat OF arms or crest.
Brass Bedsteads and Crsnls.
The general adoption of brass and iron
bedsteads has brought about many curious
whins and theories. Not long ago woman
called at a New York retailers for ''an cleo
trio non-conductor. The salesman assured
her he didn't know of any such thing. She
described the idea as a cup, like soup-bowl,
which stands in one of the corners of the
bedStead.
"We have" said the dealer, when the
lady, with sense of superiority and con-
tempt for man so slow in his business, had
departed and he haG thrown lightly to the
winds a few hot epithets, ''all sorts ofcranks
here since brass bedsteads have prevailed
One woman is afraid that brass bedsteads
will make her nervous, that they will rob
her of all her electricity; while another will
insist upon having them because they charge
the bed with Just that vital force, and then
they kick if our charge is too high-ha- d
joke.
''0Iost women seem to agree that brass
bedsteads attract lightning, and it is diff
cult for me to explain that they don't. Some
few think that they tarnish easily; others
rather mistily fear that they need lot of
polishing. Then there is the glass cup
scheme: a woman called here lately, and, in
stead Of wishing the cup at the top of the
bed, she asked for cups in which 70 rest the
casters l told her that We had sometimes
sold such things, bat the people that bought
them filed them with vinegar to keep
reaches from climbing up. Twill never for
get the look she gave me-
Pierpont 8Iorgan's Ancient Tapestry.
The yacht which Pierpont Morgan
launched last month had, among its other
furnishings, 4 remarkable tapestry, which
was examined with great interest by many
members of the Masonic fraternity. 1t is
an antique about II feet square and covered
with Masonic emblems-the terrestrial orb,
fanlled by trowel, dagger and delta sur
mounted by square and compass, and above
them, in the center, a blazing star. All of
these emblems are embroidered by hand.
The piece is said to be more than 800 years
old, and to have been one of the decorations
of the Mosque of Mahomet Ali.
Some months ago we described a means
of treating walls with lace. It can be done,
but the work is laborious and fussy, and con-
siderable difficulty is found in combining
into proper wall design the pieces of lace
curtains which must be cut up for the pur-
pose. A net is now being used by a we'll
known importer, which has only
simple design, a little de-
tached figure; the idea is to tint
this net deep cream and to apply it to a
gilt wall-not simply plain gold paper,
but wall that has been dabbled in fugitive
spots of gold. A beautiful curtain for the
dining room Of a cottage, at one of the