The National tribune., 1892-09-15

tons. The jacket is also edged with the braid
and is fastened with buttons. The fan sleeves,
~ may DO seen, have little braided euH The
buttons may either be cloth-covsred ones Of
| black or pearl ones.
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A pincushion- table might be made into Q
very pleasing and profitable feature Of fair or
bazaar There can be an almost limitless
variety in shape and coloring. First, there 10
| the little, square cushion covered with . piees
Of Powered brocads, with very full rufis Of
lace around the edge The extra fitness at the
corners Is caught up with loops and ends Of
narrow satin ribbon. This cushion ought 70
Be stuffed so tight that its square shape Is al
most round. This makes the daintiest Of all
cushions and made up in favorits color 10 .
lovely gift. Soft yeilowish- tan brocads with
white flowers, made up with ribbons Of the
same soft shade. is artistic for roorz furnished
| In neutral shades. Pink add white Is howery.
A square Of embroidered linen, made up ia
the same way, makes q dainty, serviceabls
| little cushion, for the cover with IT. ruffs
of fine linen lace can be washed nicely. ons
powdered with tiny stemless and leadsss for
get-me-n ots, with their Ave tiny blue petals
around little yellow dot for the confer, 10
pretty for . blue room. A round orange"
cushion to hang al the side of dressing cass
il made By first cutting eight pieces of mus.
| lin, shaped wide at the center and pointed %
| the ends like the outside Of section Of sp
| orange. These must b sewed together and
stuffed, and then she same number of pieces
| of orangs-colored velvet exactly the same sias
and shape are needed for the cover. A stem
| of wire covered with green satin Il fastened
to the top. orangs-colored ribbons and losp
TO hang it up by are added.
These covered with any pretty material,
With ribbons to fastsn Il to the belt, make
convenient cushions for dressmakers.
Then there are the little fat cushions made
specially for masculine pockets. Two pieces Of
pastsboard, the same size, are covered with
| silk and then sewed together. The pins are
stuck In between the lsysrA These are most
frequently made in the flower shspes-daisies,
pansies, violets and poppies-coysred with silk
Of appropriate shade. Te make these, the
pssteboard IL cut In shape approximate to the
flower shape. The tive pieces are covered
neatly, and then the deeper indentations Of
the petals are indicated by shading. done with
embroidery silks or little paint. The two
pieces are sswed together at the edges with an
over-and-oysr stitch. OF course the cushion
must be filed up with az many pins as its edge
will hold.
The violet t-pin cushion, as described some
weeks ago In "Ths Better Half" columns,
suggests others of the same kind. Sunfowen
are very pretty made after this fashion. The
big cushion, nine inches square, made of fancy
silk, with full, petticoat ruffle of lace around
the edge, Is fayorite with many.
Little baskets and bowls sometimes have
yelvet-covered cushions fitted into them,
making pretty cushions As to the stuf1ng
for these cushions, bran IL the best; wool 10
sometimes used, but it is not so satisfactory.
For the first cover of the cushion flannel Ia
better than muslin.
This year the women of Wyoming can vote
for President Of the United States.
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A milliner advises one to always put on the
hat from the front, adjusting it to the face.
She says 1.-THE back will look out for ITSELF"
but there she IL mistaken. The back cannot
Be warranted to look all right unless given
careful attention, and il ia not at all pretty -
see the hat and the back hair out Of harmony.
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Patent dress liftsrs and train-holdsrs are
generally as useless as they are awkward.
IL ID pretty custom now for the girl friends
Of prospective bride to give her sheets and
pillow cases for wedding present. Tie finest
of linen Is beautifully hemstitched and the
brides maiden initials are worked in elaborate
designs with white silk. Sometimes an edging
of fine linen lace is used, making very dainty
gift.
The Scotch plaids are to be used great deal
for coats for little girls. They are trimmed
with dark velvet and with fur. Wide, double
collars and triple capes are fsvorite styles.
The waist Of the coat is made plain and rather
short. To this the long full skirt ia gathered
or pleated. Big buttons are another part of the
trimming.
Tillagree gold and silver slipper-hsels and
toe-c caps are to be seen in the jewellers windows,
bus they are not extraordinarily pretty.
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OF the American girls, Rudyard Kipling, in
his american Notes." says: They are origi-
nal, and regard you between the brows with
unabashed eyes, as q sister might look at her
brother. They are instructed, too, in the folly
and vanity of the male mind, for they have
associated with the boys from babyhood and
can diseerningly minister to both vices, or
pleasantly snub the possessor. They pos
ssss, moreover, q life among themselves
of any masculine associations.
They have societies and clubs and IN
limited tea-fghts where all the guests are girls.
They are self possessed, without parting with
any tenderness that is their sex-right they
they can take care of themselvesi
they are superbly independent When you ask
them what makes them so charming, they say:
1t is because we are better educated than your
girls, and we are more sensible in regard to
men. We have good times all around, but We
aren't taught to regard every man as apostolic
husband"
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