Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-26

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--IIL hot weather still fur
Their distant Unlesi
circumstances are such
a. to make no choice
necessary. or even possible, may be. there ii
Always . certain pleasure in discussing where
the summer holiday shall be spent and with
what its days. weeks or months shall be filed
Travel suits some people; others prefer pleas
ant place and a prolonged stay in it. and such
| are apt to like a summer home Of their own.
more or less pSetentious. where the family life
can be transferred and go on much in the usua
way in general, with the healthful change and
variety SO necessary at least once year.
FURNISHING A SUMNER COTTAGE
The building Of a summer cottage is a pleas
ure, first in the planning, the overseeing if
possible. and when that is done certainly the
furnishing is the greatest pleasure of ALL Peo-
pie OF moderate means. whose cottages are sim
PIE In style and adOrnment. to correspond with
the free and easy life to be lived in them. seem
10 me to extract the most pleasure and benefit
from their outings. Everything for comfort
nothing for show OF itself, should be the mot o
OF cottage. but wherever use can be COM
blned with beauty of simple character then
let 1t by all means. This kind Of cottage life Is
increasing every year by mountain, stream
and sea- of our land, and manufacturers and
tradespeople who furnish the supplies Of such
establishments have taken the needs and tastes
OF the occupants well to heart. Such pretty
things in furniture and fabrics NAV be found
that to any one with any household taste what
ever the selecting Of articles to complete a
summer house is only pleasant task. Sets of
furniture both for interior and piazza use have
been made for some years, but each season
shows an improvement in the styles and add-
tons to the number Of things man ufactured
specially for such uses.
BAMBOO THE FAvoRrTE.
Bamboo has for some time been a fayorite
material for light furniture Of this kind. and
this year the variety is even greater than be-
fore. l hear of some of the new bamboo
being stained red, with patterns cut to show
the natural color beneath the stain. and some
OF the furniture intended for outdoor use has
the rough surface and is Of heavier make than
most OF 1t, though all Is strong If light and
very serviceable. spoke last week OF some of
the thin materials. pretty for summer hang
ings, and since then have seen another kind
OF goods which would be even prettier. though
heavier in texture. This is q cotton cheviot
At Is cents yard, and is in fast colors and in
tended for dress material The special piece
that took my fancy and made me intuitively
think how charming little room could be
made to look with this for draperies was of
cream white ground with the heavy diagonal
weaving which gives it its name. A half
inch stripe OF gray blue and three-inch stripe
OF White was the ground design. and all over
these were festoons OF tiny pink roses in light
and dark shades Of old rose very graceful, in
fact no better design and cOloring would be
needed II the material were brocaded silk than
10 In this artistic cotton goods. OF course a
fabric intended for summer gowns could not
be expected to be very durable where hard
wear would come to it. but tor bed room at
cottage. far enough north so that window
draperies would not be oppressive, something
very pretty might be made Of it.
EACH ROOM WITH ITS OWN CHARAcrERrsrIcs
In general way all chintz or similar fur
nishings are about the same, such material de-
handing certain kind Of treatment Some
special features, however, may usually be in
troduced, every room having its own charac-
teristics to be catered to. Long curtains with
wide ruf1ies Of the same and muslin sash cur
tAins would look best ut the windows, and
square or half-round table draped for a dress
ing table, mirror large or small, as may be
procurable. with curtains frilled also, hung
from ring in the wall above Ii possible
there should be bed, iron or otherwise. which
may have q cOverlet hanging to the floor of the
eheviot, and curtains from a ring above similar
to those over the dresser. An ottoman, made
OF a box may be, covered with the cheviot. a
full plating on the sides and loose cushions on
the light CHAIRS are about all that can be done
with 1t. The top OF the ottoman and chair
cushions could be easily renewed IL used suffi
GENTLY for them to wear out and 80 inexpen-
sive material could be thrown aside ANYWAY
after reasonable length of time. For en-
broideries there are many tempting things dis
played this Lenten season; the finished work ia
some of it beautiful. while the same or similar
things are shown either simply stamped or be-
gun, so AS to give an Idea OF the manner of
working Large flowers, worked solidly in
natural coloring. seem to be feature of the
new designs: thus luncheon cloth has hem
stitched hem and inside OF that a border of
life-sized hibiscus or Christmas flowers. worked
solidly in the glowing red II the real blossoms
and with the leaves in green. This represent
. great deal Of WORK. and perfectly executed
work, but not so pleasing AZ something more
delicate for white linen, to my fancy at least.
NATuRALIsTIC EMBRorDEEY
Another naturalistic piece Of embroidery
which have seen is y center piece for the
table, rather large aud round. with q deep
burden Of great, rich red roses and their
leaves, worked solidly also but wirh the lluen
CUT out close &c the outer edge of the ose
wreath This, too, 10 beautifully worked, hut
not as attractive to me as some other styles
Yellow roses and their leaves, Ia the natural
tints and shading. are Oh other linen pieces
and all these are something VI q novelty, in
comparison to the most affected methods Of the
past few seasons. Ribbons have by no means
lost their popularity. and some Of the pretties,
euects IN Ine new designs are Gotten by thell
use; all possible ways of snbrolderiag them
appear, varying from the s,lid. satin-iike finish
TO the simple single or double outlining. Fol-
the medium treatment darning IL much used
and 10 very good, without bei.g nearly a. much
work as the solid way. Darning il done be.
| tween the closely worked outlines, and wants
to be Close enough &c give the silky effect or il
IL failure; pretty piece Of work In this style
| 10 . fringed square of fine linen, with Dor.
| der of violets and ribbon intertwined, the
| flowers solid, in veIy dull helotrope shades
and the ribbon Of pale lemon color. Button
| holed ribbon. the stitch being taken across the
width of the ribbon and an outline worked or
| the other edge, and ribbons with the two out
lines worked and the rest filed with shallow
fsather-stitch, are also seen in combination
| with small and large flowers. The large, rount
fringed center pieces have some beautiful de
| signs. One 10 worked with pink chrysanthe
NUNS and gray green leaves and is charming
thing both In pattern and coloring. The lrrgI
and small laundry bags Of which one sees 8,
msny wherever embroidery 10 sold seem al
ways much too pretty and elaborate for tn,
purpDs intended for them to fill. Some O.
the syecimsns shown are very dainty, those !.
The smaller sixe Of white linen with delicat,
| lowsrs and ribbons. Large ones of brownisl
linen and crash, With top and shirr strings o
| golden brown satin and deep yellow flower
| wogkod upon them, are very pretty 70 look at
pAITTY xEKpLE CASES.
II any one wants one Of the pretty heart
shaped needle casss, made Of leather, it 10 vel
70 know that different shades can be bough