Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25

instead of below the footboard. Two small
brass uprights are fastened in it, with q roc
joining them on which is hung curtain oi
some light silk or stuff in harmony with the
general tone of the room.
A woman, commenting recently on decol
lete corsages as she saw them abroad, says
that the V-shaped bodice is distinctively
French, while the round corsage. showing
neck and shoulders is as distinctivelv
English. And of the two it is oitener the
Frenchwoman VINO displays more of heI
! charms than is in good taste, than hel
English sister.
Miss Emily Huntington, the mother OF
the kitchen-garden system, resigns heI
work in this city shortly to take up hel
residence in Chicago during the fair. Her
department: will be shown in the Chill.
dren's Building, New York section. The
kitchen-garden' system, which she founded
over 20 years ago, is now taught in Eng
land, France and Japan. The system, di-
vided into six parts, includes kindling fires,
waiting on the door, bed-making, sweeping,
how to handle knife and fork, broom and
duster, how and in what order 10 take hold
of all kinds of household work. A month
is allowed to learn each part, the course
being finished in six months
Fireplace cushions are large and usually
stuffed with hair to give little more of a
seat than the down affords They are effect
i've in codurov in plain tones to match or
harmonize with the prevailing color scheme
of the room.
Silk sheets are a fashionable caprice
They are usually white, hemstitched, but
are also shown in pale pinks and blue TO
match rooms Sometimes delicate line of
added that their use seems questionable
taste.
Peacock feathers are being sold in the
streets to mount on hand and fire place
screens
Hot water bags are often covered with
flannel with or without wadded interim
ing. The latter increases the length of
time of retaining the heat, and the flannel
covering is usually pleasarter to come in
contact with a sensitive spot than the rub
ber
A fancy of the moment for evening gloves
is to have the edge trimmed with band OF
artificial flowers. These are made of silk
velvet or kid, most often the latter.
The collection of autograph recipes Is
quite a fad of the moment among house.
keepers with taste for cooking. Dainty
sA.Iz l. IL Al.
passed around among ones friends, and
famous recipes exchanged. Many of these
are homemade, the covers being of card
board, ornamented with suitable designs.
A pretty set of leaves intended for chafng
dish recipes had such a utensil in bold out
line on the cover, set in an oval of cleverIy
interviewer knives, forks and spoons An
''oyster" book was tinted oyster white, and
a pile of shells, open and shut, skerched on
its covers. So on, indefinitely. A partlcu-
larry dainty one which is intended for a
"dear invalid's" Christmas gift has the
cover cut in pansy shape, with q bunch of
tiny Johnny jump-ups at one side, and
miniature tray with tea service set out oc-
cupying the heart of the big pansy. The
leaflets are of similar shape, tied together
with violet and gold ribbons, and on their
pages is written by loving friends of the
sick woman all sorts of tempting sick dishes,
delicate, wholesome and nutritious, whose
very reading makes one hungry.
Pretty schoolbags for little girls are made
of gray fine ribbed corduroy, with initials
outlined in Roman floss. They are in the
shape of the ld-fashioned purses, and draw
together with silver and gilt rings.
Low chairs with cretonne cushions, and
low, short benches, also cushioned, are
''slipper seats" that short women, or indeed
any women, find especially useful
At the new Theater of Arts and Letters in
New York ''bonnets off, is obligatory.
Women need not be in evening dress, but
they must be without other headgear than
their crown of glory.
Frozen tea now vies with cafe frappe as
an afternoon" delectability.
An unusually pretty effect was noticed
recently in room where the two windows
were quite close together Instead of two
poles, one long one swept the entire space,
and between the windows the straight fall
ing cretonne of the curtains was carried on
in graceful festoon that added much TO
the whole effect.
. The decoration of the brides table at
wedding breakfasts is becoming the chief
care of florist and caterer. The bridal party
at wedding OF last week ate at board of
polished satin wood. A beautiful white
table center of German open work was in
the shape of q huge rose, and smaller rose
doylies were under the plates Orange
blossoms with teathery asparagus and
waxen smilax trailed over the board, and
white china candelabra with white candles
and shades. A lovely Cupid swung over
the centerpiece of two large hearts pierced
by single arrow, all in bride roses and
orange blossoms. The ices were served in
white satin cups of the same twin-heart
design, and murmur Of applause greeted
the serving of the cream-to each guest an
easily distinguished monogram in pistache
and white of the brides and groom's in
itials.
Cooperation in q new form is that carried