Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-01-14

square openings tor the pnOtoSfapns can
be procured at frame-maker's. The COW
erine is chamois akin dyed pale green.
The boards are neatly covered with the
ehamois, and strips of ohamois or ribbon,
glued to each board, serve to connect them
to the stand in screen fashion, or, in newer
style, to hang one above the other. The
backs are of cardboard, covered, If the
maker prefers, and firmly glued to the
sides of the fronts, with the top and bot
tom left free for the insertion of the plot
ures. The fronts of such frames are al
ways the better for thin layer of cotton
wadding under the outer covering.
Now for the very effective and dainty
ornamentation. which is nothing more
than the old fashioned "spatter work"
revived. "Spitzer srbeit," they call it
now a-days, and it Ia done in colors, in
stead of In black ink.
When the outside of the frame is COM
pleted, arrange upon the chamois the most
delicate ferns and grasses that can be pro-
them firmly down, thrusting the point of
the pin straight down into the board. The
spsttering is done with olive dye paint of
not too deep tone. A pair of loose gloves
are recommended to the worker at this
stage of the proceedings, as stains
upon the hands will be hard to
remove. Now dip a toothbrush lightly in
the dye and pass 1t gently back and forth
over the teeth of a fine comb until the
spray is spattered all over the frame, q
delicate operation and one that requires q
little practice. Give little extra
spraying around the ferns In order to get
the frame light When the paint is per-
fectly dry, carefully remove the pins and
lift the ferns and grasses. Their delicate
outlines will be found reproduced in ten
der green upon a background of deeper
tints. Attach an olive sstin ribbon to the
upper edge by which to suspend the frame,
insert the photographs, and the pretty or
nsment is complete.
AT NIeHr TIME
We sooth the child for some with. lden pleas
Till sweet eyes srie that were go fain to " eep:
"To-morrow.only wait until to morrow,
After you sleep"
So we are soothed with solemn dreams of heaven
Hope tells there shall be a happy morrow
After we sleep.
SWEET LAVENDER.
What a clean, wholesome, suggestive
odor is that of the dull purple, insignif-
cant flower of the lsvenderl 1t brings to
mind sunny, old fashioned gardens, where
the beautiful and the useful grow lovingly
together, and bees and robins riot all day
as in an exhsustless treasure house.
There is hint of good housewifery, too,
about the delicately pervasive aroma Sub
stantial matrons, proud of their home
wealth; ample linen closets, and great
chests in which, fold upon fold. lies abun-
dant store of house linen, snowy and
smooth; tempting and hospitsble beds, so
cool and white, with ruffied pillow slips
and sheets in the primmest creases, all
these delightful things, and more, are
borne In upon the memory on the breath of
the homely little lavender blossom.
It's very name speaks of cleanliness.
From the Latin "lavare" we kave a mum
Der of words, all bearing upon the washing
or bathing process. The laundress, long
ago, was a lavender, as witness Chaucer:
"Envye Us lavendere of the court Away"
and 1t is only few years since lavender
ing was used as synonym of washing or
lsundrying. "To lay in lavender" means
to put away delicately end carefully, for
safe and sweet keeping.
The pretty fashion of placing bags of
lavender in chests and drawers of bed linen
obtains to day in a marked degree among
American housewives. We are told, how
ever, that our American lavender is not so
fragrant, or Its scent so lasting as the
plant in which the English mstron takes
delight. We must therefore buy the i'm
ported product, if we would have that
stimulating odor, which is considered the
"only genuine"
However that may be, as pretty a pres
ent as you can make your friend, upon the
occasion of her going to housekeeping, is
set of half dozen lavender bags. White
elk, or white linen, with lavender stitch
cry, are the proper thing. One remarka-
bly, pretty set was seen recently. Square
doylies had been used for the bags, the
small and delicate designs being outlined
with lavender floss. These doylies were
fringed, with a row of hemstitching above,
more threads than usual being drawn for
the stitching. The layers of wadding with
the lavender blossoms between, were
placed between two of them, which were
then caught together with the nsrrowest
of lavender ribbon, woven in and out of
the loose threads and fastened at each cor
ner in a tiny bow knot.
HILARY