Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-09-06
LITTLE PRETTIES FOR HOME
DECORATION.
MARION MCBRIDE.


treatment, because in small houses all
attempts at decoration should be con
fined to useful articles, as large rooms
are imperative if one desires to pro-
duce artistic groups and pretty effects
by the use of bric-a-b brac. FIRST of all,
choose good lasting colors for wall sur
face; let the floor treatment follow the
sa me scale OF color, but in deeper tone.
Choose all furniture with view to
comfort and durability; chairs of bent
wood, rattan, or plain wood can be
chosen of good form. then frightened
by cushions of chintz. silk or plush.
ANY article which is thoroughly
comfortable will look pretty if can be
placed with other comfortable articles.
10 be a homekeeper is fully as desIr-
able as to be housekeeper. One
takes care of the ply sical needs, the
other the mental, moral AMI spiritual,
the harmony of life in which one can
develop the best of character, and
comfortable furniture is related to
good morals just as much as good food
is. Do not shut out the sunshine; it is
not necessary, for our American home
decorations are better suited to bright
lights, to floods of sunshine, than
many foreign goods of dull tone,
which are made in places where the
sun is not allowed to penetrate. If the
interior finish is of wood IN natural
color, pretty ornamentat1on can be se-
cured for doors by using the upper
panels for designs in birds and flowers,
fruit or grasses. Young women who
find it hard to sell the pretty trihes
they delight to paint could be profitably
employed in work OF this kind, for
panels OF linen or silk could be made
to fit the door frame and painted at
home il the worker desired. A pretty
design for the dining-room would be
found in punches of German millet,
arranged to stand up in q natural
fashion from the casing or base of
panel. Ears OF corn with the husks
turned back, branches from the apple,
cherry or plum tree, bearing fruit or
flowers, hop vines, grape or gourd,
would be picturesque, odd and grace
rooms, the graceful vines of New Eng
land, dropping IN wealth OF bloom, just
supported by long gnarled stem, with
profusion Of leaves, or tangle OF
morning glory vines, with the tender
flowers peeping out from She leafy
screen, tropical plants, bit of gray
moss, cotton balls, ferns, mountain
climbers, and an endless variety of
such designs. The effect Of such work
is fine, ana the work Is not hard. but
the results are admirable.
For holding draperies back from the
window. very odd but pretty fancy
has been revived, by using the small
round knobs OF porcelain bordered by
a line of color, with a centre of pure
white, on which is the classic head of
beautiful dimpled baby, or coy maiden.
These knobs are used to hold drsperies
or to rest large mirrors on, after the
fashion of our ancestors.
Dimity curtains are fashionable also,
and they are put up IN the old-time
way, and finished with knotted bor-
der Of cord.
Very pretty borders or over.dfsper-
les are made Of the Bsrgarren netting
in white or color, all the leading colors
of the season being easily procured.
White linen is used for all toilette pur-
poses, for drsperies in bedrooms, for
couch cushions, and for bags, baskets,
and trays; these latter articles being
made of the linen after it Is heavily
starched, cut in fancy forms, the bor-
ders bound with white linen braid, and
the whole affair drawn into any desired
shape by the use OF ribbon.
Linen sheets and pillou-csses are
always fashionable and supremely COM
in summer, and linen can be
kept much softer and winter than cot
ton. II any decoration is needed, use
white linen floss.
Pretty table covers are made Of satin
sheeting with a conventional design
in plush.
a very unique wall banner is painted
on curtain canvas, the subject being
"The Fisherman's Daughter" The
boat is drawn up on the rock lined
shore; there is a tiny stretch of beach
in the foreground, q touch of deepen
ing color in tue sunset sky. The nets
tossed over the bow of the boat, falling
a gainst the boat.
The effect is good, and this material
could be used for screens with good
results. Covers of fine felting have
elaborate designs in autumn leaves or
flowers along the borders. This is not
q novelty, of course, but the hne treat
ment given renders these articles ac-
neptable in many places. The fine,
soft, firm feltlng only should be used
for this work, and the brand known as
draping cloth will give !
the best satisfaction.
Bolton sheeting is used for scarf |
irapery and for bed spreads and pillow |
spreads, but the fine texture renders |
these articles difficult to handle, al |
though their beauty Is extreme.
Photograph cases Of Bolton sheeting |
over colored silk are made in square |
Iorm, folded like a sheet OF note paper.
The brightest Of lamp shades are |
still popular, yellow, red, and green,
aden with a garniture of lace in white
Dr. black.
White linen Colonial mats are
wrought in antique design with heavy |
linen floss. These mats are used for |
The table, the dressing-room, or for
afternoon tea.
The newer fashions in china bear In
golden relief q touch of the owners
Individuality, the most charming specI-
mems having been introduced BY Miss
Charlotte Hswes, Of Boston, the music
Il composer, who has a few bars OF
nusiJ on her dainty china, the music
Deing outlined in gold.-Cota0e