The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1893-09-19
LITTLE PRETIIES FOR AOME
DECORATION.
MARION MCBRIDE.

6ned to useful articles, as large rooms
are imperative if one desires to pro-
duce artistic groups and pretty effects
oy the use of bric-a-brac. First OF all,
choose good lasting colors for wall sur
face: let the floor treatment follow the
same scale OF color, but in deeper tone.
Choose all furniture with 8 view to
comfort and durability; chairs OF bent
wood, rattan, or plain wood can be
chosen of good form. then frightened
bv cushions of chiptz, silk or plush.
An article which is thoroughly
comfortable will look pretty ii can be
plsced with other comfortable articles.
10 be homekeeper is fully as deslr-
able as to be q housekeeper. One
takes care OF the physical needs, the
other the mental, moral and spiritual,
the harmony Of life in which one can
develop I! Q 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 foods 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 ornamentatlon can be Sc
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 tae pretty trlaes
they delight to paint could be probably
employed in work OF this kind, for
panels OF linen or silk could be made
to fit the door frame and painted at
home it the worker desired. 4 pretty
design for the dining-room would be
found in punches of German mlllets
arranged to stand up in a natrral
fashion from the casing or base OF
panel. Ears of corn with the husss
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
full, with natural beauty. For other
rooms, the graceful vines of New Eng
LAND, dropping II awealta OF bloom, just
supported by long gnarled stem, With o
profusion OF leaves, or tangle OF
morning-glory vines, with the tender
flowers peeping out from The 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
line Of color, with g centre OF pure
white, on which is the classic head OF a
beautiful dimpled baby. or coy maiden.
These knobs are nsed to hold draperies
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 o7er-draper-
les are made of the Bargarren 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 draperies 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 pillov-cases are
always fashionable and supremacy COM
Portable in summer, and linen csn 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
sppGqued in plush.
a very unique wall banner is painted
OF curtain canvas, the subject being
1.-The Fisherman's Daughter" The
boat is drawn up on the rock lined
shore; there is tiny stretch Of beach
in the foreground, touch of deepen
Ing color in the sunset sky. The nets
tossed over the bow of the boat, falling
in tangled meshes Of dull, artistic color
against 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
a novelty, Of course, but the fine treat
ment given renders these articles &C
ceptable in many places. The fine,
soft, firm feltlng only should be used
for this work, and the brand known as
Hudders6eld drsping cloth will give
the best satisfaction.
Bolton sheeting is used for scarf
drapery 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 sheetirg
over colored silk are made in square
form, folded like sheet of note paper.
The brightest of lamp shades are
still popular. yellow, red, and green,
laden with garn1ture of lace in white
or 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
81 composer, who has q few bars of
music on her dainty china, the music
being outhaei in gold. ,ge
Hearth.
HOW TO AMUSE THE CHILDREN
DURING TIRE HOT WEATHER.