The morning call., 1893-10-08
WOMEN AND HOME.
The Fads and FanCies of
Fashion.
NEW HATS AND BODICES.
A Stylish Gown-DreSs for a Little
Girl = Bedspread Decorated
With White Tape.

While the painter paints on the canvas.
with his brush, beautiful and gorgeous
coloring the embroiderer works the colors
on linen with needle.
Embroidery on white linen seems to
have superseded every thing in the fancy
work line for the present. One can buy
stamped table centers, doiies. mats fol
water bottles, covers for 5 o'clock tea
tables. etc., by the legion.
An elegant mat for a water bottle was
recently seen. The foundation of satin
jean, with design of large water-lily pads
all round, was worked in pure white
Roman floss, the long and short stitch
firm on the edge, and was cut out with
sharp scissors. The veinings were car.
ried out In shades OF green and the little
stem in a dark brown. The whole effect
was simply exquisite.
A tray cloth and dcilies, with eglantine
embroidery of pale pink tints. B. and A.
flo silk floss. are delicately effective. The
EN- broidery is in long and short stitch, a
bunch of the flowers being placed in one
corner and tied with streaming ribbons.
three or four single bl ssoms being scat
tered elsewhere on the cloth. The doilies
are fringed to the depth OF an inch. Still
another has sprigs of heather throw n
lightly over the cloth and another is
bordered all around with sprays of maiden
hair fern. which overlap each other with
artistic irregularity, the work being ex-
ecuted in shades of Il. and A. flo silk floss.
The foundation was fine white linen. The
green embroidery looks very cool and re-
freshing on the snowy linen.
Afternoon tea cloths are those dainty
confections used in serving o'clock tea,
tOp rvb has
liSh homes, and is now being 70 universally
adopted in this country. The size is one
yard square, or forty inches at the most,
including hem, fringe or other flnlShings.
Perhaps the most suitable and service
able material for these cloths would be a
very fine quality Of butchers linen, II being
of a soft, piable nature and capable of the
most artistic and elaborate decorations
without any apparent effort. But this is
purely matter of taste, ones range of
choice being by no means limited. The
edges may be finished by hemstitched
hem from one TO two inches wide. by a
knotted fringe three or four inches deep,
or by border OF pretty lace.
The adornment may consist Of en-
broidered designs, either ventional or
floral, and these may be done in pure
white Roman floss, which is always lovely.
or two or three shades o. any color desired
and suitable, such as pin k, yellow, laven-
der, blue or green. Designs are often times
copied from fine china and reproduced
with picturesque effect upon the linen by
means OF b. ana a. colOred silk fosses, those
Initiating Doulton ware being IN soft. SUBJ
dued tints, while the Crown Derby cloths
are respleDdent with rich and brilliant
shades.
have just finished a table-cover, done
on double-width Russia crash. The design
is the Walter Crane pattern, sent ont by
the Society of Decorative Art. New York
City. Il is an all-over ware pattern, with
a border fferent in design. | worked the
pattern with B. and A. lilo silk floss, of a
dark yellow shade, using four strands at
once and working in outline stitch; hem
all round and finish with yellow silk balls.
MEG MERRILL