The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-09
HOME MADE TUuaT TABLES.
a Simple way by w a Woman Ga
Add TO the Appearance of Her Room,

a Simple way by w { ca a Woman Can
Add Co the appearances of Her Room.
There is something inexpresslbly at
tractive In a dainty. -well-appointed toilet
table for every refined woman The rea
son is plain enough. The woman OF hue
instincts lIkes to take dainty personal
care of herself. and this sugges.iveness is
conspicuous in the pretty and amply
stocked toilet table.
IL you purchase the table fitted up with
drawers and compartments drape it pref
tily and cover the too with a decorated
cloth and place your cushions %appropri-
ately. Let your powder box, &C mt aud
brush OXe and niauicurs set occupy
places on the top. filing the inches and
drawers with extra powder, pc rfumes,
creams. soaps, channels and linen squares
aud whatever you may require III Keep
ing yourself in order.
About the toilet table. You can make
a convenient one with a four-legged
square table with TWO shelves secured in
pia ce, equal distances apart, below the
top. These shelves may be put in place
by attaching strips of wood TO the legs.
inside, so that the shelves may rest upon
soft mat, and the drapery should be
tackled on all sides Of the table on the top,
depending like a curtain. Then the top
may be covered with a toilet cloth. Ii the
drapery be pink Il wnite, let the
cushions for pins aud the mats be of plain
pink silk covered with lace and orna-
mented with ribbon.
Above this table nay be placed a fat
frame mirror, enamelled. and with Scat
tered pink chrysanthemnms painted upon
it. Frames of this kind, when placed
above a table. draped in pink and white,
are very effective. At the back of the
| mirror a slightly RULED curtain should be
pIuoo6 md fho dranorY Curfain 9hnn16 ha
fastened over it. Ehis may be fanciTully
looped back with pink ribbons or left to
hang loosely. concealing the table.
An old bureau NAV be made into a
| dressing table. Enamel IL and drape it to
| harmonize with your room. 1t you wish
to make IL blue, MAKE IL or a llght TINT.
First paint it III blue. After the paint
thoroughly dries, apply Que coat OF pale
blue enamel very smoothly laid on. Place
| small ornamental brass escuicheOnS Owe
| the old worn ont keyholes. The Knobs
| may be replaced with brass handles, or
the old knobs well enameiled and given
| slight decoration with Japanese gold
paiuJ.
Then comes the real work of convert
ing the old bureau into a new toilet
table. First the top ia covered with two
layers of cotton baJting. this Is covered
again with pale silesia and Hacked about
all the edge with small furniture tacks.
"A SlnHl DfhS5 Iu4 10 PfftCGQ dCtOSS tu6
upper edge, which Is slipned into SUD
ports that admit Of its being easily re-
! moved.
Fine white cheesacloth may be chosen
for drapery, although any other material.
| either light or heavy, may bsSpre ferred.
Curtains are made edged down the front
with lipen lace. small rings are sewed on
the upper edges, vita tue exception of
| about one-haIf or three. quarters OF 4 yard
at the back. The curtains are run on the
rod ard the parts tnat have no rings are
brought around plain on each cnd of the
bureau, and pinned in smnl pleats. This
covers the whole bureau and allows the
curtains to be slipped hack wnen the
drawers are opened. Place tho bureau
in position with the mirror upon IL, aud
| directly above the centre "a bout six inch
esq drive a long rod with hook at the
end, such as are used Tor bird cages.
Over this rod throw u curtain made of
two widths OF the cheese clotn wedged
With lace 10 match tho bureau curtains,
| This reaches the floor on each side and
forms d drnpery At bath sides, and IL
drawn plainly At the hack Of the mirror,
hiding the WALL Chicago Maih