The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-10-28

o SMALL PIN AND LAT PINS.
out of the prosaic into something genu-
inely dainty and genuinely attractive
apart from its obvious use.
There are almost as many varieties
OF cushions as there are of pins, and
the well equipped woman has many
sizes and many sorts. She not only
has her dressing table well supplied
and her hat pins, her scarf pins, her
stick pins and her plain everyday pins
provided with fitting receptacles, but
she has also her pocket cushions, which
she carries in her shopping or handker-
chief bag.
A bright girl onc paraphrased the
familiar couplet with:
"a pin in need
Is a friend indeed3'
and I doubt if there lives ever one Of
her sisters who would question the
truth so put. The want of a pin has
many a time become a vexation and a
trial; the need of just one Of the ia
miliar objects has been the cause of
many a loss of temper, and the fashion
that declares cushions essential is an
excellent one from an ethical as well
as from the merely utilitarian point of
view.
The very latest decree of fashion de-
clares lace and ribbons essential to
true elegance, and prefers that the
dressing table cushions should be
round It asserts that pocket cushions
are to be the vogue, and it makes sug-
g%estions for both my lady's boudoir
and for less aesthetic mans own room,
as well as for his pocket cushion,
which is really what its name implies.
The round cushions of embroidered
linen and lace are nearly as dainty as
dainty car be, and the long, narrow,
rectangular ones made from the same
or similar materials are charming
apart from their usefulness, which is,
of course. the first point to be borne in
mind.
AS pretty a model for a lady's use as
any that | have seen is made of fine
white Japanese linen, Oriental lace
and yellow satin ribbon. It is one of
the largest shown and would measure
nine or ten inches in diameter. It is
we'll stuffed, a. all cushions. not es-
pecially round cushions, should always
be, and it has an under side of cowslip
yellow silk. On the linen are en-
broidered buttercups here and there,
and as it is thin and sheer the tint of
the silk gives it just a tender yellow
tone. The lace makes a frill and is
finished with a heading of white lace
through which narrow yellow ribbon
is run. Large dogs ears bows of
broad satin ribbon are placed opposite
one another, just midway of the
and the completed trife stands
upon a table that is all white and gold.
OF the same coloring, and, in fact,
upon the same stand, is the hat-pin
cushion, which is also round, but
which differs essentially from that de-
for ordinary pins. 1t is made
within a decorated china bowl, and is
just deep enough to hold the long pins
upright and big enough to allow of
keeping a goodly store.
The special one to which l allude is
gold and white, to suit the stand and
all the paraphernalia that it holds, but
1t might be blue, pink, green, or, indeed.
anything you may prefer. The pecul-
iarity of the bowl is the only essential
point, and to make the cushion fit ex-
actly requires the same care and the
method whatever the color or
design may be.
Select a pretty bowl about five or
six inches across, then cut a round of
heavy cardboard to fit it slightly be-
low the edge. Cover the cardboard
loosely with a large round of cotton
cloth exactly as you would cover an
old time button mold, but leave it
loose to allow of filling or stuffng, as
is the better word. Stuff the cotton
well with bran till you have a firm cir
mound, pouring it in through a
slit in the center, which you must
close. Then cover with en-
broidered linen or some sma1l-fgured
silk. Paste round the inner edge of