The Van Buren press., 1893-06-10

IS ttuo. ss7aR frf l-Cs .lf|.
cts made to simulate candles or dummy
lamps, with gas pipes creeping up in
side, and the jet concealed by shades,
CIR tu1ip-forined globes Of colorcd or
veined glass .S s.i
"Mrs. = has brought out tho love
licst set Of shades from Paris!" is an
exclamation often heard, and the
greatest interest is taken in the last
new fashion in this direction, Yhcse
articles de luze are very expensive.
Over on the other side moderate
sized shadeofgood materials costs from
Sic to so; for cheap finery on u shade
is just as Objectionable as on a gown.
Common lace and ribbons will spoil
the effect of any shades, while q cheap
silk that is half cotton mover looks
well when lighted. Many ladies' have
become quite expert slladcmalscrs; but
while it is quite possible for an
amateur to copy successfully tho best
examples it is by no means ns easy as
it looks, as it requires the greatest
neatness and finish, any bungling or
slipshod work becoming dreadfully
apparent when subjected to the search
ing light of the lamp within. 1t is
very important that each phase of the
work should be thoroughly finished
before the next is begun. Before be-
ginning, therefore, with the shade,
the frame should be first covered with
thin silk of the same color, stitched
neatly over the wire, and all flutings,
plaitings or rlchings should be made
quite separate from the frame, nnd
tackled beforehand to just the size re-
quired. In sewing on, the stitches
should be very small but as few as
possible. Edges, too should be turned
in as little as possibIe as otherwise
they look rough when the lamp Is
lighted. II bows or rosettes are used,
the requisite number should all be
made before sewing in. any one, so
that they may lc compared, aud found
to be exactly alike, AltbYugh all this
minutiIe, may seem nnimportaph IT Is
in details stlch-as these that tho great
difference lies between amateur and
professional wors.sHii fe@4a tslsti 4
We give in the accompanying sketch
several of the newest and most popu-
7 lar patterns, for shades Tho favorite
shape just now is the pagoda, which
has quite superseded the umbrella
form, which used.to be SO popular. Its
picturesque contortions are much
easier to cover than Che. fiat circle or
dome. Pink is color frequently used,
on account of it's clear, becoming light;
but the warm shades of amber and
maize are also very popular, and where
not great deal of light is needed red
is q delightful color for a shade. Palo
greer. is very harmonious with deli
cate hangings, but has the great dis
advantage Of being distinctly unbe-
coming The fashion of keeping a
lamp in the room in the daytime,
which, by the way, is quite an Ameri-
can custom, complexities the question
Of shades not little, for it involves
not only the consideration of the har-
mony of the surroundings, but a
bedizened lace and silk affair, which
looks very well and gives soft. pretty
light at night, but which has q gaudy,
meretricious appearance when sub
jected to the searching light of day.
Certainly nothing is more ugly or.in
worse taste than n number of light,
aimsy concoctions composed of gauze
and lace filing up every corner, and
mcking themselves obviously felt in
the room, and when it is possible both
lamp and shade should be banished
until the time comes for lighting or
late years, however. humps have be.
come component parts. OF the orna-
tnentation OF the house beautiful, and
are frequently not only too heavy, but
too intrinsically valuable to be moved
hither. and thither. In such cases,
therefore, the shade must necessarily
be adapted to the general coloring and
scheme of decoration. Indeed, it would
be quite possible to have day shades as
we'll as night shades, which might
solve the difficulty satisfactorily.-N
Y. Tribune. ~