Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-13
USEFUL As WELL As INTERESTING
The SpoiIs Brought Back From a
Summers Outing.
RICH WITH ASSOCIATIONS
n Exclusively for The Ev.iur star

and I'll tell you all about It. Souvenir
spoons. and cups. and autograph tea cloths
are quite out Of fashion. you know. hut n
you want TO be absolutely correct you must
have-sofa pillows"
And she has sofa pillows They are
strewn all over her altogether engaging
house thick as the leaves in Nallamhrosa.
There are sofa pillows. and divan pillows.
and enticing big cushions on the floor:
square pillows and diamonds shaped pil-
lows and round pillows: big pillows. little
pillows. fat pillows. lean pillows: pillows
with as many ruf1es AS a darcer's petit
coat. and pillows severe and plain; pillows
Of every imaginable color. texture and de-
gree OF beauty. and the pretty owner of
them ALL curled lazily In their midst, actu-
ally plans others.
Every pillow that you see here" she
says proudly. has story and a distinct
reason for being. Most of my pillows are
souvenirs OF the places I have visited. Of
people L have met. Ii IL a much more
reasonable fad than souvenir spoons ana
so much more comfortable. you know. You
can't be sentimental about a cold bit OF
silver or gold, but there's something IN
the very Idea Of pillow that suggests day
dreams, and IL my pillows could talk they'd
tell You more Interesting things than you
can read in a week.
They Have Associations.
Now this one" and she Indicates a
cushion covered With a gorgeous bit OF
real Chinese. brocade, ''is a souvenir OF a
visit TO the Chirese quarter when We were
in San Francisco last year. / bought the
silk OF Chinaman, who swore II was a
bit from the trousseau Of a maniarin's
bride. This plain yellow pillow with the
setting sun In bullion thread is my Cali
fornia state pillow. This gray one with
the silver arabesques, is Nevada 1 en-
broidered these gold wheat heads on this
pale blue silk, while I was on one OF those
big FERNS out in Dakota, and the big white
star on that deep blue pillow stands for
Texas
From New Orleans L have this small
pillow, with the crescent in one corner.
The silk-isn't that delightful old ashes 81
roses color thing 10 dream of?-was given
10 me by dear old lady, who wore II IN
the days when women endured prunella
CATERS and white stockings. The magnolias
on my Florida pillow We're embroidered for
me by a dear little lame girl in Jackson
willie. Those half open cotton pods mean
Georgia. 1 am especially proud OF my Wiz
ginla pillow. and the woman who gave
me the brocade il is covered with. told me
IL was cut from the train of a gown her
great. great grandmother wore when she
danced the mnuet with Light Horse Har-
ny Lee.
You remember those ugly terra Gotta
flags with white Us On them that were
On 50 many Of the buildings out in Chicago
last year, don't you? They were the Chi
cago emblem | believe. This pillow is COW
cred with one of them. L have several pill
low covers from the fair. but I haven't all
ct them done. There's a linen one from the
Irish village and one from the Javanese
village, and one Is a kerchief girl in Old
Vienna wore. Brother Fred got me that,
and he SAYS there's Romance 10 IL. but
man can deceive any woman but his sis
ter.
Autograph Pillows.
THE Quaker gray pillow is Philadelphia,
and the brocade with the little oval lozenges
is Boston, the only town in the country
where you can't get beans and brown
bread properly cooked / daresay Boston
cooks In Holycke's day cooked beans we'll
but they haven't improved at all since, and
in cooking, as Gautier says of love and
poetry, to remain at the same place is to
go back That bit OF thick. stiff brocade,
so evidently a very late pattern, typihes
New York TO me. 1 can fairly see the
Fifth Avenue Church parade every time
look at that.
"A Vassar girl gave me the pink and
gray pillow. The orSnge and black one is
from Princeton, the crimson a gift from a
Harvard glee club man. and the blue BeaIl,
who used to be on the Yale base ball nine
gave me. A woman / know, who has play
ed golf-you mustn't sound the I when you
say it-in Scotland. did those thistles. And
do you recognize this signature?"
She held up a small brown linen pillow
with an autograph outlined in black across
lt-an autograph that Is most often signed
10 more importance.
There were several autograph pillows. and
one of them was that OF an actor famed
alike for his ability and his egotisn.
Il met that man In New York last
spring" Gaid the pillows owner. HE was
pleased 20 be very gracious. ana on hear
ing somebody refer to my pillow fad, he
said that he'd like to contribute 10 IL
Fancy my surprise-and. ny dear, my dis
gust. too, 1 admit-to receive this pillow
cover, which an accompanying note assur-
me that the actor knew l would be glad 60
have IL, as il was made by himself from a
brocade dressing gown he has made ia
nous in one of his plays. Fancyi man
who sews and does autographs In outline!
This Identical Pillow belonged to poor
Rosina Nokes, and Mounet-Sully used this
A theatrical costumer got them for me.
Julia Marlowe gave me the silk TO cover
this. 1t ought TO make you sentimental
for II is made Of bit OF gown she wore
as Juliet. IL could only get one OF Ellen
Terry's old gowns. I think / could die
happy. and have a promise OF one-but
that's a secret
I'm the Historical Line.
'Just fancy what possibilities there are
In my fad. my dearl Why. IL house roox
holds out. the collection IN have I'm a year
or two will be worth coming miles to see
There's simply no limit to the Interesting
souvenirs 1 can have. and they're valuable.
too. / wouldn't take q fortune for this one
for / have documentary evidence that
Martha Washington Wore It. I have one
pillow, a gift from a cousin of mine cut ia
Illinois, that is covered with silk Of q dress
Mrs. Lincoln wore I met a girl at Bar
Harbor who has a pillow covered with the
neckties Of men who have proposed 10 her
but do you know, think that Is a deal too
much on the order Of scalp locks. / have
two pillows that I made TO use but-Heu
when they were done had a sudden Mt of
sentiment and to this day ] haven't
brought myself to use either OF them. one
OF them is Washington pillow and Is
covered with an American flag. DO you
know, 1 couldn't reconcile my patriotism
TO the idea OF having an emblem Inea have
died for under the elbow OF a lazy woman
or under the head OF lolling man. My
other sacred pillow cover Is made from my
mothers wedding gown.
Ffsttc Mem~nto.
This ponges cover, with the nine
branches in outline. is from Maine.
gathered the fir balsam myself with the
aid of man who quoted 'This IL the
forest primevaf every time we went into
the woods. and IL wasn't either sat be.
hind Corbett going into Portland a fort
night ago, and did wish had courage 20
ask him for the sash he wore when Re
fought Mitchell Think what a pillow that
would make. TO 90 with my Quicker cvshITn