Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-11-04
HOME DECORATIONS.
Flowers Vines, VegetsbIe' and Lamp
shades Used for the Purpose.

Flowers, Vines, VegeIGbleI and Lamp
shades Used for the Purpose.
In spite Of the charms OF the country,
II is not unpleasant to return TO the
city with the shortening days, especially
when the summer weather has been I'M
inviting. Concerts, theatres and cosey
dinners will soon be in full swing and
with such things one has learnt, 10
recent years more than ever, to asso-
ciate flowers in some shape or form.
The DAYS are past when the floral dec
orations depended on the tims OF year,
and, Judging from the beautiful things
which are TO be seen even at this sea-
son, the present moment is always the
best possible for the sweet blossoms
that bring so much brightness TO
homes.
Harvest festivals are nearly all over
but there have been such splendid ar
engagements OF colors, &C., that they
are worth mentioning, especially as in
many country churches they AMY take
place in ia the latter part OF October.
The patchiaess so apparent when each
helper pursues her own task quite
independently of everybody else is de.
cidedlY becoming conspicuous by its 40
sence, and that, in church decoration
especially, is a matter for congratula-
ton. For effect, the great point aimed
at, a com oination of crimson and gold,
or OF crimson gold and white, is much
TO be recommended, and when added to
this you have plentiful supply OF
autumn foliage, berries, mats, sprays OF
black berries, or long trailing clematis,
sojn m flower and seed, and the bright
est red OF the turning Virginia creeper,
YOU have material TO delight the eyes
OF all. Tomatoes and wheat worked
together produce a most handsome
effect, and have not been used as much
as might be. Gourds, pumpkins, 5u-
rushes, &C., are available and most use.
full, but should be sparIngly used in
small churches, as they are rather bulky
themselves.
As concerns home decoration, the
great feature now is the newly-arranged
and extensive show OF lamp shades, and
no trouble has been spared TO make a
choice easy and pleasant, each shade
being lighted up with electricity, so
that the effect is nothing less than
fairy-like. great many novelties are
noticeable, only, as il is so difficult TO
adequately describe articles whose chief
charm lies in their delic-cy and dainti-
ness, our readers shou2, when pos
Sibe, judge for themselves. There
is a special holly red, totally different
from other colorings of that kind, adj
mirably suited for lighting up room be-
comingly and imparting a sense OF CON-
tort. The shades en- suite for lamps,
candles, aud tho electric light fittings,
produce an excellent effect. Another
novelty is q pale lemon tone, and yet
another is Of the same shade as Neapoli-
tan pink coral. Pearl white is TO be used
Instead OF dead white, for shading lights,
as it inparts delicate sheen which
cream and dead white do not possess.
One of the most remarkable of the new
designs is q double crescent in the new
lemon silk. All the laces used in max
Ing up these charming additions TO
rooms are dyed expressly to match the
silks with which they are to be mixed,
and the result is certainly much to be
praised.