Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-10-19
A CHEST FOR NApERY.
How nv Up-to-Date Woman Takes Car,
of Her Table Linefi.


A country WOMB up to date gave u
some clever suggc ,tions about napery.
She kept her generous supply in Il
wooden chest, about one yard long.
two feet high and two feet wide.
The chest was placed in the embras.
nre of dining-room window. and
served also as window seat 1t was
made of pine, finished with yellow
enamel paint, ornamented with exten.
sivc brass hinges, handles and key
hole. A fiat hair cushion covered in
gay Matteau chintz fitted its top. 1t
moved easily upon rollers and opened
readily to the insertion of the key kept
in the good woman's possession.
A wooden tray, five inches deep,
greeted the eye inside, This held nap
kins, doylcs. carving clothes and CEN
ter pieces, Beneath was ample space
for a good assortment of table linen
used in the home. The bottom of the
tray and that of the chest was nicely
padded with sachet bag made of yel.
low cheese cloth 'perfumed with laven-
der and orris root,
Such a chest is readily made out of a
pine box, and its position in the dining
room has the extra advantage OF being
directly at hand in case of emergency,
or upon the advent Of an unexpected
guest.
Housekecpers usually have care to
expense; they set their dinner table
with fresh napery and use the same for
the breakfast and luncheon following
The digestion is usually weak after the
nights inactivity and one likes to be
greeted in the morning with fresh
napery, whatever it's quality may be,
glassware and silver, a sparkle from
hot water and ammonia, crisp fruit
invigorating coffee and hot rolls as a
stimulus to the days work.
The laundry will attest that fire.
quent washing OF slightly soiled nap
cry is much better in results than
hard washing of really dirty linen oc'
casionally.
For breakfast and luncheon napkins
our good woman tells us she uses un.
bleached muslin. Suitable quality may
be purchased for six cents yard; one
yard will make nine napkins Of useful
size.
Breakfast napkins have an inch hem
| hemstitched about their edges; a hall
inch inside of the hemstitching thread:
of the material, producing decorative
border, This is the simplest process Of
! drawn work and easily mastered
Luncheon napkins may be fringed, the
fringe being ovcrhanded or caught in
punches by means of needle and thread
for durability. An initial outlined il
one corner finishes napkin nicely.
Cloths to match these napkins are
attractively made OF Ozenburg, which
is as cheap and as durable and comes il
greater width than the unbleachet
| muslin, and matches it well in texture
and surface.
Fresh-laundried and neatly-kept
such homespun napery will have ;
charm of its own, for it is pleasant t.
use and to touch.
The hostess explains that being o
German extraction, since her little girl
hood she has been accumulating ant
embellishing for her own future house
hold linen, towel and napery, feeling
that anything so closely approaching
/ the personal needs as these are bes
and most delicate when providently
prepared against the future. Thi
had been her training she added
that while living in the country, eacl
Sunday she brings forth the best of he
home and her larder for the genera
family use, and saves nothing bette
for company" as she wishes to rea
her children in touch with the yer,
best she knows, that later, when the,
go into the world mayhap, they vii
not underrate the simple home and it
tender memories and sacred associa
tions, because overawed by finer quail
ties
Economy in household matters mus
rise from judgment and in its pursuit
wise wife and mother will not forge
that the familiar associations abou
the home are educating.-Detroit Ere
Press.