Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-02-18
DIAGRAM SHOWING HALF OF COSY
IN BLUE AND WHITE.
leaves in place OF brewing them as we

DlAGttAM SHOWING HALE OF COSY
IN BLUE AND WHITE.
leaves in place OF brewing them as We
should.
Seven minutes; no more, must
the infuser remain within the pot. and
tho pot must not stand upon the stove"
were the Hindoo's precise directions; and
in carrying them out tea cosey is abso-
lutely Indispensable.
Seven minutes upon the table means
decided chill to the tea. But Seven
minutes on the table and beneath a cosey
means perfect tea absolutely hot.
No housekeeper's equipment is COM
Tlete without one tea cosey: and two or
more are greatly to be desired. They
serve for coffee as well as tea, and will
sometimes do more toward making break.
fast n success than even the new-llid
eggs or the steaming rolls.
Every man feels himself wronFed when
his coffee is cold and, let all things else b,
as good as they may. he viii declare his
morning repast n total failure If it happen
that his favorite beverage is insip.d.
A cosey Is a very simple thing to make
ard very simple thing to have. The
wonder is that any table is without. Yet,
like many another nearly essential trihe.
it IS By no means in general use.
The suitable materials are so many
that there seems almost no limit 10
choice. Yet when an ambitious young
woman made one Of white satin with falls
OF gold-bullion fringe the result was
disastrous.
Velvet. silk, satin. brocades. and colored
linens are all good. either snely or in
combination. for the outside. India or
China silk - good for lining
ThA shape is sort Of hals cvai and
the usual size 10 inches for the base line
and - inches for the perpendicular The
diagram shows the shape pieces must be
cut; two will be required for tho out
side. and the other two should be about
one hair inch smaller. for the lining. Be
tween the two should B.. tackled layers Of
cotton batting sufficient to exhaust two
ordinary bundles
BLUE AND WHITE FOR BLUE CHINA
rs pretty cosey as any | have ever
seen l. all In dainty blue and white. and
is In use upon the ts7 table of fasf,dious
young matron. II was mcle by her owa
fair se'f and required seven cchths q
yard Of white satin srectine twenty inches
wide. one quarter yard Of blue pluch the
same width. two and "A half yards OF silk
cord. and seven eighth2 OF a yard of white
India silk.
The shceting was tUe, en-, the desired
size and shape. then across the lower rart
Of each half was drtvn a lire four inches
from the basC. or an the space above
the line were scattered tiny blIe FORGET
me-ncts and among them In quaint letter
ing WAS written: - warm cup for al
friends" al the flowers were embroidered
In th"ir own tender blue. The letters were
worked With white silk aGd then outlined
with blu,.
Each piece Of the silk was then pressed
and outlined with thin criEoliuo. \ -four
inch band Of the plush was stretched
across the base OF cacn. and the two halves
We're scanned together on the curved edge.
The joint OF the plush and silk was coy
cred by cord. The lining wds cut and
stitched. then TO It was tackled the batting.
The outside was slipped over the waddcd
lining; the straight loose edge Of each
was hemmod up one quarter Of an inch.
and tie two slips neatly stitched together.
Lastly the cord was soWed over the curved
seam. Now. when IL Is complete and I'm
constant daily Use, it is both handsome and
Of eminent service. and suits the dainty
blue and white china as no other possibly
could. and it keeps the tea within the pot
hot. as only just such cover can ever be
trusted 10 DO
The white and blue would b ont OF place.
upon any excepting such a table. but sumi-
lar coseys can be done with equally good
results. The cosey should ways be a de-
coratlve object. ard should be as hand
some as you can Wei anord. II Is signed
as pleasure 10 the eye, as we'll rs FOR
the heat it supplies.
very charming coscy and one that
would suit almost any breakfaAt-table is
made of red-broTn trocade with self
figures. The entire outline Of the pattern
IS cOuched with fire japanese gold thread.
and the loose edge IS finished with q brown
velvet band.
GRAY SATIN WITH GOLD AND
RLACN.
Another, that while it is handsome is
also very quiet in line, has a foundation
OF warm gray satin. on IL is embrold-
cred a semi-conyentional design in gold