The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1894-05-17
CURIOUS SOFA PILLOWS.
a Craze Tor Collecting rhem-Those that
Have u Meaning.

a Craze Tor Collecting Them--Those that
Have "a Meaning.
One would think that feminine tickle.
mess would Danish sofa pillows from
the popular place they occupy. but
they are as much In vogue as ever.
Whether one lives in large house or
tiny apartment, there are pillows. One
or two are not enough; no, seven, any
way, for one couch and extras. In a
tiny uptown house belonging to an
actress are forty-seven pillows, and
materials in drawer for the three to
complete the half hundred. She has
window seats and couches, tete-a-tetes,
and chairs for them. They are all
sizes and shapes and kinds, from bro
cade to gingham. Brooklyn, too, has
the fad, and neighbors vie with one
another as TO how many can be put in
the bow window.
1t seems not only necessary to
have your pillows pretty, but they
must have meaning as well. Sou
venir pillows are as popular as spoons.
The other day "a young matron showed
her pillows, which were an inviting
little group. The first, a pink silk one.
which, patting tend erly, she told was
made of the gown she wore when he first
saw her; the next, white India silk
with brown spots, was the gown when
he asked the all-important question.
She remarked the wrinkled condition,
but said they would not iron out. Then
the pillow from piece of the wedding
gown. embroidered with orange bios
SONS; and the sweetest pillow OF all,
tiny one of white null, with frill of
valenciennes, which was the baby's
christening robe. What could one not
dream resting among such memories.
Another young woman has her pill
lows made from pieces of each gown in
her trousseau, and being married in
summer, they are mostly dainty silk
ones.
In Boston, heart-shaped engagement
pillows are superscding engagement
cups.
Perhaps the most striking collections
are found in the studios-in one down
town they are made of gingham or
percale- and they are as brilliant and
beautiful as need be. The maker
bought the goods out of season, and
each one Is bargain. The most at
tractive, a white with red peoples,
was ten cents yard, while big shil-
ling Scotch plaid made fetching ones,
indeed.
IL is quite as important nowadays to
have ones pillows deliberately en-
broidered with ones crest as the note
paper or table linen. Our men, at
least our bachelors, are as enthusiasts
tic as the women, and the popular
ones are recipients of many beautiful
specimens. One fellow in his ''rooms"
has pillow made from the flag of
every nation, our own Stars and Stripes
flung against Ireland's green, and
heaped on both are China's dragon and
''St. George for Merrie England" He
saws the next collection he makes lie is
going TO have the girls make portraits
of all our presidents on white linen
ones.
schoolgirls have the craze, too, but
one little friend has them to n great
purpose. In the corner of the library
is a tete-a-tete, and she has a pillow for
each favorite college--a dark blue one
with n large white Y on it, lovely
crimson one, and II giddy orange and
black When Mr.. Yale comes to call
the others are tucked away, while when
the Boston man appears crimson oc-
cnpies the place of honor, and so on.
She pays them all delicate compli.
ment, indeed.
We American women never use pill
lows as do our luxurious sisters of the
orient We haven't time TO lounge,
and they are for effect certainly. One
husband remarks: "They are made to
appear inviting; but, heavens! II dare
disturb one!-N. Y. Sun.