Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-07-12

the stuff being thin and flexible, with a
ribbed twill running the whole length
Of the goods This causes the material
to drape beautifully. In some cases the
room itself is 'papered" with this stuff,
but in others there is only dado and in
others only the draperies
One lady has just furnished set for
blue room for her country home
There are two pairs of curtains with
white lace edges. There is a double
valance at the top Of the window edged
with point de paris lace There are
stiffened bands edged with lace to loop
the curtains back. A bureau cover has
been cut in three pieces and an insertion
of lace set in, and another ruffie goes
around three sides of it. There is a
drapery for the dressing table, which is
fastened to the top Of the glass with
rosette of lace, and on both bureau and
table are dainty cushions made of Gre
tonne and lace. There are two rufied
pillowshams, bed valance and a ruff
fed counterpane of the same, and nice
plump sofa pillow of the cretonne, with
self ruff1es, covered by others of lace. 1t
required one whole piece Of cretonne for
this room. 53 yards one yard wide 1t
is SO cool and delicate that it is expected
that the three young ladies Of the family
will draw straws to see who is entitled
to the blue room.
The same idea can be carried out in
any other color.
Silkoline is very pretty material for
summer draperies, but it will hardly
last short season through, and SO will
scarcely pay the labor expended upon it
One very dainty fancy in dressing
bedroom was to have curtains of ecru
colored scotch lace edged with full ruff
fes of point de paris. The curtains were
crossed in the center about foot and
then drawn back and tied with ribbons.
These curtains were made very wide, so
that they hung much fuller than ordi-
narily, and at the top, where they fell
forward one foot and were edged with
a full ruffie Of lace, the effect was very
pretty. The bed had canopy of enam-
eled and gilt iron, and over this were
draped two more of these curtains. The
counterpane was made of one sewed to a
lining Of light blue silk. These curtains
come 4 yards long, and so it was an
easy matter to cut off enough to make
two pillowshams and border them with
lace, and the odd curtain was used to
drape the bureau and dressing table,
with the addition Of little blue ribbon.
These curtains cost from 50 to So per
pair, and the expense is not very heavy.
The edging costs from to 10 cents a
yard, according to the width, and it re-
quires one full piece Of 40 yards to trim
up such set, but how pretty it all is
when finishedl
The very prettiest possible portieres
for summer are those made of fishnet,
with shells sewed here and there and
edged and bordered with knotted twine
fringe. Next to that come the bamboo
and beaded portieres, which temper the
light slightly and yet do not impede the
free circulation of the air.
In summer mantel draperies are re-
placed by scarf or SO, or one bamboo
curtain looped through the holdings
Ladies having taste that way and ad-
vantages i'll the way of gathering such
things often bank up their chimneys
with hchens, MOSES, ferns or shells.
Mattings are taking the place of carpets
in many fine houses, particularly for
bedrooms No matter how nice the
floor nor how many rugs, there is always
a time when one steps with bare feet
upon the wood and receives an unpleas-
ant sensation. Mating is so clean, cool
and airy that it is delight, and the
new designs and patterns are really
beautiful, and it feels good to walk on
it. Any number of rugs can be scat
tered around. Very many families have
it in their parlors and reception rooms.
/ must not forget to mention some
very sensible and suitable garments for
children which seem to me to be just
such as mothers would like to copy.
One was for a girl Of IL, and it was Of
blue and gray hairline novelty in silk
and wool The skirt was gathered
straight around and had one row Of
white point de gene insertion. The