Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-11-18

then put the saucepan into dish Of
cold water, beating the syrup rapidly
until 1t has a grayish look and is partly
crystalized. Dip in the rose petals, a
few at a time, with pair OF wire tongs;
take them out and place them on oiled
paper to harden,
A really striking table cover now in
use on a big library tabl has cover of
the sort that is immense in its quiet
richness. The material is tan colOred
billiard cloth. The work is all done in
warm browns, with here and there a
bit Of real gold that acts as high light.
The labor involved in the whole is
slight In the extreme, as all the work is
of a rapid sort. yet the cloth is usually
handsome in its own quiet way. The
owner has had the wisdom to contine
all decoration TO the border, so that the
ample centre makes a perfect back
ground for the books that always
abound. The rich, really splendid en-
broidery hangs below the board and
makes a decidedly noticeable feature
even In room where good things are
everywhere about.
A sofa pillow that would be charm
iugly suitable for certain styles Of
called Egyptian red. The pattern drawn
upon the surface is an imitation OF the
decoration upon Egyptian pottery, being
mostly human figures drawn in profile
and some few symbolical forms. The
pattern is not worked in any way, but
the satin ground is entirely covered
with darning in black silk. Large re-
versed points or half diamonds are set
together and left bare like figures all
around the edge covering the seam. The
figures, which are from three TO five
inches high, are arranged as if crossing
the cushion professionally. The darn
ing, although closely done, does not
prevent CLEAN Of the satin coming
through.
The adaptation Of suede leather to
applique work is q novelty in fancy
work. The ground may be OF satin,
velvet, nail cloth or any suitable mate
rial of sufficiently firm texture to sup
port the applique without wrinkling.
A cushion recently seen was of mail
cloth, biscuit color, and had oak leaves
and acorns cut from three shades of
brown suede kid and arranged in imita-
tion Of a Napoleonic chapel. The leaves
were held down by coarse buttonhol-
ing Of gold colored Boston art silk. The
acorn cups were covered with French
knots in brown art silk. The oval nut
forms were partly covered with long
stitches OF the gold silk taken length
wise. Small flecks of gold were freely
1 added to the leaves. The cushion was
finished with double ruffie of gold col
ored satin six inches wide, over which
was gathered an edge Of Cluny lace.
The reverse of the cushion is brown
satin, like the darkest shade in the
I suede kid ornamentation.
The rococo embroidery which gained
such speedy popularity last season has
been productive OF still another novel
| ". This time the rocco is used In
com bination In place of being depend
ent on itself alone, and some very
striking effects are produced with real
ly very little work. Satin stitch is the
accepted and best OF all the simple one
for this special work, and together with
the heavier rocco it can be made to
| give the best satisfactory results. Some
few over ambitious folks do, indeed,
add lace beading with ribbon run
through to the design, aud claim
that il enriches the whole, but
such prodigality is not wise. The lace
is utterly homogeneous and entirely fails
OF its result. The simple dignity Of the
satin stitch and heavy richness OF the
rocco combine exceedingly well, and
any woman who is at all clever can de-
wise a dozen patterns for herself The
moulds, coming as they do in many geo.
metrical forms, are themselves sugges-
tive OF excellent design, aud whenever
they are used as the motive and the
satin stitch becomes the auxiliary or
connecting link success is quite certain
to be insured.