Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-17
NATIONS AND MAIDS.
MANY MATTERS INTERESTING
TO THE LADIES.
MY Mending Basket-How tho Thirteen
Club Made n Bakers Dozec of Useful
and Beautiful Bags-AdulteFatedJ Jams
-Toothsome Dishes.
These for "a Bride.


presents, for their loss was to be an.
other party's gain.
''Of course" sail Brandy, cit will
be easy enough to decide upon our
individual presents, but we must have
something from the club as a whole.
81 have it," said Soda. "Bags
Thirteen bags"
Now, Brandy and Soda" were the
club nicknames of two charming Sis
ters whose real names were Beth ind
Sara.
Being practical young women they
saw no difficulty in the way of NAL L.
ing bakers dozen of bags, each of
which, it was unanimously declared,
must, Notwithstanding other orna-
mentation, be marked with the cabal-
istic sign of the club.
OF course, they began with the or
namental and finished with the useful
that is to say, their first was fan
bag and the last clothespin bag.
The first was formed with four
strips of heavy, white ribbon, about
dfteen inches in length. Each end
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neatly overhanded in a square, the
bottom forming a point from which
hung heavy white silk tassel
Small rosebuds were painted over the
surface of the ribbon. IL was left
open three inches at the top, and
each piece was turned in n double
point, which fell over the draw
string and was finished with smaller
tassel. The draw string was of rich
white satin ribbon and long enough
TO hang over the arms.
There was bag of delicate dove
colored cashmere, lined with pink
surah. This was n yard square,
rounded at the bottom and fitted in
side with a pocket for the slippers and
another for the fan. The body of the
bag was intended to hold the opera
cloak. 1t was drawn up with pink
ribbon several inches from the top,
permitting the pink lining to be seen.
The third was n dainty little goa
visiting" bag, just the thing for a
piece of delicate fancy work. A pref
ty piece OF brocaded silk will make
embroidery unnecessary. Cut an OBJ
long piece of pasteboard for the bot
tom, covered inside and out with the
silk; cut second piece and cover as
before, fitting this with two or three
layers of white flannel with pinked
edges. This is sewed to one edge of
the first piece (which is the bottom of
the bag), and when filed with needles
and pins is tied TO the opposite side
with narrow ribbon. Little outer
pockets for spools can be added, and
the bag shirred up with handsome
Yibbon so that it map be carried on
the arm.
A collection Of "piece bags"
three in number, were very
utilitarian and would delight
Tho heart of any metholical
housewife. They were all of gray
linen of various sizes, some of them
divided with rows OF feather stitching
into two or more compartments, each
variously marked with etching silks,
"BlaclS Goods" "SillIs," "Worstcd,"
FLANNEL" etc. The etching was
done with red silk and the bags were
hung up by stout rings covered with
crochet in silk fastened at the corners,
and in the case of the largest one with
an additional ring in the center.
For her boudoir was the little non
descript piece of furniture, half bag,
half table, made of white enameled
wood, disclosing bag OF pale blue
silk when the top was lifted.
The laundry bags were of cream
duck, one yard square and the other
somewhat smaller. There was no at
tempt at ornamentation beyond the
word Laundry" in fancy lettering
worked in dark red silk floss. These
also are hung up by rings sore wed
into the piece of curtain stick, which
was run in the shirr at the top. T5o
hack of the bag had slit bound with
cape, through which to put the
clothes.
A bag for soiled collars, cuffs, hand
lSerchiefs and laces was made of n
pretty fringed towel of fine damask.
About four inches of the flinged end
was strung over a. the top, and a
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of the parts of the pattern with silk,
and the sign before referred to, com
pleted the decoration.
One member brought set of buster
bags, which she said must 60 as one
bag. There was silk one for the
parlor, another foi the "boudoir,"
dainty fine linen ones for the cham
5ers and one of heavy gray crash
for the kitchen.
The darning bag was sufficient lin
tself to inspire anyone with a love
or this homely pursuit, so dainty was
t. Two round pieces of paste board
we're covered over with cream silk,
yver which struggled wild roses in
delicate pink. A long, narrow piece
If the same silk gathered at both
aides was sewed two thirds of the way
round. Inside were pockets for balls
of silk or cotton and case for darn.
ing needles. Hidden in its recesses
was a velvet case inclosing the small
est of gold thimbles. IL was sus-
pended by pink ribbons.
The clothespin bag was really an