The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-15
Cusl. ions and CusAion Covers,

room well cushioned said the
aesthetic Autocrat, ''is well furnished"
she was not referring to a padded cell,
her eyes were fastened on a divan piled
high with pillows, and when she allowed
her glance to rove it rested apDroyincjy
upon Il cushioned window-seat, a cuslI-
Toned steamer-chair and pile Of floor
cushions. p~ '''
You may have furniture Of white and
gold and walls hung in pink brocadc. !"
w, went on the aesthetic Autocrat, "but un-
I'll you nave cushions you have nothing
Detter IMAM barren hotel waiting room.
Ion may have Chippendale and Sheraton
your room il no more beautiful than an
ordinary antique shop. But when Won
have cushions! All, thcn.-then your IA
cor Is an Oriental divan; then YOUR gro-
cery-boX wlndOw-seat is a homeIike rest-
ing place; then your chairs arc, dreams
OF comfort and your room IL harmony
OF color, and your very floor is beauti-
Inc Autocrat paused to give pillow
went on: p'' on" 'i'ci'
,,, lnere is no excuse for the woman
VINO does not indulge in plenty of cnsh.
IONS nowadays" she said. :sThav nro
,'!it cheap if YOU buy them ont IT,
rieht' ana You can make them for n rnrr.
song; The China silk rcnnn MT counters
are lnii or pieces just large enough to
.p.er CUSHIONS; and they are ridiculously
cneap: The shops that make speciality
OF oriental goods show charming nrces
or Japanese crepe, which seems cspecial-
y adapted to cover soft down pillow.
One can buy 4 big cotton-coyt.red dow,
cushion for 81 80 or 81. and for another
dollar enough silk to cover it bcautifnI.
' ~ Vl,o1e may rip up an ancient featil.
erpeucand transfer the feathers into GOV.
e,s OF unbieached cotton, which will cost
our ornamental covers of printed sin,
sateen and the like, and have. things OF
beauty at merely nominal cost
sometimes, pursued the IAutocra,.
alter she had devoted few minutes to
the study of ''I>elft' cushion in white
and ~! blue silk. cit is as cheap to buy the
pillows all covered. The other day ]
saw; say some CHAIR cushions of stamped
leather, with glints of red and gold about
them. for 81 so. There were Bag,lad
cushions in blues and ecrus. dull reds md
russets. and all the other Bagdad com.
binations, for $3.50. Lovely pieces Of
yellow satin stifly embroidered in gold
thread and covering cushions of goodly
size. ranged from IS to $40. Some
Notwithstanding Eastern prints with
Egyptian professions moving across Az
Egyptian red background covered other
cushions. and cost only So and 81 each.
l. he cheapest way to obtain these unusu,
al, really Oriental affairs. however, is to
buy hangings. which sell cheaply every
now and then. and cut them up int.
cushion covers. Quite the loveliest
thing imaginable was made of some loose,
ly-woven fabric, in which inch-widc
stripes OF dull rcd and ecru alternated
with stripes of gold thread.
The greatest mistake which the cush,
ion collector can Make went on the
Autocrat, sis to scorn the small cushion
and to forget the floor cushion. The lat.
ter is lovely when you want to sit at
your mothers feet and have your head
ache rubbed away. 1t is also convenient
for your feet when you happen to be
sitting yourself. And no woman knows
the meaning of comfort who has never
found cushion small enough to fit the
nape of her neck when she lOunyps''