The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-23
LAMPS AND LAMP SHADES.

dining ROOM and. indeed, every room of
her country house, the little woman who
enjoys doing her own decorative work i'll
her house finds that she has plenty of np
portunity for exercising her artistic taSt"
There is no woman but who loves pref
ty things, and if she can make them her
self she usually enjoys them IN" more.
Then, too, there is certain satisfa ,.tinn
in knowing that one has just as pretty
things as ones ntighbor has, even though
one may be trying the plan Of living
on $40 week and buying real estate
But did not start out to join the discus
sion OF feeding family of three Oh
SLID per week" or ''heating five rooms
ON ~ per month this cold winter but IT,
zen how to max" pretty and iInXinnsivr
lamp and candle shades
Inc heavy silk and lace ribbon tr,iirpc,
uolls nave had their day and we have
now The beautiful, hlmy. artistic paper
crcation
The opportunity for exercising III. II.
genulty and developing the beautiful AZ
hard to find beginning point in this
delightful work.
First the mat"riais must be securp,l.
!he new crepe paper Is best. though
there Is number Of varieties Of tiS<li
paper which may be made to appear
creepy. To max" this plain paper cr.py
or rrinklr,l as the process il called. il
is necessary simply to draw tn" Sheet
or t,ssu" through the hands until it ha.
GetrIn" finely ribbed TIL" regular wire
frame previously used is Inc foundation
still. only that there arr. a number of
new shapes.
"A very pretty SHAPE is tn" Hexa"nn
Chinese. twenty-lnch size. Two sheets
OF paper are necessary with this fra,n.
The wire should he covered previous t.,
putting th" shade part BY windin:.
me paper cut i'll narrnW Ntri II, and glued
here and there to hold il in place. )
plain. straight piece Of asbestos shouIri
next h" put on around til" tnI, ina King
collar to protect the shade Ipart from,
the heat of the lamp
Now JON the two rolls Of t-reIs, as neat
~ as possible with glue" When dr.
gather the paper with very strong linen
thread. leaving a heading. and tie light
~ around the collar of the frame thar
has just been lined with the a,ir<tn.
Arrang" the paper so that it falls even
~ all around tn" fran" and vu. the
edges carefully together Next GIN" th.
crepe paper tot he curves of th. frame
Iuii out the h"ading at tn" t",, and
slightly ruttie tn" lower edge. with the
thumb and finger that it may appear
full. The foundation is now ready far
any de'nrHtnn
Each individual will have an idea If
her own as to how she will hay" her
different shades decorated The edge.
| may be tinted with water .r,l,r> :nI
tiny bows Of ribbon put here and there"
Iretty paper flowers can irr made Of al
most any description and arranged arts
tIaily on tn" foundation. or il is pretty
SIMPLY laln. One shade which | nartir-
ularly have Ill mind WAS mad. in yellow
ana white. with the yellow on top AMI
the white underneath 1t WIS d..,nraf. i
with chrysanthemum>. and think 1l"r.
must have been 1T least Il dozen anA
| a half of these beautiful flowers. and
they are beautifully mad" in paper If
differ, Mt sizes arranged yric..fulls on
the foundation. | felt that > less nur.
Der would not hay" looked 81, heavy.
but each one. as | said before. must de-
eide this for herself
10 max" Il chrySanthrmum If medium.
SIZE cut Il square IF about six inches
from the liShte>t ti::>u' ',;,.Ii sheet Of
paper folded according ~ direct IONS viii
| cut eight petals. and a$ four ara used
IN each flower it Is easy to r.,IcuI;tr tin.
amount of paper needed for til. n,Iirt,er
OF flowers one desires 10 max. !, f.,d uI4
the diagonal, fold again. corner for corr
her from center. and do the SAM. 1U!.r.
moro, You will then hay" a trianci4-
ut III tn" Shap" Of natural petal al
lowing the top of the petal t. i. .lrh nlI!,
to where YOU would draw a liz t. ~
the altitude of the triAn2 ;i' w h, =
opened you will have >iyt".,0 I"oal>
Each one IF the>'' must b" ,.uri.,l liz
placing on something that Is ~ III. and
using !; hatpn. roll from thu. tl,l To the
center. The petals vary from III" li.h:-
| est to the darkest yellow; beginning with
the lightcst put them around 4 small
piece OF frlnged tissue. JOINED to a Wire.
which is to be used as Il center Cur
in the same shape and manner leaves
from dark green and put on lat a a
ralyN. Then by fastening r.rtain
amount of rubber stemming clos" t" the
| green petals with Il little .lu" y"'lr chry>-
| anthemum is really to put on Your >hah
! This beautiful shade will probably l'
| used in Il sittin" room. library or pall"r
and can I've made of any tint or t,nt> IN
harmonic with the other furnishings #
| the room.
| For the dining room you will want y
| candle shade. Can You fancy anything
| prctticr than dinner table lighted l,v
candles with dainty shades:
| To make Il candle shade one ward Of
crepe paper is necessary. Cut this SIX
| and one-half inches wide. The headinS
| is about one and one-half inches wide.
! and after gathering the same a. for tn
| large shade. paste carefully on I" Il mar
row paSteboard strip seven inches Ion.
Join neatly and pull out top AMI bottom
with thumb and finger. \ pretty candl,
shade is made with white cr,'I,, far l",ln
| datiOnS and morning glorieS for d,rrnrl
ton.
| orally used tinted with water cnlnr>
| Cut Il piece of paper about three niche,
| long and two and one-half inches wild,
| and paste together. | Sc two pieces nt
| thread about as long as the paper fol
| StrcamprS Put this thread inside tn.
| piece of pasted crel" and fa>t"n all /"
gcthcr by drawing one end clos" Wit!
| wire. leaving one end for stem. This i.
| wound with Il strip of dark green paper
| which is wider at one end than at til,
other. the wide end being cut in point:
for the calyN. The top of thu flower il
then stretched or tlattrn,-i out to rrpr,,
sent it as being open. This tinted t,
| represent nature i'll water color is com
plete.
There are any number of flowers which
are exquisite made in the beautiful
| papers; an especially elaborate and a
the same time graceful one is the ffpul
de lis, about which should like 10 tel
| you. but space forbils.
There are also any number of differen
designs for the shades and ther,, is ais,
lots of pretty little etceteraS that ma!
be made out OF this same crepe paper
| \ special novelty is Il ticur de lis >had'
for electric lights. The papers can h,
| bought in any shade and colornS> an,
| they also come in combination cnlnrnS>
kpf the latter apple green and white
light amber and light coral: purple ans
xhitc: light blush pink and dark amhr1
aTe each one pretty and harmonious.
: This is only ON" or two of the man!
suggestions l might make to YOU. hut il
| is enough to set your nimhle fingers and
artistic fancy at work. and. do You net
! think. it will add its share to the 'e""
appearancc that one longs I" Civ" IL
ones house in summer. hut which some
| times one is apt to think impossible un
less they are able to go to the decorator
| and give him carte hlanc.-philidelph ia
| Times.
A Mistake.