The morning times., 1895-11-24
For maids In
Uriting Flood
LETTERNOOk is THE NEWEST
THING IN APARTMENTS.
Some Beautiful Retreats Pre-
pared for Milady to In
ditc Her Notes.

"Letternook" is the name OF II small,
sunny room i'll n fine new mansion put up
in town for one of the brides of the fall
"Letternook" might be called the mis-
tress' library, IL there were more books
there AS tsis the only furniture is a
| broad desk, with wheel chair IN front OF 1t.
At the foot of the desk stands Il tall vase
| that is always filled with flowers. Upon
| IA little ledge lies always "A bouquet OF
| fragrant buds. Above IL is square,
many -coiored lamp that reflects electric
rays al night and sunshine daytirnes. Upon
the desk are laid, with much precision, the
| countless things for writing the cpistlcs in
! honor of which the room was planned and is
| named lettcrnOok.
The mail this fall has been crowded with
! scented epistles of peculiar sizes and shapes;
| for it became the fashion recently to send
| ones letters by mail; and across the town
| by post have gone the cpistles that were
| intrusted hitherto only to the bands of
messenger. Ladies who were fond of leay-
| ing their CORES pondencc to IA secretary are
| writing their letters now by hand, and the
! golden age of letter writing is coming in.
MISS FAIRS LETTER.
! A very beautiful letter-writer is Miss
| Virginia FAIR, one of 1.-The fish in the
| sea as good as ever were caught" She
| has escaped being one OF the autumn brides,
1 and consequently she has No letters of an
| nounccmcnt or acknowledgements of pres
| cnts to write, but she nevertheless has one
| of the most voluminuus lc0rrespondcnccs
in the world.
\ French nobleman who was attentive
to Miss Fair for long time was fond
of showing one of the letters which he
| received from that young lady. And with
| the letter he served up a little trick upon
| himself He would engage an American
gentleman In conversation, casually men,
| ton the name or Miss Fair, speak Of his
| acqua intance with her and then add:
Yes, and have letter from the young
! lady in my pocket at the present moment.
| Out would come the letter, and while
! the American was debating how be would
serve this impudent Young foreigner, the
| wording of the letter would dance before
| his eyes. 1t was Il cool, decided, though
| courteous, snpbbing of his attentions, and
| it contained the information that Miss
| Fair was about Ia leave town and would
not see him again. Her future address
| was undecided.
The foreigner was passiunatcly in love
with the young lady, and the letter was
displayed to show OFF her beautiful yhirng-
raphy. The handwriting was small ana
! clear as a cameo carving. Its traccry was
J fascinating tn gaze upon. The stationery
! she used was a delicate blue, known as
royal blue. and there was delicate mono
| gram in the corner with linked chain "f
/ gold around the letters. Miss Fairs sta
! tionary is now the color known as Marie
| Antoinette purple and IL the very smallest
! letter size, the size now fashionable. Marie
Antoinette gold. a bright canary shade, is
used for the trimming of the purple sheets.
| The fashionable bridal gift for those
| who want Ia spend 500 has been writing
| table and fixtures. The writing table
| should be white enamel, of the CreamiSh
| tint AMI the fixtures bright red and silver.
| Tie writing pad is bright red leather, the
| box Of paper is the same, also the uphol-
| stery OF the roller hlotterS and the frames of
| the photographs that are upon every desk.
| The other things, the small clock, the
| paper weights, knives, ornaments, busts,
| and inkstands are silver. The whole
tEing can be bought for $50, except the
| sterling silver bits.
MISS DAVIS NOOK.
Miss Winnie Davis has one Of the most
| beautiful Icttcrnooks in the world. 1t
is 4 corner Of her library, ana is filled with
plants, canary birds, and useful things
| for writing. Miss Davis has written enough
! books to be called IA literary woman, and
her friends, knowing her fad for the pen.
! have presented her with everything useful
for the writing table. she has always the
newest and most novel things for The
| writing desk.
Upon her last birthday she received a
wafer box OF silver. This is a small, cum
ming little affair for holding the little
seals that come now with the initial upon
them. They are convenient when travel
ing and away from the taper and wax. y
silver mucilagc bottle, a silver scales, and
n silver stamp stickcr were among her other
useful presents. The stationery of this
Daughter of the Confederacy is the square
EpG
of the South, and which those Huguenot
descendants choose as sort of badge
of royal ancestry. She writes with Il
gold pen, and has 4 large choice OF pen
handles. The latest gift of peD-holdcr
is the flvoritc for the time being.
The really fashionable stationery is the
purple and the white. The other shades
| are put aside for this month at least.
Fashionable StatiOncrs are not showing
them With the white paper they bring
out the pale yellow initial waters and pale
yellow envelopes.
The brides who are now married and
| away on their wedding tours are kept
busy saying Thank you for their we'd
| ding gifts. Each needs n separate letter
of its own. and each letter must have a
special mention OF the gift. vinafgrette
| must be mentioned as vinaigrette and
| a necklace as necklace. This taxes to
the utmost the brain that has 900 or
| more gifts TO rccollcct. Usually the secre-
,ary has made a list of the wedding gifts
| and the donors, and has slipped the list
in the box of stationery which is to ac-
| knowledge the gifts on the journey.
There is a bride who has such fancy
for fine stationery that she never uses
two sheets of paper decorated alike. At
! home at her leisure she monograms her
| own note paper, choosing the Antoinette
purple and lettering with gold. silver, or
| pale yellow. The bronZes are liked later
| in the season, but are too dull for the
| brilliant aItumn.
On this young lady's marriage girl
friend sent her n thousand sheets of paper
| ornamepted with her new monogram, no
two sheets alike. To be sure Of having