Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-11-04
CusL ions and Cushion Covers.

CusL ions and Cushion Covers.
"a room well cushioned" said the
aesthetic Autocrat, sis well furnished"
She was not referring to a padded cell.
Her eyes were fastened on divan piled
high with pillows, and when she allowed
her glance to rove it rested approvingly
upon a cushioned window-seat, a cush-
Toned steamer-chair and pile of floor
cushions.
"You may have furniture Of white and
gold and walls hung in pink brocade,"
went on the aesthetic Autocrat, "but un-
til you have cushions you have nothing
better than barren hotel waiting room.
You may have Chippendale and Sheraton
mahogany, but until you have cushions
your room is no more beautiful than an
have cushions! All, then!-then your 81
cot is an Oriental divan; then your gro
cery-box window-seat is a homelike rest
ing place; then your chairs are dreams
OF comfort and your room a harmony
of color, and your very floor is beauti-
full"
The Autocrat paused to give pillow
covered with poppy silk a pat, and then
went on:
"There is no excuse for the woman
who does not indulge in plenty of cush-
ions nowadays" she said. "They are
wonderfully cheap if you buy them out.
Elght, and you can make them for mere
song. The China silk remnant counters
are full of pieces just large enough to
cover cushions, and they are ridiculously
cheap. The shops that make speciality
of Oriental goods show charming pieces
of Japanese crepe, which seems especial
ly adapted to cover soft down pillows
One can buy big cotton-covered down
cushion for $3.50 or So, and for another
dollar enough silk to cover it beautiful
ly. Or one may rip up an ancient feath.
erbed-and transfer the feathers into GOV.
ers of unbleached cotton, which will cost
about % cents. Then we may put on
our ornamental covers of printed silk,
sateen and the like, and have things of
beauty at merely nominal cost.
Sometimes, pursued the Autocrat,
after she had devoted a few minutes to
the study of delft" cushion in white
and blue silk, sit is as cheap to buy the
pillows all covered. The other day
saw some chair cushions of stamped
leather, with glints of red and gold about
them, for $1.5O. There were Bagdad
cushions in blues and ecrus, dull reds and
russets, and all the other Bagdad com.
binations, for $3.50. Lovely pieces OF
yellow satin stiff1y embroidered in gold
thread and covering cushions of goOdly
size, ranged from So to $40. Some
weirdly fascinating Eastern prints with
Egyptian professions moving across an
Egyptian red background covered other
cushions, and cost only So and 81 each.
The 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 into
cushion covers Quite the loveliest
thing imaginable was made of some loose
ly-woven fabric, in which inch-wide
stripes Of dull red and ecru alternated
with stripes of gold thread
''The greatest mistake which the cush,
ion collector can make" went on the
Autocrat, lis to scorn the small cushion
and to forget the floor cushion. The lat.
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 lounges"
Southern Women Farmers.
Ewes daughters, judging from the ag-
ricultural display at Atlanta, do almost
as much delving as Adams sons. 1t
appears from the agricultural and horti-
cultural exhibit that the South contains
many successful women farmers.
The head of the committee having
charge of this exhibit is Mrs. Henry
scale and an authority on corn, cotton,
wheat, vegetables and dairy produce
Mrs Joseph Thompson is melon-grOw-
er of renown. Other Southern women
have equally creditable displays. Mrs
Augusta Betend makes wonderful dis
play of apples, peaches, grapes and 9TH
er fruits Her peaches compare favor
ABLY with those of Delaware, while her
apples equal the finest varieties grown.
in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
Miss NJ. e. Robertson of Council Grove.
Kas, formerly OF Georgia, has one of the
most complete agricultural and horti-
cultural exhibits ever seen in Atlanta.
She says modestly that she farms for
profit as we'll as pleasure, and that sue
cessful farmer should possess and use
every contrivance which will proftably
increase the quality and quantity of his
output. Mrs. Mary e. Thompson of Ell
lettsville, Ind, shows full set of dairy
products of the highest excellence, and
will undoubtedly receive one Of the prizes
of the Exposition.
A number of Arkansas women make
beautiful display of all the feed grasses,
including white, red and scarlet clover.
the famous blue grass, birds grass. or
chard grass, timothy, alfalfa, Bermuda,
Japan clover. peavine hay and clean,
long hay. There are altogether some
thirty varieties in the display, and all
are OF the nlgneSC grace. AnOtner tai
ented woman farmer is Mrs. Thomas
Wiley, beautiful and accomplished Tex
as matron.4 She is Louisianian by
birth, but she has been Texan for
many years. She is thoroughly con-
yersant with farms and farming, and
may be selected as one of the judges
at the close of the fair the last of De-
cember. Mrs. Julia futile of Miami,
Fla, makes her specialties of fine vege-
tables and tropical and sub-tropical
fruits.
Expensive and Uncomfortable.
''Too little furniture is bad, but too
much, it seems to me, is a good deal
worse,' said a jaded housekeeper. My
life is literally worn out with moving and
putting in order and caring for the thou