Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-02-03

beautiful with the tendency running to
tapestry.
Dresden china is the craze. Women
are collecting it regardless of the price.
Portiere materials are more elegant
and sumptuous than the world ever
saw.
There is a fashionable craze for
brooches of all kinds, with the prefer
ence for grandmas.
Mrs. John Jacob Astor has more
punch bowls than any other matron in
the world With one of these is a great
punch spoon whose bowl holds just
pint.
Enamelled effects are shown on varl-
ety of fancy goods and iewelry,
but the latest purpose TO which this
art is applied is the ornamentation OF
silver tea sets, toilet sets, writing
sets, &c.
Mother OF pearl is now employed in
letter openers and paper cutters in the
shape OF swords, daggers, &c. and is
combined with steel III manufacturing
nail files and letter openers.
The up-to-date girl is now collecting
waist belts. Not an ordinary belt OF
leather. but costly, jeweled affair, to
be worn with the short round bodice of
the evening gown. One recently no.
ticed was of black satin, over which
swarm of golden butterflies were en-
broidered.
Small golden sugar bowls with wrought
enamellng are the very latest addition
TO the five o'clock tea table. They come
in quaint shapes, and show artistic de-
signs in different colored enamel. One
of the latest is round golden bowl de-
corated with an empire wreath in
white enamel and gold. Other sugar
bowls of gold are scattered with forget
me-notS.
What do you suppose is the latest
caprice in q repiece for the dinner
table? Ia place OF the proSaic arrange
ment OF flowers, in the middle is huge
melon made of silk, an excellent imita-
ton of the real thing. The slices are
already cut and tied together loosely
with an immense ribbon bow. When
this is united the melon falls apart and
releases quantity OF boutouniers and
SPRAYS for the guests, along with a
dainty souvenir for each.
A pretty and inexpensive slumber
robe for a couch may be made from two
summer shawls. Select two OF contrast
ing coors-deep red and olive are es-
pecially pretty-and place a layer or
wadding between them. Tuft with
narrow red ribbons, with the tuftngs
forming diamonds from three 10 five
inches apart, and the robe will be well
made, and very quickly and daintlly,
co. By placing the two shawls care
fully together there will be heavy row
Of red and olive fringe.
The small fancy watch to be pinned
TO the corsage is shown at the jewelers.
in a variety OF exquisite designs. Some
thing new and odd is tiny gold watch
with bunch OF dark carnations enam-
eled on the case, the flowers almost en-
tirely covering the gold. This watch Is
suspended from spray OF carnations,
which in color and form are most nat
ural. The watch hidden behind a pausy
blossom is somewhat odd, though very
beautiful; but the four-!eaf clover watch
is decided novelty. 1t looks like
a lucky clover just plucked from the
field. The watch is hidden back of
green enameled leaves, which are eX-
Quisitely veined. The brooch to which
the watch is fastened consists OF
cluster OF white clover blossoms, just
tinged with pink. There are watches
which look like guitars and maDdolins.
and others which appear 10 be glsten-
ing balls Of jewels. All the fancy
watches are deceittul in appearance.
10 fact, il is hard 10 know watch
when you see IL these days.
Screens are to be seen everywhere in
the Dragon Empire. They are carved
of teakwood and handsomely painted
with various figures aud devices In
some ports of China bedSteads similar
to our own are used; they are curiously
carved with drawers underneath and
shelves for holding toilet necessities,
all of which are hidden out Of sight by
drawers which look like beau
| tiful screen. The rooms in the
different suites of apartments are
separated from one another by
the carved wooden scroll work for
| which the Chinese are famous. 1t Is
usually dark, and gives a very rich and
handsome appearance to the whole inte-
rior, which is dull and dark, owing 10
the want of windows, until the myrlads
of lanterns are lighted. The carving is
sometimes gilded, and sometimes the
wood is left in a state of nature, with a
high polish. Doorways are often half
filled in with it; again, a low, deep
frieze is seen all around the room. The
women's apartments particularly airs
decorated with the carved work. What
ever can be imagined as contributing TO
pleasure and the support Of luxury is TO
be found in the secluded quarters devo-
ted TO the women.