The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-06-12
From a BED of L,yender.

She who owns bed OF lavender may
make 1t a very pretty and poetical
source of pocket money, as well as an
artistic delight. From it's fragrant
blue depths she can gather many a sill
yer dollar in the course of a summer, as
its treasures find ready sale among
women who love dainty things. In
Southern California good-sized laven-
der beds keep many women supplied
with spending money, for the long.
slender stems in blossom sell readily
for a cent apiece, and those whose
purse of plenty and hours of leisure
admit of luxurious bits of fancy work.
see poetical fitness in working up the
lovely old-fashioned flower into choice
and dainty articles. For birthday and
holiday gifts, and for church fairs and
bazaars nothing could be sweeter than
pretty things that can be made from
lavender stalks.
A beauty-loving little woman has re-
Gently fashioned some exquisite arti-
Giles of fancy work, which are useful,
too, in very dainty way, using as her
material long, smooth lavender stalks
in bloom and many yards of lavender.
colored baby-ribbon. With taste and
skill her deft fingers wove in and out.
between the slender stalks, shining
rows Of ribbon, until at last there lay
a shimmering lavender-tinted and law
ender-scented fan-large and substan-
tial enough for actual use, but so fairy
IL tn at no
tent to admire it's beauty as a fan
which might be used, but should not.
The fragrant blue blossoms were
first folded down upon their stems, and
baby-ribbon woven very closely and
firmly in between the stems which COW
cred them, the blossoms being in the
center. This makes a firm, smooth
handle, which tapers toward the fan
part. This is broad and fiat like the
old-time palm-leaf fans that went with
our grandmothers to meeting. The
stems are then expanded and trimmed
with scissors into proper shape to make
a rounding edge. This fiat surface,
from about two inches above the ham
die, is closely woven with the baby
ribbon, and a full cluster is fastened
at the top, as is also rosette of loops
at the smallest part of the handle.
Another very popular way of using
lavender is the making of Lavender
sticks" These are similar to the
handle of the fan described, and three
or four are joined together in a cluster,
by large, full bows Of baby-ribbon of
any delicate color They are hung
against lace curtains or over chair
backs, and the pungent, spicy odor
from the hidden blossoms fills the
room.
AS a gift for some dear old lady,
whose earliest years are somehow as
ISOLATED with the sweet, old-fashioned
lavender, nothing can be more dainty
and appropriate than lavender fan.
Gently swaying the lightsome, airy
thing, tender thoughts of long-past
girlhood will come to her as the
familiar fragrance floats out upon the
air. Memories of that sweet pleasure
of "going to meeting" with a sprig of
lavender laid primly upon the snowy
folded handkerchief, or pressed be-
tween the leaves of the bible, will come
to her with tenderest meaning, and Wis
ions of mothers lavender bed will be
with her all day long.
Many dainty woman loves the scent
of lavender in her bedroom and upon
her clothing and household belongings,
and punches of this fragrant herb,
inclosed in some very fine fabric, tied
with lavender ribbons, given to fas-
tidious friend to lay away in her bureau
or wardrobe, would be useful gift.
Love of delicate odors Is an evidence OF
refinement, and the very act of seeming
a garment presupposes it's Immaculate
cleanliness. Then how pretty and
dainty it is to scatter blossoms from
the lavender bed throughout ones pos
sessions and to let the good, old-fash-
toned perfume become part Of ones
daily life.-Ladies' Home Journal.
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