The Yale expositor., 1896-05-08
From "A He'd of Lavender.

She who owns bed Of lavender may
make 1t very pretty and poetical
source CT pocket money, as well as an
artistic delight. From its fragrant
blue depths she can gather many a sill
yer dollar In the course of 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 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-fashiored 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-
cles 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 ana
skill her deft fingers wove in and out,
between the slender stalks, SHINING
rows of ribbon, until at last there lay
shimmering lavender-tinted and law
ender-scented fan-large and substan-
tial enough for actual use, but so fairy
like and delicate that one would be con-
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 ian
part. This is broad and fat like the
old-time palm-leaf fans that went with
our grandmothers to meeting. me
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 han
die, is closely woven with the BABY
ribbon, and a full cluster is fastened
at the top, as is also a 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 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 sprig OF
lavender laid primly upon the snowy
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 a useful gift.
Love of delicate odors is an evidence Of
refinement, and the very act Of seeming
a garment presupposes its Immaculate
cleanliness. Then how pretty and
dainty it is to scatter blossoms from
the lavender bed throughout ones pos
sessions and to let the r)od, old-fash-
toned perfume become part Of ones
daily life.-Ladies' Home Journal.