The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-20
IDEAS tor Tmo1nen.

- 9EIQs Is dn 4lli1JIVt&
ment on the old time Marseilles quilt.
One valued at SIS, Just RECEIVED by a
leading linen house, is what Is known ia
the trade as patent satin,p heavy. soft,
thick. fine and having hairlike lines on
cry is unique in design and exquisite
In execution done in raised work, which
gives additional richness of effect.
We have had quilts OF this kind be-
fore. this season. said the salesman.
as ne spread out the billov,ly white mass
for inspection. 'but never any SO hand
some as this. These quilts are made in
Manchester, England, but they can get
no such embroidery done there. That Is
done In Ireland, where labor is cheap.
Coverlets like this come also in three
quarter widths for the twin beds"
Are the twin beds much used here?'
Very much. They are getting more
popular every day. All the best sets of
furniture are now provided with them.
and we order our sheets and coveriets
with special reference to the demand.
OF course. a great many persons cling
to the idea of the big double bed. and
are slow to make the exchange, but there
is no doubt that all the dictates of health
= oh Lie clDS Ol tt
sleeping accommodations for married
couples or for roommates. The one may
be fat and the other thin; the one hot
blooded, the other of cold temperament.
BY adopting the twfn-bed scheme neither
will nave to make concessions to the
other by sleeping under too much or too
little covering. Then. too, one restlessly
inclined viii not occasion the partner in
convenience by dragging the covering off.
What is of more Importance stin, all re-
liable physicians now agree that when
two persons s.eep ~habitually in close con-
tact the stronger of the two gains in VII
tally to the detriment of the other.
See these twin ~quilts?v he continued,
taking two from a boy and shaking them
out that the pattern might show to adj
vantage.
These quilts are made by machinery,
some new French method, but they have
won favor and are much sought after"
The French quilts had circles and deli
cate patterns in raised gold threads,
strewn over the thick white surface.
Others were brought out with dainty
azure figures; others, again, with rose
color. pale pink, violet, amber-it was
hard to choose the prettiest.
And the price? Fifteen dollars, but not
a tint or shade if the raised embroidery
vivid be lost in the washing. a consid-
IN in a bed quilt. which must be
- fresh to be attractive.
.Fnat kind of work is that?" was
asked in reference to a coverlet of heavy
cotton stuff, worked in an arabesque pat
tern the color of pansies.
fTnaf ia a efa pnna1 unfit hnf tho CT n
ing is all done by hand. and the effect is
very rich. 1t is the same thing, only in a
far more expensive make, as ordinary
and ordinary cotton goods. These quilts
are having a great run.
THE material of which this linen
square was made is fimsy and has the
sheen of delicate silk Only an oval
piece of small diameter is left undis-
turbed in the centre, the rest is all drawn
work. the work of months and months
OF painstaking exactness. Delicate wheels
and interwheels. links and scrolls form
the pattern. and when it can be bought
for $50 one wonders what compensated
the sonora for her Iahsr
ssThere Sare agents now living in Next
can towns who go out through the coun-
try. distribute the squares Of linen and
return months after TO collect the work
The women on those secluded haciendas
work IN the fields in summer and are
glad to get work of this kind for the long
winter days to do in between times.
They do not drive a vary hard bargain
regarding payment. That tray cloth,
for instance: 1t is coarse in workman
ship wnen compared with this delicate
centrepiece; but look at the amount of
work in the border; W we can sell 1t for
$3.50"
"What kind of work is this in this
pfilowslipg' I asked.s
'Fayal work. There are only five
houses in the United States who can Sc
cure any of it. England uses some and
France a little more. but the Americans
are most appreciatives of things of that
kind. Most of our customers buy
this Fayal work are those who have used
it before n know its value. They claim
that it never wears out. The insertion is
set into the linen with thai miniature
pointing so dainty and strong. The cross
threads of the strip for working are first
drawn out. then other threads are knotted
In making a firm mesh. into which the
pattern is darned. This process gives
that firm look which belongs to no other
kind of drawn work"
"Fayal, Faya1." said a shopper, mus
ingly. II don't seem to know just where
It Is; ones geography does get SO fear
fully Mixed
sIt is one of the Azores,,' put In a
bright young girl who accompanied her.
ut Is west of SPAIN
I'm comparison with most countries it
has not much population the supply
of hand work Is limited on that account.
Thai piece you have in hand there is
worth much money"
This lace edge Is new to me. Where
do you get that?"
"We call it guipure. for want of a bet
ter name. 1t comes from France, but it
is not guipure. only much like It.. and is
made with a shuttle, on a cushion. 1t
has no braid in it like this Honiton or
Medici. and it is so substantial that it
can be used for everyday purposes. 1t is
not unlike tatting.D
Dear mel I believe there are linen
things from every quarter of the globe
On this counter said the school girl,
looking at the bewildering assortment.
There soon will be- aid one of the
men in charge who had been called to
help designate the various kinds of work.