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been popular-fastened together ana hung
| over the bhck OF the chair. These may
be fastened either with ibbons or laced
| together with silk cord. A little sacnet
| powder of some single and delicate per-
| fume, sprinkled in one of these head rests
is agreeable and refreshing, but the per-
fume should be very delicate-a mere
| suggestion of an odor.
Foot pillows for the house should be
| covered with Japanese grass cloth or
jute; but any piece of np1olstertng goods
that is moi too delicate mas be appro-
priately used. = They should beNstuffsd
until firm. as they are intended 10 tax
the place of an ordinary foot stool.
One can hardly lave too many pillows
to suit the prevailing taste. Good taste
would suggest, however, that they be
not too numerous in a single room They
are intended for use and their charm
lies in suggesting comfort and ease, but
| when a room is SO overcrowded with them
as TO seem "stuffy,'' all sense Of comfort
is banished.
For divans make two large pillows
about twenty-seven inches square to lean
up against the wall and form a rest for
the back. Fiji them with cotton or
hair, or even excelsior, somewhat more
compactly than for other pillows, so that
they win make a firm supper for the
back. and cover them with the am ma
terial that is used in upholstering the
divan, or with China silk or sateen, in
some harmonious shade, or even with
eretonne. Square mes are good for
general purposes and may be made n
where from one to two feet quare OBJ
long ones are convenient for stufiing into
corners, and filling up vacant inches
around ones shoulders and waist. and the
round pillows often fiji a want hat moth
ing else win.
For a soft pillow down is the best fill
ing but unless one can secure a good
quality of down, which is expensive, it is
better to use good feathers. If several
pillows are used on a diyan it is pleasant
to haye one filed with hair, which is
irmer and cooler han either feathers
or down. and a little one filled with bal
sam eaves is agreeable on account of its
spicy odor. The small pillows for
diyans may be covered with plain or
figured wash silk, or with almost any
light material, care being taken not to
have the colors too delicate. nor the ma
terial too rich for use. Figured denim
and burlap are very popular. Anything
tina is smooth andxeool is appropriate,
and any rough trimming, such as braids
or anything wooden. should be avoided.
Silkoline makes a cool and inexpensive
covering for couch pillows. 1t is pretty
as silk, and often much more durable. 1t
-, IN no4+arne x-arxv 11,Tah 1sla %ha fo-
ured china silks. and the new villa cloth
is lovely.
A pretty and simple way to finish a pill
low covered with silk or silkoline. is to
set a ruffle about three inches wide, into
the seam all the way round. A ruffle
of this. or n other sheer material, is
better If made double than if hemrned;
and this also makes the pillow alike on
both sides, which is not only convenient
but makes 1t wear better and last longer.
49,
Some of the coolest and prettiest eff
fects are obtained from linen covers.
White butchers linen. worked with white
or eolored silk floss, in dainty design, is
attractive. Brown linen. worked with
yellow or dark brown silk floss is good.
Sateen makes a durable covering. and
pretty striped driilings can be used. seA
pillow covered with turkey red. calico. and
edged with white lace is very effective
with rattan or light colored wood furni-
ture. and bandanna cloth that the South
ern mammies make turbans out Of is
quite the al
When washable materials are used
make the pillow covering 80. that 1t can
be removed and laundried. This nay be
done by placing a row of tiny fancy but
tons all along one edge, or by lacing the
cover with a silk cord, or by tying to-
gether with ribbons.
The pillows thai have been used for
hammocks and erandas during the sum-
mer may serve as house pillows during the
winter months. As these are always COW
cred with some material that can be
laundried. linen or cotton goods being
generally used, they make very service
able affairs for every day use.
As the most of these outdoor pillows
and cushions are stuffed with hair or
excelsior. rather han feathers. so that
they viii not beharmed by possible Damp
ness. they are especially appropriate for
foot pillows for indoor use, especially
those that rave been covered with awning
cloth or with some pretty pattern of
table oiicioth, for use on the damp grass.
Either for indoor or outdoor use a
very appropriate pillow cover can be made
from a nice linen towel. with the fringe
used across two ends of 1t. 1t the pat
tern in which il is woven happens to be
fruit, or flowers or vines. it may be
outlined with a long stitch In colored floss
of an appropriate color, and the effect
will be very attractive. without making
it more difficult to laundry.
The other day half a dozen women
were talking together. not one of whom
had money in her own or her husbands
right. All were the wives Of men on
saiaries-high salaries.
Said one Of them:-tIt is dreadful how
our ideas grow without our bank ac-
counts growing in proportion. Now, we
have inst as much, and no more. than
we had to live on ten years ago. And yet.
where once / should not have thought of
spending more than si7 or SIS for my
little girls winter coats. now I would
not dream of starting out to buy one
without at least $40 TO pay for IT., "a
The rest fully agreed with her and APP
parentiy in all good faith. What, to use
the trite old cry, are we coming tor
Here were women Of supposed sense, and