The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-21
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you suggest to the housewives who hava
nttie money. yet artistic desires. Won
nave never mentioned the plan of the rag
carpet.
The readers of this page should not
hold up their hands in horror at the idea
OF 50 plebeian an affair in the dining
room or the family sitting room. but the
result Is very attractive. if the carpet is
nlade well and by q woman with a good
eye for color.
Il IS preferable to a hemp or ingram
carpet, because 1t is more durable. and
ooes not showSthe marks of muddy or
dusty feet SO plainly.
~ rag carpet, as in other things, there
nave been many Improvements since the
uays OF u grandmothers, and many of
nose now made are artistic and beauti-
Iul; SO great a demand for this kind of
moor covering has arisen that it is regu-
iarly quoted in the catalogues of carpet
dealers. and In many large cities their
manufacture has become an established
industry. They are certainly economical
Tor they cost nothing but the small
amount paid for the chain and weaving.
ana VIII bear an immense amount of
hard wear.
0@ SOtOAS wei IllAGQ ana SeW6Q
NIT or miss, warped with dark chain. can
hardly fail to produce a good effect. and
some of the carpets thus made are beau
tifui, having the appearance when the
colors are j~udiciously chosen of rich
Turkish carpeting. Such a carpet is
suitable for a bed room, but it is too dark
Tor a room in constant use, for it is a
Wei known fact that a dark carpet shows
dust and dirt more than a lighter one.
All white or very light goods should be
eolored- The stripes should not be more
than a yard long to produce the best eff
rect, and should be cut narrow, so the
carpet will not be coarse and heavy.
The warp may be of two contrasting
colors, woven in honeycomb style. or
several colors may be used, arranged in
stripes One and one-fourth pounds of
rags viii, if fine n even, make one yard
OF carpet. Never buy any but the best
OF chain and allow one pound for every
three yards.
preparing the rags for the carpet need
not be the tedious and disagreeable task
II IS sometimes considered. In fact. a
basket OF stripes ready to sew makes
NANCY ana enjoyable pickup work for
! ooa moments, as it may be lone almost
mechanically. requiring less mental exer-
@CSo Il hlilllllS OF a Shocking
or a bit of lace.
the carpet is to be hit or miss the
material should all be cut and mixed be-
lore any is sewed in balls, SO the co1ors
may De evenly distributed and uniform
throughout.
me rags should then be put in bags.
Where they vii, be safe from dust. After
sewing wind into balls weighing about
q pound each. 1t is but little trouble
"hen a rme is worn out to select
a portions suitable for carpet rags.
1sasing out all seams and thick, heavy
piaces' wash and lay the pieces away.
- IS surprising how soon a large amount
= material will accumulate or how little
Work It is to prepare it.
some housekeepers always prefer strip
- ealpets and are always anxious to get
opretty designs. During a recent
VISIT 10 q weaver | saw some beautiful
Fstriped carpess- The plain stripe of one
was MADE OF dark rags sewed hit or miss;
the bright stripe was composed of three
threads OF blue, two of white, two black. |
TWO yellow, four light green, four green. /
Iour dark green, two black. three pink. |
four light red, four red. two dark red
xNA ACAi biaCh. Lit white rags We're
5yed green, red, blue and pink and used |
66Fr this The black is the centre of the
ancy stripe and the preceding eoiors are
reversed for the other half.
Now If one cannot afford the new car
pet one would like gather up the rags |
in the closets and attic and convert them 1
into a carpet. One win be sure to he
pleased with the result and the expense |
will be co small fbot onx@
1t.
The young members of society are hay- |
ing a good time just now over a sport |
called Globe Trotting." 1t is conducted
somewhat upon the plan of progressive |
euchre, but is very new, and is a prime |
favorite.
If you want to make a bright even
ing for the young people with but little
trouble and expense, give a Globe Trot- |
ting affair.
If there are many guests-more than
half a dozen-proyide several small tables |
instead Of one large one, seat the play
ers at these. Be careful to allow elbow |
room for each, as writing will be nee
essary.
Provide each player with a long strip
or paper, three TO Iour lncneS wide, and
a pencil. Arrange that one of the play
ers act as timekeeper and arbiter.
The timekeeper decides upon a let
ter, any one in the entire alphabet
which he MAJ choose and announces it
aloud.
We will say that the letter be IS"
Each player writes upon his strip of
paper all geographical thanksgiving
with HSs-lakes, bays, countries, towns,
mountains and SO on. which he can think
of.
1t is necessary to both think and write
quickly, since seven minutes only are al
lowed for each round.
When the seven minutes have elapsed
the timekeeper places his watch upon the
table and calls Times up" The player
to the left hand of the timekeeper is |
then asked to read out the names on his
list.
AS this is done each player grasses Upon
his list all names which have been given
by another player. The person having
most names INCREASED upon his list is
winner of the round. The number of
rounds is ~relegated by choice, a different
letter being chosen for each one.
It will be seen that the winner is likely
to be a player who calls to her aid I'M
usual names,e5and those not readily
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