The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-28
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cast hut little and one mornings work
viii evoke a tasteful affair. Here are
some simple directions given to me by
q woman who is an expert in the work.
Choose for foundation a cheap splint-
seated rocker, of tho variety generally
termed porch chairs For bedroom use
a low chair Is best.
Paint this a pretty red or green. and
have your paints mixed at the nearest
paint shop. as amateur compounds are
apt to prove unsatisfactory. If 3 bright
gloss is liked copal varnish should be
used. and turpentine varnish II a dull
~unglazed look is preferred.
cut the foundation of the cushion from
ordinary ticking and stuff this with the
curled hair used In mattresses. Straw,
covered with something downy-as a top
layer of hair or feathers-will also serve
~ell. An excelsior spread over in the
same way is soft and comes cheap.
For covering the cushions ut this time
of the year use eretonne or chintz-a
bright. cool pattern to accord with the
color of your chair. 1t should to be
at its prettiest. be ruffled. A good width
for the ruffle is three inches. This
must be stiffly starched. as a iabby ruche
is disflguring.
Common starch is not suitable for this
use. Upholsterers make an exceptionally
strong dip by mixing starch with ISM
glass. For this dissolve in cold water
a small piece of ~isinglass about two
inches square and afterward mingle with
the starch.
when the ruffle is pressed and stiff plat
in small box plaits three-fourths of an
inch wide. Plait from wrong side and
then, still on the wrong side, catch the
plaits to a tape half way from the top
The lower edge can be made pretty by
futing. This should be slightly dampen-
ed and futed with the irons. A pair OF
curling tongs will serve for want of the
regular article.
In attaching this ruffle space must
be left for legs of the chair. This rufle
should not come together at the corners,
but should be put on from the sides of
the cushion, leaving open spaces at the
corners.
Provide yourself with a yard of elastic
cord. From this are cut small strips
used to hold the end of each rutfle about
the chair leg. The elastics should be
sew securely to each ruffle.
And now for the back of the chair.
The cover for this is made double. 1t IS
a pretty arrangement to allow the rufle
to hang over the top of the chair. The
reason for having the cover double Is that
this allows of its slipping over the chair
frame, and in this way being held secure
" in place. The front must be heavily
padded as In the case of the lower
cushion.
Cheap porch chairs, excellent for the
purpose, come at IS cents, 81 and A-2o.
With cheap. ginghams at 6z cents to 10
cents a yard, or cretonne from 10 to 20
cents. the cost of a pretty chair amounts
TO little.
A word as to coloring. The scheme of
your wall paper and other furniture must
of course, be considered. But neverthe-
less try to select some pattern in your
material which has a decided summer eff
feet. a dash of red Will fit we'll into
most summer rooms. Green, in any one
attractive. Electric blue is still another
tint ideal for the purpose, although per-
haps a bit harder to secure.
The clothes moth which posters the
modern housewife was known to an
tiquity, for Job mentions "a garment that
is moth eaten This interesting fact may
not comfort the woman who finds her
winter clothes reduced TO tatters by these
household pests. but some knowledge of
the moths habits will aid her in prevent
ing their future ravages.
There are three species of clothes moth
indigenous to this country, but the one
most frequently met with in this latitude
is known to scientists as the Tinea Pei
ionella. It is the larva and not the
moth itself which attacks woolens, furs
and fabrics generally. out of which it be-
gins to weave itself a jacket as soon as it
is Matched. In the common specie above
referred to this larva is a duh white cat
erpiler with a light brown head.
The only effective method of preventing
its ravages is to be sure that the goods
stored away are free from the eggs and
that the trunk or box in which they are
stored has no eggs stored in the ere
vases. The most effective preventive
measures are beating, shaking or brush
ing and exposure to air and sunlight,
which rids the articles of all eggs which
would develop after storage. Various re-
pellants such as tobacco, camphor, naph-
thaline balls, cedar chips and sprigs are
only valuable if the garments are not
already stocked with eggs, as the mother
cannot i've IN Sucl an atmosphere. 10
spray with benzine from an ordinary
atomizer the cracks and crevasses of a
closet or trunk in which goods are to be
stored is effective, as is also the lining
of sucA receptacles with tar paper.
After thorough beating and brushing
the articles to be protected should be
wrapped in strong paper. Furriers who
do not employ cold storage merely apply
these simple measures coupled with an
examination every two or four weeks.
The use of cold storage for moth protec-
ton has grown extensively during the
past few years.
Cloth-covered furniture and cloth-lined
carriages which are stored or left un-
used for considerable periods in summer
should be sprayed several times with
benzine or naphtha during April and
June. Another way to protect such arti-
cles is to spong them very carefully with
a dilute solution Of corrosive sublimate
in alcohol. made just strong enough not
to leave a white stain.
Edward y. Box. writing under the
caption Of Breaking Down the Fences
gives some wholesome and sensible adj
vice to young girls in the August Ladies'
Home Journal and sounds a warning
against allowing them too much freedom
of action-too Ruch liberty. Mr., Box dis