The times., 1897-11-26

white, pearl, pink, or ash gray ground,
with bouquets of flaming tiger lilies,
pconies, scarlet roses, double daffodHs and
hibiscus or DeIargoniunls. The paper is
ian plated, dropped over tentsha ped wire
frame and edged with q bead fringe or n
ribbon quilting. These are not expensive
aud they are very lovely.
The most costly OF the new shades are
made from pieces of rich old brocaded
silk, scraps OF priests vestments or rem
nants OF ancestral coats anG petticoats
They are either fan plated and edged
with rich bullion fringe, or faced with
white silk and stretched over a circular
ire frame of empire shape, with a frili
OF yellow, century -old lace frofa coat
sleeves or Revolutionary lady's pointed
silk bodice It il 10 secret that these
special shades fetch prices as high as $75
tc $3.50. eo,
Between these costly pieces IF brio q
brac, the flower lamps, worth from S15
To 500. and the wall paper shades thaK
any deftfinpered woman can make her
self at an outlay of 81 or So, or buy at
that price in the shops, there are the
stililioPular and loyel y ysiIk-scrcencd lamps
Electric light, it has been found, niuSt be
filtered through three theknesses of silk
to give il the tender, becoming glow Of
wa@ candles and 10 II Important Tor wuuI-
Ell who use electric bulbs in place OF oil
i'll their lamps 10 know how 70 nodulate
the drawing room, light. The best effect
is had by covering a wire frame first with
a fail of pure " mite chiffon; over this mast
| 20 81 cover OF pale green liberty silk, anl
| Oh top OF that yellow china silk By
| pinlSiEg the edges of all three materials
and outliaging on the yellow sill, butter
| flies and flower sprays in silver spangles.
| the newest dinner table lamp shades are
| made.
The tent, pagoda, and parasol frames are
| the forms now used for building shades
| on, almost 10 the exclusion OF the empire
| shape, and silver IRA wing-ro0 ard dinner
! table lamps still wear silk and tuiIe. petit
| coats The prettiest novelty in these
| new falTIcs is asskade made al of pink
tulle frills, fastened on ball-shaped frame
| Wit! Wreaths OF yarieeated cssnvOlulus,
or smi2S, Or honeyStckle, falling thrUu gh
the thickness Of tulle down on the white
table cloth below.
Another cIuse-fittiHg shade, built on a
| ball frame. IS made Of mauve and gray
! green SILK to exactly stimulate big Scotch
thistle growing close about the long white
glass Chimney. Every ole of these designs
is, OF course, copied IN nfnisture for aFJ-
plication as candle shades, while a pretty
oddity ia the shape Of a candle screen, is a
big pink wild rose, its broad six petals
drawn back to enclose the yellow heart,
in which fat gold aud brown bee Is busy
at his labors. s-a-
Nothing has yet been found as perfect
substitute for candies on dinner table,
thoEgh the little twilight lamps. are al,
ways largely patronizedin their place, an,l
many rich women have their broad .nahog-
ani-s punctured and wired TO allow of fan
ciful schemes in electric lighting Col
ored wax candles in silver sticks, however.
maintain their prestige for elegance and
beauty. but she who buys the true wax
for her table should lay her candles iEgtse
ice box to harden for four or five hours be
fore dinner, and she should, moreover, 5ty
the new wax candles that have three PEP
forations down their entire length. By
this device as the heat meits the wax the
hot fluid, instead Of running down theest5-
side, falls in and drips through the perfo-
rations, and saves the csfndIestick and dam.
ask from clotted greases.so difficult tesIs,
move.