The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-09
FOR FEMININE READERS
DECORATIVE HINTS TO BE CARRIED
OUT IN SUMNER LEISURE.
styles in summer Wrnp s-Very short
should BE Worn While New.

To those who are planning happily how
70 beautify new homes, after the autumn
weddings, l would propose the old-time
fancy of embroidering a set of chair COW
erings. says a writer i'm the New York Post.
Having decided on the coloring of a room,
these can be adapted TO the carrying out of
your plan. A two-toned damask, say of
fawn and wood colors, makes a good foun-
dation. Let us suppose we are planning
for a library. Having decided how many
chairs and of what shapes, the upholsterer
will give you the dimensions in square or
rather ~straight-lined pieces, required for
seats, or seats and backs, as you may
wish. Say that you have chosen a design
of fawn-colored feur-de-lis on a wood
colored ground; use these for your pattern
and nil in this always beautiful pattern in
solid work In dull blues. shaded very close
~, and outline with gold thread, or vary
them in all the many shades of fawn-
browns and outline with blue. Or, il you
prefer greater variety, get several varying
designs, and use the same color scheme of
notifications of the blue and wood colors,
as your fancy may dictate. This combina-
ton. with oak-stained bookcases (the true
wood, but darkened), and a dull blue car
pet and lounge, viii be very novel and eff
fective. Where industry and time allow,
the curtain borders and lounge cushions
can all be made en- suite,
Very striking and beautiful curtain bor-
ders can be made by taking a good design
of damask bordering, say of blue and white
or green and white, and enriching it by en-
bToidering the flowers, or arabesques, as
you think best. Adding a little gold thread
~Judiciously, not too lavishly, produces an
Eastern effect very desirable. l do not like
to see time and material wasted on too frail
coloring. / knew Of a set Of rose-colored
chair seats, etc, made in Lyons by special
order and worked in this country by skilled
needIeWomen in WreathS of white ivy
leaves. The upholsterer who showed them
to me had to shade his sunny windows
while they were being made up. They faded
IN one mornings exposure TO strong light.
These same graceful Wreaths if worked in
their natural greens on a darker ground
would have been beautiful and lasted d
To some of us work gains a largely added
charm from the knowledge that its product
will relieve suffering and give comfort.
There is a wide field from which to choose,
and the expense is the smallest of any sort
or SO-called fancy work" Knitted or GRO
cheted petticoats for children are most
eagerly sought for by the various hospitals
and refugees for children, and welcomed
with a~cclamations by any club or order of
women who distribute clothing. To knit a.
AAlAAA III
shoulder straps), and knit or crochet a full
warm skirt to attach to it, and finish it
with a pretty crochet edging, is to provide
a warm and useful garment at almost a
minimum of cost and labor, and you can
not but enjoy constructing it, for it is so
certainly satisfactory. Germantown knit
ting yarns are the best for the purpose,
and gray ones. with stripes of scarlet and
plue IN the skirt, are well adapted for hard
usage.
One very delicate young friend of mine
sent sixteen Tam OShanter' caps. TWEEN
ty-four crOcheted hoods. six petticoats for
children from five 20 eleven, and three for
little tots, as the result of an invalid sum
mer, spent largely on a couch. and [ doubt
II a more valuable donation cauld have been
devised for those she was interestedin. They
were every one pretty; she had greatly in
t~erested herself in the colors. stitches. etc.
they were well shaped and proportional.
ana proved, | am sure, a joy as we'll as a.
protection to each recipient. These things
are not easily soiled, can be laid down any
where and at any stage of their develop
ment, and are altogether to be commended
Tor summer idle hours.