The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-22
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ing rooms which the hot DAYS are t.
be spent. For producing cool household
effects of color and design. And thu
family lamp has very much to do with
these cool suggestions.
The change Is. Of course, in. the aamt
shade. Heavy affairs used during thu
winter should be laid away and a new
enc concocted to suit coming weather.
A look about in some of the large shops
revealed summer lamp shades in Devil.
uering array. There were Delft shades
y Empire and photograph shades
shades OF crepe paper with knots OF
flowers and ribbon. O~etagonal shades
circular shades. shades In flower shapes,
and so on.
one lovely affair was in pink crepe
paper of two tints with a border of ia
panese paper embroidery in sage green.
Inc shade Wa built upon a stout wire
irame-precisely as in the case of winter
aHairs. The frame was circular with the
heavier tint of ~ arranged about it
IN what might be described as an under
skirt. Over this fell a skirt OF the lighter
tint with a Pinch border OF pale whitish
green embroidery. The opening at the
top Of the frame wa surrounded by a
runle some four inches high of the paler
shade of pink. Several knots of artificial
violets with bursts of pale violet ribbon,
attached here and there in folds of the
paper carried out an exquisite color
scheme.
A Delft affair of ~'octagonal shape was
a novelty. Views of Delft fishing smacks,
windmills, etc, had been daintily ex-
ecuted upon Boiling cloth; and each
view b11ilf oxar 1~h 1s,,a1 ooo,1fod a,a
of the octagonai Sides. A ruche of Delft
blue ribbon about the neck of the frame
produced a really unique effect.
A number of simple, cheap and pretty
affairs were evoked from plain card
board. covered with Powered cretonnes
or chintz. These were especially pretty
in yellow and white effects. The card
board had been folded first into the
shape of a huge cornucopia, then cut
bias in ordinary lamp-shade form, fitted
to the frame and covered smoothly with
the material.
Wash silks in pale. tints
formed the basis of a number of mex
pensive shades. A yard of the silk makes
both shade and ruffle for a lamp of
ordinary size.
A crepe paper shade of dull red hue
was discovered among others. This was
friiled, gathered and beruffled as the
popular red shade of winter days. The
I upper opening had a ruching two inches
high of black chiffon. Knots of arti-
.hcial peoples, mingled with black baby
ribbon, appepared tucked away in the
folds.
A shade of green crepe paper with red
carnations was just as pretty as it
sounds.
At a popular art store 1 noticed shades
made from heavy papers of dull red hues.
These were of the same simple shape as
the cretonne affairs mentioned above.
They were guiltless of frill, border or
flower. TIL decoration was h~and-painted
in Empire design of wreaths, torches,
etc.
Others in the same shop were charm
ingly mounted in photographs, one
photo being. framed in each octagon, of
the shade, or, in the case of a round
affair, at effective distances from each
other. I noticed that brown-tinted photos
were especially beautiful used in this
way. Small seblue prints" also created
pretty summertime ideas.
I was told by the director of a depart
ment in which Japanese lanterns are
sold that these are to be immensely popu-
lar for artistic cottages this year. The
department in question has laid in a
huge supply. Especially lovely affairs
in paler tints-pink with green and deli
cate yelllows. They will be used in
shadowy corners in doors, porehes, etc.
Chic designs for candle shades nave
never been more plentiful. The latest is
a Jar. scheme made in imitation of
the flower called .'sIowball.' 1t is ar
ranged upon a wire frame. A myriad of
small white artificial flowers are massed
together to form a globe. This globe
is hollow. The candle is inserted at the
lower hole and appears through the upper
opening.
"Yarbe teas they were popularity called
in grahdmother's day-those bitter COM
pounds in the way of medicines, con-.
coctea from herbs grown in the home
gardens.t And how they dosed the young
sters. with these herb teasi They were
beneficial, too. in spite of their bitter
ness, and many of the modern house
wives are resurrecting the good old
recipes for administering for simple all
ments. 1t is quite popular now for every
SdIdGh, HO tlldttTi toW EAtoit iA0FS L
herb bed, and here are some of the uses
to which the dried herbs are put
Catnip is found to be excellent for
nervous headaches. colds, slight fevers
and collie. It is also good to put in poul-
tices for boils and other painful swell
.ngs.
Sage is good for fevers, nervousness,
sore mouth and sore throat.
An infusion made from the root of a
plant called p~leurisy root is excellent for
colds and slight affections of the lungs. |
To prepare it CRATE the root, pour boiling
water over it, let it steep a few minutes
and drink it freely just before going to
bed.
Norwood is another good old-fash-
Toned herb. A simple tea made from it
is good for children troubled with worms.
The leaves. stepped in vinegar. make ex-
cellent applications for sprains, neuralgia
and pleurisy.
An excellent cough syrup may be made
by sleeping a handful each of hoarhound,
smartweed, thoroughwort and white-root
or pleurisy root. When stepped, strain. |
sweefen with loaf sugar and set the dish
on the pack of the stove until the syrup
is stewed down TO the ordinary consist
ench.
For summer complaint and diarrhoea
SEQ 1att,tra root hlacfyhcrrv root and tbr /