Evening star., 1898-12-10
where the system Begins.
GIFTS MADE AT HOME.
You Can Manufacture Many Useful
and Desirable Presents.
Fr.u Hnrnel-s Eazar.

From Harper : EaZar-
Fancy pillows for lounge. chair, settle or
window seat are more in vogue than ever,
and the new designs this season are un-
usually varied and handsome. To make
pillow is a very simple matter, the only
difficulty being in following some elaborate
design for the pillow slip. as the pillow,
stuffed with down or fine feathers, horse
hair. or other suitable filing. can be bought
already made or can be fashioned at home.
The slips are made separately.
A uoticeably smart pillow is of pale
blue hnen Of finest quality, covered with
an all-pyer pattern Of white embroidery
done in white linen floss the design an open
one. with Just that touch OF high art in its
composition which makes il look so chic
and correct. The slip is left open on one
side, and after the pillow is placed inside
the two edges of the slip are laced together
ny a white silk cord and tassels eyelet-
holes being worked on each side about an
inch apart. The cord is tied at the top of
the pillow in double bow. and with the
tassels hanging down is pretty and novel
III effect.
O5lorg pillows are IN favor, and a rich
one i OF red velvet, on which are set fig
ures. large and small and of diverse shapes,
cut from satin of the delicate shades of
pink. violet. green. old gold and blue har-
nroniously arranged 10 form and color,
AMI all embroidered on with silk floss about
their edges The pillow is finished with q
big silk cord combining in hue all the
shades used in the embellIshment of the
velvet
new design for a masculine pillow Is
very taking 1t is OF a strong and hand
some quality OF light brown linen-the reg
uiar linen shade-and is decorated with
hAnd-embrOidered representations Of cards.
pipes, tobacco pouch and other masculine
belongings. The cards are arranged across
the top OF the pillow, and are worked on to
look as il a red ribbon, half an inch wide,
held them in place. bits of IL showing be-
tween the cards, and a short hutterinS end
coming out at each side. The cards are
the queens of diamonds, clubs and hearts,
and the aces of clubs and hearts-the
queens next each other and to the left.
AL are embroidered in the real card colors,
and are bright in hue, red rather predomi-
mating Just below this row of pictures are
a number Of round chips or counters of
red and blue, also reaching all across the
pillow and grouped with careless artistic
effect. Lower still are two elaborate pipes
crossing each other, the handle of one tied
with a red ribbon. They are at the right
ara near them, at the left is a pretty to-
barCO bag in two shades OF pale green
while cigarettes and matches-Some of the
latter lighted and burned out-ere strewr
about the bag and pipes In the extreme
lower left corner are few little books pre-
sunably the authorities on the game OF
cards.
\ dainty little pillow for baby is of fine
WEite linen made up over pink. 81 line OF
simple drawn-work running entirely abou,
the square an inch from the edge. In the
center is a wreath of small pink blossoms
with their delicate buds and leaves, foul
or five inches in diameter and inside this
sEe word Baby
An exquisite specimen Is of white satir
embroidered In hoss-silk with a huge spray
of American beauty roses and buds-nC
te@Fes-spreading upward and across from
th3 lower right-hand corner. Around the
odge OF the pillow Is ruffie formed by
satherins white satin ribbon, three inches