The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-25
THE HOME.
WORKED ON LINEN.

They are cut with one pointed and one
square end, close to the required size,
with button and buttonhole, and have
small design of an initial jewel or in
itial flower letter, or a tiny spray, en-
broidered on the outside toward the
pointed end.
Jewelled initial letters are much in IA
vor. They are outlined in gold color or
royal blue Japan or Turkish floss, and
then set with embroidered jewels; roses,
forget"me nots and all kinds of flowers
are also embroidered in sprays on the lin
en- with the Japan floss.
A very pretty variety can be obtained
in this manner for half @ dozen or more
rings. The linen is cut into strips about
Ia inches wide and inches long, which
allows of one quarter inch turnings all
round A true half-square point IS made
at one end of each eight-inch strip BEFORE
the rings are made up. The embroidery
is also done of the upper piece before put
ting together, and the design is placed
near, but not too close to the pointed emu,
SO that when buttoned the design VIII
be uppermost, thus enabling the mem
bers of the family to distinguish thelr
own rings at glance. Inc emproluereu
piece is then sewn to plain pieco for a
lining, turned through the square end,
smoothed, pulled in shape, the square END
blindstitched up and tiny trail of briar
stitch or French dots carried all round the
ring to keep the edges in shape. A but
tonhole is worked in the point, and the
ring completed by a button at the other
end.
watch ctapd ic aacilv p,ada from lin
en-. Have piece of pasteboard square;
round off the two top corners SO that the
top will form a half CIRCLE Now have
two pieces of linen. On the front piece
embroidered scrolls, with jewels set here
and there, using for the scrolls gold
colored Japan floss, and working the Jew
| els in their natural colors, padding first
with cotton to give them raised appear
ance. The back piece of linen may have
three initials or monogram, worked
with the Japan floss, gold colored. Now
overland the two place on the cardboard.
! Finish with a hook on front for the
watch, and add support for ~the back of
stand.
| An embroidered linen needlebook is
pretty and easy to make. Take two pieces
of cardboard 3x4 inches, covered on the
outside with white linen which has pre-
viously been with Japan floss in pink
and green with small punches of trail
! ing arbutus. Each cover is lined with
pink silk. OF course any other flower
book is fastener together with two bows
of baby ribbon, and two pieces of the
same are placed on front for closing.
| A dainty white linen penwiper is
among the pretty things this year. 1t is
made of a round piece of white linen,
three inches across, embroidered with a
wreath of tiny forget-me-nots, and fin
| iahed with buttonholed edge Use
Japan floss. Three pieces of channels skin
| form the penwiper and are pinked on
the edges. They are fastened to the lin
en- with ring covered with white silk.
| An appropriate birthday gift for the
busy friend noted for many engagements
| is the memorandum block. 1t is of card
board five by three inches, covered with
white linen, on which spray of holly
with its berries and leaves has been en-
| broidered with Japan floss in red and
green or some dainty flower spray can be
used. Colored linen makes even prettier
ones, pale blue for example. At the
back is fastened small block OF paper
Full bows of narrow ribbon are attached
| to each upper corner, and long loop Is
added to hang it by. Another piece of
ribbon holds q small pencil. All these
| linen articles when soiled may be washed
| to look as good as new, If ivory soap is
used, this icing pure white soap con-
|
| article, but make a suds and then rub the
article through it.
POPULAR BAGS.
/ The "reticule" or bag of our grand
mothers has been revived by each succeed
| ing generation. After the abolition of
the pocket envious woman found it nee
essary to have something in which to
carry her handkerchief and her fancy work
and her marketing hence the evolution
Of the bag. Now, says the Ladies Home
Journal, one sees all sorts of bags in the
hands of lovely woman as she makes her
round of the shops and the market house.
There are homely leather bags. pretty
silk ones, and little crocheted affairs
which dangle from her belt and suffice
merely to hold q dainty kerohief and a
smelling bottle.
| Harper's Bazaar notes the return of party
bags They are made generally of satin
brocade, lined with silk or satin to CORES.
pond, and large enough to hold pair
of dancing shoes or slippers. They are
| about half yard long and quarter Of a
yard wide, shirred at the top. and
gathered on a satin ribbon about quar-
| ter of an inch wide. Some of the girls
who wish to be very chic put q thin in
terlining in their bags, well sprinkled
with orris-root, which gives them de-
| lightful odor.
These party bags are being put to all
sorts of uses. The girls find them indis-
pensable at the theatre in the evening,
since hats have been abolished, as they
take off thier little toques and stow them
away in their bags. Then they use them
great deal, made up in darker colors, of
course, to carry slippers, gloves, fans.
etc, if they are going to receive at
friends house and do not care to go to
the expense of a carriage. A very pretty
one was seen the other day carried by .
Young debutante. 1t was of dark blue
velvet lined with pale blue, and had her
monogram embroidered on it in silver.
They are also made in black silk or satin
and lined with bright plaid.
A CREAMY RICE PUDDING.
One and half teeaoupful of boiled rice,
two-thirds teacuprul of raisins, two eggs,
one half teacupful of sugar, one pint of
milk, one-half teaspoonful Of salt, one