The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-06
FOR FEMININE READERS
PHOTOGRAPHY SUBSTITUTED FOR
EMBROIDERY IN FANCY WORK.
RepOse of Manner a Most Desirable
QuaIity--A Matrimonial Game-A
Hint to Amateur MiIIiners.

The latest application of photography is
combining it with needlework and lace for
table decoration, says the Philadelphia
Press. Linen and silk table covers, table
centers and doilies can be most artistically
illustrated. One particularly effective set
is made Of Japanese linen. The table cover
is fringed, with a photograph of a land
scape in each of the four corners. Around
these corner Illustrations are worked deli
cate colored autumn flowers, just the kind
one finds by the country roadsides during
October, for the set is made as a memento
Of an autumn trip awheel and the illustra-
tons all picture some pretty bit of land
scape episode or companion seen during a
journey
The doilies all have in their centers a
photograph several times smaller than those
on the lunch cloth. These pictures in each
of which the wheels and their owners are
always present, are framed by a Dresden
pattern of the same wild flowers seen in the
cloth. The center piece, which is round, has
a series Of miniature pictures in which a
history Of the entire trip is illustrated.
These photographs are also framed by
wreaths of tiny blossoms and have very
much the effect of series of medaIlions.
The maker of this dainty set, who, it is
needless to say, is a devotee to both the
wheel and the camera, as well as an expert
needle woman, gives the following advice
and suggestions about the work: 1.-THE first
care must be to select bold, sharpIy-cut
negatives for the illustrations. Then pro-
coed to sensitize the fabric-linen, we will
say. First make certain that the material
contains no dressing or any ingredient that
may cause stains. This is easily done by
washing it well in clean water. The best
medium for salting of fabrics is arrowroot
If directions are carefully carried out fail
ures with it should never occur.
Make a sailing solution by taking a tea
spoon of arrowroot and adding to it a suf-
hcient quantity of water to make a smooth
paste. Now put in an enamel kettle or other
vessel from which there is no possibility of
stain, quart or more of clear water, into
this dissolve sufficient fine table salt to
make the water slightly salt to the taste.
When this comes to boil, pour into it the
arrowroot PASTE stirring all the while, until
thin, gelantinous fluid is formed. Then
set aside to cool. When cold, the linen, hay
ing been well washed in clear water, is i'm
mersed in the arrowroot solution. After be-
ing thoroughly saturated it is taken out and
dried before a quick fire. 1t should dry
slightly stiff. When dry sensitize by inn
mersing 1t in a bath composed of $50 grains
of nitrate of silver dissolved in three ounces
of clear cold water and rendered slightly
acid by inserting glass rod dipped in nitric
acid. In perfectly clear earthen dish place
as much of this nitrate of silver solution
will thoroughly saturate the dry sailed
cloth a few seconds immersion is suffi-
cient Then hold the cloth before the brisk
fire and airy it a second time. Again it
should dry slightly stiff and without stains
Now brilliant prints can be pulled with
out trouble. Such operations may be done
in a DULY lighted room instead of a dark
one, provided the cloth is dried off rapidly
before a brisk fire. 1t is not difficult OPP
GRAFTON in any sense and period of ten
minutes is sufficient TO prepare piece Of
cloth and have it in the printing frame
IL Is best always TO have the ,loth freshly
prepared In printing the image should APP
pear a good deal darker before it IS taken
from the printing frame than il is intended
to appear when finished. for the density
will be lost in the toning and fixing pro-
cesses. After the printing is finished the
cloth is washed slightly in three changes
of water as rapidly as possible TO remove
the free silver. The print is then immersed
in an ordinary acetate of gold toning bath.
The image viii tone rapidly TO Gcep purple
black. and after a slight washing IS fixed
in weak hypo in the usual manner. The re-
suit is a delightful photograph on Cloth CT