The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-05

! is sprinlIled literally about the dress
ing case, one may almost imagine the
| flowers TO be natural
If there is an old or plain dressing
case unpopular in the house for this
| reason, the owner of il may become
the envy of the household if she will
| invest in a few rolls of Grape paper and
expend few hours time over it's
| transformation. Suppose a faint shade
! of lavender colored paper has been
! chosen for the dressing case drapery,
| some white being used with 1t. II is
| better If the mirror has a perfectly
| plain frame, for over this the paper
may be fastened smoothly with glue
| Violets, clematis, wistaria, purple
morning giories or sweet peas may be
! glued here and there on the paper upon
the frame, which is fluted by running
| the edges through the fingers.
| The dressing case is quite covered
with the crepe paper. On each end are
two deep lounces of the lavender paper,
Each of the drawers, too, is covered by
a fiounce of the paper The top is COW
cred by fat piece, the edges being
| hidden by the fluted border of the
| fiounces, which are rather full and are
| secured by the lacks. On each corner
OF the dressing case is placed a large
| DOW Of purple satin ribbon the bows
| being united by a piece of ribbon that
falls over the front Of the case In
stead of ribbon, crepe paper bows and
a strand of crepe paper ribbon may be
| adopted. The paper in the bows should
nave wire glued to its under surface
in order to make it stand out. The
edge of the crepe festooning should be
given fullness by futing it through the
fingers. ~
The draperies about the mirror are
hung from a hoop, the ends of which
are attached to the mirror. A roof of
! the crepe paper is made over the hoon
and from its sides fall curtains, Dor
dered with narrow futing. The hoop
IS concealed by a deep ruching of the
paper, the centre of which is a narrow
band of satin ribbon to match that used
below With pretty lace scarf over
the top of the dressing case. a white
ana lavender pincushion, bottles COW
cred with silk in the same shade. and
toilet accessories so far as possible in
harmony with this. the artistic effect
! IS one TO be greatly admired.
> Ihere is a very Chanting fashion of
making crepe paper shades this season
You get the shaded paper-say a
white roll tinged with pale blue edge
winch changes into pink-and tie it full
and securely with a string around tho
neck of the wire frame Don't cover
your frame by the way. Experts say
4 that the shade is lighter and that the
paper hangs better on frame which
has not been wound with paper or
muslin. The paper must be wide
, enough to make ruffie at the top and
/ to hang over in deep ruffie at the bot
/ tom.
Outlining the edge of the frame
should be garlands of tiny pink roses
very small and very close together
They ought to be fastened at the cor
ners with wired bows of narrow green
satin ribbon, the long ends of which
can hang down over the ruffle.
A little wreath of roses will conceal
the string at the top of the shade, and
you will have one Of the daintiest,
Frenchiest creations imaginable.
This winter however. the three-ruf-
he lamp shade is in the highest favor.
1t affords an opportunity of combining
very artistic cOlors for the outside ruff
te is made from one of the lowered
papers that are so popular, the middle
one is generally one Of the darker col
ors of the design and the under ruffie
corresponds to the body color of the
outside one.