Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-16
Burn the background

is happy choice. Burn the background
80 that the poppy is thrown up in relief
in Its own rich tinge: line with silk the
color of the background, and close with
silk cord Of the same shade run through
a shirr. For the ivory velveteen. GRO
cuses or dOgwood are appropriate designs
Blue velveteen works up beautifully in
this way.
For a housekeeper. "A receipt-book bound
! in burned leather is a useful and pretty
gift. To carry out the idea of the day
copy, on the first pages receipts for East
er dishes and menus for Easter luncheons
ard dinners To make it, take Two pieces
~ leather half an inch larger all around
than the book you wish 10 place inside
use the suede or undressed side for the
outer surfaces: stitch on the iusides nap
of leather three inches wide into which
the cover Of the blank book is to be
slipped. punch holes In the covers oppo-
s!ie TO the flaps. and just back of these
holes stitch q strip two Inches wide: Lace
across with ii narrow thong of leather.
ard finish the edge by oyerhandlng with
a thong passed through holes which have
been punched In. Burn on the upper COW
er pretty little Gretchen-the model
hnusekeeper-in cap and apron.
Sachets are always welcome, ana their
range OF usefulness is wide one. Their,
is me sachet made of lavender linen in
the form of an envelope with an inter
lining of wadding and sweet perfume of
the old ia hioned lavender for the house
wife TO lay between tablecloths and nap
kins. These should be in sets of three;
one u by for tabIecloths, second by
1 for napkins and a third round and six
inches In diameter for doilies. For the
latter take TWO circles GA the dimensions
given. fringe all around or work scailop
in buttonhole-stitch. If made Of lavender
linen, write in fancy script on the upper
side OF each. the use for which Ii is des-
lgnated and outline ne words with white
silk. They may be made of white linen
and embroidered with scattered sprays OF
lavender.
The prettiest bureau drawer sachets are
made of wide MORE rIODon. Double a
yard and half; cut it in TWO and fringe
the ends for an inch. For bride, cream
MORE ribbon four inches wide can be
painted or embroidered with single
Easter lily: put in an interlining of fine
wadding sprinkled with her favorite per-
fume.
For the handkerchief or ribbon box,
mount a photograph on ribbon, fringe me
ends and tack sachet on the back A
head of the Madonna or one of Raphaers
cherubs. or of any sweet baby face is
charming, mounted in this way
At a pink Easter luncheon the favors
were of wide MORE apple-biossom pink
silk a square was folded into triangle.
filled with waddng and sachct powder
A design Of Easter lilies. the name of the
recipient ana the date were painted on.
But perhaps the. right kind of a little
book-one Of which you have been the
compiler-is in many cases the truly ideal
Easter remembrance. The covers can De
of celluloid or of heavy artists paper
painted with dove. a cross or lily. its
inner pages attached 10 the cover with
a broad white satin bow: write on tnese
pages In quaint lettering. quotations from
your friends fdvorite author. or. If you
are sending ii tn some shut-in whose
tastes you are not familiar with, from
Drummond or the Bible. or from some
poet The recipient will not be slow to
see the labor OF love involved
On this line was the remembrance that
came to a lady last Easter from her son
and daughter VINO We're students in Par
is. Every one in that happy city keeps
one or more birds. These Young people
rad crlivened their exile with an even
two dozen, which the mother had come
10 KNOW py name and charac teristcs. On
let bound neatly in rough gray paper with
Jagged edres. On eacn one of its heavy
white pages Enthusiastically dressed and
posed to display its peculiar ACCOMPLISH
ment or character was a bird drawn in
India ink and bearing scroll or card or
slate inscribed with Easter greetings.