Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-05
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WASTE. BASk ELS.
Commonly Used Now in House as Wen
Hill Once and Made in Great Variety.

once anu Altht III NhlttaA NtA-' NNT'
man would not have to be So very
old-if he could 20 back thirty or forty
wears II would be cnuuSh-to recall Z lille
when waste baskets were pracucaliy an
alike made in various sizes, but the
treat majority Of them made round ana
tnring at the top. like an upturned peti.
Thay we're made of willow. the twigs be
inc assembled in fiat bands half 4 dozen
wigs wide these bands being woven INTO
a basket form with diagonal crosspar
weave. This kind of waste basket Is sun
sold but il is now only one Of man!
STYLES which have gradually come lnlo
use. Office waste baskets are made now
adays in a hundred varieties OF styles
Baskets woven with the willow rods OF
which they are made standing upright.
parallel and close together. q sort nov
long familiar, are MADE slu're - s'ia III
made in various sizes and baskets OF thlS
sort are made round and slightly narlhS;
'Ehey are made also in both round ana
sullare shapes. straight sided. ana IN the
very tall forms. both square and GYM
drical in shape in which they are seen ~
wicker baskets. Office baskets Of this
kind of weave. of straight willow RODS.
are also made triangular in shape 70 II
into corners: they are made half round,
that is with one, side rounding ana inc
other side fiat to hang against wall OF
on a railing: they are made with one side
cnncave to fit over column, and also ~
octagonal and other shapes
Besides these various STYLES OF baskets
in basketwork of the more familiar kinds.
there are various other shapes and styles
of waste baskets in other kinds ana com
binations of basketwork. While the IN
crease in the variety of waste baskets
made for Office use has been in the past
thirty or forty years ar ieast llteresILiE,
if not remarkable, the increase WITHIN
the same period in the variety of waste
baskets made for household use has been
much greater still. Such baskets are now
far more commonly used in houses than
they formerly We're. Where there might
have heen used a single one, and that III
the library, there may be used now half
dozen in as many rooms IN Q slngi"
house. Years ago there were made few
STYLES of fancy work baskets for house
hold use. but only a few; now such has
<ets are made in great variety. There
were seen in a wholesale basket estah-
lishment household waste baskets in 500
or more styles. and new designs are con
stantly being added.
These baskets which are all more or
less ornamental, are made in great va
riety Of shapes; square and round and
oval. straight sided, flaring, barrel
shaped, vase shaped, and in many othe"
designs as to shapes. And they are made
If willow, and of straw, and of rush, and
Of palm and of various combinations Of
two or more materials, and they arc
made in many colors and combinations of
colors. AS to the weaves, the baskets are
made in almost endless variety. The bas
ketS used in houses years ago We're often
ornamented with ribbons woven in and
out of the baSketwork and in other ways.
Some baskets are made nowadays in such
4 manner that ribbon may be woven into
them. but the greater number are close
woven throughout; these, however, are
often further adorned, as, perhaps, with
ribbon These household waste baskets
are sold at various prices. from % cents
up to 81; many of them are artistic and
beautiful specimens of ba SketWOrk.