Evening star., 1900-12-22
LINEN EMBROIDERIES
WITH POINSETTA OR HOLLY IN THH
DECORATION
Centerpieces for Dinner Use or Whole
Sets for LuncheOn-The
Menu Cards.


| Written lor Inc fVeHlnS STAR
Holiday embroderies are glorious Wis
| lon Never before has the display of ems
broidered table centers, doilies, cushion
| covers, handkerchief and glove cases. pho-
tograph holders pincushion covers, tea and
| tray cloths been good to look upon and
| so novel in design.
Not only do the womens exchanges have
| large stocks of embroideries but the shou
! windows and showcases are filled with en-
| tlclng squares and circles of embroidered
! linen. The fact Is, embroideries for house
| hold use have never been so popular. There
| Is sale for anything in that line that is
/ dainty and unique
The revival of masSaye, ,old-fashioned fur
| nture for general use has had great deal
! to do with popularizing the embroidered
linens The heavy, rich tables, sideboards
and bureaus require something for the
| protection of their surfaces. No one Of
! taste would think of using aught but an
| embroidered table set for one of the we'll
| polished mahogany or walnut dining tables
whose chief charm lies in its costly wood
! or fine carved border.
Linen embroidered with white or colored
silk is the structure of the average table set
Tinted fabrics sometimes substituted
| for the pure white, but the effect is not
| so happy after long wear, as the bright col
| ors invariably lose some of their beauty in
washing Table sets of linen and lace are
| striking. Those that combine both lace
| and embroidery are the most costly They
| may be made at home, however and in
| that case as presents are doubly priced by
/ the recipients.
POinsetta blossoms.
A luncheon set has a large centerpieca
and individual pieces numbering half
| dozen.
| The material used in fashfoning this
handsome set is brownish tan canvas not
| unlike bagging, but more pliable and finer.
The material is very wide, so that each
piece of the set is cut from single width.
| The design embroidered is poinsetta
| blossom and foliage. This pattern is drawn
upon the surface of the linen in a bold,
| rather aggressive outline.
The flower is embroidered in the natural
! red of the blossom, the foliage being done
! i'll soft greens.
The most satisfactory way to copy tbs
! or any other flower Is to buy one of the
! natural plants and then let the shading and
cCloring follow nature.
With Russian Borders.
| Around the centerpiece and around each
| of the plate doilies is laid a piece of hand
| made Russian lace quarter of a yard deep
| and scalloped at the top and bottom. The
canvas is scalloped where it meets the lace to
| fit into the rounds of the trimming. Great
! est care must be used in applying the lace
| to the canvas; otherwise it Will draw and
! the effect of the decoration be altogether
| s.oiled.
| On the plate dcilies only a single large
| flower. with foliage is worked. The lace
around the edge of these should be only
| four inches deep and applied to the seal
| lops cut out in the canvas in the case
! of the centerpiece.
| In there is difficulty in securing lace
| to match the tan canvas an ecru lace may
| be colored with solution of tea to exactly
| match the canvas.
| Centerpiece of Fruit.
On the centerp.ece candelabrum with
! shades and candles of tone lighter than
| the flowers will form a most effective and
| picturesque decoration. A basket of fruit
| in which yellow oranges contrast with rud-
| dy apples and golden bananas forms a
| frame for white and purple grapes.
At each plate menu card in which is a
| touch of red a pretty flower. white OF
| red, to match the ponsetta, forms an eff,
| fectiVe souvenir of the dinner.
The brightness of the poinsetta is In CON
trast with the somber tones of the dining
room furnishings for most fashionable din.
ing rooms now somberly furnished.
Holly and mistletoe each make decora-
tive borders for embroidered table sets, and
such patterns make the linen especially ap-
propriate for use on Christmas day as weN
as just the things to present for holiday
remembrances.