The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-05-08

| kHONS lIlul uiTk HtFtS hShtCH
ing has the biggest sofa cushions OF
| record. Her room is furnished in blacl
oak. One piece of furniture is n sofa
| broad and deep. On either end of thi
she has pillow nj least a yard and 1
| quarter square, filled with down ant
covered with red.
The girl who has her dark blue letter
| paper marked with her address in white
letters writes on the paper with white
ink. and when the letter is written seal.
| it with white sealing wax, sits back il
her chair and looks at the result of hel
efforts with great JOY 1T is scrump
| tious,' she says. 1T looks simply gOr
, geous."
White ink costs usually about Is cents
bottle, and it must be well shaken be
! fore used. The only trouble with it is
the effect if the ink is spilled. The effect
is not good if black ink is spilel, but
there is certain literary appearance
which is not the case with the white ink
1t appears us If the writer had been
| either making pies or playing with the
whitewash brush, and rather more the
latter than the former.
One woman who always seals her let.
tcrs when she has time, and thinks it is
worth while uses white wax. and is has
certainly lady like appearance. An
other woman uses wax the color of the
lettering of her address or the mono
gram on her letter paper, and another
woman always uses the. wax the color
of the paper she is using at the time.
Wax is a good thing to use in sending
letter in which there is anything of
value. A letter that is merely closed
with the mucilage on the envelope can he
opened and closed with the aid of little
steam and a little mucilage so that no
one would know it had been tempered
with. 1t is more difficult to open a let
ter that is sealed and it cannot be re-
sealed to look as before.
Linen for the table-dolles of diff
ferent kinds and centrepicces-come with
thin, fine linen, centres and heavy linen
colored lace around the edge. There are
napkins edged with the linen lace, set in
little at the corner to make it deeper
and give more ornamental appearance,
couple Of inches inside is a broad line
of drawnwork, and inside this in the cor
ner the monogram in white. Every one
would not like this, but there is certainly
charm about some of the linen which
goes with these pieces. which has plain
hrmstitched edges and monogram en-
b oidered on the white in the linen col
orcd floss. The combination of linen color
and white is always good. One can see
that in the materials for gowns and the
trimmings this year.
An English girl who was married re-
Gently had for wedding gown genuine
Empire dress, without even the effect
of waist that some of these quaint
frocks have. Two oval pieces of silver
tissue from under the arms fitted snugly
over the bust, and below that the gown
hung TO the fleor in soft lines. The neck
was cut round, and not even a jewelcd
collar took away the plainncss of the
effect This simplicity was only in the
unadorned throat which so few women
can show with good effect, for the gown
was gorgeous in ITSELF The sleeves and
upper part Of the gown covering the
shoulders We're of rich silver embroidery. =
while silver-spangled gauze covered
the satin of tho gown proper.
Flat rosettes made by any one who
knows how to do it are exceedingly styl-
lSh. dinner gown worn by a girl the
other day had the low round neck set
with row Of them. The gown was sim
ple--one of white taffeta, and the roscttcs
OF the same material, with yellow cen
tres.
Warning is given to anglomanacs that
the coming summer must be spent look
ing for the old-tinle spinning wheel.
Queen Alexandra has fondness for the
spinning wheel, it is stated, on excellent
and amuses herself upon oc-
'asi"ns by spinning. She is fond enough
Of her spinning wheel to have had her
picture taken with it. Could anything
more be said to prove the truth of the
statement? Old spinning wheels are still
o he found. but if they once get into
he shop they cost as much as If they
we're to be used only for Queens and |
'rncesses for spinning cloth Of gold.
A new narrow ribbon. which is sold Mt |
q cents piece, has been brought ont TO |
axe the place of the narrow velvet rib
'on. 1t comes in coforS, and is all one
dior, or in many pieces the centre is
light and there is tiny line of darker
olor on either edge. The centre of the
ihbon has puffy appearance like the
ord of heavy, overlaid embroidery.
Small ohong baroqne pearls are thread
d on gold wire and used as fringe on
ONE of the brooches made in the new art
esigns. There is general effect in
ONE of this new art jewelry of the
ifterent brooches of the pins that were
lade thirty Or forty years ago, and
'hich still lingcr in some jewel cases,
opel'ss things, finely made as to work.
Ianshn, good in shape some of them,
ut commessial in design.
Some women who like the metal ends
neck ribbons have been using their
d earrings for ornaments on the more
aborate stocks. Occasionally there is
earring that will turn into an an
'opriate stickpin, and some of the hea-
er pieces Of iewelry-old- fashioncd
atch fobs that have been broken and
IN be used for no other purpose and
d pencil ends--can be turned into
lique hatpins.
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White nan Turned Yellow.
Great CONSERVATION was felt by the