Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-05-25
Fashions in Hangings.

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ton Courier.
Fashions in HanginGs.
The bonnie femme curtains which have
been popular on the other side are be-
coming more liked oyer here They were
formally introduced last wear and are
now becoming familiar friends. The
| bonnie femme, with its ti0unce at the
| lower edge, has a style of its own and
is different from the draperias that have
! been used 50 long, and is a welcome
change The curtains come in all the
different varieties of muslin, lace and
embroidery. The fiOunces suggest those
! that are worn on women'S frocks There
! is more often than people think a GER
| tain relation between gowns and furnish
! lngS. The workers in different lines Dor
row from each other and the notes of n
seasons fashions in all kinds of things
will be found usually to be all in the
same key.
| A garden party of flowers is one of
| the most popular designs for cretonnes.
! Beautiful red peoples, white yell0w-pyed
daisies and blue bachelors buttons with
small yellow flowers dropping in, seem to
| form procession on these cretOnnes
and, of course, on the wallpaper as well
n rather new way of introducing the
cretonne is on pretty little sets of furni-
ture with frames of polished mahogany.
tonnes and similar cotton materials are
made up into couches and chairs in which
no frame Is 10 be seen. The cre+ 0nnes
made into screens are like miniatures of
| flower gardens, and being made usually
big and high are invaluable and practical
pieces of furniture
One wealthy woman who spends much
Of her life il hotels ALWAYS carries
large screen with her in her travels. Jr
IS useful and at the same time gives
decorative effect to her rooms, with the
aid Of a few exquisite hangings that she
takes with her in her trunks.
The cretonnes are more frequently used
as coverings for the big Forty IVinks''
chairs which are so delightfully."- big and
comfortable and which give an air of
cozlness to a bedroom. They are good
III any room. for that matter, and are
made up in many forms, They cost very
little in comparison to the comfort there
IS IN them. for they are made up for
from $3.50 upward
Another article of furniture that all
these attractive materials 60 into is the
most charming of couches. 1t is soft and
sprlngy, with no back, and the two ends.
upholstered like the seat. turn IN, giving
the couch the effect of a tete-a-tete seat.
II has the extra advantage of having be-
meath il a big box into which gowns and
waists and all sorts of things can be
tucked away. 1t can be made up as low
as SO, or more when more expensive
tapestries and other materials are used
The various hangings of the snason and
the various purposes fer which they are
used are innumerable. In one Of the
least expensive Of these. material used
for many differen; purposes, there are 100
different designs. One stunning material
in silk damask, which is used chiefly for
hangings proper. is delightful. Ii has the
solft ground in greens and blues, yelOWs,
and the soft French pink, with a magenta
tint in il, which j beautiful when it is
used properly. but il must be used win
discretion. The damask is made in a pc
culiar double weave the two sides quite
separate so that the finger can be insert !
ed between, except where the pattern |
comes in and the weaving Is solid. The
col0rs are reversed on the two sides. The
material in these hangingS i delightful, !
but it is the pattern which Is particularly
pleasing and striking. It is Of Splash |
ing lily design. the lily plain. with lis |
long. narrow leaves and growing from |
each plant several round COnveDnonahzed |
blossoms on long stems. The ground |
work is in beautiful shades, and one |
used for draperles in a girl : room Is |
beautiful One damask is VERY wide
some fifty Understand costs 81. % a yard. |
There are other things in six hansings !
which are delightful. and comparatively |
inexpensive. ana in some designs are |
beautiful for wall coverings. One excel |
lent, small conventional design is in reds |
and greens Ii has something Of a Moor /
ish effect though il is possible that ii |
could net be classed. An uptown bach |
elor has used this in his apartment, \ /
hall and a smoking room covered with IT /
are most effective. 1t IS put on perfectly /
plain and all the effect Of the pattern Is /
obtained There are hne hangingS I'D /
linens and some that are inexpensive u /
cotton.
One Of these is only Is cents yard
and is 10 be found in many patterns and !
designs. and will wear and wash well. /
1t is a strong. twilled material, some
thing Of the nature Of galatier. * comes
IN various designs in stripes, with broad /
bands Of flowers. 1t is not only used for
furniture coverings and hangings, but for /
trimmings, and broad and narrow bands
Of the flowers are cut ont and used for
borders for draperies in plain c0lors with |
excellent effect.-New York Tines.
The Bullion mine in the Black Hills ,
has been sold to Eastern parties for 81
go. 600. /