The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-11-28
Newest. Novelties: .s%':.J,t> s..
- - - Seen in the Shoes.

Tiny fringed table scarfs and napkins
accompany many Of the toy tea sets
which are copying the embossed gold and
silver-plated colonial services, intended
for real housekeepers.
A pretty glove box is Of braided leather
in light tan shade, cut into one-half inch
wide thongs and woven in basket pattern
and daintily lined with perfumed wad-
ding under pale blue satin.
neck brooches and belt pins, set very
plainly in rim Of gold. They are, Of
course, the real beetles, though they have
the appearance of carved stone.
Nearly all the animals that came out
of the ark. or rather, their descendants,
have been made to do duty, lately, as
pincushions. and the newest recruit is the
elephant, an exceedingly docile specimen,
who permits pins to be stuck all over his
back and shoulders. He is quite a nice
looking creature, too, IN his coat Of dark
gray velvet.
Even among the cheaper cushion COW
ers, there is q constantly changing vari-
ETY., and the latest Offering is a pretty
fencing girl seated at rest. Another is q
group Of four little Jap maidens, pic
turesquely grouped with outspread fans
these cretonne coverings that they will
retain their colors it carefully laundered.
The electrolier, which blooms in an i'm
ported jardiniere in one, Of the leading de-
pa rtment stores, might we'll be taken for
some wonderful new plant, so perfect are
the leaves, the lily cups and the cattails,
all of which are equipped with bulbs,
from which a soft light shimmers
through with a most charming effect. 1t
can be utilized either as centerpiece for
a banquet table or for hall or library use.
thing and everything in its place, if the
owner of one of those new little circular
work baskets, fitted up with pockets that
draw up like a purse and hold securely
the pins, buttons, spools, darning balls,
or whatever else may be intrusted to
them. The baskets themselves consist Of
sections of cardboard, covered with
bright colored chintz and joined together.
The newest imported bodice clasps are
things Of beauty indeed, being composed
out any visible metal between the stones,
so that they flash like a great solid gem.
The shapes, too, add great deal to the
beautiful effect, being butterflies with
outspread wings, bowknots and elongated
diamonds. One circle is arranged in such
a way that narrow velvet or satin ribbon
can be laced through the openings, and it
is shown with pale electric blue at a
Twenty third street store, where it is
one Of the most admired novelties.
Book covers for even the most COM
monplace of books are pretty and artistic
this season. One intended for a grocery
order book merely shows a pretty little
Swedish peasant maiden trotting along to
market, with big basket n her hand.
A book which contains ready gummed
labels for all sorts of storeroom use is
decorated with the pictures Of two mis-
chievous urchins, engaged in testing
grandma's jams and jellies, which they
evidently find to their liking. The laun-
dry list has for cover a smiling auntie,
proudly exhibiting an immaculate shirt
to her mistress, while she proudly asks:
"How you like dat, honey" All these
are in embroidered linen. as we'll as the
books, intended for jottings of various
kinds, such as "Books I Have Read"
"Places I Have Visited" "Some of the
Things I Want to Remember" etc.--Nrw
York Mail and Express.