Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-06-20
Some Pretty Things -
- - Seen in the Shops.

| SOAIlS 4SthT mugs
- - Seen in the Shops.
Among the pretticst of little top col
! lars, with cuffs 10 match. are of lowered
| piquc. pink roses, perhaps, on u white
background. The edge is embroidered
with deep buttonhole stitch in white,
and on some of the collars a design OF
stars is worked around the edge inside
| by the buttonhole stitching. These, too,
are to be found already started.
| Pretty things in covers for baby car
rlages are also made of lowered dimity,
| huttunhOie stitched around the edge and
! with Il ruttie of Hamburg set on the
edge. These edges are not straight, but
! cut in delicate curves.
! Smart things in embroidered waists are
! OF grass linen, the front embroidered in
dots III different shades of one color.
| One waist, for instance, is embroidered
| III three different shades of blue and an
| ether IN shades of red. The dots are
| graduated in size, those in the center
| of the waist the largest and growing
smaller on either side. The shades
alternate. The red waist is good, but
| the blue is even better.
| There are very pretty things in center
| pieces and doiies done in red and blue.
These are new and very pretty. The pat
! terms can be bought ready stamped and
the reds and blues are used in aIternut.
ing lines. The edge will he red. per-
haps. the next line of Misunderstanding
in blue another line of red and another
blue. and this will perhaps finish the
work. The designs are simple and the
result effective
A large center piece in Il new design
| has a conventional design something of
a lotus effect. This is to be embroidered
in white.
Small, square baskets of plated straw
are filled with bonbons for the traveller.
They are small baskets two or three
inches III diameter. and have a make-be
| lleve seal on the top. These seals. some
, of them. show the lucky pig, some a
star, and others an anchor.
The bust support worn with the very
lowfront cOrSets has fitted back. and
joined to this under the arms is a broad
white sash ribbon on each side. This is
the support proper, and is brought
around 10 the front and tied Snugly in
any kind of Il bow desired.
The most charming things in artistic
pottery are to he seen. One of these is "A
table lamp for electricity. There is n
cOnventionaliZed orange tree. the ton
with blossoms and leaves massed To-
gether and all in soft green's in the shape
of big ball, with here and there over it
tiny half globe projecting, These are
deep russet orange color. The tree is
supported by three trunks. and at one
side is a female figure, draped below the
waist. the drapery in soft tones con-
trasting with the green of the tree. The
colors are exquisite.
Two other electric light burners are
made of the porcelain and on similar
lines One is an eagle on a rock, this
all in gray and white tones. Below the
eagle on the rock is crystal globe
This is the globe for the electric light
The second shows another rock with Il
similar crystal ball, and above this
beautiful female figure. The tones to
this are all pink.
In the same pottery is an inkstand and
pen tray. This again is in the gray
tones There is an eagle at one side
bending above Il small beetle, which is
the handle to the top of the ink we'll
The natural idea of the whole piece is
carried out and the soft gray extending
out to one side forms the pen tray.
Very charming is clock and possibly
pen tray in the same beautiful pot
terry. This is a tall. narrow clock on
the order of the grandfather clock. the
front Of it decorated with two heads and
upright design in daisies The pottery
spreads out water.-New York Times.