Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-28
.FADD|SH STATIONERY
A List Of Suggestions for
Your Desk Wares.
INDIVIDUALITY REIGNS
NAL CONGRATULATIONS.
Monograms Losing Favor-Addresses
More Fashion
able.
INDIVIDUALITY REIGNS
Written for The Evening Star.

tinges of conscience to the dilatory cores
pondent, or the general awakening of spring
affects all things animate and inanimate,
certain 1T is that the smart shops set forth
new styles in desk furnishings and supplies
along with Easter bonnets, blooming aza-
leas and Bermuda lilies.
Ask an up-to-date4 stationer what is the
very newest thing in his wares. and he
will study you critically until he has de-
cided just what tone of paper, what style
Of desk furnishings. will harmonic best
with your temperament. Then the oracle
will speak, and not until then.
If the shopper be sweet, wilowy crea-
ture, with violet eyes and dropping lashes,
she Is offered gray paper with SUBJ
dued furnishings. for her small escritoire
If she Is a dashing brunette, with a wilful
coquettiSh mouth she Is offered rose-colored
paper. The Lily-of-France style of blonde
must be content with paper of the palest
blue and with Dresden fixtures for her
desk Of curly birch
But for all formal affairs, invitations and
the like, white is inevitable. Only in ones
most personal correspondence may one
strike this note of individuality.
The Proper Sizes.
OF the making of sizes in paper and en-
velopes there is literally no end. One sees
a square sheet, six inches or more, which
folds into an oblong envelope. Four by six
inches is the popular size. For the girl
who likes stril1ingly original effects there
is sheet three inches wide by nine inches
long, which folds twice into square
envelope.
Once woman selects her favorite color
In paper, she clings to 1t religiously. It be-
comes her epistolary trademark among her
friends, and If she be a club member, she
promptly stamps all her stationery with the
name or crest Of her organization and feels
that 1t IS infinitely smarter than family
crest Of a monogram.
The passion for individuality Is particu-
larly noticeable in the matter of mono
granting paper. The small, fanciful die has
disappeared almost entirely, and in its place
the address Of the writer runs across the
top of the paper. Under this are her initials
not monogram, understandable old Eng
lish text, which does not lend itself readily
to intertwined letters. The lettering Of the
address corresponds to that Of the initials,
and Is given first place on the stationery,
because, while initials may be held In COM
mon by two or more persons, ones address
Is certainly individual.
The address appears quite frequently on
club stationery.
Shops Favor Novelty.
AS few women follow most faithfully the
changes in stationery, it is not remarkable
that new grades of paper are named for
fabrics favored by the shoppers.
For several seasons dealers have been
showing paper called linen lawn. which is
all its name implies. 1t is trif1e rough to
the eye, yet soft to the pen, close-woven
and somewhat rich in texture.
The organdie papers are sheer and light
weight. From London comes an organdie
paper with sprigs Of flowers in an upper
corner. but It has not found favor with
American women.
a mar iI,Ct o1,in r1yaf; c 1ad
dotted Swiss" and, when held to the light,
1t reveals a perfect reproduction of the dot
ted effect of this popular summer material.
The dots are for the eye only, and do not
with the movement of the pen.
The most faddish offering of the hour
shows the influence of the handwork that
is on all things this season. 1t is an excel
lent hemstitch effect on paper, the simula-
ton of half-inch hem running around the
edge of the sheet. Sometimes there are two
lines, either of the same tint as the paper,
or in a contrasting color. At one shop $1.5O
per quire is charged for a gray paper of
red. Another design shows distinct feath-
er-stitching between the double line of hem
This Is secured by enclosing of
the most skillful sort.
The Boudoir Desk.
If woman has her desk in the corner Of
q dainty bed room or boudoir, she will fur
nish It with trifles in art nouveau, which
Just now Is enjoying tremendous vogue
Some decidedly Frenchy designs are shown
In desk furnishings, such as glass inkstands
set on legs OF art nouveau in the form OF
graceful floral designs. or female figures
almost nude. The paper weights, letter
openers and penholders show handles OF
graceful female figures in exquisite color
ngs.
For desk In a Turkish den, the oriental
shops offer startling designs In dark bronze.
Queer animals are particularly in vogue,
and a striking example is a paper weight |
showing a crocodile in Japanese bronze. |
For desk trays come cheaper grades Of
;loisonne in satisfying colors. An odd re-
ceptacle for pens is a spoon with a deep
bowl, with crab for the handle. All is |
lone in bronze.
The woman whose room carries out the |
Did Dutch effects may revel in desk fur ]
aishings Of brass, and the hour calls for |
stimulation Of earlier handicraft, when the |
work was simple and crude.
Among these offerings in brass the most |
noticeable are the folding book racks, which |
will prove just the. thing needed for ones
,avorite or most useful volumes. They can |
De used on fiat top desk or on the shelf |
If an upright secretary.
Like many Of the good things in life, they |
come exceedingly high. Less expensive are |
he small brass candlesticks Of severe de- |
sign for holding sealing tapers; a paper |
Knife in sheath, very like slender case |
knife; and for clippings, a pair Of brass |
not unlike those once used for |
'nuffing candles
The Sport Lover.
For the man who loves outdoor sports.
Ind the woman, too, for that matter, come |
desk furnishings suggestive |
# the chase. An inkstand Is sunken in the
Up of deer's antler. The handle of the
'lotter. as well as the paper knife and PEN
holder. Is Of horn or bone. invariably tipped
With gold. With such furnishings as this a
waste basket OF Indian weave should be
,sed.
For college students are desk sets in their
college coiors, but there is abso-
utely nothing new in the way Of designs |
md only college girl can see beauty In |
1yid blue, red or black and orange leather |
In consequence of this rage for indiyidu- !
Ilfty and fitting out desks to follow the |
,eneral scheme of the library or den, the |
liver furnishings have suffered an eclipse
nd may be picked up for q mere song. One
3 always safe in buying these. provided the
esign Is simple and elegant, for the re-
.ction Is bound to come. The world Is too |
ond of things that glitter to keep sterling
liver under cloud for many moons.
School Golf.
rom the Country Gentleman.
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