The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24
FAvo RITE TovVEl MATERIAL
Huckaback Is Now the Thing Some
New Ideas in Napkins
and Doilies.

Patterns in linens vary each year, and
fashion is as rigid in this regard as in
matters of dress. Perhaps this accounts
for the fact that the American woman
does not spend SO much consideration Oh
the contents of her linen chest as does
her sister across the water. She prefers
to have less changes in this line and to
purchase more frequently in order to
keep up to date, says the Washington
Star. -
Take towels. Not long ago damask
headed the list for favors, and the woman
who could display pile of glossy da-
mask towels with long fringed ends was
considered fortunate. Now the buck
aback towel is the towel of fashion,
probably because it dries quicker and is
thus more practical.
The huckaback towels come q inches
wide for best use, which is much wider
than the ones to be seen even year ago.
They are fine in quality, and some ara
hemstitched and lace bordered.
Combinations of huckaback and
damask are also to be seen. Sometimes
there is medallion of renaissance lace
In the center, an insertion of the same
and hemstitched border edged with re-
Nuisance lace.
There is marked tendency, however,
to favor plain towels. Many women ar
que that hemstitching is common, and
chat it pulls out quickly. The same can
be said of drawnwork, which is pretty,
but far from durable.
simple finish for towels, which is
dnd1ng much favor, is the buttonhole
scalloped border. Other towels are
shown in the new cut-out embroidery,
but these are too expensive for every
day use.
Hand-embroidered towels are also To-
De seen among the choicest linens
These are worked with white linen floss
and show such blossoms. as the sham,
rock and clover. Colored bordered tow=
els are no longer considered in good
taste, although plain white ones some.
times show tiny colored embroidered
blossoms on the surface of the border.
Much individuality is displayed in
marking towels. 1nterlaced letters are
used in preference to the monogram.
BLOCK and script letters, as we'll as sim
gle letters, are also in vogue, and. as
formerly, the marking is done at the
end of the towel. >'@.s'-'''- ~..~-'- $50.
The crest makes a beautiful mark
for linen, and is greatly favored. This
is about two inches in size, instead of
three, as in the case of the letters.
The table cloths, napkins and bed
linen will also be marked to correspond
with the towels. Sheets are worked on
the outside upper corner, or exactly in
the middle Of the hem. The former
is more practical for Identification.
Table cloth designs were never more
beautiful. Leaf patterns are exceeding
ly popular, the favorites being maiden
hair ferns, oak, and ivy leaves. A new
design In the.latter is of q worm-eAten
leaf, which gave opportunity for deli
| cate tracery.
The floral designs show poppies. tu-
lips, roses, fieur-de-lis, magnolias, CEN
taureas and all the. larger blossoms
with their leaves. One with a rose
garland is woven, so that the flowers
give bas-relief effect.
Another pattern shows a rose and
Greek key border. Still another shows
the Elizabethan ornament. These are
in the choicest weaves of linens, and
| are so glossy that their surfaces ap-
pear polished.
Napkins, of course, come to match the
table cloths. Napkin holders of linen
embroidered in pure white have seal
loped edges. They close with a but
ton and loop. The mercerized cotton
| used in embroidering the holders and
! monograms gives the appearance OF
| silk, and will not wash yellow as the
| silk does.
The *handsomest table cloths and dol
lies are round as we'll as square, and
are of Point d'Venice, Cluny and Irish
Point. A round table cloth of Point
d'Venice shows two rows of lace OF
embroidery. one just inside the center
of the cloth, while the other is near the
hem.