The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-07

watches Tor quaIlty as well as pattern,
and wastes none of her treasured al
lowance on f1imsy linen. Next she
guards it's washing, sees that all stains
are eradicated before the linen is
dipped in the suds and that no starch
is used.
For breakfast and luncheon she uses
bare table, with plate and glass doy-
lies. as well as the center pieces. Many
of these she makes herself. Those
for everyday use may show circle of
heavy, plain linen, scallOped in satin
stitch. with an inner circle of small
polka dots also done in satin stitch.
The possession which she Graves just
now is a center piece in Arabian lace.
1t is square or round, according to the
shape of the table. The lace is not
less than twenty-four inches in depth,
surrounding a center of linen small by
comparison. Arabian lace is very dark
in fact, an ecru-and it does not look
well above white damask, but is SUI
perb on bare, polished table.
Lace for DOyIies.
, for doylies. and they are shown in
teneriffe, paraguay, renaissance. cluny
and italian. Very little colored en-
broidery is seen, flower doylies being
used at luncheons, teas and other
functions where some color scheme is
to be carried out in the service; but
some superb dinner sets are shown in
sheer white linen done in satin stitch
embroidery showing roses in pure
white.
When the dining room is in the
tones known as woodland colors, and
Hebe desires to get a rather odd effect
for the breakfast or lunch table, she
uses mats or doylies or raffia work,
blending shadowy greens and browns
together
A young woman whose special pride
is her dining room has recently re-
ceived as a gift from her father
round table in mosaic, showing the
finest of wood inlaid with ivory and
mother-of-pearl. To cover this table
she has a cloth of Mexican drawn
work, which comes within a few
inches of the edge and shows the eX-
quisite mosaic coloring through it.
For ordinary use the table is covered
with a silence cloth of exceptional
thickness and one of damask.
Washes the Fine Pieces Herself.
The family Hebe never trusts the
waids with the delicate task of launder-
ing her finest pieces. She washes the
doylies with pure white soap and tepid
water, irons them while wet on a pure
white cloth stretched over a thick pad,
and lays them away between sheets of
blue tissue paper.
The family Hebe has one closet in
the pantry devoted to paper cases, pa
per lace mats, candle shades and sim
liar decorations. The paper cases are
used for serving frozen buildings and
various delicate creamed or made
dishes. They are not necessarily dec
orative, but dainty. The pure white
ones, with crimped edges, are best for
everyday use. They may be square,
oblong or round, with lace paper doy
lies to fit under them.
If a function of special moment is
on Hebe buys the more fanciful cases,
if she does not make them herself.
For a blue dinner there come little
baskets covered with crepe paper and
garlanded with forget For a
luncheon to a bride there are heart
shaped cases with garlands of roses
or tiny cupids perched on them. Even
more elaborate are little wheelbarrows
and automobiles made of paper, the
body of the vehicle forming a cavity
for bonbons or sailed nuts. For fall
dinner, such as Thanksgiving Day, she
makes little cases from orange colored
paper in imitation of pumpkins. The
pasteboard foundations for these cases
can be bought for a song at any de-
partment store.
Lighting the Table.
Miss Hebe finds that electricity is
being much used in place of candles
for lighting the dinner table, holes
being pierced in the table for the
wires. One of the table novelties Of
fered at shops which makes a speciality
of catering to the rich is an electric
orchid bed. These are small bulbs
hidden in the heart of orchid blossoms
of silk or paper in exquisite shades.
The thick blossoms in turn are massed
in ferns or grasses, and the whole
forms a plateau in the center of the
table. The tulip bed with blooms. in
the natural size and in various
colors which stands from four to
six inches high, also hold electric
bulbs.
A more elaborate center piece shows
bronze figure carrying a silk parasol.
six inches in diameter, of a deep
orange tint, and finished with an iri-
descent fringe of beads. The electric
lights are cunningly hidden in the
frame work of the parasol. Tiny ger
aniums holding small bulbs are also
shown. They must be used in great
clusters, as each light gives but little
illumination.
Many women, however, prefer can
die light above all others for the din
ner table, and innumerable devices in
silk, metal and paper shades are
shown. There are small venetian
lamps. all in green, with their glitter
ing fringes and green or silvery-white