Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-13
A FEW NEW WRINKLES
UP-TO-DATE HINTS FOR HOME
FOLKS READING.
Novelties in Furnishings for Personal
and Other
Uses.

| Written for The Star.
| If you want your home to look strictly
| up to-date. invest in one or more of these
popular furnishings:
| Towels in any of the heavier weaves with
| edges scalloped at either end or all the way
| round.
Heavy pique bedspreads done in English
| eyelet work, with scalloped edges, OF
| cheaper STILL pique in dainty stamped pat
| tern. finished with hens, scallops cotton
| fringe.
Portieres of Russian crash in narrow
strips of pale ecru shade, finished on the
| edges with square scalloped effects done IN
| buttonhole stitchery of dull green, blue or
| terra Gotta yarn. 1t takes four strips of
| the crash to each curtain, the scallops over
tapping the plain edge Of the next strip.
All three Of these articles can be made at
| home from materials bought by the yard.
The old-fashioned colored table cloths,
red and white. or a porcelain blue mixed
with white and more delicate shade of
blue.
Net curtains showing a heavy pattern in
lattice work and light, airy flower pat
tern trailing over them edges Scalloped.
Quaint, lined lambr equins hung over your
summer curtains. made from cretonne or
denim finished with tape-bound scalops.
center piece for your luncheon table
of japanese linen, showing a big floral pat
tern In the oriental blue and white done in
mercerized floss.
A fernery of weathered oak mounted in
bands of nickel.
For serving the newest form of ices. plain
ice cream over which a hot sweet sauce is
poured. an especially tall glass whose stem
rests on carving glass saucer, to catch
the overflow of hot sauce
tall crystal lamp which stands two feet
from the ia hle with shade
showing old-fashioned floral designs.
combination linen and bedding chest
for your bedroom. 1t is made from wealth
cred oak, and has two deep drawers below
deep box for holding the pillows and bed
ding used each night. This that your
bed may the better show off its hand
wrought cover.
Lightweight steel wristbands. painted to
match the room furnishings. in white en-
amel set off by brass trimmings. in all pink,
blue, green, lavender, yellow, etc Basins.
pitchers, etc, come to match. With the
white and brass stand the crockery will
be yellow. The pink stand Is shown with
q deeper rose chamber set and drinking
glass of Gear crystal with roses blown in.
These stands come to set sQuarely against
the WALL or in triangular form to fit into
corners. They are a fad for summer
homes.
Germany crockery in enormous designs of
| peonies and hollyhocks for cretonne hung
rooms.
Quaint bedchamber sets. including a
round plate. squat pitcher, glass match
| safe and candle stock, decorated in roses
Bureau sets in china. showing roses on
| white or creamy ground. These include
perfume bottles, hair receiver, pincushion
| set into china frame. powder box, brush
! and comb tray, ring sticks and all sorts
| and conditions Of trays for every possible
| trinket. Brushes. combs and mirrors come
| to match these sets, but are very expen-
| sive.
And last but not least. a hat box for sum-
! mer millinery. covered with cretonne to
| match your bedroom furnishings There
| are really four boxes In one held in a
| frame of enameled wood. The lid of each
| Is raised slightly and the front drops down
| to expose stick on which the hat rests.