Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-08
LANTERNS FOR LIGHT
ING.


houses or the piazza, when artificial
lights are needed. is with candles in
Japanese lanterns a large Japanese UNI
brella costing from 81 to 10 cents, accord
| ing to size and quality, is inverted and
suspended from the centre of the ceiling
by its handle: then from the upturned
pointed bamboo ribs. are hung the small
lanterns which are sold at a dollar "A
dozen in the Chinese shops. These are
very decorative and barring accident will
last n season.
SCREENS FOR OUT-OF-DOOR DINING
ROOMS.
While vines are popularity supposed to
make the ideal screen for porches and
summer houses. the fact remains that
they are prone to harbor creepy, Gravity
things, more or less inimical to COM
Portable digestion. This particularly in
mosquito districts. The latest innovation
is fine wire netting. One noted recently
was painted with a series OF pictures of
Diana ana her nymphs in the chase. de
signed to represent apestry. Reed screens.
the striped canvas awnings that pull up,
or the reed ones that roll up like shades.
are all popular and not expensive. If
wines are used. and one has not tho
privilege of an ancestral garden with
lhoneysuckles. wistaria. clcmats or Vir-
GINA creeper. then quick growing things
are required. Among the best of these
are morning glorios. hops. Madeira vine.
or climbing beans which may be trained
| on strings to reach the roof.
SUMNER HOSE AND VERANDA FUR
| NISHINGS.
| These are only limited by the amount
of money one wishes to spend. All the
furniture shops nowadays make a spe-
Icialty of fittings suited to all out-of- door
requirements.
| Among the rugs not easily affected by
the weather. the Oldfashioncd woven rag
ones. hit or miss are in demand for
Ipeople of moderate means; while the
heavy Kurdish or Navajo rugs are a JOY
forever, and repay the Immediate out
llaN If you elect to have a Navajo
select one made from the native WOOL
which is more or less shaggy; never one
Iof the Germantown yarn, which has q
fine. smooth finish. but lacks the dura-
!. hiity of the native work and vegetable
coloring
4 If Turkish rugs are preferred, the
} Yuruks. made by the nomadic shepherds
for their own use out of doors. lie evenly
and wear like iron. as also the Oushaks
, and Kazaks.
Either OF these can be wet and dried
without injuring the fabric in the slight.
, est.
Wicker or rustic chairs, settces, tables
, are appropriate and inexpensive. though
} even prettier are the sets made of North
Carolina pine. in brown or green; a Woo
! that shows the grain particularly we'll
For the Out-Of-door dining rooms there
are long, low sdeboards made especially
for them.
Portable ccllarettes or the little nursery
refrigerators, where drinkablcs and cat.
ahes may be kept easy of access. are
convcnicrcos not to be despised. as also
. the 'curatc's assistant" and wicker tee
. wagons Many OF the chairs or settles
intended for out. of doors are made with
; broad arms. beneath which are spaces
for storing books and magazines, while
racks in natural rattan, having -four
shelves, are so shaped as to tit into cor
ners. Indeed. everything to add to ones
comfort has apparently been provided In
; the up-to-date furnishing out-of-doors.
SEWING CARPET RAGS.
The rag carpet sewing bees that were
!, one of the most popular diversions last
summer at the various watering places
have commenced again this season will
, even renewed vigor. Almost any morn
| ing anyone peeping behind the vine-cov-
. cred porch will find bevy of women,
young and old. sewing industriously on
, strips OF all sorts OF textiles and colors.
afterward winding them into large hard
, cannon-like balls. Even the children are
, pressed into service to keep the ball
. a-growing. All sorts of materials go into
the making Of these popular rugs. De
MIN, bingham, cretonne. flannel. cordu-
roy. awning cloth. anything and every
thing. The material is cut or torn into
strips OF all sorts of tetiles and coiors.
wide. then the pieces tapped and tackled
toGether. As soon as several yards are
sewn together the strips are rolled. When
enough balls are prepared they are sent
to the weaver whose usual price for
weaving IN about so cents a square yard.
Two pounds of material are required for
one square yard of carpeting. So COM
plctely have these rugs of grandmothfr q
day captured the fancy OF the public that