The Jersey City news., 1906-06-09
So It Is Time to Consider
the Adornment Of Our
Open Air Rooms
PRETTY PARAs0Ls NOW SEEN
HOW TO REPAIR THE RAVAGEs
OF THE LAUNDRY ON HOUSE
HOLD LINEN-GARDEN sUG-
GEsTIONS,

J InougntS OF inexpensive, uurdDie anu
washable covers for the porch chair and
settee cushions. Any number of pretty
materials are at hand in attractive cot
tons. Those of chintz with gay flowers
while not new are always good Cling
ham is@very decorative, but to get really
good combinations in plaids one must
buy Scotch gingham, which is pretty ex-
pensive. Plain chan1bray in blue, green
or yellow. the latter being especially ia
yored the last season or two, costs little,
and if more elaboration is desired may
be cross striped with white braid of two
widths. Very broad stripes of pink and
white. blue. gray or ox-blood gingham
make attractive covers and our humble
friend, tAe brown kitchen toweling, is eff.
fective,- when ornamented with saalittle
simple embroidery Or applique. Russia
crash may be cut into strips and cat
stitched together over a. colored lining.
! Most pretenti.sns of all are covers of
butchers linen of white or brown, with
insertions of Cluny lace or medallions Of
heavy lace of the same tone. Of course
all these covers must be made with a fly
to button on. and removed weekly to be
laundered. .s.ss ssss.s.
Some English linens9 imported for the
present. season are more than usually de
ightful in coloring and design, many of
them being copies of old designs found in
the -Kensington Museum. and are qualnl
in the extreme. OR use with wicker fur
niture, in the. .summershome, these linens.
are particularly appropriate. "Gaunt--
LETT is the name given one which has for
its decorative motif a reproduction of an
embroidered glove of the sixteenth CEN
tury. Figures in pink. blue, green and
lavender on deep ivory ground is the
color schtme. Small flowers and birds,
scattered everna deep tan background. is
the sEiizabetAan;' and "Reticule's is
strikinga efeceii dating back to Queen
4 nas--' ~ s tll'f feiSsv E f5s5 ~
For porches, Algerian porch rugs are
ney, and come in warmer colorings and
plain patterns. and are made of coca
fibre.
1t is claimed nowadays that every
properly equipped porch has long chest
that does double duty as a Seat t-and as
slowing place for cushions, magazines,
etc s,ees -,
There seems foI be q perfect mania at
the present stime for, utility or folding
tables of all kinds and sorts, and the
number and variety on view is bewilder-
ing, both as TO price and quality. First,
the diminutiye candle stand then the
tilt-up table, whose top tits up against
the wall; the folding table, with top
that doubles upon itself; drop-leaf tables,
some even built in two Stories, and nests
of tables that slide one under the other.
These are more popular than ever a this
seasno, when it is. so pleasant as well as
fashionable to have afternoon tea on the
veranda, and "a table must be provided,
for the limited space, that can be pushed
: out of the way when not wanted and
: pulled out for a limited career of useful
mes san demand.
There has never been anything quite
like the parasols shown this year. So
unusual and beautiful are they that one
: cannot pass display of them in the
. shops without stopping TO look and ad-
mire.
A big, husky man, who never will
have the joy of carrying any of them,
! stood in frontsof one of the glass show
cases the other day and pointed out what
he considered "a tearing beauty"
y 1t was creamy moire, hand-painted
with sQeep sAlueflCdu iI1edut5 rlOSco.s u
had a white stick, set with warm, red
Z jewels. It.did credit to the man'sataste
and it is to hoped that he straightaway
sent it home to his wife.
OF course, these painted sunshades are
>t11e-most conspicuous As a rule they are
very simple--just "a plain silk dome, on
each panel flung a handful of painted
posies, SO real you think the sun will
surely wither them. ~.
White and yellow daisies, pale mauve
and brown-spotted orchids, handfuls Of
violets and maidenhair fern, huge plnk
and creamy ehrysanth emums, misty pur-
pie and white lilacs., pansies. roses and
dropping wistaria--all are painted on the
white silk background with lovely effect
says the Philadelphia Bulletin.
= Ont of the prettiest is trailed with
wild sweetbriar roses. Another has q
deep border of pansies, with few flung
carelessly up on the parasol top. Oyel