Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-03-22
WASHABLE COVERS BEST.
The Pincushion Of the Day Must BE
Daintily Trim and Useful
Some Covers.

Time was that the fittings of
boudoir were made to serve an endless
term Of existence. Collecting dust from
year to year, they were veritable germ
hatchers. No one ever thought Of clean
Ing the elaborate furbelows of silk and
hand-painted flowers and stiff lace that
comprised pincushions. They couldn't
be cleaned. When they we're worn out
they were thrown away. And the
trouble was they rarely, IL ever, wore
out. The cushions themselves were so
fat and pudgy that you couldn't stick
pin into them II you wanted to, or, once
you did fly in the face Of tradition and
hammer in a pin, It was lost forever in
foolish cascades of lace.
All that has changed. Such cushions
are still displayed in the rear Of show
casos by hopeful shopkeepers, but none
save the benighted so much as look az
thstn They serve merely as blurred
background for the new pincushion.
Daintily trim and useful it is. And
every week it goes to the tub. That is
It's distinguishing feature. The en-
broidered linen tops are fastened by
nothing more restraining than a lac
ing Of ribbon or even bows at opposite
corners. 1t is the work of but a mo-
ment to remove the top from the silk
foundation pillow, which is either plain
or, If the pillow has blunt edge, shows
a putting of silk.
The linen used ranges from handker-
chief to butchers quality, according to
the sort of embroidery which is to be
expended upon it. Some truly ex-
| quisite tops come in sheerest linen COW
cred with convent embroidery. These
are merely tackled to pale pink founda-
ton pillow by rosettes Of pink bebe rib
bon at corners, and are usually square
In shape, the linen reaching just to the
edge of the pillow.
The heart-shaped ones are beautiful
| gifts for bride. Instead of being
fastened with ribbon, two eyelets are
worked and an arrow, which is really a
pin with a detachable arrow head, is
| thrust through the pillow in true cupid's
heart fashion.
| Others are of heavier linen with a
mingling of French work and broideFie
| Anglaise. The edges are in points or
scallops, heavily worked, and have an
eyelet at the tip of each scallop. The
top is duplicated by a plain bottom,
scalloped and provided with an EN-.
broidered eyelet. The two are adjusted
over the silk foundation cushion by in
terlacing the two portions with tiny
satin ribbon. In this instance the edges
of the pillow are blunt or rounded and
the putting of silk shows prettily be-
tween the scallops of linen and from
under the ribbon criss-cross.
For young girls, there come lacey OBJ
longs Of Valenciennes insertion Joined
with beading and edged with frill Of
lace. Delicately shaded ribbons are
run through the beading, which crosses
IN the center, extends to the corners
and ends in huge rosettes.
Baby pincushions are tiny heart
shaped ones embroidered to match the
pillow, and they always have baby
embroidered across the top.
Handkerchief cushions, which come
in the bureau set, are made from n
single small mouchoir of sheerest linen
edged with insertion and a frill of lace,
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.