The Republican journal., 1908-03-12
Eleanor Francis Household Letter.

Trousseau Sets in New York. Bridal Out
fits of Household Linens. Popularity OF
all White in Table Decoration. Practical
Colored Innings of Sanitas. Shirt Waist
Boxes. Fittings for Linen Closets
Glass Covers.
| Correspondence Of The Journal
All the special linen stores. and we
have number of such places here, are
giving particular attention to furnish
ing "Trousseau Sets" as the wedding
outfit of household linen has come to be
designated. ;.
The foreign idea that bride should
have a we'll. filled linen chest as a part
of her outfit has been adopted here by
the set of people who control the
styles, since what they do is invariably
copied. Fashionable dinner cloths are
of plain satin finished linen with vide
borders, and two mOnOgrams are used,
| worked at opposite diagonal corners,
placed so that they are well up on the
| top of the table and not likely to be COW
cred by the china or silver. Very large
napkins, either p inches square after
the English fashion or 26 by Sc, the 3D.
long French shape, are used to go WIN
these plain dinner cloths. The napkins
are folded in three and the monogram
comes in the centre and is placed ON the
service plate used at all ceremonlous
| dinners.
LACE AND FINE LINEN.
Marvellous are some of the cloths
made up of fine linen filet lace-a square
meshed lace made somewhat after the
style of Mexican drawn work, but diff
fering from that in pattern and general
effect, Cloths and doilies of this most
costly STYLE are further ornamented
| with insets of Venice Point lace and
| patterns done IN fine hand embroidery.
Such linens are suitable for use only in
the most elegant and expensive estab-
lishments, but every woman with an
eve for artistic handWOrk is sure to ad-
mire these creations, which represent
months of skilled labor by many clever
workers.
| ALL WHITE EFFECTS.
These cloths are used over white or
colored satin Innings that throw out the
design beautifully, but the preponder-
ance of favor is for tables where the
setting is all white, color being intro
duced only in the flowers and favors.
In accord with this, plain crystal with
| the monogram cut i'll is reckoned better
style than any more fancy glass. Gold
figured glass is more often used at
luncheons than on dinner tables, and
white and gold china holds first place
for the same service, though none OF
these rules are obligatory among the
fashionable set, where each hostess is
more or less law unto herself
Colored effects can always be obtain
Il fl,nI md
centre pieces to correspond with any
desired scheme of decoration.
LACE CENTERs AND DoILIEs.
Lace edged centers and doilies are
the proper caper, as Indicated by the
make up of the aforementioned trous-
seau sets, and this is a sensible as well
as pretty fashion, for colored embrol-
deries are peIishable under the best OF
conditions and white pieces do not
grow tiresome as colored things have a
way of doing.
NOVEL AND PRACTICAL.
A novel and very practical set of col
ored Innings is easily and lnexpenslvely
made by purchasing some of the new
waterproofed wall covering known as
Sanitas and cutting it into mats just
shade smaller than the linen or laces OF
the doi.ies or centres. This material
can be had in plain blues, pinks or
greens and its substantial texture is
great protection TO polished table,
while such Innings never wear out or
fade and damp cloth reneWs their
color, for Sanltas is really a sort or
glorifed oil cloth made up for wall
hangings, and initiates perfectly wall
papers, burlaps and Gathers, as well as
tiles, so that it's pos. Utilities for house
hold uses are endless outside OF Its le-
Ultimate field as an artistic and sanitary
wall covering that needs only to be
all soil or CRIME.
SHIRT WAIST BOXES.
Shirt waist boxes covered with pref
ty chintz patterns of this material are
both newer and more practical than
those upholstered in cretonnes or mat
ting, and the plain colors make the very
I prettiest and cieanest Innings for closet
shelves and bureau drawers. For linen
chests or closets this is especially suit
| able, and can be matched in color With
| the elastic and ribbon bands that hold
| the sets of towels and napkins in even
packages of dozen or more. A we'll
kept linen closet is Joy to every home
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in the plans of every house, as it surely
would be if there were more women
architects.
GLASS COVERS OVER LINEN.
One of the most popular fads here is
to have glass covers made that exactly
fit the tops of tea tables, dressing
tables, bureaus, and the centre pieces
! used to adorn dinner tables. These
perfectly protect the delicate coverings
of embroidered and lace trimmed
linens, and all the washing needed is
that given the glass to keep it clear and
bright. This practice is certainly a
gain for economy both in preserving
the linen and saving of the time and
effort that must otherwise be expended
in cleansing such delicate handWork,
but it is seen more just now in the
more pretentious homes of the Me-
tropolis than in the palmer ones where
it's practical advantages should make
most appeal to the housewife.