The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-02-05

ing Elinor had for the moment forgot.
ten the spread and was getting ready
for a dinner party. When her maid,
frock In hand, was about to slip over
her head a Worth creation she grace.
fully dodged the service, few to bun
die of old newspapers that happened
to be in the room and, while Marie
looked on agbast, tore them up. tossed
them in the basin and poured boiling
water over them. Impatiently walking
the door for a second, she returned to
the experiment, lifted the paper from
the water with the aid of tooth
brush handle and gazed in ecstatic
rapture at the grayish solution left in
the basin. When Marie had brought
her the spread and bolster roll milady
gathered the embroidered part Of the
work up in her hands and dipped the
rest Of the linen in the water. After
sousing the material up and down, be-
hold lovely tone Of gray was the re-
suit! Satisfied with the undertaking,
Elinor allowed herself to be dressed
for the dinner and departed in high
glee.
Next day the tides were treated to
the same kind Of bath. Tides, you
say, who uses anything 30 antiquated2
We up to date Gothamites do, my
dear. They've been the smart caper
oil winter, but not the antimacassar
Of hideous English origin. No; the
new affairs are Of the sheerest hand
kerchief linen and are used merely on
the arms Of upholstered furniture
There were no pictures on the walls Of
this exquisite room. In fact, nothing
Of pictorial nature was attempted
save the portraits Of the master OF the
house and Elinor's small girl, Kath-
leen, framed in dull silver, that were
to he seen on the dressing table. At
the bow window were sash curtains Of
gray brussels net and long hangings
Of cretonne lined with pink silk. The
toilet things were Of perfectly plain
dull silver, each article decorated with
a single hollyhock. When I tell you
that the doors entering the boudoir
and bath were Of plate glass with dull
silver knobs you can gather, I hope, a
faint idea Of the attractiveness Of this
room.
know how fond you are Of needle
work, so when my hostess showed me
tea cloth she had just bought took
in all the points 80 1 could pass them
along. The cloth was a large oval af-
fair of white handkerchief linen, meas
uring probably two yards around. A
superb piece Of handmade Russian lace
was used as a finish. For about a
depth Of two feet at intervals around
the cloth were the most natural stalks
of wild carrot. The blossom part was
worked in tufts Of mercerized white
cotton and the stalks and spiky leaves
in pale green. The flowers were
raised so high and were 80 true to ma
ture that one instinctively looked for
the funny little black beauty spot that
is to be found in all wild carrot flow
ers. Between the punches Of bios
SONS were medallions the size Of a
bread and butter plate of Russian lace.
The whole thing was gorgeous and yet
in perfect taste.
Hand wrought jewelry is the fad of
the moment, and classes are being
formed for courses of instruction dur
ing Lent, one Of which have Joined,
but all expect to accomplish is a
much battered up pair of hands. Some
Of the reproductions Of ancient ANU
let's and charms are stunning, and ]
spent all my last allowance the other
day on a zodiac necklace, which is the
--latest thing to conjure with. Every
body nowadays has fetch, a partic-
ular luck charm, which is supposed to
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