The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-08

ing Elinor had for the moment rorgot-
ten the spread and was getting ready
fpr dinner party. When her maid.
frock in hand, was about to slip over
her head Worth creation she grace
fully lodged the service, flew to bum
die Of old newspapers that happened
20 be In the room and, while Marie
looked on aghast, tore them up. tossed
them In the basin aud poured boiling
water over them. lmpatlently walking
the floor 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 a 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 10
the same kind Of bath. Tides, you
say, who uses anything SO antiquated7
We up to date Gothamites do, my
dear. They've been the smart caper
all 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 on
this exquisite room. In fact, nothing
OF a 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 be seen on the dressing table. At
the bow window were sash curtains Of
gray brussels net and long hangings
of cretopae lined with pink silk. The
toilet things were Of perfectly plain
dull silver, each article decorated with
a single hollyhock. When tell you
that the doors entering the boudoir
and bath were of plate glass with dull
silver knobs you can gather, hope,
faint idea Of the attractiveness of this
room.
l know how fond you are OF needle
work, so when my hostess showed me
a tea cloth she had just bought took
IN all the points SO could pass them
along The cloth was large oval af-
fair of white handkerchief linen, meas
uring probably two yards around. A
superb piece of handmade Russian lace
was used as q 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 mercerlzed white
cotton and the stalks and spiky leaves
In a pale green. The flowers were
raised so high and were so true to ma
ture that one instlnctively looked for
the funny little black beauty spot that
Is to be found in all wild carrot fiow-
ers. Between the punches of BIOS
SONS were medallions the size of
bread and butter plate Of Russian lace.
The whole thing was gorgeous and yet
In perfect taste.
Hand wrought iewelry 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 zodiac necklace, which is the
latest thing to conjure with. Every
body nowadays has fetch, partic-
ular luck charm, which is supposed to