Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-28
A Lavender Idea

T AVENDEp h-eathes softened fra
grance Of its own. whether 1t Is
sold on the street corners. wrapped
by the druggist or dried from your own
old-timy garden. Indeed there are
many good housewives who store away
these sweet scents for the linen closet
Just as regularly as they drv beans and
onions. Lovers Of the rose garden as a
pastime have taken to the raising Of
lavender for their own use. and women
have gone into II as business.
The imaginary scent Of a whole Law
ender garden carries US far from our
Christmas fancy work. but we may be
brought back to 1t by realization that
the dried leaves of this sweet-scented
plant are now considered worthy Of
more delicate surroundings than the
linen closet They belong to the whole
boudoir. and when used the lavender
idea is carried out even in the color
and decoration of the material.
Much beautiful needle and art work
may he done with the stalk of lavender
as single theme. The ordinary bu-
reau drawer pad OF purplish silk and
its companion, the long silkaline dress
bag With delicate purple blossoms and
ribbons. although useful enough. sink
into insignificance compared to the more
modern iavender-scented elegance,
which takes he shape Of sachets. box
es, picture frames. pillows. bags and
ampshades These latter have reached
q degree of perfection not imagined by
most makers of the ordinary little sal
able shade. In the more simple ones
The cardboard or water-color paper Is
cut Into a circular shade shape and
painted with a spray of lavender flow
ers tied with A howknot: a band Of
gilt paint Is used above and below. and
the shade clamped together with brass
rivete
In an exquisite production made to
shade the mellow tallow light. above
a tall colonial silver candestick the
base was cardboard IN eight sections.
four OF them wider than the other four
and each one cornered first with white
silk, painted and then yelled with faint
ly lavender mousseline. The painted
silk showed an occasional stalk of law
ender on the smaller sections. and
on a single one Of the larger sections.
a round medallion. outlined with bios
SONS with a quaint little lady In Law
ender In the center of the disk. After
being sewed together the shade Is
decorated along all OF It's joints and at
top and bottom with quilting OF Lutte
string ribbon IN lavender
For the nightdress sachet and for
those for gloves and handkerchiefs. gen.
erous pieces OF creamy white bangaline
al "a fSid 10 Uyf- n
a wadding In the middle and cream or
delicate lavender satin Innings In each
dainty cover the idea followed has been
that OF the folder and not the rocket.
Round each there Is finish OF white
silk cord knotted at the corners. and on
the corded silk there S painted or en-
broidered. with rocco ribbon a spray
OF lavender fowers in a design repre-
senting a loose wreath tied with a bow.
or else repeating the old-fashioned lady
spreading her skirts to make a graceful
bow
The couch pillow. lined with plain Law
ender silk. is white French muslin in
aIover embroidery. with a frill around
its edge and worked with the wreath
OF lavender In one corner.
There are boxes for the dressing bu-
reau and picture frames: a fan. small
sachets and pouch like workbags. These
last are Of lavender or white silk. paint
e1 or embroidered. but always carrying
out the one lavender idea in Its several
designs.
The fan shows the design of the Law
ender lady painted on its white mousse
line surface above ivory sticks and the
boxes and frame: covered first with iri-
descent silk. on which is painted the de-
signs. and over this is yelling of white
mousseline. and as the final finish the
same little silken cord.
The daintiness of all OF these pieces Is
not to be disputed, and their exquisite
materials and colors will prove satisfy
Ing to those who are able to carry them
out