Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-03-28
BY MARGARET MASON

BY MAhOAhEI MAOON
with basket on her dimpled arm
Priscilla goes to sew;
I would l were that thing of reeds
That sways there to and fro,
So l night hang upon her arm
And with Priscilla CO."
NEW YORK, March 2S.-"Dont put
all your eggs in one basket seems a
superfluous adage in these eggs
orbitant and eggsasperating days when
we never think OF putting our eggs
any place but in the safe. Even for
the Croesus who owns full dozen
the bit of advice is a superfuity, for
who would ever dream of putting all
of anything in one basket with such a
fascinating and bewildering assort-
ment of bewitching baskets to make a
collection OF.
The days are past when the word
basket conjured up before the mind S
eye nothing save those oblong half
bushel affairs with bent wood han
die that invariably left splinters in
your palm or forearm.
Nowadays my lady goes to market
to buy her weekly onion or potato with
reed or willow woven confection
vivid with hand painted primitive de-
signs by the Russian peasants or the
Guatemala Indians. Or if she has
Lenten leanings toward less ornate
colorings an artistic but more somber
tened Chinese basket of smoked bam-
boo may bangle from her arm.
She carries her sewing in round
Chinese basket of slender, close
woven split bamboo bright with bob
bing vari-colored beads and Chinese
tassal of silk and gilt. Her knitting
she conveys in a basket bag of raffia
or sweet grass. Most anyone would
give a darn for the adorable darning
basket of tinted or gilded wicker lined
in silks of rainbow hue an dornate
with fruits and flowers of cotton stuff
ed silk or tassels and beads from
Chinatown.
In the home the basket beautiful
reigns supreme Shallow baskets of
two toned weayes and color made by
the Mexican Indians hold in artistic
grouping the gold of oranges and the
amber and ruby of Ewes favorite fruit.
The smoked bamboo baskets also make
stunning fruit holders.
Pretty For The Blind.
| Exquisitely pastel tinted baskets
woven and dyed at the Association for
the Blind come in every conceivable
decorative shape and are lovely filled
with artificial flowers to tighten Up
any corner upstairs, downstairs or IN
my lads chamber. Many have tin
containers fitted inside for real hon
est to goodness blooms.
Flat. round, oblong and square box
like baskets stencilled in riotous and
futuristic design and color make ideal
catchalls for hankeis, nevktes, gloves
and even bon bons.
Sandwich baskets or natural colored
osier or smoked bamboo are always
attractive either with or without a
fitted plate of gay hued peasant china
ware in their shallow embrace.
Hanging baskets of tsained willow
lined with colored silk or colored glass
make lovely swaying lights and lined
with painted tin they hold growing
plants and trailing vines to tighten the
living room, sun porch or breakfast
room.
Scrap baskets have passed from the
| stage Of gilt and composition barlands
to a more ornate state Of gilt festool-
ed in elaborate designs of French silk
fruit and flowers, gold lace, tassels and
gold cord. Or else they are the gay
hued peasant or Indian baskets OF
barbaric dye or of black and gold or
gold and red lacquer la Chinois.