Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-30

" (ltilN NJ \ RkS : do not Fcen to h3Na
~ had az much attention aa aooh
- plates. which have enjoyed 50
much vogue within the last few leara.
Yet bookmarks arc ~ undouhfedir
greater antiquity than are book piateF.
which ala not come into being. prot
ably. until the fourteenth OF ffteonth
century ono can imagine that I've
Il she had had book would have
slipped "a grass heiwoen tire leaves
when she laid II aside 10 attend t.
some az hcr housckcepins dntiee II
other words i hoollmark IS eHch
logical sort of thing that the a'iest
readers oF hooks must havo used one
or course the ecclesiastical hook
mark has alWazs received a great deaf
of attention II has nccn used part
OF the svmnoljeai furnishing forth of
the lecturn or pulpit i has been
made of rich fabric and In wonderful
colors. ana Il has been adorned with
embroidery of a symhoH,al sort
Perhaps II Is these ecclesiastical
bookmarks whirh have hocn th" model
for the hookmark which III" woman
who reads uses TODAY. Tho fad for
hookmarks or interesting design and
fabric came from EsnEiard, whcr" n
few months aEo several women began
TO use interesting strips Of heavy
crimson ribbon bearing their arms
embroidered sons times friucPd hcav
ifv with gold fringe or silver. These
+ hookmarks can he copied without tn"
armorial embroidery ANY conHor
t 5tsonal design can he worked in metallic
or colorcd threads. II sou are clever
At doing such things you can adapt
i the design Of your hook plato 10 tn"
/ space on Your favorite bookmark. and
emhroider il there
/ Another bookmark that possesses
i distinction and nj the same time is
very well adapted FOR It's work and
further r. easy and inexpensive to
make-is made with beads slipped on
a silk cord The beads are held In
place with knots In the cord An in
teresting color scheme is sought. For
instance make knot IN the end of a
! twelve inch length OF brown silk corJ.
Slip on the other end OF the cord a
small brown carved wooden bead. Knot
the cord TO hold the bead closely
against the first knot. slip on a large
iade- green glass bead, knot the cord
again, slip on another carved wooden
bead. make fOsrth knot and one end
Of the bookmark is finished. 10 the
same thing with the other end-and
the bookmark is finished.
other interesting color schemes can
be worked Red dark rcd cords are
good with sarvcd brown beads or vel
lowish beads OF carved bone suggest
i've Of old ivory Then amber beads OF
dark blue or brown SILK cords make
lovely bookmarlls. Keep away from the
baby blue and pale pink beads as a
certain dignity OF Color is more ap-
propriate for use with books.
These bead marks are excellent as
the weight .of the beads holds them
firmly in place
There are charming little metal
markers in the shops that are made
to slip over the top OF the page some
Of these are quite elaborately stamped
and chased, ana ef course they could
be made by worker in metals along
quite individual lines
Then there are some made OF tor
toise shell, OF the same sort, with a
decorative design painted on the shell
And there are other combination
bookmarks and paper cutters that are
quite attractive The end Of the
marker is made long pointed and
sharp enough to tear paper. Such q