Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-01


from those OF war times. There are
the same sort of striking designs
showing flowers and birds and but
terflies that have been in vogue for
several years. Then there are most
interesting designs showing pagodas
and trees and figures. not so very
small, either. with lanterns and birds
and sometimes even beasts inter-
woven. The colors are vivid but
beautiful. and in h big room give a
better effect than anything else.
There are also many charming
smaller designs. There are some Of
the regulation, old-fashioned English
ohintz designs, with flowers in nat
urd colors on light background
pricked with black or plain. and
sometimes on black background.
II is often possible 20 buy the same
design in an ordinary cretonne or
chintz. and in one with a glazed fin-
ish, sometimes too In a thin net and
in a sllkolene. In such case. you
can use the same design In several
materials in furnishing room.
There are paisley shawl patterns
and colorings. too, in the new
cretonnes. These are particularly
charming in room furnished in
rather sedate fashion.
silk popiin is one OF the upholstery
fabrics particularly we'll adapted to
covering cushions. 1t comes in all
the good colors, including a lovely
pumpkin yellow, a soft, bright blue,
ana particularly good red.
That figured terry cloth is a good
thing for window draperies where
something heavier than net or Gre
tonne is wanted, but where Il is not
advisable to spend too much money.
This comes in delightful designs and
colcrs, sometimes duplicating those
OF cretonne.
The bright-coiored cotton nets for
use right over the window are also
good and can be fashioned into very
effective curtains. There are many
different meshes, ranging from one
that is almost lsceiike TO one big
enc of the fishnet variety.
Perfume burners are liked by many
women who do not personally use
perfume, They like the scent Of
perfume I'm their rooms, and some
times prefer floral scent 20 one~of
incense. These burners are little
porcelain lamps. with a cup-shaped
depression over the electric bulb &c
accc,,,p, oda3a a Geo. s~o.S. q 49,.
fume. The gentle heat of the bull
evaporates the perfume, forcing of
its scent in a charming way. TIL,
tiny lamps are decorative, aside from
being useful, They cost about fif.
teen dollars--and as much more a.
you wish to pay.
A beautiful lampshade IS so sim
pie Of construction that any woman
with a knowledge of hampshire max
ing could copy It. The wire frame 4
properly covered with the reouisit
thickness Of soft old-gold silk-thre
thicknesses Of the thin china silk /
sufficient. If YOU want to give
particularly soft and rosy light yo'
may make the middle thickness q
rose-colored silk. The shade wi
then give an old-gold appearance, bu
the light viii be slightly modified b
the layer OF rose-colored silk. The
on the shade are placed four length
Of narrow Chinese emhroidery-a ia
tie over an inch wide. 1t is tha
sort of strip embroidery done o
silk, with the edges turned IL
worked in blue and white and gol,
These strips are caught at the 70
OF the shade under the gilt bindin
and at the bottom they are bound i
point with gilt braid and end /
tassels.
An Interesting parchment Iamr
shade is stained a soft, light brow
On II is then painted a fruit desig
in sepia. On the inside of the siad
the same design is painted in th
natural colors Of the fruit, quit
bright and clear. When the light
of there is a very sedate-loolSin
shade in soft, light brown with
sepia design. When the light
turned on there is a lighter brow
shade with the softest sort of colol
ing in a fruit design--soft. purp
grapes. soft, red and yellow. apple
and softer green leaves This is al
ether trick. worth copying.
Have you a tulle scarf? Don't W
want one? You can make one of II
most charming sort in this wa
Just get the tulle by the var
Three-quarters Of yard is enoug
though yard is not too much. TIL
you can get for two or three dolla,
a yard, and IL is two yards wild
maybe two and a half. OF cours
the width of the tulle is the lengt
Of the scarf. Then gather each eI
into tassel. You can buy beautif
gilt tassels for three and a half dc
lars each. They are long and heav
and have little top part into whiS
the gathered tulle may be fastene
You can buy smaller and very pret
ones for a dollar and a half eac
You can buy others without the lit
top part for fifty or sixty cents eac
and lacking that little top part "
can gather the ends of the tulle in
little sort of rosette into which q
tassel cord may be slipped.
A cushion for the boudoir
drawing-room is a big, round o.
covered with black rnarabou, It
of course, a foolish bit of trumper
but it is delightfully."- soft and pret
both in appearance and feelin
Sometimes a big rose in yellow
Pink is placed directly in its fiuf
center.
The shops are showing many
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