Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-15

than a bedspread made of one of the
new Swedish cottons that are mex
pensive limitations of the hand.woven
kinds. They come in large checks and
| broken line stripes on shot grounds III
beautiful orange and old red and blue
and yellow all mixed up together
Il am longing to decorate one of
the circular-topped iron beds with
fitted cover for each end and a many
colored bouquet of appliqued linen
flowers in the middle of the head and
foot, with a striped linen bedspread
to match. Then for the four-poster.
which is quite fashionable, there Is a
lovely cretonne copied from an old
tapestry design that makes ideal cur
tains and valance.
Springtime schemes are suggested
by some of the new Irish linen bed
spreads which are embroidered with
delightful designs of daffodils or tu-
lips. There can be bought very wide
and inexpensive furnishing laces with
band of plain net between an edg-
ing and an insertion that would help
TO make charming bedspreads.
Transformed Bedsteads.
Many people who look longingly at
the beautiful modern beds TO be
bought are not aware that at small
cost and a little time and trouble they
can convert an old iron or brass bed
stead into a decorative and artistic
modern one.
To do this, first saw off the head and
foot of the bed above where the iron
frame which supports the mattress
fits into the leg. Engage metal work
err to do this for you. Possibly there,
is a metal bar across the head and
across the foot of the bed below the
iron framework for the mattress. If so,
have these sawed away too. If these
bars are not there, and If the metal
work is fairly plain, it will be we'll to
saw off the leg above the top of the
mattress instead of Immediately above
where the iron frame fits in. If you
do this, the tops of the legs will form
four pillars, which will be found to be
hollow. Your bed will now be a plain
bedstead with a pillar at each corner
and no other brass or metal work eX-
cept the legs.
1t is an easy matter to get or have
made to fit into each of these hollow
tubes a pla Ner or wooden basket of
flowers or fruit, or any other device in
plaster or wood that is suitable.
Enamel what is left of the metal in
a bright color and paint or enamel
the baskets of fruit or flowers in nat
ural or fantastic shades. Make pleat-
ed valance to hang from the top OF
the mattress to the ground all around
the bed outside the legs and bed
spread to match.
If your existing framework does not
allow of your leaving the pillars, cut
the legs off Immediately above where
the iron framework fits in Put your
valance straight round. making 1t
deep enough to tuck in under the mat
tress and SO hide the unsightly tops
of the legs where they have been cut
off
In the daytime the pillows can be
removed and two holsters, covered TO
match or contrast with the bedspread,
with q gold tassel at each end, can be
placed at the head and foot Of the
bed. For people who object to their
pillows touching the wall, fit a light
rod to the wall about is inches from
the ceiling and hang a curtain from
this down behind the head Of the bed.
Cot Decorations.
Little wadded covers, quilted in the
old-world manner, are being made
now for baby's cot. Covered with
white satin, they are the daintiest
little adjuncts of the sleeping outfit,
and beneath them are TO be found the
snowiest of snow-white blankets bound
with ribbon and as light in weight as
can be.
But how is the cot itself to be deco
rated? That depends upon individual
taste. When the cot is being pre-
pared. a choice of materials can be
made between net, wolfe, silk or satin,
but, of course, a washable kind OF
fabric is imperative, and the hang
ings, valance and 50 forth should be
stitched on in such a way that they
can be taken off for cleaning purposes
easily, and a easily be attached again.
In some cases color is introduced
into the cot decoration by little
punches of flowers. Daisies are the
favorite resource, pink-tipped and APP
piled when the folds of the curtains
are drawn together above the child's
head, or rosebuds, quite tiny and pale
pink and white. are substituted.
If lace is used to hem the hanginGs,
it should be quite light in make and
narrow in width. Anything that sug-
gests eXaggeration or overelabora-
ton is taboo, therefore val or blonde
lace are preferred usually. Pink or
blue bows or rosettes may be added as
i decoration.