frame painted white, light blue or pink ; whatever the color of the screen
is to be, have this a contrast, as light blue wood, with the screen a pale
blue Watteau design, or light blue or cream ground with pale pink
roses or buds. If the wood is painted with the paints that are glossy,
it will look like enameled wood. Some of the paints have a gloss that
gives a finish called " China paint." The frame is very pretty if left in
the natural wood and simply oiled, using the dark wood for a screen
that has a dark background, and the light wood for a light background.
The cretonnes come in Watteau designs, with fair ladies and gallant
knights disporting on flowery grounds or leaning from pagodas, or row-
ing in boats after water lilies ; again beautiful vases with bouquets of
flowers and trailing vines drooping down to the base ; Japanese fans of
all sizes and shapes — all these come in cretonne patterns for screens,
and have only to be tacked on with a narrow upholstering heading and
tiny tacks. They are then ready to be " toted " around and made to
believe they are the most convenient article in the house. The new
wall-papers that come for dadoes and friezes have panels of just the
right size and shape for screens ; if put on a back ground of cambric,
after being stretched and varnished, they are as durable as cloth and
much richer in effect. Beautiful easels made of the same wood, and in
the way mentioned above, can be used for music, pictures or engravings.
DECORATIVE FANCIES.
A Novelty is a Tripod Stand, formed of twigs of rustic wood, var-
nished. A small spool of cotton or silk is threaded on each twig, so
that the silk can be unwound without removing the spool.
If Small Common Flower Pots are covered with the black silhouettes
frequently seen in illustrated papers and German books, and afterward
varnished and suspended by cords, they will form unique hanging bas-
kets for ferns and vines.
Bottles can be made for smelling salts by covering any bottle that has
a glass stopper, with either silk or satin, and painting any pretty design
on the silk. The smelling salts can be made in this way : Fill the bot-
tle partly full of lime ; then pour over the lime just enough aqua
ammonia to moisten.
A Very Pretty Lamp Shade is made of perf rated card-board, fine
tarlatan, narrow ribbons, leaves and ferns. The leaves and ferns should
be mostly small ones. After they have been pressed and the leaves
waxed, cut six pieces of card-board and arrange the leaves and ferns on
each piece differently. When arranged, paste them on the tarlatans ;
then cover the card-board on both sides with the tarlatan, bind all the
edges with the ribbon and sew together.
Unique Hanging Baskets are made of Japanese umbrellas. Take
the stick out of a medium-sized one, sew a strip of card-board together
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to form a circle of suitable size ; fasten it to the inside of the umbrella,
so as to keep it in shape and falling open. Put a bow of ribbon or a
cord and tassel at the top, which will be the bottom when inverted.
Hang it with ribbons to the chandelier, or in one of the windows. Fill
with pressed ferns, dried flowers and autumn leaves, and it will be a
pleasant bit of color.
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frame painted white, light blue or pink ; whatever the color of the screen is to be, have this a contrast, as light blue wood, with the screen a pale blue Watteau design, or light blue or cream ground with pale pink roses or buds. If the wood is painted with the paints that are glossy, it will look like enameled wood. Some of the paints have a gloss that gives a finish called " China paint." The frame is very pretty if left in the natural wood and simply oiled, using the dark wood for a screen that has a dark background, and the light wood for a light background. The cretonnes come in Watteau designs, with fair ladies and gallant knights disporting on flowery grounds or leaning from pagodas, or rowing in boats after water lilies ; again beautiful vases with bouquets of flowers and trailing vines drooping down to the base ; Japanese fans of all sizes and shapes — all these come in cretonne patterns for screens, and have only to be tacked on with a narrow upholstering heading and tiny tacks. They are then ready to be " toted " around and made to believe they are the most convenient article in the house. The new wall-papers that come for dadoes and friezes have panels of just the right size and shape for screens ; if put on a back ground of cambric, after being stretched and varnished, they are as durable as cloth and much richer in effect. Beautiful easels made of the same wood, and in the way mentioned above, can be used for music, pictures or engravings.
DECORATIVE FANCIES.
A Novelty is a Tripod Stand, formed of twigs of rustic wood, varnished. A small spool of cotton or silk is threaded on each twig, so that the silk can be unwound without removing the spool.
If Small Common Flower Pots are covered with the black silhouettes frequently seen in illustrated papers and German books, and afterward varnished and suspended by cords, they will form unique hanging baskets for ferns and vines.
Bottles can be made for smelling salts by covering any bottle that has a glass stopper, with either silk or satin, and painting any pretty design on the silk. The smelling salts can be made in this way : Fill the bottle partly full of lime ; then pour over the lime just enough aqua ammonia to moisten.
A Very Pretty Lamp Shade is made of perf rated card-board, fine tarlatan, narrow ribbons, leaves and ferns. The leaves and ferns should be mostly small ones. After they have been pressed and the leaves waxed, cut six pieces of card-board and arrange the leaves and ferns on each piece differently. When arranged, paste them on the tarlatans ; then cover the card-board on both sides with the tarlatan, bind all the edges with the ribbon and sew together.
Unique Hanging Baskets are made of Japanese umbrellas. Take the stick out of a medium-sized one, sew a strip of card-board together
to form a circle of suitable size ; fasten it to the inside of the umbrella, so as to keep it in shape and falling open. Put a bow of ribbon or a cord and tassel at the top, which will be the bottom when inverted. Hang it with ribbons to the chandelier, or in one of the windows. Fill with pressed ferns, dried flowers and autumn leaves, and it will be a pleasant bit of color.