Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 289, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1910 — TABLE LINEN FOR A BRIDE [ARTICLE]

TABLE LINEN FOR A BRIDE

Some Few Things Worth Remembering In Connection With the Dower Cheat. The girl who Is starting a dower chest will be particularly Interested In her table linen. She may well choose either Dresden or Irish linen or both, as both are said to wear indefinitely. Where one buys the napery in sets, these Include cloths of two yards wide by two and a half and three yards long, and napkins of breaklast and dinner size. If possible, buy these sets In their natural color, and bleach them In the sun. Chemicals used for whitening are likely to destroy the texture of the linen. Luncheon sets come In both Irish and Dresden woven napery in all white. The newest luncheon sets, however, are made from Austrian linen, and consist of a round cloth and 12 napkins. Each piece carries a damask thistle design in pale green, maize, blue or rose on a white ground.