Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1911 — THE BOUDOIR [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE BOUDOIR

FADS IN STATIONERY p> ■■'y'.'K MANY CHARMING CONCEITB ARE OFFERED TO WOMEN. |Blue Bird Hat Given Place to Charv tlder, Which Appoara on Letter and Note Paper, Invitation, Dinner and Menu Cards. Never was there a season when the seeker after fads in stationery could And so many charming conceits to ■choose from. In the early part of the Mdhter we had the blue bird, adapted jto all social requirements. The birds iadorned the upfrer left hand corners jdf cards and paper, while the paper twas tinted a delicate blue, or the envelopes were lined with vivid blue, Host the hue of the bird’s plumage. ■ Now the blue bird must take second place, for cbantecler holds the center of the stage. Among the stationery novelties for which Rostand’s play is Msponsible are things both startling and beautiful. Chantecler letter and note paper, Invitation and dinner pards are tinted in vivid red, orange,

Pumpkin yellow or buff, with chantec»r in bright colors occupying a conIsplcupus position in the upper left {hand corner or at the top of the sheet Wot to be outdone, the pheasant, too, appears in natural colors, and there is a smaller assortment of cards and note paper with decorations of animals’ heads. The chanteclei* fed has turned loose upon society, too, whole flocks of read, feathered birds. These usually adorn place and menu cards, and in form and color the birds are perfect Nothing more exquisite in the line of feather work has been attempted than these tiqy pheasants, peacocks, m&cknws, redbirds, canaries, pwls, chickens and roosters. Even pairs of tiny birds are found upon a bit of a nest in which cuddle mites of eggs. It is said that no. wild birds are killed for the making of this feathered stationery, the plumage being manufactured in

France from the feathers of domestle fowls. Suffrage and airships also provide motives for the adornment of the season’s stationery. The real enthusiast for the votes-for-women cause writes her notes on yellow tinted paper, decorated at the top of the page with a pair of scales balanced above the word "Equality,” and it is evident that she does not despise social diversions, because invitation and place cards appear in the same rich color and with the same suggestive embellishment The airship novelties, which include cloud craft wrought of paper in all the forms known to the navigators of the air, are mostly used for aero dinners, both as favors and as place and menu cards.