Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1911 — LOOKS WELL ON DESK [ARTICLE]

LOOKS WELL ON DESK

Cretonne Writing Bet a Gift Which Will Be Pleasing to Any Girl. For the maid who loves white enameled furniture and dimity curtains and dresden china toilet articles nothing could be more charming than a cretonne-covered writing set for the boudoir desk. It is especially appropriate in a simple rosebud design for a young girl. Firot there is the big blotter, the foundation cut out of heavy cardboard after a leather model and the cretonne carefully pasted on’, with tiny stitches to round the corners properly. A narrow gimp edging may be used if desired, but if you can do the work neatly enough it is really prettier without. Next in order is the set of notebooks, ranging from the'big dairy to the little address book, and each neatly bound. Here the gilt or green gimp Is more in order, but you may Buit your own tastes about that. Calendar (the cards for the perpetual variety may be bought, with a light, cheap frame, at any stationer’s) and picture frames belong together; and after them come the little boxes for pen points, elastics, etc. These may be merely little jewelry boxes lined with silk or velvet or, better, gray chamois. There are three articles which must not be included in this set. These are the ink well and the pen tray, because of the danger of staining them, and the candlesticks, because of that of fire. But if you wish your set to be complete, you can get these in dresden china, with a llttl6 clock to match, in a design closely approximating that of the cretonne. Perhaps it would be better to buy the china first and match the cretonne from it. All sorts of smaller articles, such as little blotters, penwiper, paper cutter, etc., may be covered with the pretty fabric. Of course, brocaded silk may be used instead, if you de sire to make the set a more expensive one. And, by the way, give a piece ol the plain fabric with your present, or get it extra if you are making the set for yourself. For accidents will happen, and first aid is a useful thing to have at hand.