Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1884 — SUGGESTIONS OF BVALUE. [ARTICLE]

SUGGESTIONS OF BVALUE.

Frames of white lace over tufted bright-colored satin are the newest for the family photographs in the parlor. Old-fashioned palm-leaf fans painted and decorated with ribbons are now the most fashionable «dor fire hand screens. Chamois makes a soft and pretty material for embroidery. Pink, bine and yellow look well upon it It may also be used for hand-painting. To wipe the dnstjfrom papered walls take a clean, soft piece of flannel. Oi course, it must not be damp, but the dry flannel will remove the dnst. Tar may he removed from the hands by rubbing with the outside of fresh orange or lemon peel and drying immediately. The volatile oil in the skin dissolves the tar so it can be wiped Off. Small plaques that may have become obsolete in the design or too feiLetically glaring in color, may be covered with velvet or plush, upon which is embroidered or painted a spray of flowers or , one or two peacock feathers. A robe for a child’s sleigh, or for a man’s either, is made by knitting a stripe of bright-colored yarns, using for this the odds and ends in the house, then have a plain stripe of dark-colored yarn; finish with a scalloped edge. Pretty table-covers and cbvers for shelves and lambrequins, also, are made of the new shades of flannel, which come in doable widths. For some uses it i 3 even preferable to felt, and is found to be very serviceable. A nice present for a housekeeper is a set of half a dozen doylies or small fruit napkins. The latest fashion is to turn down one corner of the linen squares and work upon it an orange, banana or other fruit, varying the design on each. Freckles, according to Dr. Shoemaker, can be removed by a careful application of a little ointment of the oleate of copper at bedtime. He makes the ointment by dissolving the oleate of copper in sufficient oleopalmetic acid to make amass. Pretty splashers to put behind tho washstands in common rooms may be made of parts of old curtains; wash and starch them, line them with bright-colored cambric and tack them up. If you have old torchon, or any suitable lace, trim the edges with that. Embroidered aprons are now very fashionable for borne wear, and may be made of satin, linen, pongee, or muslin, and decorated with silk, wools, or crewels, as the material suggests. A very tasteful apron for a young lady is one of pure white pongee worked with dainty knots of violets, the waistband strings being of delicate lavender ribbon.