LAi)i£s* PAii^cy TTOfiif. 



set 



t^c large pieces together, and sew the cord all aromid the edge. To hang 

 it, sew on two large brass ringe at the back of the two top-eide scallops. 



A Ilaudiiorae La<-e Spread. — With forethought and some money one 

 can easily make a beautitul set of pillow shams and spreads without any 

 great eijjense. From time to time buy, as you see those which please you 

 and are cheap, squares of antique lace; they come in all kinds of pretty de- 

 signs. Choose those of uniform size and of the same quality. When you 

 have enough set them together with a stripe of satin. Remnants of satin can 

 be ptirchased sometimes at very low figures. For a lx>rder, catch the 

 squares together diagonally and fit it in half 8<inare8 of the satin. I*nt the 

 edge of the lace squares over the satin, having first taken the precaution to 

 overcast ^"ery delicately the edges of the satin. The spread may be lined o* 

 not, as you please. The pillow covers 

 should be made to match. With proper 

 care a set of this kind will last a long 

 time, and when one considers the com- 

 fort of always having a handsome cover- 

 ing for the bed at hand to dress it up for 

 great occasions, the outlay of time and 

 money does not appear to have been 

 wasted. 



Hanging Curd-Rerelver ami 

 AVatch Case. — Take two pieces of card, 

 ten inches long and three and one-half 

 inches wide, and cut the ends pointed ae 

 the design shows. Cover both pieces 

 with velvet or silk, and embroider a vine 

 of flowers on one end, or if preferred 

 paint in water colors. Overhand the two 

 pieces tc^ether and finish the edge with 

 gilt cord. Make a ring of twisted cord at 

 the top. Bend the card up at three inches 

 to form the rack, and fasten at the sides 

 with cord and tassels. Twist a laige hook 

 with gilt t»ire and sew an inch below 

 the ring at the top, for the watch. 



To Prepare Skeleton Leave*. — A CABD-KECErVER ASD WATCH CASE- 

 ready methtni of preparing skeleton 



leaves is the following: Make a solution of concentrated lye in hot water, in 

 the proportion of about two ounces of lye to a quart of water; or, if this is 

 not convenient, prepare the lye by dissolving four ounces of ct^mmon wash- 

 ing soda in a quart of water, adding about two ounces of fresh quick hme, 

 boiling for about a quarter of an hour, and when cool decanting the liquid 

 from the sediment. Place the leaves in tins solution, and allow it to boil for 

 about an hour, or until by trial the pulpy part of one of the leaves allows 

 itself to be readily removed. When this is the case, the leaves are cartfully 

 removed, one by one, floated on a sheet of glass, and the pulp is removed 

 by gently tapping or beating with a painter's stiff brush, or the Uke, taking 

 care not to apply a rubbing motion, which would destroy the fibres as well. 

 From time to time the disintegrated pulp should be washed away by allow- 

 ing a stream of water to flow on the glass. When this operation baa be«i 



