Ttm It Otf SPAT oil). 



properly performed, nothin 



TOrr.ET BOTTLE CASE. — ^FIG, 



of tho loaf remains Ijohind but tlio riefworlt of 

 fibres, or the skeleton. 

 The next step is to 

 bleacli the skeleton 

 leaves, which is easily 

 done by placing thcia 

 in a shallow dish of 

 water, to which a small 

 quantity of chloride of 

 lime has been added 

 (say about a teaspoon- 

 ful to a quart). In a 

 day or two, at most, the 

 fibres will be found 

 bleached to a p n r e 

 white, when they shonld 

 be removed to a vessel 

 ■ of fresh water for final 

 ' cleansing, in which they 

 should remain for an- 

 other day. From this 

 they should b e re- 

 moved, placed between 

 the folds of a soft linen cloth, and allowed to dry; they are then ready to be 

 pressed, curled, or arranged into ornamental designs, 

 according to fancy. 



Another method of disintegrating the pulp of the 

 leaves, which is sometimes followed, is to place them in 

 a dish of water, keeping them beneath the water by the 

 use of a sheet of glass, and exposing them to the sun- 

 light. Tho disintegration takes place slowly, requiring 

 two weeks or thereabouts to complete it. The subse- 

 quent operations are the same as those above described. 



Toilet Bottlo Case.^Tho case is made on a circular 

 foundation of cardboard, four inches wide, lined with 

 black silk and covered with black cloth Vandykes round 

 the edge. The latter is embroidered in satin overcast 

 and feather stitoh (see Fig. 2). Tho flowers are worked 

 alternately in white and blue, the rosebuds with pink, 

 and the wheat ears with maize silk. The branches and 

 sprays aro worked with several shades of olive and fawn- 

 colored silk. On this foundation is sewn a cylindrical 

 case of cardboard, two and a half inches high, and lined 

 within and without with black satin. Two box-plaited 

 ruchings of satin arc arranged round it, and above these 

 is a Vandyke strip of black cloth embroidered in tho 

 same designs and colors as above described. 



TOILET BOTTI.K 

 CASE. — FIO. 2. 



Parlor Oriininont. — Purchase a plain Indian straw 

 basket, one of neat manufactui'o and pretty shape; paint 

 it black; this gives an effective background for the fruit designs painted on 

 the Bides and ends; lino the basket with brightly tinted velvet, cover tho 



