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WALL-POCKET—NETTING, AND BRAID¬ 
ING. 
Materials : stout gray twisted cotton ; black, green, 
and gray leather; lining; green worsted braid an inch 
in width; narrow green braid. This wall-pocket is 
netted of gray yarn and thickly intertwined with 
strips of colored leather. It requires a piece twenty- 
three inches long and eleven and a half inches wide, 
and two small side parts. The network is done of 
stout gray twisted cotton over a flat stick two-fifths of 
an inch wide. Begin with two loops and increase one 
in each row by knotting two into the last loop of each 
preceding row until a width of thirty loops is attained. 
Continue then to increase one loop in each row, but 
only on one side of the work, at the same time drop¬ 
ping one loop on the opposite side—by knotting two 
together—so that the width of thirty loops is uniformly 
retained. When fifty rows have been netted in this 
manner, the missing corner is finally added by drop¬ 
ping the stitches on the requisite side. The two side 
parts consist of strips each five loops in width and six¬ 
teen in length, worked in like manner. 
The netted foundation Is now ready-, and is inter¬ 
twined by strips of gray, black, and green leather, 
one-third of an inch wide. The strips are first drawn 
through lengthwise, a gray and green alternately, and 
then across, a gray and black alternately. As shown 
in the illustration, the cross-strips lie on top. After 
the parts have been provided with a thin black lining 
they are placed together in the manner indicated by 
the illustration. The upper part is turned over to the 
right side far enough to reach the pocket, and fastened 
to the lining at the back by means of narrow green 
braid. The pocket is decorated by ruchings of green 
worsted braid an inch wide, and tassels of gray yarn. 
It is hung up by means of narrow green braid. 
WALL-POCKET FOR DOLL-HOUSE, OP 
PERFORATED CARDBOARD. 
For the construction of this pocket cut a piece of 
perforated cardboard three and three-fifths inches long 
Wall-Pocket for Doll-House. 
and two inches wide, taper to a point at one end, and 
break over the opposite end to a depth of one and 
one-fifth of an inch, thus shaping the pocket out of 
one piece. Now cut out on both parts, front and back, 
with a sharp penknife, the neat little pattern indicated 
in the illustration, to which a fine effect is given by 
colored silk lining. As plainly shown in the illustra¬ 
tion, front and back parts are connected by means of 
loose stitches of floss silk, tassels of which serve to 
finish off the lower ends. 
NEEDLE-BOOK OF PERFORATED CARD¬ 
BOARD. 
The covers of this book consist of two equal strips 
of cardboard, eacli three and one-fifth inches long and 
two and two-fifths inches wide. These are decorated 
in the centre with a bouquet of violets paiuted or em- 
Wall-Pocket; Netting and Braiding. 
broidered in the requisite colors with silk. A cretonne 
flower or decalcomanie may be used instead. A neat 
little border of purple sewing silk decorates the edge, 
and the parts are lined with purple silk. The book 
to be inserted, and which serves for the reception of 
needles, and is provided with leaves of white flannel, 
consists of two parts of perforated cardboard, each 
two and two-fifths inches long and two inches wide, 
lined with white flannel, finished off at the edges with 
button-hole stitches of purple silk, and joined together 
by overhand stitches. Bows of narrow purple satin 
ribbon complete the book. 
FISH-SCALE JEWELRY AND ORNA¬ 
MENTS. 
It was my good fortune to spend a part of last win¬ 
ter in Jacksonville, Florida. Going into one of the 
large jewelry establishments one day, my attention 
was attracted to a show-ease, lined with blue satin, 
which contained what I supposed to be a fine collec¬ 
tion of white wax flowers. 
I asked permission to examine some of them, and 
was surprised to learn that they were not wax, but 
w T ere made of fish scales. 
They were made up into sets of jewelry, wreaths, 
and sprays for the hair. Wishing to carry some little 
“ curiosity ” home to some of my lady friends, and 
knowfing how abundantly we were supplied with fish, 
I thought now here is something that cannot be ex¬ 
pensive, and yet they are very beautiful. I decided to 
make some purchases. I selected a set of jewelry 
composed of rose leaves and buds, and asked the price. 
Seven dollars was the price named. I told the oblig¬ 
ing clerk he might put them back, I thought I would 
not take them. 
After reaching my boarding-place, I kept thinking 
how much they resembled wax flowers, and under¬ 
standing the art of making them, I decided to try the 
fish scales. Going in search of Edmund, the colored 
man, whose duty I knew it was each morning to pre¬ 
pare the fish for breakfast. I explained my errand 
and got the promise of the scales, which I found just 
outside my door the next morning. I washed them 
two or three times in warm water; then wiped each 
scale dry on a clean cloth. This removed all the 
sticky substance adhering to them. 
While they were drying, I went back to the jewelry 
store and purchased a spool of No. 16 silver wire, 
and the mountings for a set of jewelry, which consisted 
of a silver pin, resembling somewhat a common safety 
pin, and the wires for the ear-rings. Paid fifty cents 
for the set. I will now tell the readers of the Cabinet 
how to make a few of the flowers. Gather natural 
flowers and pick them to pieces to get patterns, and 
cut the scales as near like them as possible. For a 
rose, after cutting the leaves, bend them over the fin¬ 
ger to shape them. With a sharp-pointed awl or 
needle make a hole in each leaf near its base. Cut 
some of the silver wire in pieces an inch or two long, 
and wire each one. A little notch cut in the leaf 
where the wire is twisted together will keep it. from 
slipping back and forth. 
After preparing enough for a rose, commence put¬ 
ting it together. Taking three or four leaves, place 
them properly and wind them tightly with fine white 
thread or silk ; add more leaves and continue to fasten 
in the same way. Use wire long enough for a stem in 
three or four of the outside leaves. Twist all the wires 
together and wind them smoothly with white embroid¬ 
ery silk, which can be split and untwisted for the pur¬ 
pose. 
For a bud use leaves same as for rose, cut the calyx, 
wire, and bend over the finger to shape; put four of 
these on each bud. To make rose leaves, cut out the 
leaf, then nicely notch the edges. Make a. hole near 
the base and another near the point. Take a piece of 
wire three or four inches long, put it through the hole 
at the base and bring the end up the back of the leaf 
and put it through the hole near the point; bring it 
down the front and put it back through the first hole. 
The wire forms a vein for the centre of the leaf. Take 
the same wire and again bring it up the back of the 
leaf; when halfway up the leaf, bring it over to the 
front between two of the notches on the edge, and then 
put it back through the same hole. This gives you a 
side vein. Wire the other side of the leaf to match. 
Twist the two wires together for a stem. 
Needle-Book of Perforated Cardboard. 
A pansy is easily made, and is one of the prettiest of 
the collection. In each leaf make three holes; the 
centre one about two-thirds of the way up the leaf, and 
one each side a little lower down. Put a wire through 
each of these holes, and twist all together at the base. 
This forms a veining. If you can get small rice shells, 
wire one for the centre of the florver. If they cannot 
be had, a glass bead wired will answer the jiurpose. 
Place the leaves around this in their proper order; 
hold firmly and wind tightly. K. 
