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ONE MOEE USE POE, AUTUMN LEAVES. 
A very pretty way to ornament any plain article of 
furniture, a cabinet or paneled cupboard, boxes, jars, 
trays, etc., is by the following simple process. 
Having collected the ferns and leaves in all their 
endless variety, prepare them thus : Lay the leaves 
one by one on a piece of soft paper, wrong side up, 
and with a sharp penknife pare off the projecting veins 
TOILET SET, 
PINCUSHION, GLOVE, AND HANDKERCHIEF CASES. 
These are made of satin or velvet to correspond 
with each other, and with the bed-furniture and cur¬ 
tains. They are worked in 
silk braid of four different >|| || ||M|j|w^ , 
(•nlni's, !))!!' (-1 iruer uf each 
pattern being worked in a jgHffigaSH; 
different color. The little 
centre pattern is worked in 
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the same way, reversing 
the colors, and the whole H 
braiding bordered with gold 
The pincushion is a card- 
board box, lined inside with 
wadded silk. The top is K 
stuffed to form a pincushion, 
and the sides arc braided, ’"‘kf'lp'"'" 
each in a different color. 
The glove and itandkor- 
chief cases are also lined with ,'f 
wadded silk, and scented, and 
the whole are trimmed with 
cord or fringe to correspond, 
and are alike pretty and use- , 
fill for a lady’s dressing- „ 
I have an ottoman cover, 
embroidered with silk and 
velvet applique on black 
velvet, which probably has 
called forth as many ex¬ 
pressions of admiration as 
any piece of fancy work I 
ever executed. 
I made the design my¬ 
self, which is simply a 
wreath of flowers and leaves 
and light feathery tendrils. 
The flowers are many or 
them cut from velvet ot 
proper colors, and worked 
room 
TOILET MAT. 
The next pattern is de¬ 
signed for a toilet mat to match the set, and can be 
worked the full pattern for centre mat, and the centre 
pattern only for small cologne-bottle mats at each 
side. They should be worked on fine white Marseilles, 
in colored cotton braid, to match the pincushion. 
TOILET SET, 
so that there will be as little roughness as possible ; j The leav 
then place them in hooks, with a heavy weight, and T 
press them smoothly, leaving them there until you foundatii 
are ready to use them. Prepare the article by paint¬ 
ing it black, using a fine brush for the purpose, 
because it will 
I MEflEig l leave fewer traces. 
SgPjgSgpl When this is per- 
yijiy fectly dry and 
hard, give it a coat 
Wmm of fine transparent 
gPgggP varnish (d e m a r 
fpPals| feii is the best), and 
l l jfl l SI gg before it has be- 
Iflillfii colne entity dry, 
Jj|gl| lay on the leaves 
and fern sprays in 
||i|gp||| graceful groups, 
according to fancy, 
IwIISkIJ pressing them 
flfttylflil smoothly down, so 
iM gS BSpijii that every part 
will adhere. When 
they are entirely 
P Pg B| dry, give it an- 
^118111 other coat of the 
same transparent 
varnish, going 
mWEBlS&m] over the whole 
surface, leaves and 
TOILET MAT. 
A fringe can he added by buttonhole stitching cotton 
to match the braid, in long loop stitches. They are 
pretty worked in white star braid. 
COLOGNE STAND. 
Worked in Berlin wool and chenille upon perfo¬ 
rated card-hoard, and trimmed with satin ribbon, put 
on the edge in box-plaits. 
. If you wish to bronze the black ground in imita¬ 
tion of the Japanese lacquer-ware, it can be done by 
sprinkling a little bronze-powder over the sticky var¬ 
nish, after putting on the leaves, then rubbing it 
lightly with a soft rag, to burnish it. These orna¬ 
mentations are very beautiful, and are both permanent 
and effective. 
COLOGNE STAND, 
silk embroidery. It is very fine work, and bright, 
contrasting colors, though almost every hue is used, 
and is generally very much admired. 
