iieifiiiiet Victoria,! BREame 
of heavy brown paper exactly as long as the covers, 
and exactly wide enough to cover the back and reach 
to within a line’s breadth of the outer edge of the 
gilt strips ; also a strip of black corded silk some lar¬ 
ger than the brown paper; paste the two together, 
turning the edges of the silk under the paper and 
making the whole very smooth and neat; let it dry, 
then glue it in place on the back of our book, put- 
than ever to our table, and which will ensure for them 
a most respectful and careful handling when we send 
them on a mission for good among our friends and 
neighbors. 
When slippers have become a bore a 
SLIPPER-CASE 
will be found a very acceptable gift to a masculine 
friend. Make it of heavy cardboard covered with vel¬ 
vet, broadcloth, or any plain material, and 
ornamented with braiding and applique or 
% any kind of embroidering; or cover with 
F pretty paper with bindings of gold paper or 
some contrasting color, and ornament with 
_ pictures, designs of pressed flowers, leaves, 
MbW etc., or spattenvork. 
l llll P MENDING KID GLOVES. 
An_y one can sew up a rip in a glove if 
only they have enough patience, but to 
mend a tear so that it will look well and 
wear well is quite another thing. We have 
'll recently learned an admirable and very easy 
|fj{gl way of doing this. 
jjjjjgll Work a fine button-hole stitch all around 
HHpF the rent, then draw the edges together, put¬ 
ting the needle back and forth through the 
button-hole stitches, not into the kid at all. 
Eva May. 
BINDING FLORAL CABINETS. 
Of course we will send them to a good establish 
ment to be elegantly bound, if we can. If we can 
not, we will bind them ourselves, and ele¬ 
gantly too. It is not so difficult 
might think. 
The first requisite is two sheets of heavy 
cardboard of the right size. On one side of 
each we will spread boiled flour paste evenly, 
using but little; then lay on old, lustreless 
black silk, and with a soft cloth press and 
rub it perfectly smooth, folding the edges 
over on to the under side of the cardboard 
and pasting them down. When this is 
thoroughly dry, we will cover the other side 
of each piece with marbled paper, which 
should reach nearly, not quite, to the edge. 
Then arrange The Cabinets in order, and 
with an awl make a row of holes an inch 
apart along the back edge, half an inch from 
it, and with a darning-needle and strong 
thread sew all together 
as some 
U 
Examples of Painting on Pottery. 
laying the papers 
on the edge of the table for convenience’ sake, 
and passing the needle down through one hole, 
up through the next, and so on till the last one, 
then back to the beginning in the same way. Now 
we want some good glue; with a brush apply some 
ting the glue only on the parts which lap over the 
cover, none on the back itself. It is best to do one 
side and let it dry before doing the other one. Now 
we will ornament our work; we will paint in lovely 
illuminated letters on the first cover “ Floral Cabi¬ 
net,” and below the figures u 1877 on the other 
cover a golden cornucopia overflowing with flowers 
and trailing vines. The back we will divide into 
sections with lines of gold paper, and paint a dainty 
little floral figure in each. If we cannot paint, we 
can use decaleomania; cutting simple letters and 
figures from gold paper, pasting them in place, and 
surrounding them with a lovely wreath. For the 
title-page we will take one of the green covers which 
The Cabinet wore several times last year, and with 
a sharp penknife cut out the letters of the heading, 
Ladies’ Floral Cabinet ; then placing that part 
from which we have cut the letters across the mid¬ 
dle of a sheet of cream-tinted paper, we will spatter 
them with black ink, doing the finishing touches, the 
fine lines around the letters, etc., with a pen when 
the spattering is dry. 
Now our Cabinets are bound handsomely and 
I also sawed some pretty brackets and a fancy back 
Thread Picture-Frame, 
Thread Picture-Frame, 
along the back edge of one cover on the paper side, 
and lay o a sheet of marbled paper for fly-leaf, more 
glue, and fasten on the frontispiece—the lovely “ Glee 
Maiden,” perhaps ; then the title-page and index in 
the same way. Apply more glue, and lay the cover 
carefully in position on the papers. Turn the whole 
over and place the other cover with fly-leaf in the 
same way. Now put Webster’s Unabridged on the 
top, and let it remain so all day or over-night; then 
we will do the back. For this we want a strip of 
strong cloth—unbleached cotton is best; cover one 
side with glue and press it down smoothly over the 
back of our book, turning the edges under neatly at 
the ends, and letting it lap three-fourths of an inch 
on the covers. Along the edge of it, on,each cover, 
paste a narrow strip of gilt paper. Then take a strip 
to a corner bracket, for which we made a lambrequin 
of black cloth cut in deep points; one in the centre, 
and a half on each side, the straight edges coming 
next the wall; back of these, and coming between 
the points and nearly as low, are scarlet points; the 
edges are all pinked; then from a braiding pattern 
we cut vines and leaves of scarlet opera flannel, 
and glued around the upper part of the lambrequin 
next the shelf. To the space between this and 
the points, and even on the points, we glued other 
bright colors cut in fancy shapes. Some white 
merino and purple Irish poplin help to make it 
gay. Some of the leaves are veined with bright- 
colored silk chain-stitched through. This is quite 
quickly made and very pretty. On this we have a 
Japanese vase. 
Easter Egg on Artificial Flower. 
durably, and in a manner well befitting them, earnest 
teachers as they are of just such art as we have used 
in a manner which makes them a greater ornament 
A. 
* 
Ml; 
II i 
ul\ 
