OHie feOHlJVOLIUQIl, 
Even as I write, I see about me some pretty things 
which I have never yet seen mentioned, and will try to 
describe some of them in return for the direction and 
help received from others. 
Wall Pocket. 
A dainty little wall pocket may be made from cigar- 
A Paper-Holder 
Well adapted for holding pamphlets and magazines, 
may be readily constructed out of stiff pasteboard, 
bleached muslin and a roll of scarlet dress-braid. Cut 
out from the card-board, two pieces, one for the back 
twelve inches wide, twenty inches high in the middle, 
and sloping in deep curves to 
the sides, where it is but 
thirteen and one-half' inches 
in height; the bottom is also 
cut in four scallops, and an 
inch and a half above; then 
draw a line across where the 
jBigaa qj^M r bottom of the pocket is to 
K|S|Sjp aKT. come; the pocket is twelve 
inches square. Lay these 
the muslin, and 
mum 
LAMBREQUINS, BASKETS, ETC. 
The illustrations on this page repi’eseut several beam 
tiful household ornaments. The Lambrequin is con' 
structed by simply using a 
vs^PSSfL pieces on 
mark around them with a 
pencil, but do not cut away 
the margin until the orna¬ 
mentation is applied. Arrange on the front piece a 
bouquet of ferns, mountain fringe—Adluinea—and 
yarrow leaves; surround this with a light wreath of 
partridge-vine and wild clivers, and place in each 
corner a small, pretty leaf. For the back, place a 
bouquet of tiny leaves in the upper point; a gera¬ 
nium leaf in each of the lower points, and a small rose 
leaf in each of the two still below; in the middle, ar¬ 
range an initial of the smallest fern fronds. When 
all is arranged and securely fastened, spatter with a 
brush dipped in India ink and rubbed over a sieve. 
Afterward, with a brush, delicately vein each leaf. A 
delicate line of fern fronds is arranged across the bot¬ 
tom of the back piece before spattering. Apply the 
muslin to the cardboard and bind each piece with 
scarlet braid. Stitch the front to the back firmly, on 
the line previously drawn, and lace the pocket to the 
back piece with braid or scarlet cord. 
Lambrequin 
The Cabinet, as it comes to us from month to 
month, is always a welcome visitor, and so great is 
the variety and excellence of its contents, that it some¬ 
times seems as if every possible thing of beauty or ob¬ 
ject of household art, within its province, had been 
already described in its pages. But each new number, 
rich in suggestion and helpful hints, reassures its 
Pretty Baskets 
Can be made of cigar-lighters, interweaving them 
A Court-Plaster Case 
Is an acceptable Christmas gift to a! 
accc 
most any one, and even little fingers y j&gJL 
can readily make them. Two pieces of 
perforated card, each two and one-half 
by three and one-half inches in size, are fllpl 
to be bound with narrow scarlet, blue or 
green ribbon. In the centre of one, 
work an initial, on the other the words’ 
“ I heal all wounds, save those of love.” 
Cut four pieces of court-plaster of dif- 
ferent color three-quarters of an inch • . - . - 
smaller each way than the outer pieces _ 
and place them between two pieces of - —j y 
Bristol board of the same size. Sew the 
covers together, leaving them open at 
one end. Make two holes through the 
remaining piece, near one end, and pass through these 
a piece of ribbon, tying the ends in a bow. Insert 
between the covers the bow at the top, and hang up 
by a strap of ribbon. 
Flower Basket. 
basket-fashion, fastening them at each point of inter¬ 
section by a cross stich of bright worsted, and cutting 
out bottom ends and sides to make any shaped basket 
desired. 
Corner Book-Shelf. 
readers and speaks of a wealth of good things yet to 
come; and so, doubtless, it will be while busy brains 
are left to plan and deft, fingers to execute the designs 
of their beauty-loving owners. 
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-A’" 
