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almost every one lias pieces of plush and silk large 
enough to make them. 
For one of medium size, cut from paste-board, three 
pieces, eight inches long by four wide, rounding from 
the sides to the points, as shown in the illustration; 
these three pieces must be exactly alike or they will 
not join nicely. Cover each neatly with the silk you 
intend for lining, drawing it snugly to the paste-board 
to prevent any wrinkles when joined together, as the 
inside of a curve is always smaller. The plush pieces 
are then used to cover the outsides. Overhand two 
edges together, leaving the third without joining for 
the opening. If embroidery is used to decorate the 
sides, this should be done before the pieces are covered, 
but if a design is to be painted, the case should be com¬ 
pleted before attempting to decorate it. A ribbon fas¬ 
tened to each point, and joined with a double bow, 
serves as a handle to the case. e. s. w. 
Infant’s Knitted Socks. 
Two colors of fine Saxony yarn will be needed for 
these, one-half skein each of blue and pink, or red and 
white; this quantity will make two pairs. Cast on fifty- 
six stitches of the blue yarn, twenty-eight on the first 
needle and fourteen on each of the other two and knit 
the first row plain. Second row : Slip and bind (put 
thread forward and knit one); repeat until you have 
knit eight stitches; narrow one, seam or purl two. 
Repeat the whole of this all the way around and you 
will have four shells. (If you wish the sock smaller 
cast on either four or eight stitches less, and that will 
decrease each shell by one or two stitches.) Third row : 
Knit plain around, but only the seam stitches. Fourth 
row : Slip and bind the first two stitches and knit the 
rest plain till the last two before the seam stitches, and 
those you knit together or narrow. Fifth and sixth 
rows the same as the fourth, and if correct you will 
have twelve stiches between the seam stitches. Sev¬ 
enth row same as the second row ; eighth, ninth, tenth,, 
eleventh, the same as third, fourth, fifth, sixth, rows,. 
Make as many lows of holes as you like, from eight to 
ten. Then knit across the first needle the same as the 
fourth row (only the two seam stitches after the second 
shell, those you slip on to the next needle), then you 
will have twenty-two stitches on the needle. Turn to 
the wrong side, break the yarn and tie on the pink.. 
Purl all the way across, turn to the right side, slip and 
bind the first two stitches, knit plain to the last two 
stitches, which you knit together ; turn and purl back, 
break the thread and tie on the blue, knit across plain, 
turn and knit across plain, this makes the purling 
com© on the right side. Continue this way till you have 
four rows of purling on the right side ; that leaves you 
on the left hand of the needle on the right side ; break 
thread and tie on the pink and proceed as you did be¬ 
fore with the pink—with alternate rows of pink and 
blue—till you have eight stitches left on your needle of 
the pink ; then take up the stitehes on the sides of 
the foot, nineteen on each side, and divide those on the 
toe, on each side needle making twenty-three in all on 
each side needle. Knit around four times plain, break 
the thread, tie on the blue, knit once around plain, 
then purl around four times, tie on the pink and knit 
around three times plain, then four rows of blue purl¬ 
ing, and tie on the pink again and knit around plain, 
except to slip and bind or narrow the first two stitches 
on the first needle, and the last two stitches on the last 
needle, every time around, and the four middle stitches 
on the second needle every other time, till you have knit 
around eleven times, then put the stitches all on two 
needles, and knit two stitches together; then slip and 
bind it off. ' Put on a stretcher and hold it over the 
steam from a tea-kettle a few minutes, and then dry 
thoroughly before taking off to freshen and shape it.. 
You can buy the wooden lasts at fancy stores, but I pre¬ 
fer one cut out of thick, heavy paste-board, and fasten 
the shells over the top tightly. * M. W. W. 
SPRING COSTUMES. 
For fine wool suits various shades of brown and gray 
cashmere are chosen, such as beige-brown, mushroom, 
gray and drab, with these are combined darker shades 
of gros-grain, velvet and ecru embroideries. A beige- 
colored cashmere suit described in the Bazar “has 
the basque cut into five deep points, one of which is in 
front, and the others on the sides, as the middle forms 
of the back are covered by the drapery which is hooked 
upon it. The vest is of darker brown gros-grain, laid 
in pleats, and veiled by embroidery that is done on the 
cashmere with ecru and brown silks applied on ecru 
net, which shows in many open spaces. The cashmere 
over-skirt has deep embroidery on the edge, and forms 
a Greek apron; the left side is open up to the belt, and 
edged with the embroidery, while the right side drops 
to the foot, and is pleated to the belt in a great triple 
box-pleat that falls straight almost to the end; there is 
voluminous drapery of the plain cashmere in the back, 
which almost covers the box-pleated brown gros-grain 
lower skirt. To complete this for the street is a small 
scarf-mantle of the cashmere with the embroidery up 
the fronts and around the neck; this mantle is straight, 
very close and short on the back and shoulders, and is 
shaped by having its long front laid in pleats at the 
waist line; a few pleats also catch down the top of the 
back, and there is a brown ribbon rosette on the left 
of the front, and another at the waist, with hanging 
ends.” 
The small bonnet to be worn with such a suit should 
be of fine ecru straw trimmed with browu gros-grain, 
and a cluster of pink clover-heads massed high on the 
left side. Long gloves of tan-colored kid, and a parasol 
with ecru-lace cover, or else one of changeable silk 
completes this tasteful suit. 
White and cream-colored nun’s veiling and albatross 
cloth are made up for dressy toilets, with velvet of some 
pretty contrasting color; thus a cream-colored veiling 
will have vest, collar, cuffs and panel of garnet-velvet, 
and the combination proves very pleasing. Black 
dresses are always worn, and for this season those of 
black lace will take the place of fine grenadines. 
Among imported dresses that can be laundried, 
figured Swiss muslins, chamberys, unglazed-percales, 
ecru-batistes, and the fine gingbams are shown, made 
