THE LADIES' FLORAL CABINET. 
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they can be had at a moment’s warning. An octagonal 
piece of paste-board will be needed to stiffen the bot¬ 
tom of the basket, and should measure four and one- 
half inches on each side, to correspond with the one 
from which we made our illustration. Cover it neatly 
with cretonne or a pretty shade of silesia, as you prefer, 
and then from the same material make eight bags, 
which, when completed, will measure four and one-half 
inches wide, by live in height. With bright-colored 
embroidery silks mark on each bag what it is to hold. 
The letters can be traced on tissue paper, basted on in 
the right position, and then worked in chain stitch ; 
the paper can be easily removed when you have finished 
marking. After putting in the draw-strings sew the 
bags together to the height of two and one-half inches 
from the bottom. Overhand them firmly to the .covered 
paste-board ; a bag should just fit each one of the eight 
sides. 
When made of silk or satin, and smaller in size, they 
are pretty baskets for fancy work, each bag to contain 
a different colored silk or crewel. It will be quite as 
necessary to designate what each one is to hold as in 
the general work-basket. 
Standing Thermometer. 
The macerials necessary for the stand will be a quar¬ 
ter of a yard of plush or velvet, any shade that may be 
desired—crimson, blue, olive or gold. A small thermom¬ 
eter, which can be purchased at a store where artists’ 
materials are sold, and as they are much smaller than 
an ordinary thermometer, cost but a trifle—not more 
than ten or fifteen cents. They are made without any 
case, and therefore can be used on any frame that may 
be pleasing. 
A round column is pretty, and for it a piece of shade 
roller or small broom-handle answers nicely, cutting 
the length necessary, which will, of course, vary accord¬ 
ing to the size of the thermometer. The pedestal should 
be made of two small square blocks of wood, the lower 
one half an inch larger all round than the upper piece. 
Cover the column smoothly with plush, and sew the 
seam with silk which matches the color of the material; 
a small round piece is cut to fit the top. The edge of 
the circle may be turned in, also the upper edge of the 
piece which covers the column, and the two pieces 
neatly over-handed together with silk. Or, a better 
way still, is first to cover the top of the column with 
plush, allowing the edge of the material to come a trifle 
over the edge of it, and tie it round very strongly with 
silk or thread. Then turn in the upper edge of the 
piece which is to cover the column, also the lower edge. 
Place it smoothly round the stand and sew the seam 
strongly and neatly; in this case it will not be necessary 
to sew it top or bottom. 
The different parts should now be joined, and to do 
this a hole must be bored through the middle of each 
square block intended for the pedestal, these having 
first been covered with plush. A hole must also be 
