THE LADIES' FLORAL CABINET. 
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Case for Threaded Needles. 
This case is very easy to make and an extremely use¬ 
ful one for an old lady, who finds it difficult to thread 
her needle. Take a piece of ribbon about twelve inches 
long, hem it at one end, and fold it into a point where 
a loop of silk is made to fasten it together. A strip of 
fine flannel is laid over the ribbon and fastened on it by 
a row of herring-bone around the edge. The spool of 
cotton is kept in place in the following manner : Take 
two flat wooden buttons exactly the size of the spool, 
cover them with a piece of ribbon the same as the case. 
The spool should not be quite as large as the ribbon ; 
place it between the two buttons, then run a narrow 
piece of ribbon through both the buttons and the spool, 
leaving a long end hanging on each side. Next cover 
over two-thirds of the spool with the ribbon of the case 
by sewing it around the buttons; bind the edge of the 
cover over the spool with a piece of narrow ribbon, the 
end of which tied with those left at each side of the 
spool form the bow as seen in the design; sew a button 
on the outside three inches from the loop, to fasten the 
case when it is rolled up. The needles are all threaded 
on the spool before they are placed in the flannel. 
E. S. Welch. 
Crocheted Shoulder-Cape. 
A delicate shade of pink or blue imported Saxony 
is used for these pretty capes. First make a chain just 
long enough to meet easily about the neck; work back 
on this with triple crochet stitches, making the first 
in the third from the end of chain, two triple 
crochets in the fourth and one in the fifth from the 
end. This completes one set of triple crochets, and 
from this make four chain stitches, skip three in the 
foundation, and repeat the triple crochets just de¬ 
scribed. Continue to work in this way until the first 
row is completed; make three chain stitches and turn. 
The chains composed of four stitches connecting each 
set of triple crochets must be made as evenly as possi¬ 
ble, as they are repeated in every row, and must be of 
Case for Threaded Needles. 
