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TIIE LADIES' FLORAL CABINET. 
the same length to admit weaving in the ribbon when 
the crocheting is completed. 
Second row: make one triple crochet in the last one 
of preceding row, two in the next one, two in the one 
beyond that, and then one, thus increasing the cluster 
by two stitches. Make four chain stitches and then six 
more triples as before, and repeat for remainder of this 
row; make three chain stitches and turn. 
Third row: make one triple crochet in each one of 
the preceding rows separating the clusters by four chain 
stitches, and repeat this for the fourth row. 
Unless intended for a person with very broad should¬ 
ers, it will make the cape sufficiently full to widen in 
every third row by adding the two stitches to each 
cluster, so for the fifth row make an extra triple in 
both the third and fourth stitches of the cluster of 
triple stitches, but make the next two rows without 
adding any extra stitches. Work the cape as described 
until it is deep enough to reach half way to the elbows. 
Finish the bottom with a fringe four inches deep made 
of loops of chain stitches—it must be quite full to be 
pretty. 
In spaces made by the four chain stitches between 
the perpendicular rows of triple crochets, run satin 
ribbon the Same shade as the worsted used. Fasten the 
cape at the throat with bow and long ends of satin 
ribbon. 
For au elderly lady these capes can be made into less 
fancy but more serviceable wraps by crocheting them 
of black or some subdued color—the satin ribbons pre¬ 
vent them from becoming sombre—they should in this 
case be made deep enough to reach a trifle below the 
waist. Mary L. Thayer. 
A Convenient Traveling Case. 
In making short trips it is sometimes impracticable to 
carry a trunk, although the true way to travel is to be 
unincumbered with parcels. A satchel is very useful for 
carrying all small articles which can be closely packed 
but it is ruinous to a nice dress to be tightly squeezed 
and folded, as the creases caused by packing are very 
hard to remove from most goods, but when put up in 
a neat traveling case there is no need of compact folds, 
and therefore few wrinkles, and yet it is possible to have 
a package that does not present a clumsy appearance. 
To make such a case you will need one and one-half 
yards of Aida canvas thirty-two inches wide. This 
canvas coming in the natural color of the gray linen, of 
which it is made, the threads woven together in fancy 
bars, very convenient for embroidering upon, is yet of 
sufficient closeness of texture to make a durable material 
for the outside. Silesia, corresponding in color, and of 
the same length and width as the canvas, will be needed 
for lining, and two pieces of deep cardinal dress braid 
for binding. Baste the canvas and lining together, and 
make a fold six inches wide on each long side, turning 
the fold inside, and bind the bend of the fold with 
the dress braid. Make a fold six inches deep in one 
end of the strip, and fourteen inches from this make 
another and bind them both with the braid, you have 
now on this end a space twenty inches wide by fourteen 
deep bordered with the braid binding for the face of 
the case, and in the centre of it work with cardinal silk 
or worsted, your initial letters or monogram. On the 
inner edges of the six-inch folds which you made on the 
sides of the case fasten five tapes at equal distances 
from each other to keep the contents in place when 
folding. As the case is just the length of a dress-skirt, 
it will only be necessary to fold the skirt width to fit 
the width of the case. Turn the waist wrong side out 
and lay it in straight and smooth, so that the sleeves 
are flat. If anything else should be added to the pack¬ 
age, do not fold it, except to make it the width of the 
case. Tie the tapes together and fold the case and con¬ 
tents by doubling m the unfinished end and lapping the 
other over it so the end with the initial letters forms 
one side of the package, and keep in place with a three- 
band shawl-strap of dark-red leather. As there are 
but two folds in the length of the package, very few 
wrinkles are made, and an elaborately trimmed dress 
can be easily conveyed without any injury. 
S. A. Wray. 
Decorative Notes. 
Handsome portieres shown at the Decorative Art 
Society’s Rooms, are of a dull gold silk material, in 
which corded coils are woven; a band of amber-colored 
plush one-half yard deep is placed across the bottom, 
and one s:mewhat narrower across the top of each. 
Between the bands are interspersed groups of oak 
leaves and acorns cut in natural size from the amber- 
colored plush and fastened down with filoselle in 
couching stitches, and the veins in the leaves are 
worked with silk a shade darker. The groups of leaves 
consist sometimes of two with three acorns, and at 
others of three leaves and an acorn and empty cup; the 
cup part of the acorn is filled with knot stitches in dark 
brown silk to resemble the natural roughness. 
Portfolios for holding engravings or etchings are 
made by cutting two pieces of pasteboard the desired 
size and covering them on the outside with garnet 
velvet or plush, one piece used for both covers, leaving 
three-fourths of an inch space between the pasteboards, 
for the back. Line it with pale olive-green satin or 
silk, and work on the plush a spray of Morning Glories 
with fine embroidery silks—make some of the blossoms 
a pale blue and some faint rose color. The spray 
should begin at lower right hand corner and extend 
diagonally three-quarters of the way across. Within 
this cover is another of the material of the lining, and 
in it are fastened the engravings and etchings to be 
preserved. 
Writing-cases for note-paper are made in a similar 
manner only somewhat plainer. The covers can be of 
black silk, satin or unbleached linen and embroidered 
with silk in some simple design, little loops are fastened 
on the edge in which to slip a pencil. The paper used 
for these is rather heavy, square in shape, with flap at 
the top, and intended to be so folded as to envelop 
itself. 
Blotters are made quite ornamental by cutting them 
any shape that is liked, and fastening four or five 
together by a delicate ribbon bow; on the outer blotter 
paint in water colors some pleasant design—Greenaway 
figures or bunch of flowers. In some cases a little 
calendar is combined with the design, which renders them 
more useful. 
Fancy little pin-cushions and needle-cases combined 
are made in the shape of a tiny fan. Cut from card- 
