T1IE LADIES' FLORAL CABINET. 
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Now lay the back, front and middle pieces together and 
stitch them on the machine. Stitch two piece of braid 
together on each edge for a strap by which to carry it; 
it wants to be long enough to go over the shoulder and 
reach to the waist; use a button and button hole to keep 
the flap closed. 
The other bag is for girls’ skates, and is made in the 
same manner, only finished with a shir at the top, 
which is made of dark red braid. The bag is made of 
dark red cloth with a few stalks of flowers embroidered 
on to look as if they were topped with snow; the stalks 
and leaves are worked in shades of brown and the snow 
in pearl white, E. S. W. 
Christmas mottoes for wall decorations are very ap¬ 
propriately and prettily made by cutting the letters 
from several thicknesses of cotton batting (make them 
two inches thick) tack them to a strip of dark cloth 
just large enough to serve as a background, and then 
cover the cloth with small Cedar branches, and at a little 
distance the letters will look as though formed of snow, 
and the Cedar background helps the illusion. 
WINTER WRAPS. 
The ne\y wraps for winter wear are shown in two 
distinctive styles, viz.: so very long as to completely 
cover the dress, or else so short as to come but a trifle 
below the waist line, and anything between these two 
extremes is thought to be lacking in style. A writer in 
the Bazar in describing these newly imported wraps, 
says: 
“The newest short wraps barely reach to the waist 
line behind, having perhaps two loops or two box pleats 
like those of a basque that rest upon the tournure with¬ 
out covering it, and this short back is adjusted closely 
to the waist by a belt underneath, or by ribbon strings 
that are sewed to the middle seam and tied in front. 
Worth’s most youthful-looking mantles have the short 
front fitted like a jacket and the back like a round cape, 
while the sides are doubled upward from below for the 
arms to pass through and rest upon. These little wraps 
are made up in brown velvet, in dark red, in black, or in 
the very dark gray shade called elephant’s gray, and are 
most stylish when trimmed with black, such as an elabor¬ 
ate jet ornament on the shoulders in front and back, and 
with two black watered ribbon bows at the end of the 
back forms. There is no trimming needed on the edge 
of such a garment, and very little velvet is required for 
making them, hence they are inexpensive, and young 
ladies are having one made to match each costume of 
fine wool or of velvet. 
“ The popular ulsters or traveling cloaks are made of 
plain cloth,or else that with unpressed figures, stripes or 
small plaids. In shape they fit the back of the waist closely, 
and have fullness added for the skirt on the tournure in 
gauged pleats that show only their edges when sewed on, 
or else in two box pleats that are laid in triple folds; the 
fronts may have a vest that fits the bust, while the 
material outside of this falls open, or else it may be 
loose from the throat down, or if preferred it is belted 
in. Dark brown cloth ulsters with red collar, cuffs and 
pockets are among the novelties, while very dark blue 
and red stripped cloths are used for the loose dolman¬ 
shaped traveling cloak; brown and gray alternate stripes 
are also popular in these cloth wraps. 
“ The more dressy redingotes or Newmarkets are not 
changed in shape from those of last winter, and are 
still seen closed from the neck to the foot, or else only 
as far as the waist; the back invariably falls open below 
the tournure, and has full pleats. These are made of 
warm, thick cloth, and it is the fancy of the moment to 
trim them with natural beaver fur, especially down the 
front and around the neck and sleeves. Green or brown 
cloth is most used for these long coats, and there are 
many graycloth redingotes trimmed with krimmer; the 
black Persian lamb or Astrakhan borders are very 
stylish on green cloth garments. 
“For jackets, the short jaunty shape, called in London 
the gentlemen’s jacket, is popular with young ladies. 
This fits the figure smoothly without back pleats, curves 
out plainly over the tournure, and is shorter behind 
than in front. A full trimming of some kind should 
edge this jacket all around, such as a fluffy feather bor¬ 
der or fur of full thick fleece. When braiding is used 
it should be put on in a wide pattern of close figure that 
really forms a border, such as close parallel and length¬ 
wise lines sewed on one edge, to stand out in relief. 
Brown cloth jackets with gilt braid are sent out by the 
best tailors; gray cloth is trimmed with black braid, 
and black cloth is brightened by a mixture of gilt and 
black, or else with many rows of silver braid. A border 
of beaver fur is suitable on these jackets of cloth of any 
color—green, brown or blue.” 
HOUSEKEEPING. 
Old Fashioned Cider Apple Sauce. 
Who does not remember our grandmothers’ cider- 
apple sauce, but how few in these days can produce 
anything that tastes as that used to. People in the city 
imagine there is some mystery about it that can only be 
wrought out in the country, and many young house¬ 
keepers in the country who have failed to inform them¬ 
selves in that direction while there was opportunity, do 
not dare to attempt making it simply on the remem¬ 
brance of how it looked and tasted, so that we hope 
