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THE LADIES’ FLORAL CABINET. 
portion of the fan. The effect of the white blossoms 
upon the almost transparent material, no color having 
been used except for the pale-green leaves and faint yel¬ 
low tints on the stamens, is very beautiful. A similar 
screen was coated with silver, and the flowers used for 
the design were buttercups and daisies. 
Worsted balls three inches in diameter form very con¬ 
venient receivers for invisible hair-pins. They are made 
in a similar manner as ball tassels, sheared to the right 
size and shape, and hung on the side of the dressing 
table by satin ribbons the same color as the worsted 
used. 
A very large palm-leaf fan makes a pretty wall-pocket. 
Arrange a crescent-shaped pasteboard from handle to 
apex on one side of the face of the fan for the pocket; 
coat the whole with silver, bronze or gilding, and either 
paint a floral design on the pocket or fasten on it a scrap- 
picture of a handsome bunch of flowers ; tie a large rib¬ 
bon bow where the side of the pocket and the handle 
join, and tack the fan to the wall with a fancy brass nail. 
C. 
A Rose Lamp Shade. 
T HESE pretty shades are very inexpensive and not at 
all difficult to make. The first requisite is a wire 
framework, or a foundation can be made of the paper 
from which the roses are to be cut by shaping a piece 
smoothly over the sloping shade, and fastening it together 
with strong paste or mucilage. A strip of the tissue-pa¬ 
per is then cut a trifle deeper than the plain piece, which 
has already been fitted over the shade as a foundation, 
and long enough to fit twice around it, to allow for the 
crimping, which is done with the back of a knife, just as 
a ruffle is crimped. 
This is placed over the wire or paper shade, and as 
the crimping stretches, it can easily be drawn round the 
bottom, but will cling closely at the top. 
Cut several strips of the paper about an eighth of a 
yard wide, and long enough to fit twice round the 
bottom of the shade. Fringe these strips quite finely; 
several thicknesses may be cut together. Then crimp 
them, after which unfold and shake them out a little, to 
give them a soft, light appearance. Sew the two rows 
round the bottom of the shade, thus giving it a pretty 
finish. 
As a heading to the fringe a border of roses is placed 
just above it, and a bunch of larger roses, or half-open 
buds, also of paper, at one side. 
The flowers are made as follows : A wire for the stem 
and a bit of soft wax on the end as a foundation for the 
flower. Cut a strip of the tissue-paper about nine or ten 
inches long and an inch and a quarter deep. Scallop this 
strip, making each one an inch wide and an inch deep. 
Carefully curl each side of every scallop with the back of 
a knife, shaping them like the petals of a rose. 
The stem must be covered before placing the rose upon 
it; therefore, cut a narrow strip of green tissue-paper, be¬ 
gin at the bottom of the stem and roll as if making a 
lamplighter till the top is reached, then fasten by press¬ 
ing against the wax. The rose, or rosebud, is made by 
wrapping the curled scallops round and round the wax- 
ball, and fastening by sewing it through several times with 
strong cotton. The calyx is a strip cut in five points and 
placed round the stem, allowing the points to extend up 
over the petals of the rose. The seed-cup is made by 
carefully wrapping a strip of green paper several times 
round the stem just where the calyx of the rose should 
be. The flower is then completed. 
Five or any number of these larger roses may be ar¬ 
ranged in a bunch on one side of the shade, sewing them 
to it with strong cotton. The smaller roses are made in 
