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the same way, and placed as directed for a border or 
heading to the fringe. 
The colors used can be varied as one pleases, as, for in¬ 
stance, pink ground with pink roses, or a crimson shade 
with buff or yellow roses. A light-blue ground with pink 
and white roses. 
With a little practice skill is soon acquired and the 
flowers can be made quite rapidly. 
The shades are so very pretty that it is worth while 
attempting them, and if directions are carefully followed 
the result will be very satisfactory. M. E. W. 
Pine Pillows. 
M ANY people like the sweet odor of the pines, and it 
is also thought that it contains a healing property 
which is beneficial to invalids ; but, though it is not al¬ 
ways possible to live in or near a pine grove, it is possible 
to carry a part of its sweetness to one’s home. There¬ 
fore the dry needles of the pines, or the balsam fir, are 
gathered in sufficient quantities to make the pillows of 
whatever size may be desired. 
The one which we describe was half a yard square, 
and pongee the material used for the purpose. It is 
made, as already stated, square, and should not be stuffed 
so full as to be hard. On the upper side a small branch 
of pine or fir is embroidered, or a few stitches only, if one 
pleases to indicate the needles. Then embroider with 
etching silks the words 
“ Give me thy balm, O fir ! ” 
On the under side of the pillow may be only a branch of 
the pine, or the embroidery can be dispensed with and 
the material left plain, which is perhaps more convenient 
for comfort, as no roughness is then felt when the face 
rests against it. 
The edge can be trimmed or plain ; if trimmed, chenille 
worsted cord of variegated green is pretty, as it some¬ 
what resembles moss, thus still further carrying out the 
idea of a bit from the woods. 
They are pretty gifts to send to a sick friend, and those 
who have the good-fortune to live near a pine grove can 
find in this way a very pleasing use for the needles which 
fall from the trees. 
NEW YORK FASHIONS. 
M ANY ladies who have lace shawls, so fashionable a 
few years ago, are rejoicing in the prospect of 
again making them useful, as many handsome dresses of 
lace are seen for summer wear. 
In an evening dress of black satin, a large llama lace 
shawl is used for the front drapery, caught higher on one 
side than the other, the ends crossing on the basque in 
the back, and falling in a full, graceful line half way to 
the floor, over the usual bouffant back drapery. A plain 
waist of satin, cut square in the neck, a Bernhardt collar, 
composed of satin, and transparent lace sleeves complete 
this elegant evening costume. 
Some ladies of gayer taste prefer colored silk or satin 
for the foundation, and many pretty toilets are made from 
a last summer’s silk, with lace waist and drapery. 
White is still fashion’s favorite, and many summer 
wardrobes contain but one or two colored dresses. White, 
pink, blue and lavender mull bonnets are worn with these 
costumes, and the sash should match them. If you have 
a laundress, persuade her that she had better save all the 
available starch for her own garments ; for very little is 
ever put into white dresses, and especially into the pretty 
embroidered robes which are so popular. 
A pretty way to make these embroidered robes is with 
one gathered flounce on the bottom of the skirt, if the 
embroidery is very wide; a plain short drapery in front 
edged with the wide embroidery, which should be nar¬ 
rower toward the back, for it both looks and sets better 
to be narrower there than in the front; a French drapery 
for the back, which consists of a perfectly plain piece of 
goods, as long as the skirt, and all the fulness pleated in 
at the waist-line, with one tacking in the middle of the 
back. The waist is either a plain-fitting basque or a 
“ baby ” waist, and in the former case cuffs and collar of 
the narrow embroidery, and a trimming all around the 
bottom ; also sometimes there is enough to trim both 
fronts, from the neck down. A “ baby ” waist is made 
with a tucked yoke, and full gathered or pleated piece set 
to the yoke. 
A very pretty style in which to make a cloth dress is to 
have a triple box-pleating ten inches deep around the 
skirt, and horizontal bias folds on the front and side 
breadths as wide or narrow as the fancy dictates. On 
the right side, next the back drapery, a plain panel, six 
inches wide, falls from the waist to within three inches of 
the bottom of the skirt, with small buttons an inch and a 
half apart on the side next the front. These are caught 
through to the skirt every third or fourth button to hold 
it in position, while the other side is put on and fastened 
with the back drapery. The front of this skirt is a Greek 
apron, which is straight and plain on the right side, and 
draped high with many pleats on the left hip. The right 
side should be trimmed with buttons to match the panel, 
and should reach within three inches of the bottom of 
the skirt. The basques to cloth dresses are always plain 
and tight-fitting, and finished in the back with either 
pleats pressed flatly or a bouffant drapery. The collar 
must be high, and the sleeves, with very little fulness 
on the shoulders, perfectly plain or finished with a little 
cuff. 
On all dresses one sees the collars very high, a feature 
which is especially appreciated by ladies who have long 
necks. The collars sometimes measure at least two 
inches. Meluzina. 
