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give room for the contents. Cover the pasteboard with 
pink silesia, the lower part of the front, for about six 
inches in depth, with pale pink satin. Cover the fan, as 
far as its original covering extends, with garnet velvet, 
cut to fit exactly and carefully gummed to the face of 
the fan, which must be kept wide open, flat and smooth 
until entirely dry; then press the fan together in its 
natural folds and fasten it half open to the face! of the 
pocket, so as to completely hide it at the top and only 
show the pink satin between the sticks. At the handle 
of the fan, a full bow of ribbon, two inches wide, in pink 
and garnet colors, is gracefully tied, and similar ribbons 
are used to suspend the pocket. When the fans are 
covered in this way, they are so ornamental they do not 
need further decoration, but if more is desired a bunch 
of the filogrette flowers, or a delicate floral design 
painted in oil, is appropriate and elegant. 
Very dainty catchalls can also be made with these cov¬ 
ered fans. One with black sticks was covered on the out¬ 
side with pink velvet and lined with satin of the same 
color. A bow of ribbon, with long loops, finished the bot¬ 
tom, and it was hung by other ribbons fastened at the top. 
The fans are exceedingly pretty covers for shaving 
papers when arranged to hang by the handle ; the shape 
renders them so convenient for this purpose, as the tissue 
paper cut in small points on the edges is fastened by a 
cord running through it at the point where the handle 
comes, and each sheet is then easily loosened when 
wanted for use. 
The new material called “ braidene,” and described in 
the August number of The Floral Cabinet, is also 
known as “ ribbosene,” and is extensively used for em¬ 
broidery. An oblong shaped pincushion of peacock- 
blue velvet shown at Bentley’s Art Store has a bunch of 
buttercups worked on it—the petals with ribbosene and 
the leaves and stems with filo-floss. A ruching of rib¬ 
bosene loops (sold by the yard for such purposes), of two 
shades of yellow, bordered the cushion. The toilet bot¬ 
tles to go with this were low in shape, six-sided, and to 
correspond with the cushion, covered plainly with the 
velvet, which at the top was edged with the ribbosene 
ruche ; a pale yellow ribbon, one inch in width, was tied 
around the neck of the bottle and held the cover snugly 
to it. 
A simply made, yet very pretty and serviceable dress¬ 
ing-case cover consists of two strips of congress canvas 
five inches in width and whatever length you wish the 
cover to be. Run a narrow hem in each edge; overhand 
the two strips to a handsome piece of antique lace inser¬ 
tion of the same length and three inches in width; then 
pull out enough lengthwise threads in each canvas strip, 
to run in three ribbons three-quarters of an inch wide 
and leave a plain space between them. The ribbons should 
be of different colors—two of peacock-blue and one of 
yellow for each strip, and woven in the canvas by passing 
over six threads and under six. The cover is bordered 
with antique lace, and mats are made to correspond. 
The ribbons can be easily removed when the cover needs 
to be laundried. 
Brass standards with rod and rings for holding ban¬ 
nerets to serve as lamp screens can be obtained at very 
reasonable prices. The banneret should be six inches 
wide and nine long if the standard is of medium size. 
One recently made was of green silk covered over with 
bolting cloth, on which a spray of arbutus blossoms was 
embroidered; the pink petals worked with ribbosene 
consisted of only one stitch each, the stems and leaves in 
outline with silk floss in shades of green. As the bolting 
cloth is very open and thin, it softened the color of the 
silk beneath, giving it a very delicate, silvery appearance. 
A band of green velvet was placed across the top and 
bottom of the banneret and the lower edge trimmed with 
three tassels of quaint, coin-like metal in which green 
twist was tied. Cynthia. 
NEW YORK FASHIONS. 
T HE month of November brings to us the anticipation 
■—often the reality also—of storms and cold, driz¬ 
zling days, and of evenings when it is comfortable to 
“draw in” to the fire, typically the blazing wood or can- 
nel coal, but more often, in our days of improvement—or 
the reverse—the hole in the floor or wall yclept “register.” 
As a fitting accompaniment to storms and fires, at least 
to our fairer readers, is a discussion on dress and what 
to buy for the winter. So we join the cosy circle, and, 
with the wisdom of years and experience, offer a few sug¬ 
gestions. 
There is a decided innovation in materials for walking 
and traveling dresses. A material called “ homespun ” 
seems to be the favorite. It is often made up by itself, 
and quite as often with velvet accessories, usually cuffs 
and a collar; sometimes, in addition, a panel on the skirt, 
and a revers on the front drapery. 
There is also a decided change as to the use of pleat- 
ings on skirts. The long pleats have almost entirely dis¬ 
appeared, which will be a blessing both to the makers 
and the wearers, as it detracts materially from the weight 
of a skirt to have only a narrow pleating at the foot and 
a plain skirt above it, either with or without draperies. 
Collars are universally worn higher and closed en¬ 
tirely in the front. They are designated either as 
“officers’ collars,” “dog collars,” or “chokers.” 
Equally fashionable with homespun are the “ boucle 
cloths,” which slightly resemble astrachan. The style 
of making is almost identical with the homespun goods. 
If drapery is used in the front, it is often raised high, 
just above the right knee, and held in position by a 
buckle, slide, clasp, or any suitable ornament of silver, 
oxidized or plain, bronze, shell, jet or^steel, according to 
the fancy of the wearer or the modiste, and, of course, as 
may best suit the material. 
Basques are often closed with hooks^and eyes on the 
