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Design for Mantel Drapery. 
Mantel Drapery. 
A SIMPLE yet very pretty mantel drapery is made of 
a piece of soft silk or pongee in the form of a scarf 
fringed out at either end, and stretched across the front 
of the mantelpiece. 
Itjmay be used on a marble or wooden mantel, and re¬ 
quires no board as the lambrequins do, for small weights 
are fastened at each end and in the middle, on the 
wrong side of the upper edge of the scarf, and these 
resting on the shelf hold the drapery in place. 
The silk or pongee, after having the design stamped 
or sketched upon it, is fringed out at each end about 
three inches deep. 
Painting and outline work combined make a pretty 
decoration, and a branch of oranges with their foliagefis a 
pleasing design. The outline of the fruit is filled in with 
a solid color or wash of chrome orange ; but do not let 
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the color flow beyond the lines. The foliage is painted 
in the same manner with green, but no shading is re¬ 
quired for either fruit or foliage. The stems should be 
painted brown. After it is dry the entire design, stems, 
leaves and oranges should be embroidered in outline 
stitch with embroidery or filling silk, matching each 
portion of the work—yellow for the fruit, green for the 
leaves, and brown for the stems. 
The weights are placed, as already directed, at each 
corner and in the middle of the upper edge of the scarf. 
A small piece of the material is sewed over each weight, 
to keep it in place. The middle of the scarf is then gath¬ 
ered or drawn up, and a full bow of broad satin ribbon 
with ends is sewed at the gathering. 
The design should be stamped on the ends just above 
the fringe and extend about half-way toward the mid¬ 
dle of the scarf. 
These draperies are very much less expensive and far 
simpler to make than lambrequins, and yet give a pretty, 
graceful finish to the mantelpiece. 
Pongee, or any soft silk which can be easily draped 
answers well for the purpose. M. E. Whittemore. 
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W HAT can I make for papa’s Christmas present? 
is the question so often heard asked by little girls 
about this time of year; so we have designed something 
for that purpose that is easily made and will be both 
useful and ornamental. ^The calendar you will have 
to buy and can find one at a book or stationery store. 
Cut out of heavy pasteboard a star that measures eight 
inches from point^to point; also cut a layer of cotton the 
same shape, to be placed underneath the plush cover. 
Spread sachet powder over the cotton and baste it on 
the star. Then cut the covering of red velvet or plush 
half an inch larger all around than the pasteboard star; 
lay the calendar on in the centre and put a white basting 
thread around it to mark the place it is to occupy. 
