THE LADIES’ FLORAL CABINET. 
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Decorate the star with sprays of holly, which are made in 
this manner: Cut the leaves out of green velvet and the 
berries out of bright red, and baste them on the dark-red 
velvet in the position of those seen in our illustration. 
The stems and veins in the leaves are made of tinsel and 
it is sewed around the leaves to conceal the raw edges. 
The tinsel comes in balls at fourteen cents each, and a 
single thread is simply laid on and caught to the material 
with fine white cotton. When decorated, baste the cover 
carefully on the pasteboard; draw it smoothly over and 
glue it down on the back ; cover the back with paper and 
fasten a loop on the top. Glue the calendar in the space 
marked out for it. E. S. W. 
Crocheted Border for Shawl. 
F INE cashmere or albatross doth of any light shade is 
a suitable material for the centre; it should be a yard 
and a half long and twenty-two inches wide for a shawl of 
medium size. Split zephyr or two-threaded Saxony is used 
for the crocheted border. Make [a narrow hem ’around 
the four sides of the cashmere, and button-hole it with the 
split zephyr for a foundation in which to crochet. Our 
illustration shows the manner in which the corner, the 
only difficult portion of the border, is made. The“shells 
are composed of four double crochet stitches, followed 
by two double crochets separated by one chain, and this 
is 'the only place in the border where a chain tstitch is 
made, until you reach the pearling which completes the 
last row of shells. These [shells consist of six long 
double crochet stitches and the pearling is formed on the 
edge as follows: The first double crochet stitch in the 
shell is worked, and then four chain stitches which must 
be fastened back in the top of the double crochet stitch 
just made ; this forms a little loop or pearling and one of 
these is made after each double crochet in the shell, ex¬ 
cept the last one, and a single crochet fastens the shell 
between the two rows of double crochets in the main 
border. 
If a deeper border is desired than the one illustrated, 
repeat from the sixth row, thus working twelve rows in 
the border. A heavier border can be made by doubling 
the number of stitches in each shell and working one 
chain, one double crochet, one chain 
and then another shell of eight stitches. 
Mary L. Thayer. 
Crescent. 
HIS odd little receptacle for scarf- 
pins, collar and cuff buttons, to 
hang at the side of the dressing-case 
is made of a couple of wooden butter- 
plates sawed or cut in the shape of a 
crescent. Select for the purpose the 
thickest plates you can find; draw 
the form of the crescent on them, 
and cut them out carefully with a 
sharp penknife. Gild or varnish the 
pieces and join them together, the 
concave sides in, with six small brass 
hooks, which are screwed through the 
lower edges; these are to hang keys 
and button-hooks on, and will be 
found very convenient for such things. 
Cut notches at each end of the cres¬ 
cent to tie the ribbon around ; place 
a bow at each end and at the top, 
making one side of the ribbon shorter 
than the other, so it will not hang 
straight. Instead of gilding, the cres¬ 
cent can be covered with plush and 
lined, with satin. Cut the wooden 
