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THE LADIES' FLORAL CABINET, 
of use to those who may have been perplexed for some 
way of enlarging the useful and pretty designs pub¬ 
lished in this magazine. L. Hopkins. 
A Card Case. 
Very pretty little pocket-cases for holding calling 
cards can be made from bits of satin and silk, and are 
far more dainty to use than the heavy ones of leather 
with their gold or silver mountings. 
The silk and satin can be chosen from as delicate col¬ 
ors as may be fancied, but the one we shall describe was 
of black satin lined with a pale shade of lilac silk. The 
materials required for its construction were a piece of 
light quality bristol-board four and one-quarter inches 
long by five inches wide, a strip of the satin four and 
one-half inches long by ten wide, and silk the same size 
as the satin. Fold the piece of bristol-board exactly in 
the middle, so that each side shall be two and one-half 
inches wide; cover it smoothly with the satin for the 
outside and the silk for the lining; as nothing will be 
used on the edges, they should be joined so neatly that 
no stitches can be seen. Care should be taken that the 
exact middle of the cover and lining is at the fold of the 
bristol-board. then fold in the ends of the sarin and silk 
extending beyond the stiffening to within a half inch of 
the center, this forms the places in which the cards are 
slipped. When the edges are neatly fastened press the 
case together and place for a while under a weight so 
that it will ho pressed flat and smooth; then ou one side 
of the cover paint in a diagonal position a cluster of 
Lilies-of-tlie-Valley, and on the other, some Forgot-me- 
nots. 
Plain white cards with or without hoveled edges, and 
having the name in plain script, aro always in good 
taste; the engraved copper-plate used for printing these 
can be obtained for $1.30, including fifty printed cards, 
and from this plate as many more as you may desire can 
be printed for fifty cents a packet. C. 
Wicker work-baskets are prettily trimmed by weav¬ 
ing in the openings inch-wide satin ribbon of a cardinal 
color. A row of this should be threaded around the 
bent-over rim by putting the end of the ribbon through 
one opening, over one, and pull it through the third to 
the under-side again, spreading out the ribbon on the 
upper-side the full width in the centre; weave the ribbon 
in this way all around the edge, and join the ends on 
top with a little bow. On the opposite side of the 
basket fasten a little square cushion, for pins and loose 
needles, with a piece of the ribbon placed diagonally 
around it and tied in a bow to the basket-edge. Unless 
the bottom of the basket is very firm and close, fit a 
pasteboard exactly to it and cover neatly with silesia of 
the same shade as the ribbon used. Inexpensive little 
baskets for holding thimble, thread and scissors can be- 
made very ornamental in this way. 
AUTUMN FASHIONS. 
Among new suitings introduced for autumn wear 
varieties of plaids seem to occupy a prominent part; the 
most desirable of these would, however, hardly be recog¬ 
nized as plaids, the colors are so vaguely indicated, 
thereby doing away with the glaring effect large blocks 
would otherwise have. Those shown in inch blocks in 
shades of dark red and blue promise to make up in very 
tasteful suits. Other varieties are broken plaids of dull 
colors, to be used in combination with plain goods of the 
predominating color. 
The corded appearance of the ottoman silks has been 
reproduced in woolens, the heavy threads running 
across the breadth; the goods may be woven plainly- 
corded or in blocks or stripes, or in brocades formed by 
the cords in the figure being in an opposite direction 
from those in the ground-work. These will be very 
popular for handsome wool suits, as they present a veiy 
rich appearance, and the heavy rep will prevent them 
from being easily wrinkled. 
Ladies’ cloth, and a rep material called Tricote, are of 
lighter quality than last season. These goods make 
such serviceable suits that one can scarcely dispense 
with them, and now that the great objection to them, 
the heaviness of the material, has been removed, they 
will doubtless remain a necessity. 
The colors most prominent in the new woolens and 
the rich silks and velvets imported for autumn and 
winter are described by a writer in the Bazar, as grays of 
various shades, castor-browns, sandal, new greens and 
chaudron reds; some of the new grays having blue 
tinges, while others arc pure silver-gray, and still others 
are grisaille mixtures of black or of brown with white; 
Aeier, or steel-gray, is blue in tone; gris de fer is darker 
iron-gray; fumee, or smoke-color, has browner tinges; 
granite is clear stone-color. Tourterelle, or turtle-dove 
color, is shown in the new materials for both dresses 
and bonnets. The light browns are in their natural 
tints of sandal-wood and of the castor-beaver furs, 
while darker browns have red hues, and are called 
autumn-leaf browns, very different from the terra-cotta 
tints of last season. Havana browns re-appear; dead- 
leaf brown and maroon or chestnut-brown have no red, 
and are darker even than seal-brown. Orient and In- 
dienne are two pretty shades of golden brown, alike 
becoming to both blondes and brunettes. Of the new 
greens, the first is cresson or water-cress green, with 
blue shades; then canard or duck, with canelte or duck¬ 
ling-green, like the tints on a duck’s breast; while 
forestier-green is seen in the chamolon silks that change 
their tones according to the light which thoy reflect. Moss 
and myrtle green are familiar shades that are repeated 
in plain goods, but are most often seen in the changeable 
fabrics that are.a feature of the new goods. The blues 
are pure and simple shades, with some of the electric 
blues, which have a gray cast. 
Velvet ribbon and velvet in the piece will be much 
used as trimming for wool dresses, and may be of the • 
same shade as the dress material or of contrasting color. 
Five or six rows of narrow black velvet trim the deep 
kilt plaits of gray dresses very tastefully. It should be 
