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more artistic not to use trim¬ 
ming of any kind, simply the 
embroidered plush. Other and 
less expensive materials may 
be used, such as cloth or felt. 
The embroidery to he executed 
in the same manner as for the 
plush. The edge may be trim¬ 
med with worsted ball fringe, 
or the material itself can be cut 
in shreds about an eighth of a 
yard deep on the lambrequin. 
But in this case the lambrequin 
should be at least half a yard 
in depth, which will allow an 
eighth of a yard to be fringed. 
These are also very pretty, but 
of course do not present so rich 
an appearance as the plush. 
31. E. Whittemore. 
Luncheon Favors. 
Mantel or Shelf Lambrequin. 
A vert handsome lambrequin is made of plush with 
a design embroidered in crewels and silks. For an or¬ 
dinary mantelpiece about two yards and a half of plush 
would be necessary for the length, and the depth should 
be three-eighths of a yard. If crimson harmonizes with 
the furniture and decorations cf the room for which it 
is intended, it is a rich, warm color to use, and the pale 
pink of apple blossoms contrasts prettily with it. A 
piece of board should be cut the exact shape and size of 
the top of the mantelpiece. It is to be smoothly covered 
with plush, drawing the plush over the edge, and tack¬ 
ing it through the sides. Tire lambrequin is to be em¬ 
broidered with a design of apple blossoms, dog-wood or 
whatever flowers may be preferred, using crewels for 
the dark shade in the leaves and flowers, and embroidery 
silk for the light shades. When the embroidery is 
finished the piece must be lined with silicia the same 
color of the plush, the edges of both materials to be 
•turned in and neatly sewed together, not allowing the 
stitches to be seen. The upper edge does net require 
sewing as it is to be tacked to the wood. Instead of 
nailing through the right side of the plush, the tacks 
must be put in not to show. In order to do this, turn 
the plush-covered board so that the plush will be down¬ 
wards. Then place the lambrequin wrong side out and 
tack the raw edge to the shelf, and care must be taken 
that the plush shall fall from the upper edge of the 
wood. . When this is finished, turn the shelf again that 
the plush shall be out, and the lambrequin also will fall 
right side out. It has a neater finish than if trimmed 
with cord, although, perhaps, it is a little more trouble¬ 
some. Should a trimming be desired for the lower 
edge, chenille fringe seems most suitable for the plush, 
and the effect is very rich. It is, however, considered 
These favors are a pretty 
fancy used to designate the 
place of each guest at the table. 
There are many varieties, one of 
the most popular a satin bag 
which is filled with French 
bon-bons. Two circular pieces of cardboard are cut 
for the bottom: they may be the size round of a 
coffee-cup, each covered with satin, and overhanded 
together with sewing-silk the same shade as the satin. 
A straight piece of card-board is then cut to fit exactly 
around the circular piece. It should be two inches high. 
This is also covered plainly with satin, and the edge 
overhanded to that of the circular piece, forming a round 
box without a cover. Join the seam very carefully that 
it may have a neat appearance. A full bag of satin is 
then securely sewed to the upper edge of the box, the 
top of the bag to have a hem half an inch wide, and 
just below it a casing through which a ribbon is run for 
a drawing string. Trim the upper and lower edges of 
the box with a fine silk cord, and paint round the side 
