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the LADIES' ELOBAL CABINET. 
AMONG needle-work novelties is a dainty pillow fiflej 
with down, and, to carry out the intention of perfect 
softness, should be made of undressed silk or any of the 
pliant satins, and ornamented Avith silk embroidery— 
the edge finished wth a fine silk cord: avoiding carZ 
fuUy anything that will keep the cusliion in shape, as 
its object is to be so soft and pliable as to yield to every 
movement. The Art Amateur describes one of these 
pillows as made a little 
more than half a yard 
square and covered with 
Indian silk in a crushed 
strawberry tint. On the 
face of the pillow were 
scattered a few interlaced 
discs inclosing small geo¬ 
metrical shapes, follow¬ 
ing the outline of designs 
in darning stitches taken 
close together—a small 
stitch upon the wrong 
side, a longer one upon 
the right—with old-gold 
silk. iSome of the discs 
were filled by parallel 
fines of darning stitches 
covering the ground; 
others left with a few 
touches of gold. By using 
filoselles varying in hue 
from dull-blue to deep- 
red, old-gold to brown, 
silver-gray to dark blue- 
gray, the designs were 
brought out channingly 
and with but little work. 
Pongee in its natural color 
answers very well for a 
similar experiment. Any 
deep shade of yelloiv is 
deshable, as the effect is 
pleasing whether placed 
upon a tete-a-tete of blue 
or an easy chair of Indian 
red. A simpler method 
of covering is with a 
width of one of the soft 
foulard satins, sold for 
dress purposes, choosing 
some pale groimd-wor'k 
besprinkled with Pompa¬ 
dour boquets in delicate 
colors. Where the cushion 
is to be habitually used a 
movable cover of linen 
should be put over the . . 
inner .cover of silk, and for this drawn work m i 
numerous varieties is very effective, and the finer e 
material the more attractive the result. (See designs o 
drawn-work in Cabinet, March, 1888). Edge the cove 
with lace. _ 
Silk Lamp Shade. 
A PRETTY design for a lamp shade is of 
decorated with velvet moths in applique and em ro 
The silk must be cut to fit exactly round the shade, 
allowing only enough for a seam. It is to be deep enough 
to hang about four inches below the glass globe, and an 
inch above at the. top. The lower edge is cut m deep 
points, and the silk fringed from the tip to the base of 
the point. The upper edge also is to be fringed straight 
across, half an inch deep. The moths are cut out of 
velvet, some brown, tan, and grey. These are laid on 
the silk in a vaiiety of po¬ 
sitions, the edges fasten¬ 
ed down with button¬ 
hole stitch. The veining 
and eyes in the wings are 
worked with gay em¬ 
broidery silks. When this 
is finished, sew together 
the seam at the side, with 
pink sewing-silk, and 
with a double thread 
gather the upper edge 
half an inch below the 
fringe, drawing it up to 
fit closely over the top of 
the globe, but not allow¬ 
ing the silk to touch the 
chimney. The effect is 
very pretty, and the color 
of tlie silk casts a pretty 
light round the room. 
M. E. Whittemore. 
The Art of Adorn¬ 
ment. 
It has been said tliat 
every lady’s dress is in a 
measure au index to her 
character, whether she be 
conscious of it or not; 
and we know from ob¬ 
servation that tliis is true; 
for a lady that is refined 
and delicate in her taste, 
always chooses her cos- 
tvune of some subdued 
coloring, while others, 
whose sole object in life 
is display, do not hesitate 
to adopt such bright and 
positive colors as to ren¬ 
der it impossible for them 
not to be observed; yet it 
is very true that there are 
some faces for which a 
briUiant setting is need¬ 
ful, but in this there is no necessity for such coloiing as 
would be classified as gaudy. 
Eed is the brightest c.olor we have, yet it is not neces¬ 
sarily gaudy, except when combined with yellow. 
Purple is by no means a bright color, still it is gaudy; 
while violet or blue-purple would not shock the most 
refined taste. 
A costume which, from brilliancy of color or other 
cause, is rendered striking, should never be adopted by 
one who cannot allow herself an ample wardrobe, else 
