KERAMIC STUDIO 
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and a half per yard. This is very beautiful used in connection 
with filet crochet. In the colored linens very beautiful ones may 
be found in the dress goods. A very good plan is to use a lighter 
shade for the napkins than is used for either cloth or runner. 
Most interesting combinations are worked out in this way. 
The question arises with many as to the practical side of the 
use of colored fabrics for the table. Colors that are beautiful 
before they are laundered, come out, alas, looking anything 
but beautiful. Sometimes colors may be set before laundering 
by soaking them for a time in a solution of salt and water. 
Another way is to boil the colored linens, so that any color to 
be lost, is largely done so at the start before making up. Much 
care must be used in making up sets in color. Be very sure 
before you go ahead with your work. Much disappointment 
may be averted by a little fore-thought. Try to plan some 
uncommon ways in which the design may be applied. Plan 
the folding with the same thought in mind. One very pleasing 
way for a small napkin is to fold in half; next fold across in 
thirds. This will form a rectangle. In this, nicely spaced 
above the hem, place your motif. This may be a filet square, 
a letter or monogram, or a bit of cross stitch or other embroid- 
ery. There is a fancy for a very small napkin for afternoon 
tea, and this plan makes a very attractive set for that purpose' 
Do not be afraid to experiment. Try very simple things to 
begin with. 
An excellent plan is to start a "sampler," adding new 
and interesting stitches as one comes across them. This will 
be a very great help in the future planning of things, as at 
a glance one may see the various stitches and be better able 
to choose the suitable one. So much of the romance of home 
making and house keeping has to do with the linen chest. 
Women of many lands and many climes have, from time im- 
memorial, gathered each, her store of linen with housewifely 
pride. In imagination one can see far back in the past the 
happy bride-to-be, busy with wheel and loom preparing her 
dower of fine linen, weaving into its fabric many a dream, as 
she sat with foot on treadle. Perhaps some of the dreams have 
clung to its warp and woof, and that is why to-day it gives out 
so much charm. Although linen has manifold uses in the home, 
perhaps there is no place its beauties are more appreciated than 
for table use. And so it comes about that this subject of table 
linens is so closely related to our work as china decorators, 
that we cannot afford to ignore it, if our aim is to have a truly 
artistic and harmonious whole. 
CHILD'S SET— MARY L. BRIGHAM 
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