The Household

ï IDY. - Take four pieces of brown Holland, each six incb.es square. On each embroider designs in Kenslngton of cbildren at plaj. Take five squares of terra-cotta satín and join tLiem to the liuen; cover the seaois with i'ancy stitcbes. TIn: salin should be left witbout or::iimentaUon, but the linon may be palnted, etcbed or embroidered. The present craze ia the latter, and not only aro all aorta of decorativa novel tiea Snishi d witli ie, but wnole costumes tor ihii are extravagantly trimmed witli embroidery eifcher done by hand -r woven. TakluSpiieajjs.- A novel tablei ay er is of winè-colored feit, with au efttire border oC embroidefed Ilower3. A pretty design is a spray of pinks worked in shaded red, folLowed by a few leaves, Uien ast-tra and lieid dai3ies, Work the oatllne of tlio pattein witli silk and 511 in In croWel stitcta with crewel cottxra; flnisli the etlge oí tlio spread with scallopS br witli fancy fiinge. A pretty scarf is made rtiiich in the Kiime wuy' Take a piece oí dark green feit. tbiity tuches loug and eighict'ii inchcs wide and wovk in the center ia ereweis i larga cluster of flowt'iTs with one or two butterflies upattered about. At one eud sew a strip of red plusli aud finish with fancy stitches ; at the other end sew a Étrlp of oM gold plush, ünish wilh fancy ailk balls. A iiew and uuique scarf ii of blue gatin. Take a piece of the goods the width pL the satín and a yard long, atitch i group of cliildien, takeu f rom different characters in some well-known story or play. Work each group in dinerent oolored silks, üatsh the edges wilh gold cord or autiquelacèiasertlon and edge; if cord is used aña fancy silk balls tü the narrow edges. A black velvel scatf vvith a number of birds or u pair of dov w raiaed embroidery, is önisteed with antlque lace or sil ver cord, A terra-cotta feit Bpread with a border of autuüin leaves and velvet appliquo and a friugo of mixed colors, r:... r. nmoll llrlti tl t!lü #W 1 ff A f i }C; goods and knot iu the fiinge in thin mamier: ïake twelve threads of different shades, eacb ttve inches long, doublé and push the doublé end throiigh the small hole in the feil, open, and push the twenty-four ends through and draw tight; continue all the way nroiiud. A lace cover f or a suaall ebouy table has a center of musliu or muil, with au initial embroidered in ftue white cotton, an iiisertion of fine lace, with scarlet ribbon placed under and a border of openwerk lace. The lace should extend over the table about ix iDOhes. Still wiotbor model is of cardinal satis. A braach oL lejives or flowera "is cut out of tapeatry cretoaoe and apr nlied to the satin, and treabed in tlw different outlines with embroiderj in crewels. ïheoutcr edge is retraced wilh tinsel braid. The on tire spread lias a border oí cretonne an inch wide. Cleab tuk Dkcks.- Uuder the above heading "Olive" gives, in the Rural New Yorker, a bit of kindly advice to housekeepers:- If you have a rather delicate piece of work to perform, that gives you some perploxity and uixiety, try first to make Bil about yoa as pleasant as possible bef ore you begin. No matter if you have not time to go through the whole establishment, you may yet make yonr own little nook cheerful and bright, It is surprising how much bette the mind acts under sueh circumstances. A. tidy room about you, neatly swept up, the f urniture wiped with a damp cloth, a liltle bouquet, if only a sprig or two of brightness in a cup of fragraut green, has a power to cheer the weary spirit .■ml give it real rest and refreshment , juat as wholesome food does the body. Whatever helps to give us composure adds to our working ability, and tends largely to benefit our hoalth and happiness. The long-li veil people are usually those of an even mind. If you have a perpiexing gaiiiiönt iu ui. mu n patteni, wherëit seeras almost a neceasity to "make clolli," flrat clear up bverything about you, and spread out the goods and tha pattern on a clear table. There is something very confusing to average miuds in a jumbled up work-table and a chaos of scraps lyiug about. Some people makesuch a littei oL Bhreds, if thoy have any work to cut out, wbile others can have a room or two in a house replaatered and papeied, and yet not have it seem very bad. Such a differenoe ia there in the way of doing work. Ladios Who Have Seen Botter Days. Mothers Bhould ponder vvell the statement made a few davs ago by a lady in Boston, who has charge of a tree emplayment ageucy. Generally speakinsf, she has little difliculty in getting place8 lor girls in search of iionest and useful work, for she has mora appiications irom empiojeio wau she can lili. If a young woman knowa how to do something- to sew, todraw, te cook, to knit, to enibroider, to keep books, to cut out garments, to altend in i store, to teach, to sing, to nurse.to sew books, to make paper boxes- she can generall y, in the course of a few days, get her employment, at wages upon which she can live pretty well, and perhaps save a liltle. Bttt thero is a clas3 of young ladies for whom she can do nothing. Good girls they are, who have seen what they cali "better days." They mean idle days. They mean the days of youth, which were meant as days in wliich to learn how to do a fair share of the world's work. They mean waated d:i} ñ. Such girls come to her and "í have never been obliged to do anything for myself, and can give the best references as to charaeter and respeetability ; could be a companion to a lady, keep house where there are servants, or read to an invalid." The superintendent has so many such appeals that she makes a aomewhat iinpaUentreply: "No rationa!, 8elf-p'.)S3e.ssed lady has time to waste upon a companion." Her long experience has taught her that only one thing is generally in demand, namely: useful labor done with skill and care. Parents with daughtep approaching maturity shculd oarefully consider this fact, Lst; the girls learn how to do sometliing that roay be depended on to give them subsistence when their parents can furnish it no more.