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Show " ALL AROUJWJHE HDu: A Charming Decorative Srr Fireplace, la Form of , A pretty fireplace decoration1 value, as on it depends much of it. appearance of a room. The n Kcreens are charming us the mi chosen-with ayiew to the g the water lily an effective un" which can be made ut uo:nTy measuring about eighteen ink must first be made of strong a center radiating wires are ,11! represent lily leaves laid fua h the top half of each leaf show,5.? half being hidden bv thoIW 1 the edges of the two leaves mJ ',. firmly fastened together with i wire wound round them Iwoortb P' The leaves are shorter at the botfc frame, which Is, In its turn ifth edge be ignored, in the shaof a hP Now comes the covering. This is of silk gauze of a pale green ornak shade it can be of India silk if Z but it looks heavier. This gau u' full from the point of the leaf ,w! and is run on over the wire' J double, as it should look senu-tri In the center is then placed am ficial water lily, nine inches in A wire support is added at the back frame to make it an easel screpiiac it is complete. ' If any one wishes to produce thi-extremely thi-extremely economical form cr 1 crinkled paper may be used forth I pose, white for the lily, with m deep shade for the outer petals and green or yellow for the leaves a bright yellow will be needed to pert center of the flower. The peony, tt and the chrysanthemum may also 1 as models. Doing fp Lacei. A common plan, after having lace, is to wind it tightly round a 1 taking care to stretchout every, far as possible. Another way is to s it out carefully on the ironing sh ing a bit of flannel over it, then iron, patience is required in ironing lace, point must be adjusted, placed tt distances from each other, and iro-u the same manner. Lace that has ironed in this way will bo found to n unsoiled much longer than lacethi not undergone this process, and it m! have a softer look, more like new h that which has been wound round at It Improves the look of luce to hang front of the fire after it has been iron order to take the stiffness out of it, |