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Show Iv Woman's Page Pretty Japanese Willow Baskets Make Novel Basket Bags for Needlework How to Make an Especially Pretty One Household Suggestions Newest Household Device Is a Handless Pot Handy Kitchen Rack Arranged Ar-ranged Around Water Boiler Bedroom Slippers of Cretonne Sometimes Made in Two Pieces and Laced With Ribbon. I A NOVEL BASK ETBAG Thnyr prett Japanese willow baskets bask-ets make tbp nicest kind of bankftbaj,"3 'or needlework, They re rather cum bersome tn carrv aboul f course, but for the homo neodlrwork they're so much nicer than an ordinary bag The size of tho willow basket to be houcht depends, of course, upon the size of t ho bun to b mrro We will presume thai the silk to be used Is a deep old rose No color goes Qtllte so well with thai mahopany shade of the Japanese willow as old j rose Line the basket with shirred silk, or place in It a silk-covered pasteboard paste-board bottom in the shape of a disk two are makine the bag with a round h.tsket ) Those of different shape nerd the pasteboard bottoms vi r accordingly. ac-cordingly. The sides of the basket are lined with a gathered strip of silk, which is whipped to 'he pasteboard paste-board bottom and to the upper fdp--r.f the basket Krom another strip! of silk is the hag made This strij Should bo long enough to go once and a half about the basket It Is then hemmed at the top with a two and one-half Inch hem An inch above the line of stitching required to make the hem is placed another L row of stitching, to form a casing for t the draw ribbons The two narrow i nds are rben seamed tip and the bottom bot-tom of tho bag thus formed, instead of being closed, is turned up with the narrowest of hpms and shirred to fit I U the willow basket The bag Is then ' stitched with strong stitches to both f the basket and the silk lining of the basket. I The basketbag is not vet complete. The really novel part is that formed by the placing of the silk flowprs I about the basket rim. jusl slightly below be-low where the bag joins the basket ' The flosvers can sometimes be found , I in the old millinery box or be bought I for a vcr small sum. perhaps marked j down, at the shops The pretties! flowers, however, .ire those made ! from the s"k Itself lor these harmon ize beautifully with the willow and carry oul the hicoior scheme Padded daisies made in this color are effective. effec-tive. The petals should be aboul an Inch long and a quarter of an Inch wide. Bacb petal requires two pieces of the silk. These are seamed about the edges and turned so that th" ?eams are inside. The petal i6 then Stuffed with cotton. Several of these petals are made, twelve or more, and then they are attached to the center, cen-ter, being tacked on the wrong side, so that the stitches do not show, nor thp raw edges These (enters should be of black or gold One can make them or purchase them at the shops Tiny padded biscuits of black or gold silk may be used tor tbe centers These are very easv to make. Moit attractive centers, however, having little stamens, can be bad from the shops These padded daisies are placed about the basket, so that their petals are about two inches apart, and so that the petals come- aboul three-quarters three-quarters of an inch above the basket, to rest upon the silk bag Tbe bask-ctbag bask-ctbag is not half so pretty without the flowers. HOUSEHOLD SUGGESTIONS. To drive a uail through a piaster wall without injury to the wall dip it in hot vvatei first. This will prevent pre-vent it from breaking away the wall To afford a soft surface to oilcloth and also to increase its length ! IBBrvlceableness, put a layer of saw dust .m i he floor before laying it To ke p breadboards a good color rub them well with hall a lemon. Ibeni wash them in cold water and stand them in tho wind or in the sun to dr? . To prevent the corners from wear ing on table oilcloths, paste at each , corner on the w rong side a square of j cotton before putting the oilcloth on the table. Co remove the greasj looking mark:, on the .inns and head rests of leather chairs us.' linseed oil as follows Boil half a fiint of oil and let stand until nearly cold, then pour in n half pint of vinegar. Stir until it Is well mixed then bottle, and it is ready for use. Pul a few drops on a flannel I and polish w ith soft dusters 'i his will thoroughly renovate all leather HANDLELESS POTS. The newest In household devices is! a handleless pot which comes in different dif-ferent sizes, with one handle thai fits all of them There is a set of six or eight pots of aluminum, of the familiar fa-miliar "Berlin" shape, on the side of each Is fastened a slot into which the handle can be slipped as needed All the pots have a similar size slot o that the handle is Interchange;, hi" In using these utensils the handle is inserted when needed, and while ihe pot is on the stove the handle is removed, so that we never have 1 "too-hot' handle The chief advantage advan-tage of the whole idea is tbe greater "nesting " possibilities of the pots without with-out handles as compared with thosa which have them. In this style si pots can be 'nested' like bowls in ver small space, with only one handle han-dle needed for all It is a little revolutionary revo-lutionary but something new, and should be of interest to many housekeepers house-keepers with little shelf or closet room. HANDY KITCHEN RACK. If there is no more convenient place for hanging kitchen towels near the range or stove, this kind of a towel rack will prove practical. Have a metal band or stout wire with loops four or five inches apart, bound around the water boiler and through each loop slip the wood rod from a chpap towel rack, having a ball on the end to keep it in place when the rod stands at right angles to the boiler. Smaller rods can be soldered to the I'. i nils to make i neater finish, at a little extra expend CRETONNE SLIPPERS Bedroom slippers nude of reioune seem particularly fitting for .summer wear An old knitted ur cro bete l slipper could be made to serve as a pattern. Th cretonne is cut. seamed up the hack and lined with a ifi lawn or muslin Machine stitching one-half Inch from the. edge forms a casing, through whiob elastic is inn The top is overhanded to a pair of soles. The opening in the front of the slipper for the elastic can be con cealed by ,i how of ribbon Som't ii'ie these slippers are made in two pieces with an opening down the front Uyelets are then worked on either side and the slipper is laced with narrow ribbon. nn |