Show Preparing Holiday Presents Immediately after the holidays every woman who ban endeavored to present pre-sent each of her intimate friends and the number increases at this time somewhat after the manner of the modern Sunday school with a specimen speci-men of her handiwork resolves that she will begin next midsummer to prepare her holiday gifts so that allowing for interruptions and delays she may have them ready a few day earlier the next Christmas This woman wherever she may be will perhaps be glad to be reminded gently of this resolve and to have a few suggestions given her in regard to some of the pretty things she can make without too great an outlay of time A gift to baby which the mother will appreciate is one or more fancy bibs A new and really strikii way to make them is to em bro dor little figures after the Kate Greenaway style on the front of the I bib Suppose the material to be fleecelined pique which is both pretty and durable bind the edge with a narrow bias band of white or color or trim with Hamburg or ter chon or buttonhole it with working cotton then trace some quaint figure on it either in tbe center or at one I side and work it in outline stitch the embroidering may be done with marking eetton or with soft untwisted un-twisted silk but first take the precaution precau-tion to try the silk in lukewarm water to make sure it will not fade and so loves labor he lost Serv ce able splashers to be put on the wall back of the washstand are made of linen momie cloth of common white linen or Java canvas Trim the edge with torchon and work in the outline stitch a border and center piece two figures like Jack hnd Jl or Old Mother Hubbard and her doe are pretty Hammock pillows are desirable de-sirable Make a cushion about half a yard square or a trifle larger according ac-cording to your taste cover with cretonne cre-tonne of some bright color make a puff to go around the edg and putt put-t on so that the edges will make B little ruffle for a heading The underside under-side of the pillow does not need any trimming the upper angle may be ornamented in any way to suite your fancy A simple and effective way is to put a handsome wide ribbon diagonally across it and at each side work some fancy stitches with silk or you may work a border and put a mjnogram in the center Table covers and ecarfs ale aa popular and handsome as ever Elegant ones are made of brocade velvet or plush with borders of differentcolored silks i satins or plush IA beatiful scarf is i I made of cardinal plush with bocks of tan colored silk with pansies embroidered on themone pansy and two or three green leaves on each block Less expensive but really handsome ones are made of double faced Canton flinDef with a b > rap IJt some richly afore qof bavr ribbon at Due sde apliq H work ir the form ot a b3uqit or Tin quaint figure may hp put on lout is needed across the boton Bl tx rcisinj a little iiiguuty an spa fn ance of originality H K veil A F Post |