Show A Duchess Table One of these pretty dressing tables is within the means of any one who is willing to take a little trouble and i is a piece of furniture which is charming and useful addition to the bedroom I should be low enough so that a woman when seated can dress her hair completely com-pletely before it and It should be sufficiently ciently ample to hold all the appurtenances appurtenan-ces of the toilet without crowding The top may either be square or in kidney shape curved in at the center and a paper pattern of the design decided on should be given to a carpenter with an order to make two inch thick pine planks of the required size One of these should form the top the other the bottom and they should be mounted on stout legs at the four corners In these days when women are taking to everything even carpentry all this work might be done at home with the I I proper lumber and tools Cover the entire frame with silesia of any pale color desired and place an interlining I inter-lining of several thicknesses of cotton batting on the top Any delicate white material will answer j I I for the outside covering although dotted I Swiss is most used for the purpose and this should be put on rather full Finish I around the top with a narrow ruffle edged with lace Long curtains trimmed with lace or a ruffle of the same may be draped on either side and these may be thrown over a brass bar fastened into the wall near the ceiling The frame of the square or oval mirror which is an indispensable adjunct to the dressing table may be made very attractive by covering i first with a layer of cotton batting and full Ing on slightly over this some thin silk to match the silesia in color An ordinary packing box has formed the foundation for many of these dainty tables and it is possible to get as good an effect in this was as with the more expensive one just described The inside of the box may be fitted with shelves which will serve various uses and of course all roughness will be hidden by the white draperies Instead of curtains which fall on either side a recent suggestion sug-gestion is a jabot effect for draping the mirror which must be odd and graceful The very full frills of the dotted muslin mus-lin eight Inches deep are fastened into lun a binding or band just as a jabot for the throat is made These are secured to the top of the mirror with a soft knot of the Swiss and are allowed tb fall neither n-either side in a fluffy cascade needirig only a pin here and there to keep them In place In this case the mirror might be simply gilded The jabot is edged with narrow lace Harpers Bazar |