Show am r j V A qa NR g ta g q aw R WL ft 0 M R 1 J F ig lr A nac i t it NIN MM 41 I 1 44 I 1 vl Z F gj il etli W ean Q it i t 14 I 1 4 M HH IN 41 I 1 1 I 14 k I 1 I 1 rt k 2 i 7 i H TEA C CLOTHS h I 1 AND 1 ENTER PIECES I 1 t r I 1 I 1 af Cae MAXW i bhanu sai serre to 16 brov show oft ia ur faeo set and vat drawn woric wark 1 I I 1 I 1 it if white Is for brides it is also the most fashionable decoration for or dining i tables and the lovers ol of fancy work who zot noi long since were covering 1 yards of linen M with colored floss and filo 1110 sills silk are now giving their energy to the perfection of swiss embroidery brol dery says the me philadelphia inquirer plain white linen embroidered only in white Is the character of all the best new tea cloths claths and center pieces though white lace has not lost one whit of its popularity from the inexpensive renaissance to the most exquisite duchess and rose point dinner tables are resplendent and some of the point lace center pieces are splendid enough to serve as the bridal handkerchiefs for royal princesses they are rather small and the lace is set flat on a round or scalloped center of finest french batiste that is embroidered in a wreath of white flowers in consequence of this lavish use of lace nearly all the most formal dinners of pe the past spring and of the present autumn have been served on bare boards the lace center piece accompanied compa nied by plate decanter and candelabra dollies Is laid on the brilliantly polished naked mahogany or dull black oak in order to achieve the best effect and show just how beautiful your lace set is the same scheme is followed where the board is ornamented with a set of mexican drawn work and though the rule is an all for white some women gild refined gold by embroidery brol dery in colored floss sprays and bouquets both on the renaissance lace and on drawn work the consequence is brilliant certainly but scarcely so refined in appearance a as the pure white luncheons suppers and midday breakfasts are now so general general IT served on the boards with doilies dailies only that the handsomest damask table cloths claths are looking for jobs on bargain counters and the smartest little breakfast cloth one can use informally and en famille is a large square of hem stitched linen that is da masked all over but not in figures and then richly wrought in white swiss embroidery great attention is given to the designs done in this new needlework needlework it would require too much space to describe the jacobean egyptian and henri deus patterns that are stamped on these squares for working and that emanate from able artists in I 1 london and paris quite as highly esteemed as the beautiful mexican drawn work is that which comes from russia it is different from the mexican being done on heavy home woven linen in the natural or half bleached tints of the flax from russia is brought over also the almost forgotten aft art of doing cut work the pattern on the hand spun linen squares are first embroidered and then cut out until the finished piece resembles a sort of superb lace with all these articles the owners initials are worked in one corner of the narrow hem women who find pleasure in introducing novelties in the arrangement of thet ther dinner tables are using candelabra and candlesticks in the form of vases vans A tall or short crystal or silver vase with a rather wide lip and slender stem Is so arranged that when filled d with flowers a candle cair caff be fixed in the midst of the blooms while a most unique and more expensive decoration is an illuminated ice castle caterers cateress Cater ers freeze these in any form desired and some are exquisite miniatures of at chantilly warwick the wartburg or in bavaria in clear or pale tinted ice the castle is frozen frown and all its towers ornamented namen ted with small candles not only is the castle an odd and pretty ornament but it keeps the room at a very pleasant temperature in spite of candle heat and the presence of many guests among the lesser items of interest at the dinner tables this autumn are name cards at every cover in the fo form rm of tiny slips blips of very thin glass the edges we are beveled and the names are engraved on or of laid on in gilt gill erners and menu cards are am just as much ignored As aa ever and it is no longer ion I 1 continued I 1 in good taste to I 1 isy bouquets I 1 and boutonnieres beside the guests plates those however who do not keep a very margiye wary marY byeon iye aon the ot of improvements prove ments in the way nay ot of table comforts i rm be surprised to find and several mew adv silver r uti utensils taft vinter be il alde do covers with tho the tooti coarse chui janow served im an odd looking I 1 the ac of steel hades this I 1 A I 1 ii akl by 11 I 1 beadon I 1 I 1 U it bc islik r i a oira J straight f silver 11 A r e ar ii j i ia aau 01 t J t e j 1 LAS I q 1 t 11 diio awes 1 abt cosam z tj W dalven S 1 f I 1 I alty g 1 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