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Show The Latest Napery. Delft blue is the craze in' table linen as well as china. . The old-fashioned Dutch pattern that always looks so-refreshing' so-refreshing' in the. afternoons has been seen in tea cups and cake plates for some time. Now we have it in the na-pery, na-pery, and it harmonizes with the china.. If you will drop into 5 o'clock tea now-a-days you will generally find that your hostess has procured the delft blue tablecloth, napkins and tea service, ser-vice, and that she is as proud of it as if she had a new pair of diamond earrings ear-rings or the latest thing in dogs. It cannot be said that delft blue gives a better flavor to the tea' or a greater zest to the chat in' the boudoir, but cer- tainly it is in tone with everything that is homelike and gentle and refined. And you cannot tell exactly why it has this effect; you only know that it is the cs.se. |