Show KEEPING DRESSER DAINTY highly desirable point but one that needs of tho the utmost vigilance every ever housekeeper knowe known the dial culty of keeping dresser desser coverings epic and span and appropriately dainty for a cretonne hung bedroom an unconscionable amount of at dust seems to colket on every dresser overnight and to the dust are added sittings of talcum powder it Is well uell nigh impossible to remove all toe the dresser belongings each day and shako shake out tho the covers but going over the dresser top with ith a email small jhial broom will help mattera matters amazingly tho brushes f frames rames bottles etc should bo be carefully dusted every morning tor for nothing Is so distressing as an dust on a dainty dresser the idea of having a slab of beveled glass over tho the embroidery or lace cover does not appeal to some women it haa has a coldly apat but obviously la bor saving suggestion that implies implicit economy exercised exorcised in housemaid service so most moist dressers are graced with spreads of cretonne cro tonno lace embroidery or gaiss entirely unprotected by glass cretonne covers are serviceable but they are not as dainty ae as covers of embroidery dotted or lace trimmed or organdie gandle over a lining of colored sateen this lining should bo be exactly tho the size of tho the sheer cover and not the size of the dresse dresser top if small metal snap buttons buttong arc are attached to sateen lining and cover at tho the four corners the two pieces ol 01 fabric will not slip apart or ride over ovee the edge of the dresser at the front as covers sometimes do if cretonne to match curtains or cushions Is 1 used to cover tho the dresser a strip ot of white net first shrunken and pressed out again should bo be laid over the cretonne and attached to it around the edges under a fancy edge banding or ball trimming the veiling of net softens and blends the cretonne col ore ora into a beautiful harmony of delicate delicato tints |