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Show For the GirVs Dressing Room. I H PICTURE frames are always a delight de-light to young girls, who, it seems, can never have loo many of tjicm. They like them of all shapes and varieties, varie-ties, for they are constantly having photographs pho-tographs of their friends and snapshots of various happenings given to them. Some of the new picture frames appear ap-pear particularly dainty In the rooms of young girls. One style is made of bolting cloth, on which wreathes of little flowers or conventional designs arc embroidered in as many colored silks as the design will allow. This embroidered piece of bolting cloth is then mounted on cream white satin and completed by placing in an attractive gilt frame about half" an inch in -width. The uniisualness of this frame is that the cmbroidoiy is done on a transparent material and that the white satin shows through it as a mysterious glimmer. These frames are made about JO by V2 inches in si7e. The ova! opening open-ing of the centre should be arranged to j suit the photograph for which the frame is intended. , j Oilier beautiful new frames are wade of biocadcs of every description. Old hits of .dresses taken from (funks in the garret can be turned into the mats of picture frames with admirable effect and then be finished by placing them in fancy gilt frames. .Many arc made up, how-j ever, with simply a strong back of pasteboard paste-board and a wire piece that enables them to stand upright on a table, a much less costly way of doing than placing them in a frame. These embroidered aud brocade bro-cade picture frames are never hung. Girls who wish to make a picture frame for a brother or some young man at college col-lege should piocurc sheets of water color paper, rectangular in shape, in which there aro six ovals for small pictures. Under thee openings are written, respec-thcly, respec-thcly, -WIv piclty girl," "31 y witty girl.' "My girl with eyes of blue," "My sporty girl," "My merry girl," "The girl to whom I'm true." The whole frame should then be decorated broadly In water color with a design of flags, ribbons or other college cmblcmx. The hand made pjetmc frame is Indeed the novelty of the moment. AG JUL who had been given a "hat-liolder" "hat-liolder" made of a discarded dumb-Ip!I dumb-Ip!I (which was in its turn discarded V bcniuc. the lower cud, though sawed to llatiifs, was glued on nothing more M.-ilde thrtii a -beet of cardboard, which Hired ovvt, whenever ti,nj tiling brunhed against the. vhap.niVj which if. wu. sup povll 'touppoclhil'oiind.- tfiowjjil away in tile iittii'. a.icui'.plej.of .oldvtall glass i lampi. whlrh: .sh.i utilized for,' a' j-imijar purpose, with results a xiiiifaotory'-as the former one whs-'futile. 'I'hej were merely the ordinary standard lamp;. all j of glas, such as one sees for sale In IH country store1- or in cheap furnishing I fl pl.tcc1--. is'o shade of any kind, merely H the rim to hold the lamp chimney, but . the bases of both were good and heavy. H The bun.ers were long ago broken. Therefore what reuiained Avas merely j a "dumbbell." that is a solid glass shaft -v IH with a heavy base and au empty bowl, H Ju each case. The discoverer gave them H a thorough scalding aud polishing, then I H partly tilled the now immaculate bowls jH (or oil tanks) with her favorite orris. jH Then .'.he made thickly padded covers to jH quite enclose the lamp bowls, and fast- H iMird Ihec on securely around tbc ham i H of tho bowls, and finally she slipped ovo,r ! JH each "head" a circle of dainty flowered IH silk gathered around the entire outer IH edgn by a silk elastic run in a casing. JM This ludd the silk cover in place, close IM to llic "neck," and the whole was. tin- H ished by a ribKiu tied around it and H caught in a small bow. H NO girl's room i over complete with- j , out a large collection of cushions, and j ' 'H many girls.ar.c continually. adding new H one1' or rc-coveiing old ones A cushion j H thai, is much used soon needs a new cover H unless it has one that can be washed. And jH very useful these washable covers ar. H They can be made as elaborate and bcauti- j H ful as possible and still be washed if care- M fully done with while soap. jH The best material to use for them is I IH linen, and one can buj nowadays almost M any color or shade in linen. Some colors Vjil can be bought at various prices, but for others it may be necessary to take quite an ll expensive quality. For a room that is dec- H orated in oue definite color It is a good A 'H plan to make corcis for all tbe cushions JH of linen in a lipht shade of that color, vary- M ing the decorations on the different covers. H One may be embroidered with the special H flower used in the room, another may have i jH a simple, design in outline stitch done with H a darker shade of the same color as the 'lH linen. It is bctler to do tbe embroidery 1H with mercerized cotton than with silk, al- B though rhcro aie some embroidery silks M that wash very well. ' " ' for a loom in a summer homo, a whole Iljl Bet of white cushion covers is effective, but Vl the girl who has these must' be able to have them washed often. If a girl has her own little porch or loggia the while covers are fl oartii-ularly desiralile. SI..' will probably H often carry her cushions out to the ham- mock, and colored linens will fade in the Mbf M uiildoor air. If the white ones require Wu ,-JH too much laundry work natural colored RJj,JijJH linen is good for outdoor um:, and-it may x -B lc. embroidered with colors ' tbut louof.' f- T ttflH fadii-quickly. ;'&. i 1 H |