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Show Ornamental Covers Any Girl Can Make. 1 1 p.VBUY housekeeper will iiiclantU ap- i I .predate tbc advantage of having uu 1 easily adjusted and easily haudled oov- jjer to protect the extra quill or blanket 'which UMiallv is put at the fuol of a bd in a f;uet room. These expenshe cocr- . lids of eiderdown and silk or of delicately bordered white wool pick up most of the dust, which ultimately ruins them, because r, the guest allows them to fall upou the floor tror throws them across the bnck of a chair " cloac to a window when going to bed, but ''iwcrc Aoino sort of cover provided for this ii t f)' extra quilt or blanket he or she w6uld t make a point of using it, ( s These ornamental covers arc of two " soi ti. The one which is casici to make ( calls for a twenty-seven inch wide -strip of material pf the same length as thu jwidlh of 'whatever kind of bed single, three- 0 quarter or double It is to decorate. Auy ' of the flnu quality uf cictounes will an- '"su'cr nicely, and so will .borne of tlip new (double fated euituiu materials of . light aud supple printed linen of vhid tones, the bordeied cotton tapestues in white, figured with blue or red, the hand blocked liuetis and cotton taffetas in Old Bnglish and Persian patterns, and the come jutes in hoft solid color tones that arc bordered with fniicj oarsc net motifs cut out from mi allowr patleiu. Covers of any one of these fabrics arc in themselves .so ornamental that no trimming trim-ming Is needed for them beyoud the cotton cot-ton gimp which edges, their four sjdes mid the four eotdage loops, which, set at interval along one lougi edge, lit over large- fim tinted cotton biittoni ,t on the 'opposite sid-. - Of course if n ,-(rl wishes to make a cry baiuihoiuc, quilt cover she may use llowerrd India silk and line it with tatfcla to give it body, or she may use sateen as a foundation and over It place a layer of pink, blue, greou or yellow satin, decoiatiug the ecutre vlth it pattern worked ftut with oul-woik hu-o motifs and medallions and along the two narrow sides run insertions of a matuii. ing mesh. , j If the cover Is dosi&ued -to iimlyh a bed- Upicad of lace, 'cmOroideicd Hikmi -ur UI. geric materials it may be made to accord witb theiii,' provided that it is tacked to a substantial foundation, as otherwise the weight of the extra coverlids will cause the outer side to split. j For the second sort of coverlid rcccp- tacle a funnel shaped boy of papinH machO or wood fibre must be purchased at an upholsterer's and any of the cover materials suitable for. the flat case stictchod over it so tightly that there Is no possibility of a wrinkle- This box! has an aperture at its back into which the extra ' covering may 'be readily" shoved If they aro jirpucily rrullcd, and, whatever decorations arc put "P t J,rc npnhcd to the side which 'Is uppermost! Uvheu the bed is made, with all of its belongings in position. . . Obviously this, sort of Christmas gla : not our, to be sept any great distance l,y express but properly wrapped it can be t.ausporied hAi iiie-iM.ngor'boy. as .-light .-light of Avi.ifflir. m-pHo ils 'l,l,,1k T1e .lllit cover, on the contrary,"" ""V 'into ;, eompiH lSaB0 "-V ' "'' l loD.o long journey ju uirf-llirokiioi. irld reas(,n:iblc.ceriaiutvof.rach."K iw dctl-luiition. dctl-luiition. , , -,, j---3&' ' ' |