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Show Milady's Tray I and Its Fittings HE LOUISE QOODLOE FALCONER. e'VJEN to the woman whose "bringing "bring-ing up" has b;en shorn or all such luxuries as the daily breakfast In bed, there often comes a time when iUnss or accident of sorme kind makes the serving of JT meals jn bed a necessity. When this ' occurs, there are mu-ny households where the tray prepared and finally with many groans and catastrophes to liquid refneshmexuts. Is deposited on or near the bed, the patient Is between be-tween the devil and the deep bluo soa. She can't reach it if It is put on a chair, and W put an her bed it tilts j to an alarming degree, only saved: from final destruction at the expense; of cramped legs. Who of u at some peaflod of our ! life has not wiinossed tills. If not j actually experienced it' I can even close ray eryes and Imagine it. Tray either too large or too small. The napkin used as tray cower made Into a good lmJtatton of a crazy quilt by I etains from coffee, tea, or chocolate j Dishes Intended to be "hot, cold from I exposure, whereas those intended to 1 bo cold are warm from too close prox- I imity to true intended to be warm dishes China of odds and ends, ! makeshifts of every kind. But now v e have changed all that, and thej tray sent upstairs is a model In daintiness dain-tiness and appropriateness. Perhap6 the first step to be considered consid-ered In the ordinary home is the getting get-ting together the ruecessary articles. This can be done by degrees and very Inexpensively. The first necessity Is the bed table. These can bo bought from-to-all-1 V prices, but if real economy is to be; practised, a most useful and altogether alto-gether satisfactory one can ba made at home. Take a clean piece of wood about an eighth erf an inch thLck, and In size about eighteen Inches vUde by twenty-seven inches Long. Cover this neatly with cretonne or any de- i sired covering. Next taloo two pieces the samo -width, six wide and twenty-! seen long. TThelr length should bo JuSt the width of the top piece, and when put on upright, form the two I substantial ends of the tray, leaving! ample room for the knees of the patient, pa-tient, across whose lap It can easily be placed. These pieces are also cov-A cov-A r-red with the same material as the top, and when finished you have a perfect little bed tablo which when not needed for meals can bo made very serviceable for books or work. If desired, the top can be covered with glass and this keeps the cretonne In good shape and always clean. Next comes the tray Itself and Its fittings Glass-covered cretonno traye with mahogany edges can bo bought most reasonably, but again they can be made even cheaper, and aro almost the same. Uso a piece of the samo material out of which you have cov-eved cov-eved the tablo, a piece of the same colored felt, and take to a store I where framing is done. Here the ma-terlat ma-terlat is treated like a photograph, j covered with glass, framed in any de-I de-I sired wood, lined with the felt, and when finished, two brass handles added, ad-ded, and at very little expense, there is your tray. Next come your tray covers. There should be at least elx of these, and should always be kept for this purpose alone. If you can buy the desired sire it Is perhaps cheaper, but if not the small scalloped ones aro the most attractive. Be 9ure the edge is small : enough not to tilt any dish set upon 1 It. At many department stores, and most jewelry ones, can be bought the three in one coffee set, which consists con-sists of a coffee pot (which can bo used for any beverage) a cream Jujr which tits into the top of the coffee pot, and a small tray for sugar, which in turn makos the top of the cream Jug Thus you have everything needed need-ed which only takes up the space of one piece, beside doing awa with the danger of spilling. Breakfast sets ot china can be bought any where chlnn is handled These come In assorted pieces, so you can choose just the : pieces wanted. Several sized plates. cup and saucer, a covered dish, perhaps per-haps two, an egg cup, and you have at least a good start, bo any needed dish can bo easily added as wanted An individual salt and pepper set, spoons and forkB and a glass for water and your tray Is about equipped. equip-ped. Small napkins scalloped or hemstitched hem-stitched finished with a small monogram, mono-gram, aro always an attractive addition. addi-tion. When articles are bought for this purpose they should bo kept solely for it. Otherwise you will find them abBent or broken when most you need them, but with any sort of caro they should last for years. If your purse Is not loo restricted the wicker breakfast trays shown last Christmas season were wonderfully good The centers were glass covered cretonne, but the legs were formed by two large pockets at either end. extending the necessary depth. These pockets held the morning mall and the linen Between times they are Just the thing wanted for magazines, or work, or the hundred and one small articles which accumulate around the I sick bed, for If any place is better suited to lose and misplace articles j than a bed I have yet to see It. In fitting out your tray try to have I the china and cretonno match at least j In color. It Is not only much prettier pret-tier to look at, but makes Itself more j attractive to the Invalid. When serv- ing, if a single flower can be added to I 1 the tray It materially adds value to 1 the whole, and as It can then be ' placed near the bed for the rest of t the day. It has no chance to "waste 1 its sweetness on the desert air." A Swiss Negligee and An Envelope Chemise BY ETHEL DEMAJREST. I l j M - lll j j l l ''''' 11 v tfc mANY women who do their own sewing are handicapped at this time of year by tho uncertainty of styles for tho coming summer. This between season time Is utilized for making dainty lingerie. A pretty design for an envelope chemise easily made at home Is short waisted, the rather full skirt Joined to tho upper portion by ribbon run beadlrug- Narrow "Val" ! lace Is used sparingly and hand em- I broidery' Diakes b ajutitul corset-cover 1 portion and the lower edgo of the Bklrt, A very distinct tendency to- ! ward greater fullness is seen In tho skirts of all lingerie, a natural result of the new full skirts for gowns. Dainty neglitrees of dotted swlss are! I one of the new modes reminiscent of I an old one. Nothing could be cooler or daintier than tneso garments and nothing could bo prettier than the new designs shown. An example is shown to the right above. This 19 made of fine dotted swlss In one piece effect and Ls trimmed In "Val" laco Insertion and edging with here and there a little ribbon bow to add co-quettlshness. |
