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Show 'MA KING THE BOUDOIH BAS KIT I J, P C tliSSb .- ' ''X' : ?'M- pink hown to make of doggie's rrtirt( place a rf.il bower of lon-litii'sx. THAT dog basket and dressing kiltie set may lift claim all the derora-tici;s derora-tici;s expended upon basket the clothes hamper is covered with French hroculed silk decorated with gold lure I and rshihit.s u real French print niton Ithe top. On the tall, slender Mower bns-kc bns-kc ili.it rift in some niHie ready for jynril bng stems of roses and cbrysanthe--miiniM tho rose brocade is scarcely din-r.inilil. din-r.inilil. through it envelopment of crinkled gold bice, hit nils of gold girapi ind ropes t.f soft green silk run through golden rings In-low the shell edges of festoons of ivory lace appliquC-d down by sprays of little green an" pink nillr roses. Frequent accompaniments of such baskets nro mantel nnd other vases covered cov-ered with (lowered brocade, edged wirb narrow gimp -'"''I often further adorned with side loops of gold or with trailing sprays of roses. Another style of French basket which adorns the modem girl's room is really in the nature of a small article of f u rititurc covert! with rose, pray greener dead leaf, deep piled plush and mounted between oj upon all manner of gracefully formed plush coered legs, (Jimp of tarnished -old finish. S all the edges of these useful receptacles for anything and everything, and gold cords are employed more than band of roses f..r I rimming. Medallions of cmrt lx :i ut ics a nd Frcnrl landsca pes are largely used in deroratiiii Itoth sides and top. where stiff p.ps nr supiilied. S-'ioelinies atin or silk is gathered gath-ered bag fashion over the top. but inoM freqnrnttv a Hit ban-! of gimp fmislict the edgf where silk lining is joined l plush outside covering. ' ' fvi,'i 'X&i v' "v: i: - 'lGrccn Covered Cardboard Basket A Popular Shaped Old Fashioned Basket of r',XK ';. ' f , X X ,' ' Ivp'. with Gold Gimpe and Roses Gilded Wood. Lined with Lustreless Rose ' 7 '" 7 ' :Ya Colored" Satin. Edges of Gold Gimpc lace is iIr:iHvl in flounces or fes-toons. The boudoir dug basket, for insiauee. ha such a lbunee depending from n wreath of rose IJo-e tulored silk Hushes through the lace and trnrrries of tin-! ni.Hh :ind gleam of gold gimp" mingle with green silk ropes nnd soft - v x x, x mnt '&'xxm ' line'her baskets nnd then hide the juinin; ennis which rn.iy not i-xhihit the most ea refill u odh w.irk w iili vi'""'. '-itf tr ruses, vbied r stitched in plaee. Pari ftarled the fashion and furnishes the inest nrlistie basket x-M. One'u French ih sk basket hns its c.unterpart upon th il.ior; each rose twined sewing bn.sket represents a larger, iimre re-ph-ndi-nt nceompnniment for scrap and work; adorning the drrs-iiiig table nro gluve, veil, jewel, pincushiin and cnuipartno-nted halr-pi'i halr-pi'i baskets, bearing lovely resemblance, me to the other, in color and general di eoratm- sehenie, nnd to lh.it larger waste basket which forms the ileeorative link between table, hriCnded el, air seat and softly tintej rug. Luxuriously eomplete are thuso dressing tallies which have BASKETS reign Id the realm of fashion tosJay, evn to quaint ohl fashioned forms in china and sil-J rer for drawing room Jtnd dining table. Wherever a basket can be used for decorative and useful purjtosps one Is certain to find some charming expression of art in basketry. It Is in the boudoir nnd bedroom, how-1 ever, that the basket attains to its utmost loveliness and where it expresses itself Id j the greatest variety of form, it covered; with the widest range of material and adorned with the richest ami most attractive attrac-tive embellishments. ; j It is the fashion to accommodate one's baskets to one's surroundings, so that a hoarding school girl will select or make her glove, ribbon, pin, hairpin, jewel and what not baskets of materials that will not require time on her part to keep them free from dust. The ultra elaborate has. ket are for girls with maids to attend to their personal belonging. Fashion decrees that every girl' roon, shall have its full complement of pretty bankets, and that these shall harmonize with the general decorative Fcberoe of the room. There is n charming litter of baskets bas-kets on this peajson's dressing table for hoWftis everything that a girl uses in making her toilette, from hatpins nnd pincushion pin-cushion to hair ribbons. A general but not exact, uniformity in nhape is preserved in the many sizes of baskets used in a girl's room, and a general .style of doj-o ration ra-tion is carried out in colors that must match. B ASKETS for the dressing table are chosen with relation to their uses nnd supplemented with flat desk baskets that contain materials for correspondence corre-spondence and with baskets for sewing and for holding veile, hosiery, collars and neckties. F.ven the laundry bag has given place to o tall affair with a decorated deco-rated lid. The simplest basket Bets for girls are shaped rom cardboard and covered with denim, cretonne or some art material capable of easy decoration in one of the larse, fancy work stitches of the season. Whore rep and moire silks are employed the decoration is even more simple, and consists merely in finishing off edge9 with Darrow guimpe or frills of tinsel lace and sticking on an occasional French print. Fither tarnished gold or tarnished silver are used for trimming purposes. One of the Tcry prettiest and quickest X;X. VfAtX: jf ' " 1 ' " ' ii i .ji fc,;;,. . -;: Xv fX-y-1 . ' 3 ' A Favorite Shape of Waste Basket ,, . Silver Lace Covered Flat Basket with with Fringe and Chenille Lacing. Stuffed Edge as a Pincushion Gimpc Covered Edges ways in which to trim boudoir ets made of silk, velvet or of woven basket 6bre is with borders of little roses made iii conventional style from narrow ribbon. Baby ribbon is the size proper for liiih baskets and slightly wider ribbons fo baskets of larger sizes. The ribbon i' cut into ciunl lengths, gathered on om edge anil drawn into rosettes Sewed i along edges of baskets they look likel rows of prim little roses. The effect is even prettier when ends of narrow green ribbon peep between rosettes and a dot of coarse green or gold silk completes the centre of each. A whole set of baskets bas-kets may be trimmed in an evening by this method, and oval photograph frames are charming w hen decorated in a similar fashion. SX ambitious and beautiful present that a girl may give to a bride, or lo her mother or ohb-r sister upon anniversary an-niversary occasions, is a set of Frein-b boudoir bosket, than which nothing could he more fashionable or more lovely. The beautiful creation.; nre by no means o dillieult to make as tln-y appear, bur the tinsel lares and cords, silks and s.uius oi" which i hey are constructed are more ,.r less expensive Making French roses out of bus folcjs of silk is not rapid work, but these roses are sold b the yard in shops, so that nil u girl has to do is to cover or, brushes, mirrors and powder boxes covered cov-ered wiili embroidered silks ai.H satins to 'match the designs, materials and colors used in the dainty Parisian baskets. Strip:' of cold lare and gold gimps adorn all the smaller French articles, and in the ,-nse of lace a crinkly efl'eet is common, but on hondoir tabourets, stand and tall baskets wide old ivory |