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Show Silk and Cretonne Toilet Cases. ; bons, handkerchiefs, tc.r tc. Aoxril-oJ! , which are so important to the fiA wha . delights in being na well gowned as he allowance will permit. If there is not sufficient space lo tbJ high chest of drawers or ou th dowcC shelf for all her boxes, then a utility case lor stand of boxes should be bought. Tbeaei stands are to be had in practically any? width and height dcjtfred. so that often: aocb a stand will fit in a corner that could be used for no other purpose. The fratrn part of white enamel and the boxes all of the chintz with which the room is hunc make ah extremely pretty piece of furniture. fur-niture. While some of these stands ar made only for the size boxes izr which veils, gloves, &c, can be kept, others again are large enough to hold waist, .and perhaps underclothes, while some off-these off-these stands are fashioned with boxes vC j varied size, one large enough for a hat, i Other for the small accessories, and, he- I low these, two or three long boxes for the I separate bodices and the lingerie. rOR ibe dressing table or travelling bag a compact little bairpio case can I be easily made that will prove most useful for any one who cares to keep all her belongings In neat order. A amall round box, not moro than three inches long by two in diameter, is first covered with a pretty chinti or silk, all joining of the material hiddeu with a narrow gilt braid or lace. Insidn the bos are next fitted snugly seven little round hairpin boxes, the lids, of course, being left off. .These cases are all of material which carries ont the color scheme of tbe room. One of the newest of thene boxes is a double glove case; in other words, a long box, with a partition in the centre, so that the long and short gloves may be kept separate, sep-arate, or the whit- gloves kept nenlly on one side and the dark ones in their own partition. I Auy cardboard box of right proportions !(obont seven by fourteen inches! can be divided by placing a strip of cardboard lent from another box down the cpn,re (eTuius it iu firmly at both ends. This 1 box is then lined with china or wilhj 'chintz, and covered on the outside with whatever material is desired Even if there Is no space for a bookcase in her room there is surely space oa sonit shelf or tabic where some few books can be kept Instead. of just piling them to-1 Igelher a wooden rack should be bought! Inud covered wiih either wnir paper .or, preferably. chiuU or silk. This pick with, 'its littl" row of books lhai are being read j will be an ornament wherever it stands,! whether shelf. tabli or desk. I There are two things molt? which a girl I should make for herself from' the p'ucvsj of chintz, or cretonne left over from the hangings of her room, tine of these is a bag for stockings yet tq be darped, the other a small Lag in which soiled haudkcr- chiefs can be kept ueaily together and not lost or mixed with thoso of the other members of the family hen sent downstairs down-stairs to the laundry. A girl whose room bonsl of a largN light hanging closet with a number of conveniently placed shelves is much to be envied, for It is easy to be- orderly when ' there is a place to put everything. If (he 1 hanging closet Is Dot large it is to be hoped that there lire at least two chests of drawers in the room bo that plenty of 1 space can be set apart for the boxes cou- 1 talning all the necessary . acccBsorles collars, belts, veils, stocking's,' gloves, I'lb-J t ' , |