Show finish the effect will tac very pleasing the rag and the door hannings hangings hang ings will of course be blue and white while the picture frames be of weathered oak to match the woodwork A bit of color could be pleas antly introduced in the orin of the colored facsimile prints to be found in shops the second floor plan and the of the parlor and two of the bed atil be described in next gundaya Sun daya issue the summer girl makes rafia hats carls who last year sat on the piazzas ol 01 summer hotels embroidering embroider ing collars or knit alag sweaters are enthusiastic over rafia hata this year only a few rafla lace hati are to be found in the shops and the ot those are BO high that the girl with a moderate allowance can do no more than gaze upon them covetously to make one of these hats costs a great deal of labor and care bat not much money so it a girl has more time than funds she can well afford to make her own hat the bat making Is a development of the rafla basketry which has been a popular fad for the last season or two rafla work whether tor baskets or hats Is sot trying upon the eyes and the fabre fibre which la from a palm that grows in madagascar Is pleasant to handle A great charm of rafla hats Is their lightness A pound of the fabre fibre will make four or five braid hats and at least half a dozen lace ones the fine braid hats woven in four or six strand braids are satisfactory either for shopping or traveling or for shade bats while the lace ones are smart and elegant or picturesque according to their pattern shape style of trimming and alboan important factor the amount of labor put into making for there are exquisitely fine lace bats and others any one who has ever made the macrame lace that prevailed in the days of millinery house decoration can easily master the art of rafla lace hat making for the patterns are adapted from it and the knots and network are copied the hat Is begun in the center of the crown eight long strands of rafla are doubled and tied by drawing the ends through the loop around a stout bit of rafla this foundation bit Is then tied into as small a ring as possible the eight strands form the midribs of the pattern and upon every one holding the doubled strands together seven long fabres fibres are tied in a double solomons knot with these strands the whole pattern Is developed 1 beyond the star of the crown the patterns are varied according to the taste and iri nulty of the worker and to harmonize with the shape the show what variety can be achieved in them by daffer ent workers every hat being stamped somewhat with the individuality 0 its maker even he crown bentres centres are not alike in any two hats although the pattern is really the same but no two girls tie the knots with the same firmness or possess equal knack fin holding the strands evenly deftness of touch and manipulation together with a natural love for painstaking imparts a beauty to each hat that distinguishes it from others the double brimmed flat hat illustrated iwas made by a girl in a large college where dozens of girls hare made hats this season and some of them are already wearing the products of their labor aln even strands were selected for this hat which Is made upon n wire frame the pattern being adapted to it it represents nine days steady work othe handsome hats have been made in 30 hours and some in even less time but th are made of coarser strands and knotted loosely so the pattern fills up rap moar hats are frames and leave only the necessary wires to keep them in shape these are all worked into the sat the rafla being knotted over them as ahe pattern Is deret handsome hats are bellig made of black pana but it does not show the beauty of he lace ns effectively as the natural color tor tb french Is to aad a tablespoonful 0 glogar to a pint of water let it come to a hard boll stir then drop one egg in at a time ase a spoon to keep the eggs turning and until the white Is wrapped tn a circle about the yolk while eggs cooked la this way are horaj and indigestible they nuke a pretty sar nah S esmai |