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Show SOMETHING NEW IN CUSHIONS Well Not to Pile Them Up In Too Much Profusion, but Some Are Indispensable. The fad for having divans piled up with cushions of promiscuous hues is fortunately out of vogue, but-an occasional occa-sional cushion in the more formal drawing room, when it is really beautiful beau-tiful and artistic, is still a possession to be prized and is indeed a thing of beauty, and makes a most acceptable gift. Such a cushion, instead of being conspicuous and startling, should rather rath-er tone in with the general color scheme of the room, and none are more splendid than those made from harmonious pieces of tapestry which can now be gotten in such exquisite colors and designs. To buy them made up ready for use, Is rather an impossibility for those of moderate means, but they are within the reach of almost every woman who is handy with her needle, and possesses the necessary patience. Odd ends of tapestry, or small remnants can be picked up very cheaply, and to make their beauty more pronounced as though the tapestry is woven by hand, outline the flowers or ' conventional conven-tional designs or the pattern of which. It is composed with a tarnished boul-, lion braid in gold, which is round rather than flat, and couch this' on with gold thread. To make the pillow the new oblong shape, add a strip of velvet to each end of the tapestry, and this velvet should match or tone in with the predominating pre-dominating shade in the tapestry. Where the velvet and tapestry meet may be finished with tarnished gold lace, and the same sort of a cord in sold is used around the cushion when It is complete. The back of the cushion cush-ion is made of the plain velvet. |