A Novel Ottoman. — Take a tobacco drum, the kind that smoking
tobacco comes in ; get one as high as you can ; pad the cover ; put
plainly over the top and sides a cover of cretonne, damask, rep or
chintz ; tack this down smoothly with tiny tacks ; then put a pleating
of the goods or of wide gimp around the edge of the cover, and around
the bottom where the hoop comes; put a tassel on each side and you
have an odd and beautiful ottoman, just the right height for your feet
when you are weary.
Suspenders for gentlemen are made of embroidered silk or velvet
bands, or of canvas worked or embroidered in worsted, silk or chenille ;
plainer ones can be made of brocaded satin ribbons, but it costs quite
a sum of money to mount them and it must be done very neatly or they
will be bungling.
Pockets of Silk for large letters are embroidered and have a painted
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design on satin and a lace top full and high. Knapsacks of leather to
hang on the wall are beautifully ornamented, and are for newspapers.
Vine leaves, behind which to slip combs and hair-pins, are of velvet,
embroidered in shaded silk, and have a Bristol board back.
Music Stands are fourteen inches long, seventeen inches deep, and
the material may be of canvas, crash, serge or flannel, embroidered in
outline, with neutral tints, in design of vines, or classical figures of
men and women typical of music ; or the word " Music " in old English
letters, the owner's monogram in gold thread or silk, and the edges
finished with gold or twisted cord to match the material.
An Ingenious Housewife is made of rows of the ordinary Dunstable
straw, in the form of a shoe ; the sole can be turned down, showing a
few leaves of flannel for needles and bodkin, the cotton and thimble
finding a place in the upper portion of the shoe.
Silk Purses are very convenient for gentlemen to carry in the pocket.
Herring bone purses only require two needles for the knitting. Cast on
eighty-eight stitches, begin with the silk forward, slip a stitch, knit a
stitch, pass the first over the second, knit a stitch, bring the silk for-
ward and rib the rest. When this is done the silk will be forward ;
begin again. If the purse is required to be longer, cast on as many
stiches as are necessary, only it must be a number which can be divided
by four.
A Jewel or Handkerchief Box is made by taking an ordinary box,
and covering it with black satin ; paint on the lid a design in water colors,
having the principal flowers of blue and crimson — poppies and blue-
bells or forget-me-nots being good subjects. Around the sides, top and
bottom, put antique lace and finish the edges of the box with a silk cord
corresponding with the colors of flowers. The inside of the box is lined
with quilted satin, and a quilting of ribbon used to cover the unfinished
edges. For the feet and knobs use large gilt beads, strung on coarse
linen thread, and a tiny bead to hold the thread in place.
Sermon Covers for clergymen are of silk or velvet, a trifle larger than
ordinary sermon paper, lined with silk, and have a cross or monogram
embroidered or braided on them. A bit of fine elastic should be inside,
from top to bottom to hold the leaves in place.
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Presented as published in 1886. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
A Novel Ottoman. — Take a tobacco drum, the kind that smoking tobacco comes in ; get one as high as you can ; pad the cover ; put plainly over the top and sides a cover of cretonne, damask, rep or chintz ; tack this down smoothly with tiny tacks ; then put a pleating of the goods or of wide gimp around the edge of the cover, and around the bottom where the hoop comes; put a tassel on each side and you have an odd and beautiful ottoman, just the right height for your feet when you are weary.
Suspenders for gentlemen are made of embroidered silk or velvet bands, or of canvas worked or embroidered in worsted, silk or chenille ; plainer ones can be made of brocaded satin ribbons, but it costs quite a sum of money to mount them and it must be done very neatly or they will be bungling.
Pockets of Silk for large letters are embroidered and have a painted
design on satin and a lace top full and high. Knapsacks of leather to hang on the wall are beautifully ornamented, and are for newspapers. Vine leaves, behind which to slip combs and hair-pins, are of velvet, embroidered in shaded silk, and have a Bristol board back.
Music Stands are fourteen inches long, seventeen inches deep, and the material may be of canvas, crash, serge or flannel, embroidered in outline, with neutral tints, in design of vines, or classical figures of men and women typical of music ; or the word " Music " in old English letters, the owner's monogram in gold thread or silk, and the edges finished with gold or twisted cord to match the material.
An Ingenious Housewife is made of rows of the ordinary Dunstable straw, in the form of a shoe ; the sole can be turned down, showing a few leaves of flannel for needles and bodkin, the cotton and thimble finding a place in the upper portion of the shoe.
Silk Purses are very convenient for gentlemen to carry in the pocket. Herring bone purses only require two needles for the knitting. Cast on eighty-eight stitches, begin with the silk forward, slip a stitch, knit a stitch, pass the first over the second, knit a stitch, bring the silk forward and rib the rest. When this is done the silk will be forward ; begin again. If the purse is required to be longer, cast on as many stiches as are necessary, only it must be a number which can be divided by four.
A Jewel or Handkerchief Box is made by taking an ordinary box, and covering it with black satin ; paint on the lid a design in water colors, having the principal flowers of blue and crimson — poppies and bluebells or forget-me-nots being good subjects. Around the sides, top and bottom, put antique lace and finish the edges of the box with a silk cord corresponding with the colors of flowers. The inside of the box is lined with quilted satin, and a quilting of ribbon used to cover the unfinished edges. For the feet and knobs use large gilt beads, strung on coarse linen thread, and a tiny bead to hold the thread in place.
Sermon Covers for clergymen are of silk or velvet, a trifle larger than ordinary sermon paper, lined with silk, and have a cross or monogram embroidered or braided on them. A bit of fine elastic should be inside, from top to bottom to hold the leaves in place.
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