A bunch of these white grasses in a coral-red
basket is a vivid object.
Colored grasses, to our thinking, are not half so pretty as the same
grasses when left in their own soft natural browns and yellows. Still,
as some people like them, we will just mention that the same process
can be used for them as for the white grass, by mixing with small
portions of flour, a little dry paint powder, vermilion, green, etc.
A bunch of the deep red mixed with the bleached grass has a gay and
uncommon effect.
A NUBE IN TWO COLORS.
A novelty in knitting is a nube in Shetland wool of two colors--pink
or crimson or blue with white. The skeins are opened, and the two
strands, laid side by side, are wound double in a large ball. The
nube is then knit in the usual way with large needles and common
garter-stitch, and is very fine.
LAMP SHADES.
Plain white porcelain lamp-shades, such as are used on the German
student-lamps, look well when decorated with wreaths of autumn leaves
put on with mucilage.
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