THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 23, 1917.
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This week the directions for a man's
heavy sleeveless sweater are given.
These directions are furnished by the
Red Cross and will be found simple and
Hatisf actory to those who wish to make
a heavier jacket than the one for which
directions were printed on July 29.
Cast on 80 stitches; knit 2, purl 2 for
4 Inches, and then add one stitch after
every fifth stitch, until there are 96
stitches on the needle. From this point
slip 1, knit 1 on the right side, purling
every stitch on the wrong side for 17
inches, then knit 2. purl 2 for 2 inches,
before binding off the middle 24 stitches
for neck. Carry ribbing over shoulder
piece, allowing 12 rows; add 2 inches of
ribbing for back, slip 1, knit 1 for 17
inches, and then bind off every fifth
stitch, reducing the number of stitches
to original 80, before adding final 4
inches of ribbing. .
Finish off with double binding. Sew
up sides, leaving 8 Inches for arm
holes. Finish oft neck and armholes
with two rows of single crochet.
The materials required for this
sweater are one pair of No. 5 amber
needles and about 3 hanks of khaki
colored, gray or black wool. It may
require more wool than this, howevCT,
as the hanks vary so In size and weight
that it is difficult to say just how many
are required.
The Home Harmonious
Accessories of a Room
By Anita de Campi
MIDWAY In Importance between
the actual furnishings of a room
and the bric-abrac come the ac
cessories that add essentially to com
fort as well as to beauty. Among these
are the lamps, sofa pillows, mirrors,
pictures, screens and fireplace fixtures,
ferneries, covers, floor cushions, aquari
ums, baskets, bird cages, etc.
Many of these objects are so attrac
tive and so negligible in cost that they
are worth considering and keeping in
mind for the gift-giving season which
will soon be upon us. As to pictures,
I am always loath to advise. I have
seen in the course of my work so many
rooms execrably ruined by bad paint
ings that were retained on account of
their having been gifts. Better a "thou
sand times a bare wall than one deco
rated with a painting of -uncertain
merit.
A few simple suggestions on the sub
ject are all that can be offered. As a
rule it is best to see that whatever is
hung upon a wall should partake In a
measure of the proportions of the wall
space. It is usually unwise to attempt
to harmonize pictures in different medi
ums in one room. It is safer to have
few pictures and to have them all in
one genre, not to have a water color,
an oil, and an etching in close proxim
ity. It frequently will be found that a
well-framed mirror may with advan
tage be substituted for a picture. This
is especially good used in conjunction
with some good wall furniture, a chest,
a console, or other wall table. Some
Knglish mirrors are to be had finished
in antique gold with blue glass borders.
The Italian wood carved mirror frames
are lovely. A small pair of these wall
mirrors in frames of dull gilt, touched
with polychrome, makes an exquisite
wall decoration. They are purely orna
mental, being too small to take in the
reflection of one's millinery.
In a room furnished throughout with
Italian furniture, such a pair of mir
rors on one wall is balanced by a single
larger mirror on the opposite walL It
is hung above a console table of fine
walnut and on the table are two un
usually high carved wood candlesticks
with slender lighted was candles that
almost sanctify the owner's vanity with,
their church-like air. In this wonder
ful room, which is decorated for her
own use by one of the leading women
decorators, is an Italian walnut day
bed, with a day cover and bolster pil
lows of large flowered blocked linen In
shades of Burgundy. There are several
small comfortable upholstered arm
chairs, one in gray velvet and one black
'satin and silver brocade, together with
a tea table of quaint design. The walls
are painted pale putty color and the
carpet is taupe with a tinge of wistaria.
A lamp is about the most conspicu
ous article in a room. It should there
fore be selected with the greatest care.
for Its decorative value or Its prac
ticability. The models shown here are
attractive. The one to the right is a
kerosene bracket, or it can be fitted
with electricity. The bracket Is paint
ed wood and the shade of parchment.
It is a copy of an antique. The lamp
to the left has no vase; it la electric
and has a cover of rare Chinese em
broidery. The third one speaks for
itself. It Is a sewing stand lamp.
The movement towards greater sim
plicity is well appreciated today, yet
we all require a certain amount of or
namentation. A room that is devoid
of accessories always looks more like
a furniture sample salesroom than like
part of a home. It depends upon a
few well-chosen accessories to human
ize it into being fit to live with. It
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your woodwork than to scrape and
stain. Enamel It old ivory. Make
casement curtains of casement cloth.
Yes. side lights are better than center
lights, especially In small rooms. I
am sending you a sample of fine paper
which you might match in color if not
in quality.
is interesting in looking over rooms
that have been successfully executed
by good artists to pick out the minor
points that save them, from being sim
ply furniture show rooms.
Fireplace accessories play a -big part
In decorative work. Whenever it is at
all feasible, gas logs are discarded and
andirons, fire baskets to hold wood or
coal, fenders, and shovel sets are put
in their place. The decorative value
of a real fire cannot be gainsaid.
The center group in the illustration
shows one of the season's models, re
producing an old English set. The
brass scuttle is in helmet shape,' the
fireback is of castiron, the Georgian
andirons are of brass and the old Eng
lish dairy pail is used as a wood pail.
A set of this kind, together with a
brass stand containing hearth brush,
shovel, poker, tongs, etc., is splendid
ly used in a Caen storte fireplace, w-Ith
a great tapestry hung to the plaster
wall above the mantel shelf. In this
room the woodwork is oak.'. and ' old
English dark oak furniture Is used.
The walls are high.-At. one side is a
great wooden door and an inset above
the door .is made of cross-stitch em
broidered' canvas. - Beginning on a line
with the top ' edge - of this inset is a
long, narrow panel of the same em
broidery done In dark, colors. This
pair of panels flanks door and Inset,
running clear to the floor. One high
backed chair is covered with gros-polnt
embroidery. A group of high windows
is divided into small panes and bordered
with narrow strips of. blue glass.
Few "modern conveniences" are more
offensive to the artistic eye than the
steam radiator. Those that . are built
square and low are masked with win
dow seats, but the large upright one is
a stubborn proposition. Here is a sim
ple expedient for its disguise.
Make a frame of 'plain wood the size
of the front of the radiator and to this
stretch some decorative fabric (a cer
tain sort of' gauze, sunfast, that, comes
in' thick 'arid- thin' weave like madras
would be- excellent); stretch this or
gather it to the back of the frame. The
whole thing will not be much heavier
than a wire window screen. Strap it
to the radiator with some metal picture
wire. A little block tacked to the back
of the frame will hold it away far
enough to keep the gauze from direct
contact with the hot pipes.
Sofa pillows are more elaborate than
ever. Among the novelties are little
round ones not more than six or eight
Inches in diameter. These are called
elbow pads. They look like exaggerated
penwipers. Some are made of ap
plique felt, with the edges pinked or
cut straight around, not turned in.
Strips, squares, and stole shaped
pieces of upholstery, brocade, armure
Bilk rep, satin damask, brocatelle. etc.,
are never amiss made up into table
mats or runners. All they need is to
have the edges stitched flatly down on
the right sidi and covered with an
edging of dull gilt braid or lace. Beau
tiful' remnants can' be found in' up
holstery departments. Table mats of
all sizes are in high vogue, and these
are far less complicated to make than
sofa pillows.
An attractive dining-room furnished
in Adam furniture has scenic wall pa
per, old Ivory enameled woodwork and
old ivory mantel piece with an oblong
mirror in Adam frame almost filling
the width above it. The mirror is sus
pended by heavy old blue cords and
tassels that are fastened up to the
wall (not all the way up to the mold
ing, under cord. rosettes). At each side
of the mirror is a silver candle bracket,
two branch, with shield candle shades
in pale yellow.
On the round table is a narrow run
ner, by way of day dressing. The run
ner is made of yellow brocade with
rose, blue and gold worked into the
weaving. -It is a straight strip the
width of the table, but turned in a
blunt point at each end, and has a
great dull old blue and gold tassel
hanging from each' point.' This run
ner is repeated on the console table.
It is made narrower than the center
table piece, is set well forward on the
surface, and the buffet articles are
ranged, not on the strip, but back of it
on the table top.
The carpet almost completely cover
ing the room is of bronze taupe che
nille. A low bowl full of flowers is
placed on the center table, and over
it is a silk; drop shade in primrose
yellow.
ANSWERS TO l.VQCIKIES.
R. E. H. : Have the ceiling and wood
work in old ivory. Use an all-over car
pet of old blue velvet or chenille. Have
side wall the sliver gray of inclosed
sample and draperies combining wis
taria, old blue and sage green, with
wistaria predor inating. Let the lamp
hades be of chamois yellow.
Mrs. W. I X. : Deep cream or old
ivory would be a safe color for the
shades. It would be easier to repaint
Cheese Muff Fine for Ex
tra Sunday Supper.
Dish la Easy to Make and Supplies
Are Likely to lie In Stock.
THE housekeeper always appreciates
a recipe for something that can
be concocted out of "things in the
house" when unexpected company
drops in for Sunday supper. Cheese
muff Is delicious, and "filling" also,
and Its Ingredients are always to be
had in the Saturday-stocked larder, for, '
whether or not one expects to use it.
it is always wise to have half a pound
of cheese in the house over Sunday.
For cheef muff, butter three or four
slices, of bread and plo.ee In a baking
dish. ' Between the slices put salt and
pepper and grated cheese. Beat up
two eggs in a pint of milk, pour over
the bread, grate cheese on top and put
into the oven while you are getting
supper. In half an hour the ingredients
will have become a fluffy "muff,"
brown and bubbling on top, and un
believably delicious until you have
tried It.
When One Chinaman Prayed.
.In "Rough Hearts but Gentlo
Hands," In the November American
Magazine, the author of the story
writes:
"A pregnant hush filled the room, and
I held Maria closer to still her trem
bling. Then a voice broke the silence:
" 'You not know me. God, I Just Duck
Sing, China cook on L.lso lancno,
and we do not want to talk about
us, but one time In Mission long time
ago man tell me "God is love," and
that he take care of good man after
he go away from this world, and so we
Just want to tell you about this man.
Led Antone. Him good man. God. May
be you not been lound Topa Topa
Countlee velly much, and so not
clalnted alound here, but we live here
and we know Led Antone is good, good'
husban." good papa, good to wo'k, an'
that is good as any man can be in
Topa Topa Countlee. He wants find
his wife, so you please help him. 'cause
that make him happy, and he good
man. We goin' take care his little boy
an" girl, so you not have to wolly about
them. God. Excuse China cook for talk
so long, but we want to tell you about
Led Antone. Good-by. Amen.'
"When we opened our eyes a tran
quil smile smoothed out the wrinkles in
Antone's face. He was with his Marie."
Charm of Beads Told.
Beaded bags never lose their charm.
There are many silver chains used now
as handles, and all the handles are
longer than they have been. The beads
are on silk and are either white, flow
ered with light colors, tan, with deeper
colors, or all steel or jet. The color of
the silk on which the beads are sewn
makes striking differences in the ef
fects. Either very long or very wide
the new bags are, both in the beaded
silks and .n the other styles, which in
cludes moire silks, buckskin, velvet and
cashmere.
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