The Distaff."

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2131, 6 March 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)

The Distaff."

PROBATIONS AND NKKOLhWORK. Anovklty for those who arc artistic is prunlh)!» on br.iss. Plaques ami .1 vaiicty of articles have been specially prepared. Oil colors arc used with # i mosfc happy r«rcsult. For those who cannot draw tliere is painting on ground glass. Luxoluum is tho 11 :w name for the new art. Figures, biidi, landscapes, and water pieces can be produced. It is only necessary to select a suitable copy, and to place the glass over it, this is ground on one si> 1 1! ami plain on the other ; the latter should be ne\t the copy. The giound side i-> damped with a special medium, that the outline and colois may show more cle.uly through The outline is first painted over, and then the whole picture. ISo knowledge of drawing is necessary, and the colouring is of course made easy by tin* copy being under it The design c'ln if dcsiied be leaded, giving it the appeal ance of panes ; and the new woilv is admirable for windows and screens. Special colours, mediums and varnish are needed. Every sort of attficle would seem now to be painted, evfeu oyster barrels and siijjar j irs The prettiest of the latter arc wrought in gold, with li/aids and such like in relief, moulded' in gutta-percha. Several sizes and shapes in photo frames, made in white wood for painting on, arc to be had. Some arc very pu t(y, and if woro painted would foini h indsomc ornaments or picsents. They are completely mounted, ready for use

This li.it of fashion him »one out for sojiio timu tint on i lighted looms aie to Ik> (lnkeiit.il with pink shad<s o^'cr candles &c. Tli«y arc jipt, to catch fire and In nee liccomu c»>il\, l>ut they can be cmsjl)- made vvitli pink blotting paper cut to shape ami boidcicd with ii nairow line of gold p.ipo ; tlicv u-ijiiiic only a little [Mate and no lining.

Luge wi-kcruoik stands for immc or drawings aie iiitiodueed into di awing rooms lined with enibjoidued plush, and set of with haiuKomu finite and tassels. Birds, lar^c and small, from swans to canaries, are iipplujued on to fire screens, set in a l>a ijljoo fi.imc. I'lusli Ings lined with saun and displaying aims or a monogram for open glasses sue usetul, or an on' i nary \\or!\l)isUet tiimmed with Libeity'a cottons. Tatting is a reviving industry, and round baskets of the kind are triinmcd with coloured chmti to hold the implements and mateiiab. Cirpenteis' baskets lined \\A\\ a bright coloured flannel have the outsides almost hidden by balls of uool made like daisy mats, and connected by a few stitches,