LOVE AND PRIDE. BY S. KENYON. I saw a maiden in the bloom of life, In thoughtless pride. Ah, foolish girl! One day Aye, she had married wrongly-married sin : And gainst his works the wise must still contend Yet blame her not too much; ye can't devise Or trace all causes whence such evils rise, The guilt of actions only God can know, Weeping to think what might have been, and how The earth may hide, but will bring forth the seed; Our help and stay, oh, fail not! keep that sphere, And Pride, mad Pride, hath wrought the tears ye shed! ANECDOTE. A good anecdote is told of a painter, to whom a certain clergyman sat for his portrait. The minister felt called on, during the sitting, to give the artist a moral lecture. Somewhat in awe of him, he began very nervously; but as the artist painted away without any sign of annoyance, he gathered courage as he proceeded, and finally administered a pretty good sermon. He paused for a reply, and confessed after. wards he never felt so insignificant in his life as when the artist, with the urbane but positive authority of his profession, merely said-"Turn your head a little to the right, and shut your mouth,” THE LADIES' PAGE. CROCHET ANTIMACASSAR. DIAMOND PATTERN WITH STARS AND STRIPES. MATERIALS.-Crochet-cotton No. 14, of Messrs. Walter Evans & Co., Derby; penelope needle No. 3, and coloured mohair braid of half an inch in width for the narrow stripes, and one inch for the broad. For the tassels, one ounce of single Berlin wool, the same colour as the braid. THE INSERTION. In this pattern the first row of crochet is worked on the braid, using it instead of a foundation chain, and, to prevent any difficulty in regulating the stitches, it is advisable to cut a slip of paper rather narrower than the braid, place it on a measure, and with a pencil make dots on the edge of it the required distance apart, as afterwards mentioned; then tack the paper on the braid as a guide for the stitches. Take a stripe of the narrow braid, the length of the Antimacassar, and hem the ends to secure them, as the stitches are to be one quarter of an inch apart; tack a slip of paper as before directed. 1st row.-Commence at one end of the braid, and work 2 chain and 1 treble on it, repeating to the other end, regulating the distances by the paper. Work 7 chain and 1 plain 3 times across the braid; then down the other side work a row of 7 chain and 1 plain, these stitches must be one-third of an inch apart; then 3 loops more on the end of braid. 2nd.-Miss 1, and work 1 plain in the first 2 chain of last row; then 3 chain, miss 2, 2 treble in the next 2 chain, 4 chain and 2 treble in the same 2 chain as before; then 3 chain, miss 2, 1 plain in the next 2 chain. Repeat along the treble stitches; then leave a yard of thread. 3rd.-Commence at the first plain stitch of the last row, and work 1 plain in the 3 chain; then 3 chain, miss 2, 2 treble in the 4 chain, 4 chain and 2 treble in the same 4 chain as before; then 3 chain, miss 2, 1 plain in the three chain, and, missing the 2 plain, repeat to the end. Take another stripe of the narrow braid, and repeat the direction to the end of the 2nd row, and for the joining work the third row as follows: 3rd.-Commence at the 1st plain stitch of the last row, and work 1 plain in the 3 chain; then 3 chain, miss 2, 2 treble in the 4 chain; then 2 chain; take the 1st stripe and join to the 4 chain at the point of the last vandyke of it; then 2 chain more, 2 treble in the same 4 chain; then 3 chain, miss 2, 1 plain in the 3 chain. Repeat until all the vandykes are joined. At the end make 16 chain, join to the 1st row of the 1st stripe, and, in this loop of chain, work 3 chain and 1 treble 7 times. Fasten off. With the thread left at the other end, make a loop to correspond. Repeat the whole of the direction once more. THE BROAD BRAID. As the stitches on both sides of this braid will be one-third of an inch apart, the paper guide can be marked accordingly. Take a stripe and hem the two ends in a point; then, commencing at the straight edge of the braid so as to be even with the narrow stripe, work 4 chain, join to the centre of the 7 chain on the narrow stripe: then 3 chain and 1 plain on the broad stripe. Repeat until all the loops are joined. Work along the pointed end 7 chain and 1 plain 5 times. Then, as before, down the other side of the braid, joining to the second stripe of insertion. THE STARS. Commence with 6 chain, and work 1 single on the 1st stitch to make it round. 1st round.-Make five chain and 1 treble in the foundation round, then 2 chain and 1 treble in the foundation 4 times more, 2 chain 1 single in the 3rd stitch of the 1st 5 chain. 2nd.-Miss 1, and work 1 plain and 2 treble in the 2 chain; then 3 chain, 2 treble and 1 plain in the same 2 chain as before. Repeat 5 times more, and fasten off. Sew these stars on the broad braid, leaving a space of about one inch between them. Make the tassels alternately of white cotton and coloured wool; these are formed by winding the material round a card about 2 inches wide, and, after securing the folds at the top to form a head, make 6 chain, draw it through a loop of the work, then 6 chain more, and fasten off at the top of the tassel. GARTER IN WOOL AND ELASTIC CORD. MATERIALS.-Black silk elastic cord, blue fleecy wool, blue silk ribbon, four-fifths of an inch wide. This garter is made of four pieces of flat black | cords. The garter is then sewn together; the silk elastic, folded in half their width, and darned closely with fleecy wool. Fasten the four pieces of elastic together at the ends before commencing and drawing the wool alternately | once above and once underneath the elastic seam is hidden under a rosette of blue silk ribbon. Instead of darning the elastic, they can be joined on to one another by button-hole loops of fleecy wool. THE TOIL E T. (Specially from Paris.) FIRST FIGURE.-Dress of pearl-grey faille. | the descriptions of a few of the newest :-Under-skirt half-long, trimmed at the bottom with a deep flounce surmounted by a chicory. The double skirt is raised at the sides by a large chicory bow. Straight paletot with a cape. The whole of this garment assumes the bell-shape; the part which is under the pelerine has a simple opening for the arm to come through. The cape, which fits round the neck, is slit up behind, so that it readily follows the movements of the arm and simulates a very wide sleeve. The trimming of the paletot consists of a simple black silk binding, which may, however, be replaced by three gold pipings. Fanchon bonnet of black blonde with a black silk coquille. Thé-rose and foliage. Fanchon bonnet, of black lace, a rosette in front, with a large gold-yellow dahlia and black feathers set up right on the top of the bonnet. Round barb with very full trimming, long, and falling on the breast in a cascade of lace fastened by a bow of the same. Fanchon bonnet different from the preceding, inasmuch as it is trimined with roses, and the feathers are less voluminous. The black lace barbs are mounted on black velvet. loops of black velvet in front and with a wreath Diadem bonnet, of black lace, trimmed with of lilac convulvus and velvet foliage as a coronet, the whole forming a diadem. A gazelle-grey scarf-veil passing round the neck. Valois hat of grey felt, with turned-up brims. Long lilac feather hanging down on the neck; a Brasil aigrette. Long grey scarf-veil, raised at the side by a grey velvet bow, and passing round the neck. Moscovite hat trimmed with silver-grey velvet, with a torsade around it. Large loops in front. Grey velvet strings tying behind the hat, with long ends hanging down the back. SECOND FIGURE.-Black silk dress. Body with a waistband; it is trimmed with a blacksilk plaiting edged with violet silk, simulating a bertha, which ends in a point at the waist before and behind. The waistband is ornamented at the back with a large bow of two loops and ends cut lance-shape. Sleeves rather wide, with pipings placed at the bottom as chevrons. The skirt, forming a half-train, is ornamented with two flounces which divide it into three equal Dress caps are quite as large as bonnets. parts; the flounces are laid in large flat plaits They are coronets formed of lace ruches and piped with silk and separated from their head by loops of ribbon, with sometimes a flower at the a narrow cross-strip. They are raised at the side. Barbes of lace fall behind. Black sides and each fastened by wide tab, cut lance- thread lace and white blonde are used. Simple shape; the first, which comes from the waist, and pretty caps for breakfast are made of a reaches below the upper flounce; a large bow triangular piece of Swiss muslin, or of white is placed on each tab, at the point where the tarlatan, with a quilling of the same on the second begins, and this, like the first, reaches edge. The Marie Stuart point above the forebelow the bottom flounce. A bow similar to the head ends in a bow of ribbon between the crépés. first is placed on the last tab, at the place where The back is straight on the chignon, and the flounce is fastened, so that both are rounded measures a quarter of a yard. Caps for young in front and behind, with this difference, how-widows are made of white tarlatan, with a ever, that those behind are longer than the two in front. No decided change has taken place in the shapes of bonnets or hats; here are widow's ruche of two small puffs beneath the quilled edges. Strings of black lutestring, and small bow in front. |