EDITORIAL CHIT- CHAT . TABLE-COVER, CUSHION, CHAIRS, IN COLORED SILK PATCHWORK.-As a piece of stock work, always to be kept ready for carrying on in small instalments, but never to be made into a labor, perhaps silk patchwork is the most interesting, and best rewards the time employed, by producing articles as elegant as they are useful for the adornment of home. Ladies entering on this work should collect as many fragments of silks, satins, and velvets, as they are able, and should have a little work-basket always at hand with paper shapes cut ready for covering pieces of silk also cut, with the necessary implements, so that at any spare minutes of time a few of the patches may be tacked and laid on in a safe place, so that, when a sufficient variety has been accumulated to allow of the necessary arrangement of contrast, they may be sewn together. Some ladies, in pursuing this work, make a rule of covering and sewing together a certain number each day, and it is surprising what progress is made by this means. The use of the velvet for the parts which are marked black very much enriches the effect ; but unless the whole of these can be completed with this material, it is better to be content with plain black silk, the contrast being disadvantageous. For a cushion, or even a table-cover, the velvet might, perhaps, be procured without too much expense ; but if it were contemplated to complete the whole of the drawing-room articles, then the introduction of the velvet might be worthy of some consideration. The pattern given in our illustration, in the front of the number, is extremely effective. The black, the medium, and the light, will be found distinctly marked in it. There is. however, one error which we frequently observe in this sort of work, and which we mention that it may be avoided. The light patches ought not to be put too light, of course, but they should be all of the same equality of shade, and so also of the medium tint. In arranging them there should be no question which should be called light, and which medium, as the effect requires each to be kept perfectly distinct and clear.
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from its upper edge, makes a very pretty dress, with a large circular cape, trimmed to match. This Garibaldi shirt is also made in black and white stripes of different widths, all of which have a very striking effect. NEW MUSIC.-We have just received Nos. 13, 14, and 15 of "Winner's Dime Violin Tunes," which contain the popular melodies of " Abraham's Daughter," " Johnny is gone for a Soldier," "Jac. Bowers," etc., with a fine collection of the latest and most fashionable Gallops, Schottisches, Negro Melodies, and Dances ; also The " Carneval de Venise," with nine brilliant variations for the violin, with piano forte accompaniments, by Sep. Winner. These variations are quite easy and very effective, being as showy and brilliant as the more difficult arrangements of Paganini and Ole Bull; the various tricks, introducing the Pizzicato and Harmonic notes, are fully explained, and the piano forte arrangement suitable for an ordinary performer. Price fifty cents. Copies sent by mail, postage paid. Address the publisher, Sep. Winner, No. 530 North Eighth St., Philada. THE BOOTS AND SHOES adopted in ball and evening costume are sometimes trimmed with a flower instead of a rosette of ribbon, the flower being of the same color as those employed to ornament the dress. Thus, the chaussure adopted with the white tarletane dress we have described consists of boots of white silk, ornamented with a rose. The chaussure ought to harmonizo in hue with the dress. With a colored dress the boots or shoes should be of silk or satin of the same tint. A dress of mauve-color silk has the skirt covered with another of mauve-color tulle, looped up with white roses ; and with this dress are worn boots of mauve-color silk, trimmed with white roses.
TO MAKE IVY CLING.- By a little management the Ivy may be made to cling perfectly: that is to say, by adopting the following method :-Whenever a branch grows without attaching itself to the wall, cut off the loose part close to a leaf beneath which the attachment is perfect. Continue this process till the wall is covered, and always afterward cut away all hanging branches, or by the force of the wind they will detach others besides themselves. When the ends of growing Ivy lose their hold, they are never still sufficiently long to be able to attach themselves ; but by cutting away to the point of contact, they are enabled to proceed to the new growth, and thus hold fast. CHEAPEST OF ALL.-The Wilmington (Del.) Journal says of our last number:-" This beautiful number contains forty-five articles of reading matter, many of which are indispensable to a family, and all of them interesting and useful to every lady. Sixty embellishments of a high order also grace this number. The fashion-plate is a gem of neatness and taste. Patterns in embroidery are given and explained with great minuteness, and all necessary instruction in plain and ornamental needle-work is given from time to time. Peterson's is the cheapest Magazine in the Union ; being only two dollars a year, and yet equal to the best in point of interest and execution." TEN-WEEK STOCKS AND MIGNONETTE.-There is not an annual that can eclipse these two in point of fragrance, and none make a more agreeable appearance in pots or in the open ground. Such being the case, they should on no account be overlooked, but, on the contrary, freely cultivated; and as this is a very favorable time for sowing the seed of either, you cannot do better than put in a pinch or two of each. They may be sown in pots of natural earth, in a hotbed, or in the open ground on a warm border, any time during the present month.
THE GARIBALDI SHIRT is gaining in favor, having been sufficiently well supported to carry it through the formidable opposition with which it was at first encountered. The Emperor of the French, on first seeing the Empress in one of these articles, expressed the most forcible disapproval; but this being in a clear white material, might, as we imagine, make the objections all the stronger. These Garibaldi shirts are now made in colored flannels and other wool manufactures, and they have the merit of being warm and comfortable, and inexpensive, leaving to the limbs all that freedom of motion which is essential to health. Stripes of white and some gay color are now the most fashionable, but scarlet, and Solferino, and violet, are also much worn. Almost every lady has in her wardrobe one or more silk dresses, of which the skirts have survived the bodies, and these are extremely suitable for wearing with these Garibaldi shirts, making a stylish morning toilet, and, at the same time, preventing the necessity of purchasing new dresses. Dark-colored silks are also made up in the same way, with the fronts, cuffs, and collars stitched in white by machinery, and in these the skirt and the body are some. times alike, and sometimes different. Thus, a black skirt may have a violet shirt, a brown one a black, or the reverse. For the young ladies of a family between the ages of eight and twelve, these loose bodies are extremely suitable: for instance, a black or a French blue merino skirt, bordered with five or six inches of scarlet, and worn with a Garibaldi body of the same scarlet, has a very good effect; or the black may have the same accompaniments in the blue, with equal propriety of taste. For a young lady under ALWAYS SUPERIOR.-Says the Nyack (R. I.) City and eight years of age, a brown Brussels cord, having a band of French blue silk turned up from the bottom, and a narrow Country:-"The reading matter of Peterson's Magazine is velvet of a little darker color laid on the silk half an inch always superior to that of any other magazine for ladies."
