. Godey's lady's book . eather, is, as soon as they are cut, to throwthem into a bag, like a carpet-bag, made of the snap of such an article closes well, flowers willremain fresh all day long in a broiling sun, as some bo-tanical travellers well know. The reason why suchflowers are preserved is still the same—the air aroundthem is damp. Tourists who hunt after wild flowers, orferns, should provide themselves with a bag of this de-scription. GODEYS ARM-CHAIR. 613 JUVENILE DEPARTMENT. Articles that Children can make for Fancy Fairs, or forHoliday Presents. MENAGERE, IN EMBROIDERED
. Godey's lady's book . eather, is, as soon as they are cut, to throwthem into a bag, like a carpet-bag, made of the snap of such an article closes well, flowers willremain fresh all day long in a broiling sun, as some bo-tanical travellers well know. The reason why suchflowers are preserved is still the same—the air aroundthem is damp. Tourists who hunt after wild flowers, orferns, should provide themselves with a bag of this de-scription. GODEYS ARM-CHAIR. 613 JUVENILE DEPARTMENT. Articles that Children can make for Fancy Fairs, or forHoliday Presents. MENAGERE, IN EMBROIDERED NETTING. Materials.—A strip of black filet, 18 inches by 6, 12skeins of gold thread, or one of maize silk (French), 1skein Napoleon blue ditto. Cerise satin, black silk, amorsel of kerseymere, etc. The pattern may be darned on the filet from the en-graving. The vandyke is in gold thread ; the spots arein silk. Or all the spots may be done in silks of anycolors, taking care that no two of the same are near The piece of filet is square at one end, and pointed inthe other. It is to be lined with satin of a different color,and also with an inner lining of black silk. At thepointed end is a pocket of colored silk, neatly the other end is also a pocket, with two pieces of ker-seymere neatly bound round with ribbon, for the two pockets a double piece of the samecolored silk, stitched at intervals of three-fourths of aninch down the entire length, is intended for skeins ofcolored silks, cottons, etc. Finish with black and goldcord, and ribbon strings. MISCELLANEOUS AMUSEMENTS. Colored two candles, and place them upon a table beforec light papered or white wall: hold before one of thecandles a piece of colored glass, taking care to remove toa greater distance the candle before which the coloredglass is not placed. If a piece of green glass be used,one of the shadows will be green and the other red ; ifyou use blue, one will be of
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