The Boston Cooking School magazine of culinary science and domestic economics . small fiat basket than to send themin a box, and it gives evidence of moreconsideration and better taste. Basketscan be designed and colored to harmonizewith the scheme color of a room. Sug-gestions of delicate color may be wroughtin a white groundwork for waste baskets,work baskets, and others to be used ina chamber,—while the deeper and morebrilliant color? may be employed forbaskets to be used in den or library. Raffia dyed with vegetable coloringsmay be made harmonious in tones toblend with the colors of Orient


The Boston Cooking School magazine of culinary science and domestic economics . small fiat basket than to send themin a box, and it gives evidence of moreconsideration and better taste. Basketscan be designed and colored to harmonizewith the scheme color of a room. Sug-gestions of delicate color may be wroughtin a white groundwork for waste baskets,work baskets, and others to be used ina chamber,—while the deeper and morebrilliant color? may be employed forbaskets to be used in den or library. Raffia dyed with vegetable coloringsmay be made harmonious in tones toblend with the colors of Oriental rugs,but for a cottage theie is nothing betterthan to follow the colors of the naturallandscape, the greens and browns andthe dull reds, making a blending ofwoodsy tones. For a small basket, simply shaped,eighteen pieces of the reed may be cut,each piece about thirty five inches long,arranging the pieces in groups after theyhave been soaked in warm water untilthey are tender. Three of these groupsmay contain four pieces, while the otherone shows six. The center of each. WHAT CAN BE MADE OF RAFFIA 190 THE BOSTON COOKING-SCHOOL MAGAZINE


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