NEW DESIGNS IN NOTEPAPER.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 170, 11 April 1908, Page 11

NEW DESIGNS IN NOTEPAPER.

A'good-many- women,-aro using-block notepaper (says an English paper), and-it can be bought in very pretty shades of blue. It has'rather a business-liko aspect, and is usually chosen by tho-purchaser, into whoso lifo schemes of-philanthropy in one form or another -enter; .but prettily stamped with tho address 'and crcst or cipher, it is by no means devoid of daintiness. It ; makes a usoful addition to the guest-room writingtable, where novelties are always acceptable. Crests and ciphers' aro being . regularly ordered,- and tentatively offered are' fresh experiments in the colouring /of such notepaper. ornaments, ' among - which ; tho rather pretty 'whim of.: -an intertwined: monogram with each letter of : different . hue' is-noticer-able. A purveyor of• 1 papeterio - was asked the other , day to inscribp. tho name. 01. his customer iri -singld'-lcttcrs: down.' tho'left-hand; side :of, tho, pago, ,orio;'letter .above another.He thought-ihe. result would not b'o at all a' success, and'.was agreeably surprised , when he, found: how charming it ,was. To many' people tbero.is a distinct pleasure iri<design-, ing letter-paper dies. One woman has her correspondence paper stamped with her mascot, a picce of jade with a Chinese inscription upon it. It is presented in the correct gfeon colouring, with, the queer lettering wrought in gold. ; ' ■-

• A woman may invite a man to dinner, tea, house party,' concert, automobile excursion,; but she is not allowed to invite him to,dance with hor at an ordinary ball. This result has been reached by ages of thought,, shared by myriads of intelligences.'/