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is best of very strong, close woven silk, or very fine linen. Having transferred the pattern, which will probably be a conventional bunch of flowers or aninia^ the beads are worked into the middle ol each little cross. Small beads muet be used, and a number ten ncetfie and 100 sewing cotton used in the working. The cotton inu«t be worked in short lengths, and should be used for bead wor* in preference to either linen or silk. A Melbourne girl, writing from London to the Melbourne Argus, eaye :—"I: — "I waa fortunate enough to be present at the opening night of Mr. Hammerstein'e rather garish, new London Opera House, ihe preparation and decoration of which have been tso fully described. In spite of much advertisement, there was only a comparatively email audience to hear "Rigoletto." But euch as were there had the surprise of their lives. The part of Gilda was taken, by Miss Felice Lyne, an unheard-of American clip of a girl of 20, who is the meet petite and fascinating operatic singer I have ever seen. She k barely sft high, but. oh, how she can sing. People who know say it was like the first night when Tetrazzini eang in London. However, I was not there then, but I did hear F«lic.e Lyne. Her singing of 'Cara Nome- was. something to de remembered. • Not that 1 think she* comes up to Melba, but it vvae tht> excitement of the. audience that was ao exhilarating. Everyone had settled down to hear % young girl do her beat, but at the conclusion of the florid number she was enthusiastically recalled again and again. Hor voice is singularly, beautiful and fresh, and her compass really marvellous. Added to this, there is the charm of youth, and now, London i» captivated by +the new prima donna. I waa so de- : lighted that 1 managed to go to her second performance, when the huge house was packed to the doors, and now, in leas than a. week, Miss Lyne has risen from obscurity to be the most talked oi young woman in thia blase old London.". ■ Some hints for making small trifles out of paper might be acoeptable. They are taken from the Sydney Mail : —Little boxes of all kinds made with a foundation of cardboard and brimmed with vuches of crinkled paper usually find a ready sale filled with sweets, and these are particulai-ly easy to make. Paper hats are eagerly sought after in the Bummer, and these can be made of either crinkled or plain paper— perhapß some of both varieties. First of all a foundation must be made of stiff book muslin, and the paper flounce or brim is put on after the etyle of a river hat, finishing with a full tarn o'-sHanter crown. The completing touch can be given with a bunch of flowers placed smartly at one side. Paper flo.wers, too, may be offered for sal© for future decorations, plain tissue paper being, of course, used for these. Then you can make very useful and serviceable blotting-books from stiff brown paper. If you get the good quality your work will, of course, be more satisfactory. Th© kind which you see at the large. shops on rolls is the best, and that thick light yellow variety is easier to use than that which is daik brown, and crinkles- whenever it is touched. Cub a piece of paper, the size you require for the blotter, leaving enough for turnings. Now take a strip of butter muslin, and glue this exactly down the centre where th© hinge is to be, after which lay the paper on the table, give it a, wipe over with cold water, and then spread ' thinly with glue, immediately putting into position. Jtwcj-pjeces of -firm' cardboard an inch smaller than the paper, and leaving about one-eighth of an inch in the centre so that the book .will easily close when finished. Lap the paper over all round the edges of the cardboard, and the book i 6 then ready to , be lined. Pretty-patterned wall-paper is excellent for this, and then, when quite dry, a piece of narrow elastic must be sewn along the back, under which the blotting paper is to be ultimately slipped into position. The main thing, of course, is to get the brown paper nice and smooth, and damping it first stretches it, and the drying causes it to shrink. If put under a weight, success can generally be assured. On the outside, some device can be pasted, or, if better liked, the word "blotter" can be inscribed in colours or in gold paint. - You can make such dainty little handkerchief-sachets in the form of a folded-over scone d'oyley, with the aid of those pretty little paper Japanese handkerchiefs. '-Take two, either coloured or plain, or, if liked, a plain one for the outside and a. coloured ono for the lining, and cut a piece of wadding slightly smaller. Tack th© two handkerchiefs together with the layer of wadding in th© middle, and afterwards bind all th« way round with a width of coloured xibbon. When you have done this, put the sachet on the table, and bend over th© corners so tljat they meet in the centre and form a square. Sew a loop of ribbon at each corner, or, ifliked, better, leave a loop when sowing on the border. This latter is, perhaps, the beet plan, as it obviates joins. Before sewing in the wadding, some sachet powder can be scattered over. A glove case- can be made in like fashion, while, if a large handkerchief case be liked, two lots of handkerchiefs might be used, and after binding them they might be united together at one side to form a hinge. Under these circumstances three, ribbon strings, one at each front corner and one in the centre, would be required. Spirella corsets are modelled on living figures, and are made in forty different styles, conforming to the latest fashion, and a style for every figure. Spirella corsets can be washed without removing the stays ; they never rust or break, are quite ventilative, and give full freedom to every movement. Practical demonstrations given at Spirella Corset Parlours, Boulcott Chambers, Boulcottstreet.— Advt. For switches from 15s, cluster of curls 7s 6d, transformations £4 4s upwards, best English hair, washable hairpads 5s 6d. "Visit Mrs. Kolleston, who teaches all purchasers gratis how to dress their hair. 256, Lambton>quay (opposite Economic).' — Adtc. Visitors to the city for the races are reminded that they can get the best of everything at Goober's. This firm's chilling meals are unequalled in the city. Cuba-street, Lambton-quay, Courtenayplace. — Advt. Shower tiouquets for weddings are now a clevei v arrangement of flowers and ribbons, ktrikingly artistic. At Miss Murray's, 36, Willis-street (flomt to IDa Excellence .Lord Islington}. — Advt. Warner's rust-proof Corsets are built on Nature's perfect plan, and Nature's way is easy, beautiful, and right. See our latest models. Wellington drapers. —Advt. Mrs. C. S. Woodward has returned from her holidays, and is prepared to pay highest cash prices for ladies', gents', and children's left-off clothing. Only addreeis, 121, Ingestre-strcct. 'Phone 2579.— Advt. Liitlo Klmeiv-Papa, what ii it that mskec a utateunau great? Professor Broadhcad'— Death, my eon. '