The price of material does not vary greatly from time to time. The subjoined prices will be found nearly correct for a loner time to come: -

Cotton momie-cloth, 50 in. wide, in all colors, per yd................................ $1.10

Woolen momie-cloth, per yd................. 3.00

Felting, 2 yds. wide, per yd................. 1.50

Bolton sheeting, imported from England, per yd. 1.00

Stamped velveteen, per yd............... $1.25-2.00

Cotton flannel or " fashion drapery," every variety of color, per yd......................... 0.90

This is double width, and alike on both sides so that no lining is needed.

Crash is much used. It is woven by Russian peasants, is of varying width, and in lengths from five to ten yards. Care should be taken to select handsome, even pieces. The widths can be loosely overhanded together, and bands of trimming laid on, or braid, or any stripe of decoration can be inserted between the widths. A beautiful decoration is a band of Japanese silk piecework in pretty colors, put on at top and bottom.

Unbleached linen and cotton make pretty curtains. The former may be beautifully worked in crewels, either over the entire curtain, or a band laid on. The latter are very pretty with a band of cretonne as trimming, or with one of red and one of blue, or one of pink and one of blue, and a gay effect is produced.