white, 2 steel, 4 white, 1 steel, 4 white, 2 steel, 2
white, 1 steel, 3 white, 4 steel, 8 white, X twice.

57th: X 18 white, 1 steel, 2 white, 4 steel, 25 white, X twice.

58th: X All white, work round to the centre of one side; also

59th: (Begin again with the plain scarlet), X 1 scarlet, 4 white, X 20
times.

60th: X 2 scarlet, 2 white, 1 scarlet, X 20 times.

61st: All scarlet; fasten off scarlet.

62nd: With the white silk, 3 chain, dropping a bead on every chain,
miss 3, s.c. on both sides of the fourth; repeat all round.

Now, instead of working round, work backward and forward, dropping a
bead on every chain stitch, so that they may all come on the right
side of the purse.

1st row: 5 ch., turn, s.c. in same stitch, X 5 ch., miss 3, s.c. on
s.c., X all along the row.

2nd: 6 ch., turn, s.c. on centre of 5 ch., X 5 ch., s.c. on centre of
next loop of 5, X to the end.

Repeat this row backwards and forwards until 24 are done; then work
the same pattern all round for 6 rounds. Thread the rest of the gold
beads on the scarlet silk, and do 2 rounds in the same way with it;
then 3 rounds of white; then 2 more scarlet, 3 white, then 2 scarlet.

To diminish at the end, do 2 rounds of white, like the previous; then
1 with only 4 chain; then 1 with 3 chain; and finally, a round with 2
chain between the s.c.

Draw it up with a needle and white silk; sew on the tassel, and slip
on the rings.

At the other end, do a row to close the round, with the plain scarlet
in s.c.; on which work X 6 ch., miss 4, s.c. under 5th, X 10 times.
Turn, and in each loop work 2 s.c., 4 d.c., 2 s.c.

Fasten off, and sew on the deep fringe garniture.

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LADY'S SHORT PURSE.

MATERIALS.--Purse silk, of any two colours that contrast well, gold
beads, and glass ones of one of the colours. Of the silk that matches
the beads, two skeins will be required, and of the other, four. For
the garniture, a clasp and handsome fringe.

Begin by threading a hank of gold beads on two of the four skeins,
leaving two without any.

With regard to the colours to be selected for this purse, we may be
allowed to suggest a few good contrasts, leaving the choice to the
taste of the worker. A brilliant scarlet looks well with white; brown
with blue; lilac with green, or _vice versa_; and pink with some of
the warmer tints of stone or fawn colour. In all these, the
first-named colour is to be the predomi