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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



ARMY MITTENS. 

 The following directions for knitting army mittens will 

 be interesting to many of the fair readers of the Genesee 

 Farmer. The accompanying cut is half the length and 

 half the breadth of the mitten. 



Use needles No. 15, and grey or blue mixed yarn No. 20, 

 or coarser. Any color except white will do. 



Length of mitten, 11 to 11* inches. Width over palm 

 4i to 4 inches. The pair should weigh at least three 

 ounces. They may be either knitted or crocheted, but the 

 former are the warmest and most durable. It is advisable 

 to knit a finger on the left as well as on the right hand mit- 

 ten, so that they can be used on either hand. 



Kindling Wood.— Nothing i s more 

 get up on a cold morning and find, on 

 fire, that there is no kindling wood 

 is always a supply on hand. 



unpleasant than to 

 going to light the 

 See to it that there 



HOME-MADE PICTUKE FRAMES AND HANGI 

 BASKETS. 



First get a carpenter to saw out a frame of the shi 

 you wish. Gather together some pine cones, and a f 

 nuts of different kinds, such as Brazil nuts, hazel nu 

 hickory nuts, almonds, acorns, and the like. Dark c 

 ored nuts are generally considered best. 



Take some of the largest pine cones and cut the lea* 



oft, glue them around the small end of a cone or the c 



of an acorn, in the shape of a rose. One of theie 



each side of the frame will do. Then glue thickly arou; 



the outer and inner edges of the frame these leaves oft 



cones, and fill in the remaining spaces with the nu, 



small cones and pieces of leather made to imitate oi 



leaves as profusely as possible, leaving no part of tl 



frame uncovered. Good taste in arranging them will , 



course, add to the beauty of the frame when finishe 



After this is done, glue around the outer edge of thefraj 



some of the smaller cones sq as to extend over the ed-e 



A bunch of raisins on each side will sometimes add to tt 



appearance, but good taste will dictate as to any addition 



After the glue is dry the whole should be varnishe 



with a soft brush at least twice, with good furniture va, 



rush, and left to get perfectly dry before being expose 



to the dust. They should be covered when the room i 



swept, as the dust is very difficult to remove. 



Some prefer a simple piece of pasteboard cut into th 

 desired shape, but such a frame is liable to bend and the, 

 oosen the pieces glued to it. It will do to make the firs 

 tna on The nicest frames are made on foundation; 

 swelled from the outer edge toward the center Th, 

 shape of the foundation makes a great difference in th, 

 appearance of the frame. 



The glue should be of the best kind and kept quite hoi 

 while in use. A great variety of material may be used in 

 making those frames, which are quite pretty, and cost 

 only about one fourth the price usually asked' for them 

 where they are sold. 



The baskets for dried flowers are made in the same war 

 on cocoanut shells for a foundation. The smaller ones 

 should be used for this purpose. 



recTnXr ^7 , WbAB - A »°velty in petticoats has 

 eceutl, been adopted among fashionable ladies in Eng- 

 land. For all but dress, the white petticoat has been dif 

 carded for one of alpaca; and these have a great advan 

 age over the linen or cotton ones, i„asnn,eh & aT h™ 

 lighter, and do not lose their stiffness. Of course i il 

 necessary that if the dress be a grenadine, barege or 

 other dear texture, the petticoat must be of thfslne 



broad bit? 5 m 6 7 7 fU " aDd S° red > and h ^e a 

 broad black ribbon or velvet above the hem; sometimes 



•keV S T, 7 Umng0f ^^ ribb °" P»* « i» vT 

 dj kes. The dresses are invariably caught up at the side 



o show this under petticoat. Where it is not necessary 

 o match the tint of the dress, a .tone color is the bS 

 shade for wear Those petticoats will certain^ , a 

 through he winter, their usefulness being their chief re- 

 commendation ; the material never sinking into folit 

 however long they may be worn. ' 



nr ^7l-~y? he . n Justinian built what is now the mosaic 

 of St. Sophia, in 538, the mortar was charged ™S 

 and to this day, after the lapse of thiteen centerie^ S 

 atmosphere is filled with the odor centa.nes, the 



