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gaging  when  tied  on  the  top  of  a  book  or 
box  of  bloeKs  and,  to  the  youthful  mind, 
make  a  much  more  impressive  gift. 
Things  round  and  cornerless  are  ever 
difficult  to  do  up,  for  the  string  has 
such  a  distressing  habit  of  slipping,  and 
the  paper  refuses  to  look  neat.  But  one 
can  cover  the  slipperiest  soft  cushion  by 
taking  a  length  of  crepe  paper,  cream 
colored,  and  putting  it  around  the  cush° 
ion  in  such  a  way  that  the  edges  of  the 
paper  are  caught  in  a  rosette  on  the  flat 
sides  of  the  cushion.  In  one  of  these 
rosettes  it  looks  well  to  tie  a  tight  bunch 
of  artificial  flowers,  so  they  give  the  ef¬ 
fect  of:  an  old-fashioned  bouquet  sur 
rounded  by  a  frill  of  paper. 
The  city  girl  can  buy  her  ornaments 
and  flowers  at  the  nearest:  five  and  10 
cent  store,  while  the  country  girl  has 
the  woods  to  forage  in.  There  are  sprays 
of  pine  and  hemlock,  with  or  without,  the 
fat  brown  cones,  which  make  a  fragrant, 
addition  to  the  Christmas  gift.  One  can 
often  find  hay  berries  and  partridge  ber¬ 
ries  that  the  birds  have  missed,  and  what 
can  be  gayer  than  the  rose  hips  from  the 
garden  ? 
Our  Home  Christmas  Tree  in  Tennessee* 
In  Telling  you  of  our  home  Christmasi 
tree  I  am  hoping  it  will  cause  the  moth 
ers  with  lank  purses  and  sad  hearts, 
because  of  the  lack  of  cheer  for  the 
also  happily  received  Then  there  were 
home-knit  mittens,  and  homemade  balls, 
covered  with  che  soft  uppers  of  old  fine 
shoes.  For  a  young  mother  there  was 
a  large  elothee  basket  lined  and  ruffled 
on  the  outside  with  a  pale  blue  lawn  that 
had  once  done  duty  as  a  wrapper;  sev¬ 
eral  homemade  gifts  nestled  inside.  You 
see  no  one  was  to  he  forgotten,  even  old 
files  of  magazines  were  pressed  smooth¬ 
ly  and  bound  with  cloth  and  with  a 
Christmas  greeting  painted  on  cov  •  they 
looked  good  to  the  recipient,  Inothes 
was  well  pleased  with  a  scrap  book  of 
good  recipes.  Homemade  rugs,  mate  has- 
kets,  dishcloths,  cushions,  ties,  belt-),  col¬ 
lars,  etc.,  were  among  the  gifts.  Then 
for  sweets  there  was  molasses  taffy  in 
many  guises,  some  with  nuts,  some  with 
chocolate,  some  with  candied  apples  and 
peaches  inclosed;  rakes,  apples,  popcorn, 
chestnuts,  etc.,  about,  completed  tie  list. 
A  small-sized  cedar  tree  was  brought 
in,  fastened  with  a  wire  and  staph  to 
ceiling  and  the  bottom  set  in  H  largo  tub 
and  packed  in  rocks  and  soil,  V  lot  of 
ferns  were  used  to  cover  tlb  base.  Small- 
sized  candles  of  home  construction  lit 
up  the  tinfoil  heart  and  star  decorations, 
along  with  the  long  strings  of  popcorn. 
When  all  the  presents  were  hung  on  to 
the  best  advantage  our  tree  looked  really 
presentable.  Of  course  there  were  «i  few 
jokes;  a  confirmed  bachelor  received  » 
large-sized  doll,  anothei  uoted  Sot  his 
.No.  492 — Centerpiece ;  size  27  inches,  75c. 
An  attractive  set  that  includes  Centerpiece,  Scarf,  Pillow  and  Laundry  Hag,  aU  issued  asi 
separate  pieces,  is  the  butterfly  design.  The  embroidery  is  to  be  done  in  cross  stitch.  The 
largo  butterflies  which  are  partially  tilled  with  crosses  are  tinted  in  shades  of  rose,  yellow, 
green  and  brown.  The  smaller  ones  are  in  shades  of  violet,  rose  and  brown,  tho  flowers  arc  in 
yellow  with  brown  centers  and  green  leaves.  No  other  stitch  but  cross  stitch  is  to  be  used 
on  tho  whole  design,  except  for  the  small  body  of  the  large  butterfly,  and  tli*'  prongs  of  both 
which  are  to  be  outlined.  Tho  outer  circle  of  crosses  arc  for  dark  violet,  and  those  of  tho 
inside  connecting  lines  iu  a  much  lighter  shade,  with  tho  separated  crosses  above  inside 
connecting  lines  in  the  shade  used  on  the  outer  circle.  For  The  circles  and  connecting  lined 
rope  floss  is  to  be  used.  The  designs  arc  stamped  and  tinted  on  superior  finality  whit*:  oyet-.  - 
linen.  Tho  price  includes,  mercerized  floss. 
anxious-eyed  little  folks,  to  take  heart  of 
grace  and  resolve  to  make  the  most  ol 
what  they  have,  and  not  disappoint  tho 
children.  A  Christmasless  Christmas  is 
heart-breaking;  can  recall  one  or  two 
myself. 
And  now  for  our  tree.  Several  moth 
ers,  nearby  neighbors,  needy  as  myself, 
resolved  we  would  give  our  little  folks 
one  jolly  Christmas.  The  time  was  not 
far  off,  available  funds  low,  Christmas 
toys  too  far  away.  We  cut  doll  pat- 
terns  and  went  to  work.  Some  were 
black,  some  brown*,  some  small,  some 
large,  some  medium-sized.  Bran,  saw¬ 
dust  and  excelsior  was  used  for  filling, 
beads  and  buttons  for  eyes.  We  cut  hair 
from  our  own  heads  for  some  With 
painted  lips,  nose  and  ears,  crimped 
hair  and  dresses  that;  would  button  and 
unbutton,  they  were  not  u  bad-looking 
assortment.  Some  of  the  men  folks  lent 
a  helping  hand  and  made  quite  present¬ 
able  doll  houses,  cradles,  sleds,  wagons, 
etc.  Paint  covered  many  defects,  but 
still  they  were  appreciated. 
For  the  older  girls  some  old  lawn 
dresses  were  worked  up  in  aprons,  hand¬ 
kerchiefs,  etc.,  trimmed  with  crocheted 
or  tatted  edges,  and  then  nicely  laun¬ 
dered  they  were  not  to  be  despised  as 
gifts.  Pasteboard  boxes  were  converted 
into  work  boxes  by  being  covered  with 
•  pine  cones,  varnished  and  sprinkled  with 
gold  dust  powders,  the  inside  lined  with 
the  best  portions  of  a  well-worn  silk 
waist.  Several  strings  of  salt  beads,  in¬ 
termingled  with  some  fancy  beads,  were 
meat-eating  qualities  a  pig’s  tail  done 
up  in  tissue  paper^  Santa  Clause  was 
a  comical  looking  personage  in  his  home¬ 
made  garb,  and  while  some  ot“  the  small 
folks  were  frightened  at  first  they  soon 
became  bold  enough  to  march  up  and 
take  their  gifts  and  then  run  back  to 
mamma  with,  “See  what  Mr,  Santa 
Claus  gave  me."  It  was  an  enjoyable 
affair  which  ended  happily  with  a  few 
old-time  melodies  sung  by  all,  ana  ae 
enmpanied  by  the  organ  and  sometimes 
the  violin- 
Alas,  this  Christmas  will  find  many 
home  circles  broken  aud  hot  few  neigh 
borhood  circles  complete!  We  pass  this 
way  but.  once.  Childhood  is  short,  let’s 
make  it  as  perfect  as  love  and  strength 
will  permit,  and  do  all  the  good  we  can. 
Those  of  you  who  have  no  little  ones  of 
your  own,  share  of  your  surplus;  go  over 
your  garrets  and  wardrobes,  pull  out  the 
cluttered  drawers  and  musty  boxes,  aud 
see  what  you.  can  contrive  with  a  little 
labor  to  give  joy  and  happiness  to  others, 
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