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NOS. 11.— CARD TRAY. 
The stand, which Is shown in No. 11, may be 
bought at any fancy repository. The tray Is of 
some smooth white wood, mounted on a 
gipsy stand of gilt bamboo, and ornamented with 
cord and tassels. The tray Is ornamented with 
spray-work, the leaves and flowers being ar¬ 
ranged as shown In reduced size No. 12 The mat, 
on which the card-tray la placed, is of crimson 
cloth, ornamented with acorn-cups, varnished. 
NO. 13.—NBBDLR-BOOK. 
For the cover, cut two pieces of perforated 
cardboard three Inches long, and two-and-a^half 
wide. Embroider these with blue silk, according 
NO. 7.—LETTER-RACK ; CONE-WORK. 
Tbe foundation is made, or cardboard, 15 Inches 
long and 12 Inches deep. This is covered with 
brown glazed paper. The straps to hold the let¬ 
ters aro neatly gummed to the back ; these mea¬ 
sure 13 inches long and two Inches deep; they are 
covered with the petals of tho Cones, which must 
he arranged and sewn on as shown in the Illus¬ 
tration. 
over It, taking care to keep the head a nice round 
shape. Now cut a piece for the coat 4# Inches 
wide and 6 Inches leng. This must be gummed to 
tbe top of the cylinder. The foundations for the 
legs and the stand are also covered with cotton 
wooL For the arms, take a piece of wire six 
Inches long, run it through the wool, above the 
cylinder; leave an equal length at each Bide, 
cover with wool, and bend as shown In the en- 
OONDTOTED BY MISS FAITH RIPLEY. 
THE CHILDREN 
The children ! ab the children ! 
Yonr innocent, Joyous ones: 
Tour daughter*, with souls of sunshine; 
Your buoyant and laughing sons. 
Look long in'their happy faces. 
Drink love from thMr sparkling eyes. 
For the -wonderful charm of childhood, 
How soon it withers.and dies! 
A few fust-vanishing summers, 
A season or twain of frost, 
And you suddenly ash, bewildered, 
“ What is it my heart hath lost f" 
Perchance you see by the hearth-stone 
Some Juno, stately and proud, 
Or a Hebe, whose Boftly ambushed eyes 
Flash out from the golden cloud. 
Of lavish and beautiful tresses 
That, wantonly floating, Btray 
O’er the white of a throat and bosom 
More fair than blossoms in May. 
And perchance yon mark their brothers— 
Young heroes who spurn the sod 
With the fervor of antique knighthood, 
And the air of a Grecian god. 
But where, ah, where are the children. 
Your household fairies of yore T 
Alack ! they are dead, and their grace has fled 
For ever and evermore 1 
Paul Hayae,in Harper's Magazine for Dectmbnr, 
The bouquets on the border and In the 
ends of the straps are composed of oak- 
galls, cones of different sorts, small acorns, 
and some of the larger ornaments can be fast¬ 
ened with glue to the foundation. Tho seeds 
of the cones must bo well soaked In water, so 
that they can be sewn on to the foundation with 
a cambric needle and cotton. The back must be 
covered with colored paper after the cone-work Is 
finished. When all are quite dry, brush over 
with good copal varnish. 
NO. 8.—CAP FOR PEN-WIPBR. 
The foundation of the cap is cardboard. The 
graving. Take a fine camel-hair brush filled 
with gum, and with small pieces of wool fill up 
all the little places that have become disar¬ 
ranged. The moustache and beard may be made 
of a small piece of black or brown wool, frayed 
out, and gummed to the face. The eyes, eye- 
bro ws and nose must.be painted with a tine brush 
and 1 ndla Ink ; and dota of India Ink may also be 
put down the front, to simulate buttons. Tbe 
pipe Is made of a small piece of wood, such as 
you can gather from a bawthorne tree. The 
broom Is also made of wood, with a little brown 
wool tied to the end. The crown of the hat Is 
to the design, with initials or monogram in tbe 
center. Line the covers with silk, and sew them 
together up the back. Fasten Id four leaves of 
white cashmere, and tie the covers together with 
narrow ribbon. 
NO. 14.—NKEDLE-CA8B. 
Cut four pieces of perforated cardboard, meas¬ 
uring 4 inches long, and 3 wide, and two measur¬ 
ing 2 Inches square; work a pretty design with 
FANCY ARTICLES FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS 
NO. I WINTER GARDEN, IN PLACE OF A CHRISTMAS 
TREK. 
A large cardboard box will do well for the 
foundation of the garden. This must be Inverted, 
and covered with a sheet of good white wadding. 
The box must be 24 inches long and 14 laches 
wide. The fence which incloses the garden Is 
composed of pieces of slick 4# inches long taken 
from a blackthorn tree. These are placed about 
l Inch apart, and a fir-cone of about the same 
length is placed after every fourth piece of stick. 
A little glue will he b8st to fix the fence to the 
foundation, as It Is stronger than gum. Paint 
the fir-cones and sticks with gum, and when 
wet, sprinkle some ground glass or alum over 
them, and also over the wadding, to give It a 
frosted appearance. The little flags at the gate 
are shown In No. 2. They are made of scarlet 
paper, or silk, fastened on wire. The wire Is 
covered with gold paper. The presents are 
scattered about lnsl le the garden. Some may 
be rolled up In cotton wool, to look like snow¬ 
balls, and others left uncovered. Tbe snow man 
shown In No. 3. stands as sentinel at the gate. 
The winter garden may, of course, be increased 
to any size at the pleasure of the maker. 
NO. 3.—SNOW MAN TO HOLD BWKET8. 
No. 4, shows the top part of cylinder, in a re¬ 
duced size. No. 5, th* bottom. A small round 
silk on three of t he largest pieces, and the two 
squares; line all the pieces with silk, to match 
the embroidery; sew them together to the shape 
of the design, leaving one of the larger pieces for 
the lid, which must only be sewn at one end. 
Make two little leaves of white flannel, and sew 
them to the lid; to put the needles on, a little 
button must be sew a to the end of the lid and a 
loop on the corresponding end of the box to fasten 
them together. 
NO. 15.—EASTER EGG. 
No. 15 shows the ornamented shell; No. 16 the 
diagram for ornamenting and cutting It. A hen’F, 
goose’s, or duck’s egg may he used. Make a 
small hole In tbe center, and eraptv the contents; 
then lay the shell In vinegu - for five minutes; 
embroidered covering may be of velvet, silk or 
cloth. The border Is In feather-stitch, with beads 
at the outer stltche3, The cardboard for the top 
should measure io Inches In circumference. The 
band Is 1 % Inch In depth; this measures 10 Inches 
at the lop, and It should be shaped Into nine 
Inches at the bottom. The peak Is cut In propor¬ 
tion, and Is covered and lined. Black cloth cut 
Into a sort of fringe, and bound closely together, 
Is fitted Into the crown of the cap to form a pen¬ 
wiper. A pln-cu8hlon stuffed with bran may take 
the place of the pen-wiper. It preferred. 
made In the same way as the cylinder ; the card¬ 
board must he about of an Inch deep, and two 
Inches wide. For the brim cut a piece of card¬ 
board about the size of a penny, make a hole In 
the center to fit the crown, and gum them to¬ 
gether, They must be painted black, and gum¬ 
med to the head. 
NO. 6.—BRACKET: CONE-WORK 
A wood bracket must be made for the founda¬ 
tion, which Is covered with velvet at the top. 
The center of front of bracket Is a circle of em¬ 
broidered velvet or satin. 
No. 2. No. 6. No. 4. 
box would bo most oonvenlent tor the foundation 
or cylinder to hold the sweetB, or ir thl3 is not 
easily obtained, one can be made of cardboard. 
Cut a piece of cardboard lx inch wide and 4 
Inches long: lay one end a little over the other 
and sew them together; cut the same piece of 
cardboard for tho bottom, the same size as the 
cylinder Is rouud; sew It firmly In the bottom. 
The top piece or lid of the cylinder Is made ex¬ 
actly the same way, allowing the cardboard of a 
little larger size, so that It may easily be taken on 
and off the under part. 
No. is. 
this gives It a delicate whiteness. Take a fine 
pencil and draw the lines shown In No. 16; then, 
with a very One saw, separate the egg-shell, cut¬ 
ting the Inside skin with a snarp penknife. The 
shell Is lined Inside with gold paper, and orna¬ 
mented with either palmed designs, or small pic¬ 
tures may be gummed on. Pierce small holes in 
the top and bottom for the putae-slik (which 
forms the cord) to pass through. 
N08, 17 AND 13—EGG-SHELL BASKET. 
The shell Is prepared ohe same as for No, 16 . 
One half of the shell is cu> plainly round the 
edges to make the basket shown In No. n* 
This may be ornamented with a narrow goj^ 
paper border, and a bunch of painted flowers or 
monogram. The handles are of lino flower wire 
covered with colored silk, and finished with small 
bows or gold paper gummed to ihe side of the 
basket. No. IS Is made from the other half of t |, e 
egg-shell, which must be cut into Vandykes at the 
edge. These may be painted or covered with 
fancy paper. The bandies are i he same as No. 17 
finished with small silk »«°sp1s. * * 
No. 8, 
A round or oval box, such as hair-pins are 
sometimes sold In, will answer as well as making 
tho cylinders, If easy to obtain It. 
For tbe head, take a wooden skewer lx inch 
long, make a hole through the top of the box, 
put the end of the skewer through, leaving lj* 
inch out at the top, glue this to the top of the 
box. The legs are made of skewers, but they 
must be smaller than for the head, they should 
be about 3X Inches long; make two holes In the 
bottom of tho box, Just put the skewers through 
them and glue them fast. Tho stand tor this 
foundation should be ruudo of a small flat box, 
also to contain sweets, make two holes In the ltd, 
and put the legs tUrough them, as you did Into the 
bottom of the cylinder, glue them very firmly. 
A sheet of the heat white cotton wool, or Jeweler’s 
cotton la now required. Paint the skewer for the 
bead with some strong gum, lay some oi tbe wool 
NO. 9.—DCSTING-WING. 
The wing of a goose or other bird is always 
considered useful for dusting corners with. After 
properly drying the wing In a cool oven. It Is 
made neat at the top by a ruche of scarlet cloth, 
which may be pinked at the edges or bound with 
ribbon, and separating the ruche is an embroid¬ 
ered band. A loop or braid or ribbon Is put on to 
bang tbe wing up by. 
The wood bracket measures Ujtf tncheB across 
tho back, which Is straight. The width of the 
middle is &x Inches. It is sloped at the sides to a 
semi-circle. The cardboard for the trout meas¬ 
ures 17 Inches In length; it la 10 inches lu depth 
In the rront, and Is sloped at each end to 5 inches 
(see design). The embroidered medallion Is 
edged with small scallops of button-holo stitch. 
Bows of ribbon ornament the top. 
