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THERMOMETER FRAME. 
Mosaic in pine cones, fir apples, acorns, &e. 
The material for this new pattern of a thermometer 
frame is easily obtained from the woods. Take the 
ORNAMENTAL SCREEN FOR LAMP, 
An exceedingly pretty standing-screen for a lamp 
can be formed of eight oblong transparencies (made of 
glass and autumn leaves) tacked together with strong 
sewing-silk, so as to form an eight-sided hollow col¬ 
umn, as shown in the accompanying illustration. To 
hide the candlestick, the screen should be lined through¬ 
out with oiled tissue paper—either white or of a deli¬ 
cate rose-color. A better plan still, is to get the 
effect of ground glass, by rubbing each strip of glass 
on a flat paving-stone, plentifully covered with white 
sand. The grinding process, of course, must be per¬ 
formed before the leaves are inserted, and then only 
upon the inner sides of the glasses. The completed 
screen may have a simple border of heavy chenille at 
the base, or be placed upon an unvarnished black- 
walnut stand, decorated with acorns, pine cones, &c. 
The screen is, of course, left open at the top. It 
must be set over a lighted candle — a small lamp to 
give it best effect — though it is also a very ornamental 
object in the day time. 
WATCH-STAND.—FANCY PATTERN, 
The arabesque pattern of watch-stand, here given, is 
four and a half inches high, three and a half inches 
wide, and can be made with a small saw, the shapes 
being cm out in black glazed paper and put with thick 
gum upon wood like that of cigar boxes. 
When the arabesques are transparent, and made 
with _the saw, the whole wooden plate is lined with 
colored silk or velvet, but when not, only the middle 
space, intended for the watch, has a round, velvet 
cushion, edged with a leather border. The edge part, 
going around the wooden plate, is of large wire bars, 
and is to be sewn down through the small perforated 
edge. For the inner part of the outer frame, crochet 
over with gray drilling thread. The wire bars cross 
each other everywhere at the corners, each bar project¬ 
ing about one inch and a half; at the upper end, each 
bar in the length stands out always by three-quarters 
of an inch; at the lower end, however, on account of 
the holder for the watch-chain, each bar in the length 
is to stand out one inch and a half. 
A BEAUTIFUL TRANSPARENCY. - NEW 
STYLE OF SIDE-LIGHTS FOR HALLS. 
The exquisite transparency represented on this page 
is made by arranging pressed ferns, grasses, and 
Thermometer Frame. 
best flakes of large pine cones, fir apples of different 
shapes and sizes, empty husks of beech-nuts, the foli¬ 
age of alders (commonly called lambs), whole and half- 
cut acorns, and clean them, with a small brush, in 
water. The foundation of the frame is of strong paste¬ 
board, eleven and a half inches high and eight inches 
wide, and Cut out in curves; the pasteboard being 
covered on both sides with brown silk paper. The 
different materials, still damp, are now sewn with 
brown silk on the outer and inner edges of the frame, 
in a mosaic pattern, edged on both sides with two rows 
of leaves, leaving a space in the centre seven and a 
quarter inches king and one inch wide for the ther¬ 
mometer. Group the mosaic parts in any taste; the 
illustration suggests a neat arrangement. To hang up 
A Beautiful Transparency. 
autumn leaves on a pane of window-glass, laying 
another pane of the same size over it, and binding tho 
edges with ribbon, leaving the group imprisoned 
between. Use gum tragacanth in putting on the 
binding. It is well to secure a narrow strip of paper 
under the ribbon. The binding should be gummed all 
around the edges of the first pane, and dried before the 
leaves, ferns, &c., are arranged; then it can be neatly 
folded over the second pane without difficulty. To 
form a loop for hanging the transparency, paste a 
binding of galloon along the upper edge, leaving a 
two-inch loop free in the centre, afterwards to be 
pulled through a little slit in the final binding. These 
transparencies may either be hung' before a window, 
or against a pane in the sash. In country halls a 
beautiful effect is produced by placing them against 
the side-lights of the hall door. The effect of the light 
passing through the rich autumnal colors is very 
fine. 
Leaves so arranged will preserve their beauty the 
entire winter. 
Watch Stand. 
Two rows of open double crochet, arranged in the i 
way seen, go around the inner frame edge; for the w \ A \a jL/ 
holder, three rows across are to be crocheted at the 0 V. J xtMmi 
lower edge, a piece of wire twisted over close, laced as JK. ISHRSNm 
all around, with a piece of thread, joins on from tin' out- SSlflMfcv' HI mjlrajp* 
side. The cords of such a boundary wire stalk are 
about fifteen and three-quarter inches long, rolled out v rSmm 
in coils from one and a half to two and a quarter V 
inches large, and make the double feet of the frame. c f 1 
Bend them close together in the middle, then tie the 
double wire tight to the side edge. The lower part of 
the frame slightly curved, has inside a covering to 
agree in stuff and color with the foundation for the ij||jljS 5 |fc 
watch. 
The frame is then decorated with thin looped pieces 1 71 
of cane, such as used for bouquets, and the dried star Ornamental Screen 
capsules of poppies sewn on, which, in different sizes, , the frame, there is a yellow bras 
imitate fine carving en relief. Lastly, the whole is to brown ribbon loop at the back 
it more durable. 
