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white paper under weights, as you would press autumn 
leaves. 
After pressing they are ready to be arranged in de¬ 
signs. If stems are required the base of the leaf is se¬ 
curely bound to the end of a piece of fine white silk wire, 
by wrapping it round neatly with white sewing silk. 
The ferns are merely placed in the bleaching fluid 
after having been pressed until dry. Then carefully wash 
them in clear water and dry them between soft cloths. 
These also may have the wire stems if necessary, but as 
they usually retain their own stems, if long enough, they 
will require no others. 
They are now ready to arrange on the screens, fans or 
whatever one may wish to decorate with them. 
For a hand-screen, a round paper Japanese fan may 
first be covered smoothly on both sides with satin of any 
color desired ; light-blue is one of the prettiest for a back¬ 
ground. Then arrange the leaves, lightly and gracefully 
grouping them together. The under side of each leaf and 
fern must be very slightly coated with a thin solution of 
gum-arabic, only enough to make them adhere to the 
satin, and care must be taken that none shows on the 
right side. They seem like the daintiest and most ex¬ 
quisite designs in lace applied to the satin. The leaves 
can also be used on folding fans, but, of course, will 
be less durable, as the opening and closing will, after a 
time, wear them away, but though they seem frail they 
will keep their beauty for a long time. 
M. E. Whittemore. 
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PIECE of fancy sash ribbon, a knitting-needle, lit¬ 
tle birch-bark canoe, and a bit of sand-paper, if 
properly joined together, makes a convenient arrange¬ 
ment for holding matches as well as a place to strike 
them. Fringe the ribbon an inch deep and sew the 
top around the knitting-needle, glue a piece of sand¬ 
paper on the banner and fasten the little canoe above it 
with bows of narrow ribbon. The canoes can be bought 
for twenty-five or thirty cents. Sew a cord on the top 
by which to suspend the banner. E. W. 
Whisk-Broom Case. 
HE whisk-broom holder in the form of a lily is made 
of dark-red satin. It is a more economical way to 
cut first a paper pattern, then you can cut your satin 
to much better advantage. First cut the paper perfectly 
round, measuring ten inches in diameter, fold it together 
and cut it to form six petals about three inches deep, at 
equal distance around the edge, varying a little in shape ; 
cut an opening in the centre large enough to slip in the 
broom when pressed together tightly. Then cut out of 
wigan one piece the exact size of the pattern, and of the 
satin two pieces a little larger. Overhand a fine wire 
around the edge of the wigan and baste the satin on 
each side of it; turn the edges in and overhand them 
neatly together. Work the stamens with light green silk 
or arasene. 
Make the case for the lower part out of pasteboard, 
the top to correspond in size with the opening in the 
centre of the lily, and the front half, long enough to con¬ 
ceal the broom so that only the handle is exposed, the 
Case for Whisk-Broom. 
