Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-26
USEFUL GIFTS.

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together with paper gummed over I'll
edge, or with narrow ribbon or strip {
+ cloth. Next take q delicate drab Z
! light gray cardboard four strips, one inc
and a quarter wide, and long enough t
cross each other at the corners Of tn
; picture and leave their ends proiectin
two inches. Lay these on the picture, so a
to get them exactly the size and exactl
square. At the point where they eros
each other fasten them with two or thre
stitches. Cover the crossing with an EN-
bossed picture-a flower is prettiest-
and gum the frame to the binding of tn
picture. These colored embossed picture
perhaps you call them Decalcomani
pictures-are very pretty and cheap.
Little vases to stand on a shelf an,
hold matches, or, filled with dry sand, t,
hold few delicate grasses, autumn
leaves (mounted on broom splints), O
ferns, are easily made. Take for tn,
base large button-mold or piece of stif
cardboard, cut round or oval, cut a stri,
of colored cardboard long enough to q
around the standard and lap over hal
inch, as high as you wish it. Gum it in
the shape of cylinder over broom
handle, or anything the right size, and
hold it firm till dry by winding soft cot
ton thread or yarn around it very closely
When dry, gum It to the standard by
means of three or four strips of paper
bent in the middle and fastened half to
the inside of the cylinder and half to
the standard with glue or gum. Then
ornament with narrow gilt edging at tor
and bottom and gum bright picture on
the front. Black cardboard with scar
let picture is the prettiest.
For nice boxes to hang on a Christmas
tree and hold candies, nuts, or anything
else, make delicate colored cardboard
box, or take an old collar box which is
made to your hand, and cover it with
light colored paper. Make handle of a
narrow strip of cardboard, covered with
the same paper and sewed to the bottom
of the box inside. Ornament with gilt
edging on each edge of the box and each
edge of the handle, with one of the en-
bossed pictures on each side. Or, to
vary it, give q strip of bright silk or
ribbon to the upper edge of the box in
side, and draw It up with ribbon to make
a sort of bag. Or, still another, gum a
strip of tissue paper, with edge cut into
points or pinked, or fringed like motto
papers, around, and fold it down over
the contents of the box. These are very
pretty on tree.
Sachet-bags are made of two pieces of
silver perforated cardboard, embroidered
with some simple pattern. A Greek
border, or two rows of cross-stitch, miss
ing each alternate hole, thus making q
checker-work border, are the prettiest.
Each piece must be lined with silk and
bound with narrow ribbon, the same
shade as the embroidery, piece of cot
ton, with satchet powder laid between,
and then sewed together, overland,
around the edge.
Hair-receivers of the same material,
to hang over dressing-table are very
convenient. For this you will need strip
of colored silk, (say scarlet) one-eighth
of a yard wide and fifteen inches long, q
skein of filling silk, and a yard and q
quarter of narrow ribbon, all the same
shade. Take strip of the perforated
cardboard four and half inches long
with the upper part cut to point. This
is for the back. Another piece, seven
inches long and two and half wide, is
for the front. Around each work q
border, as for the sachet-bag, stifening
by lining with a piece of common white
cardboard, exactly the same size, and
bind the edges of each piece and its
lining together with ribbon. Now gather
the silk full on to one long side Of the
seven-inch piece, leaving it, however,
projecting two inches at each end. Now
sew each side of the front piece to the
side of the back piece, at the lower part
of the latter. The back piece being but
four and a half inches wide and the front
seven inches, it will set out round and
form pocket, of which the top is silver
cardboard and the bottom full bag.
Sew together the two loose ends of the
silk, to form the back part of the bag,
and gather the bottom into a knot and
finish with tassel made of the filing
silk. Attach loop and bow of ribbon
to the upper point, and the thing is done,
and the prettiest hair receiver you ever
saw.
A combination pincushion and hand
kerchief box or jewelry box is very pref
ty and easy to make. Take q good shaped
cigar box, whose cover has hinge of
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piece of board the size Of the cover.
The cover of another box is just the
thing. Make your cushion by cutting
pieces of old flannel, the first six the size
Of the board, the next smaller, and 20
on, till you have pile we'll rounded up
on all sides. Now cover with any pretty
silk or. velvet, and fasten the edges
tightly on the other side of the board
(you can sew them across from side to
side). When done, lay it on top of your
box, and fasten it by four small screws,
put on from under the side Of the cover.
Around the edge put plated ribbon,
fringe or gilt edging. Line your box,
cover and all, with delicate tinted glazed
paper, and cover the outside with other
cofored paper, with gilt edging at the
top and bottom, and an embossed picture
or flower on each side.
Every one of these things can be easily
made, If the directions are carefully fol
lowed, and all of them are acceptable
presents. - Olivia Thorn.
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