Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-12-21
VARIOUS CHRISTMAS GIFTS.

a II at Just the size of the bottom of the
basket, inside, which You must sew in
neatly. Trim the edge of the basket
with bows of ribbon the color of the mat,
or with chenille cord As a companion
to the jewelry basket, fill one just ike it
with curled hair, crochet a covering of
worsted like that used for the mat IN
the other; trim the edge and handle OF
the same with bows or ribbon or che
nile cord, and use for hairpin basket.
Make mats the same color to set them
on.
SHAvING-CAsEs. Take quarter of a
sheet of silvered perforated cardboard;
cut off round at the bottom, running up
to point at the top-cornerwise, you
know; bind around with worsted braid
of any color you choose-scarlet is the
prettiest Then boX-plait enough OF the
braid to go around, catching together
by one edge mot in the middle of the
braid), and sew just under the edge OF
the binding. Cut back the same size,
of plain cardboard, and pierce two holes
through each; put ribbon through
to hang up by. Fill with any kind OF
paper We generally use colored tissue,
red, blue, pink, green, etc, but l be-
lieve it is not considered as good for
wiping razor as newspaper.
CRAZY CusHIoNs.-Buy square of
embroidery canvas. Give it to your
circle of friends, asking them to pass it
around, each one working what she
pleases and where she pleases. When
it comes back to you, you will think it
q q" crazy" cushion, indeed. Fill it in
with some dark color that will bring the
figures out to the best advantage. 1t is
well enough to tell your friends what
color you intend to fill in with, as they
can then use colors that will not clash
with it. If you are as fortunate as |
have been, and GIT nothing in that is
ungainly in proportion, homely in col
ors, or badly worked, you are to be con-
graduated When filled in, put back
of some heavy wooden goods, and tiGish
with large cord.
COLLAR BoxEs.-Beg box, if you
can; if not. make one of pasteboard,
six inches across and four and half
high, with the cover on. Cut piece
of perforated cardboard round just the
size of the cover. Then work on it a
bunch of roses, cherries, violets, pam
sizes, or simple pattern, or decorate it
with embossed pictures, and mucilage
it upon the cover. Put = strip of the
same cOlored cardboard around the
edge OF the cover, and finish both edges
with box plated worsted braid Take
- g. .-ih Aa,~4 lA,.r ns,at,.rh 70
around the box and lap enough to fas-
ten, and wide enough to cover it when
the cover is on. Work the word ''CoL-
LARS" across the front, and mucilage
upon the box. Finish with about
three embossed pictures across
the back and box-plaited braid
around the bottom edge. Put the cover
on, and the box is done, unless you
wish for something more elaborate. If
so, line the cover with very thin silk,
uffed in, and sew into it puff OF cot
ton batting, scented with perfume pow
der, that you can obtain of a druggist
all prepared; put the perfume between
the silk lining and the cover. Then line
the box in the same way. Use silk the
color of the worsted employed in work
ing the outside, and worsted braid the
same color. The collar and cuff boxes
should be made of the same color if they
are 10 90 together.
CRoCHETED JACKETs.-It takes four
ounces, or rather skeins, of what is with
us called jacket yarn, to crochet COM
mon-sized jacket without sleeves. Use
brown for the jacket and scarlet for the
border, or chinchilla for the jacket and
blue for the border; and the long GRO
chet stitch is the quickest way. Shape
by 4 basque, knitting the back, then the
two fronts, and crochet them together
on the shoulders and under the arms
Put on border of shell stitch, and the
same around the arm-holes Leave
places for button-holes As you crochet;
line with a strip of cambria and work
with warn. In crochetinO the fronts.