The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-12-28

Those Of our readers who are the for
tunate posessors of q long purse can
purchase at the fancy stores every inn
aginRble device for decorating most
artistically and beautifully-such as
silver doves or stuffed doves, colored
glass balls, flags of every kind, gilded
stars, tiny looking glasses that. Il sus-
pended behind the candles, will reflect
their light and make it twice as bright,
bells, woolly lambs, and bonbons of
every description; while in the toy
shops are whole regiments of dolls,
from the most elegant Partisan bellies to
the knitted sailor boy for the little baby,
and. vast caravans of animals, and
Noah's arks, and toys that surpass de-
scription. But in thousands of village
homes these articles are not obtainable,
yet the children can manufacture many
beautiful decorations for the Christmas
tree, in which they will take quite as
much pleasure as if they were from the
fancy shops of the city. With few
sheets of gilt, blue, scarlet, and silver
paper cut into tiny strips four inches in
length and half an inch in width, you
can make long chains to entwine from
bough to bough OF the tree. With
bottle of mucilage paste the two ends of
the strips together until half of them
are made into rings; then make up
some more by slipping one end through
two rings and joining them together.
Let the three rings become dry, and
joiQ them into long garlands. Suspend
around tbs outer branches of the tree
from top to bottom. Twenty yards will
be needed to tr III a large tree, twelve
for a small one. These paper chains
when once made can be Kept for years
if carefully handled. Parch a large pan
of popcorn, and string them into chains
with u needle and coarse thread. En-
Irvine them also about the branches,
and after the presents are distributed
break up the cha ms into necklaces and
throw around the necks of all the
guests, II You possess y broken look
ing-glass. carry it TO q glazier and
have it cut into bits three n hes by two.
Paste bit of brown paper over the
hack of the glass, and bind the edges
with strips OF gilt or scarlet and blue
papers, and paste bit of ribbon or
paper at the top to suspend them from
the boughs. You can not have too
many tiny InirIors, Purchase pound
or two of English walniits and cpt them
into halves and take out the meats,
Save them to put into the middle of
each small frosted cake. Purchase
also pound of sugared caraways, and
fiji hal. OF one or the mt shells with
them, and paste on the other half. Use
common glue. or gum-tragacanth for
paste lnseFt a hit OF narrow ribbon in
any color at the top Of the nut. Cut
small round of gilt paper and cover it
with paste. and wrap it carefully about
the nut, letting the folds OF it lie evenly
about the bit OF ribbon Make as many
as you can OF these, for they are the
prettiest of rattle DO Nes. and everybody
likes to possess such a troph. Little
lace bags ma g of bobinet lace or wash
Illusion, by running them together with
scarlet, blue and gold colOred worsteds,
and using bit of it for a string to draw
them together, are also very pretty and
desirable when filed W tn nuts, raisins,
and sugar plums for the children. Snail
apples closely stuck with clo' es are also
nice to perfume bureau drawers, and a
dozen or more will not come aIAiss upon
Ibis most wonderful tree. A Christ
child or angel, made by dressing doll
in lace and silvered wings, is very dec
orative when fastened to the topmost
bough of the tree. Small candles can
have bit of wire thrust through the
lower end by heating it, and then
hasten it securely to the boughs of |
the tree. Apples and oranges |
can also be suspended with thread wire: |
Cut rings of cardboard and slip over |
the candles, and they will catch their !
drippings. Ladies Floral Cabinet.