Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1883-03-02
What Shall We do With Our Christ.
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After decking mantels, mirrors. and
all available inches with these daint,
membranes, and admiIlng and dis.
playing them until the holiday time has
been left so fur behind that they look
bleak and OUT OF season, We ask our.
selves in :, sort Of despair. What car
be done with them
he first answer is the same that has
been given to collectors of all sorts
from remote antiquity make a scrap.
book ofthem. 1t can lie side by side
with tile atitograph-book and family
album, to begulle TIE waiting of morn.
ing guests, while you smoothyour bangs
and get a fresh pocke,-handkerchief
There IS another use TO which this vol
ume may be put, which need not be en-
'larsed upon &c those who have survived
hall a dozen informal gatherings.
Still, scrap-books are eminently respect.
able and should no. be overlooked.
A more aesthetic plan is to decorate
your ON with an Alaska column"
Paste together pieces ofs,out paper in.
to a strip long enough 10 reach from
chalrboard to ceiling. Arrange your
cards upon this in some effective way,
with irregular twists and turns to pre-
vent any stiffness or squareness. You
will probably have TO add to or cut away
from the original paper foundation.
Tack ii (attop and bottom) IN the mid
die ola bare stretch of wall, if possible,
if not-though this Is less showy-at
the side of door. This would only
be pretty for one of those freakish
apartments where oddities are the chief
desideratum
An extremely pretty way of dispos.
ing cards is to arrange them after the
manner of tiles around the REPLACE.
There is generally crack into which
they can be pushed but they must be
tackled little or pinned. for, otherwise,
you may be forced 20 see your choicest
meme ntoes oremated before your eyes.
If the heat curls them. dab little mu-
cliage on the end and stick them back
in place.
They can BE- made into a screen if
your patience Is considerable. holiday
cherubims and legends taking the place
oil more everyday japanese figures
and cretonne shephertesses. And sim
liar idea IS Christmas card table.
need not say that the cards must usual
ly lap more OF less, to avoid the prim
look which would be given by placing
than regularly edge TO edge.
Or, make a bold, picturesque blot of
color against the wall or door. which is
done by pastihg the cards on paste
board, either in some fancy shape COM
posed entlrely OF the pictures. or braE-
ching out above a PLAGUE, toward one
side, then bending upward. This gives
L more prominent impression than the
3romlscuous sprinkle, which, Just i'll the |
season, We make as widespread as pos.
'l.le to show the neighbors that our
Tie nds are more numerous than theirs.
And now have one idea left in my
epertoire, which is, perhaps. best OF
lll- Select half a dozen caids, sent by
Jour dearest dears, and stick into your
mirror. docs any one know why this
S chosen as Our most affectonate
shrine! Can 1t be to guard against
orgetfulness = Then bundle up the
est after having ENJOYING the irendk
'ememberance which they imply, and
lend them to IN orphan asylum. hos
oital, country home, somewhere where
h little Pollys and Johnnies may have
| taste of your Christmas second hand.