Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-25

ened 1t may be washed over with brown
dye II the natural color is thought unde.
sirable. Then . scroll pattern is traced
In charcoal or ch six upon the top and
sides, and the outline followed In brass
nails placed one quarter or one half inch
apart, according to the size Of the Fails
used. AS hsu sring suffi GENTLY hard to
drive the nails into the wood would mar
their heads, it is necessary to make small
holes along the line CT the pattern into
which they may be driven with a gentle
tap
Oie or variety of styles CT nails may
be used, those in cross-shape Or leaf form
being particularly pretty set in at various
points.
Long hinges. cut or hammered In a
handsome pattern. and also shield for
the key. hole, may be added to the outside
to give an antique appearance.
For writer's waste hSskef, CT recep.
tacle for scraps in the woIk room,,a scrap
, holder Is eesilV made. Cat from heavy
psstebosrd tGuF pieces fifteen Inches long
! and te2 .c!hes VIDE for The des, and one
piece ten iIcnes Eql3re for The bottom.
After ccVefirg che siIe Of each piece
1ith pink sateer, sew the sizes and bot-
tom firmly together with linen thread,
having the sateen on the inside for the
lining. Tle Gu slte should be coversd
with palm red splasaer, s1ch as can be
purchased for ten or fifteen cen,g-iss
! width will answer fjr the height; draw II
snugly around tie pasleboaFd and j 1iIed
the ends neatly. a 6and Of Crimson
plush, three inches wide, lishes the top,
and bows Of pink satin ribbon fasten the
canes to the corner.
Simpler, and in reach CT the little folk,
are book marks. They are prettier than
Christmas card and not more costly,
and Of Infinitely more service. Those
made Of Bit OF bright colored ribbon,
iringed, and with an appropriate motto
outlined in foes, are very attractive. The
letter .rg may be first marked in lead pen
Gil. and sn excellent quotation is "T
have sought repose everywhere and Il lad
il only in little corner with 8 little
book" Another bock.mark Of yellow
No. 5 ribbon, bears the concise informa-
ton, "You left Il here"
A laundry bsg serves an excellent ffs
pose, and is inside Of satteen, andTstick
is run in shir at the top to Hold 1t In
pisce, and roset.es of braid ornament its
sides.
For the baby big sister can make .
rattle. It is easily made, the SscssssF7
materials being s round curtain stick,
which may be cut in four pieces, one ana
fVe.eights yards each of two colora6t
Nd 2 ribbon, snd eight little gilt or sIivsf
sleigh-bells. The ribbons are divided in
the middle and pinned to the top Of the
stick, then the four strands are braided
until the opposite end is reached. E ch
time that the ribbon is brought around
the stick 1t ought TO be fastened with q
pin, to keep 1t in plscs until the next
strand ia put ever it. The ends Of riboo
which are left after the braidipg is finished
are strung with bells aud fastened il;
loops 10 the top + the stick.
Never cut OF time Is tina calendar, and
when 1t is the result. Of the ingenuity and
taste OF some fair friend how much II is
priced, and the days SIS they go By re-
mind the recifl lent Of friends thought:
fulness. -
A great variety Ct cs endsrs tssF the
place Of Christmas carts, and among ting
pre.tiest is the everlasting one, made CT
water color card, with three sliding 10
oons, one baaring the names 4skethe
months, another the number CT dS5E and
the third the days CT the week. IRE idei
is lot new enc, but so much ALTITUDE is