The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1891-09-03
FOR FERN PORTFOLIOS.
How 10 Preserve Pretty MsTsntOs Of
September Outings.
spatteF Work with PaInt.-whaI
Can be Done with Home skill
and Modest Materials.

kOee 70 tIle country IN september Will
find the woods green and beautiful with
ferns. Where the trees are thickest, and
the sunshine Sits through only in golden
drops hanging here and there from the
fronds, there even the hum Of the locust
is silenced, and she who gathers for her
fern portfolio learns for once in the year
what stiffness Of the woods can mean.
II she means TO use the fragile forest
beauties for iancywOrk, she cannot
gather them too carefully. They must
be laid upon damp moss and kept moist
till she reaches home. Then each speci.
men must be spread carefully upon dry
ing paper, and several sheets OF il must
be put over and under them; alter this
they must be placed under 4 heavy
weight. At the end Of twelve hours the
paper must be changed After three or
four days the fronds will be ready 10
mount, and for this work a rainy day is
always the best day, especially II you
have a room where you can hear on the
roof the splash Of the big drops Of dog
days.
When the specimens are quite dry they
must be arranged on heavy mounting
paper, sheets measuring liz by les in
ches being a good size. Each frond
must be spread with care and held in
place by drop Of mucilage or by narrow
strips Of paper pasted at each end.
When all the mounting is complete, and
each is marked with It's generic name, its
popular name, and the time and place Of
finding the sheets will be ready to bind.
The following devices for binding, while
they are eminently tasteful, require only
the amateurs skill.
The first cover shown is Of pale olive
surah sateen, on which is spattered a
fern with u darker shade Of olive dye
paint. Two thin boards or pieces Of
heavy cardboard are first cut Of the re-
quired size and neatly covered with
sateen. Holes are then punched with
an ordinary shOemaker's punch through
each board along one side and quarter
Of an inch from the edge at intervals Of
one and one-half inches. Through these
holes is laced olive silk cord to form the
hinge Of the folio and the cover is ready to
decorate.
SCATTERING is process which has fall
len somewhat into disuse, but Is capable
Of producing excellent effect and is
peculiarly well suited to the work in
hand. The fern Is laid carefully in place
and is held by pins. A finetooth comb
and toothbrush are called into requisition
and the surface Of the cover is spattered
with the paint. The work must be done
regularly and with care and all blots
avoided; then when the fern is removed
there will be a perfect reproduction Of its
ieathery beauty on background Of dark
olive.
The second cover given is Of gray
channels skin decorated with q design
Of ferns and spiders web, all Of which
are executed In silver. The IErn Is paint
ed with silver bronze and the web
embroidered with silver thread. The "
like the preceding one, can be ny
home, but is constructed on a slig'
ierent principle. The chamois y
cut Of the length Of the coy
inch, and Of twice Its width
one-half inches. Then
must be laid upon Il, eacf
inch from the edge at
must the edges on all
turned and pasted &c
space between the
form the hinge, The
lined with gray waterd
Il is necessary first to-
length and width OF the
turn In Its sdgss and top
to the boards. The edges
carefully handled and the
with neatness, 80 that the 81
closely without becomif
damp to mar its beButy. 7
Besides the channels
surah sateen many othe'
be used to good eff
leather, both dressed
admirable, and line
or bFocade Of many
ton may vary as tr
the scattering Is 81
requiring no tee
within the reach
Painstaking.
new LAY
Commissioner CaI
Features ia
Pscialb
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Commissioner
land Office, has
rs TO what settlerA
laws will have to
pocially are these on
ing desert lands. The
a general omnibus bin
amount Of desert landG
might acquire was re9
80 acres. A western se
dressed several pertinent
the subject to Mr.. Carter,
quotes and answers in the
"First-WheEe settlement
unsurVeyed land prior to August 80, 1880,
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