The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-09

sin of fresh water, in which the MOSES
| should be allowed to soak out and be
cleansed from all sand and salt. AS
| the MOSES are used most frequently
when mounted on cardboard, the cards
should be prepared in their proper size
before the MOSES are touched. When
| the particular piece of moss that is to
/ be mounted is well cleanSed and all
| its little branches and tendrils are dis
tinct, remove it with large spoon to
a soup plate, which should contain just
enough water to float the moss per-
fectly. Slip the cardboard on which 1t
| is to be mounted carefully under the
moss being careful not to disturb the
moss any more than possible. Much
| of the arranging can be done while the
card is in the water under the moss
Use a needle or long pin to bring the
moss, being careful not to disturb the
| a very sharp and slender pair of scis-
| sorS to cut out any parts that may nave
| become broken or are in the way, or
prevent a graceful arrangement of the
moss.
When this is partly done raise the
card gently and let the water drain off.
If any part becomes misplaced and can
not be fixed with the needle, drop a
| bit of water on the portion and it will
| spread into place again, aided by the
needle.
Then lay a piece of linen cloth over
the moss and place between plotting
PAPERS to press. The cloth prevents
the moss from sticking to the blotter
and torn from the card on which the
moss is now arranged.
OF course, the pink MOSES are the
most sought for, but green ones that
| look like pieces of thin silk gauze make
exquisite bits Of coloring; they are so
| thin that when mounted they seem like
jauuarelles rather than vegetable mat
| ter.
The MOSES represent every variety
| of shade except blue, and on the coast
! of Florida and California, there even
are some varieties which are almost
purple. The colors most frequent are
shades of brown, yellow. green, pink,
red and even cream color.
With this large assortment there
are many lovely combinations to be
made in mounting them. White cards
are generally used, although the color
ing is apt to be injured by the card
being placed in the water when ar
ranging the MOSES.
! The loveliest menu cards a hostess
at Newport used last year for an elab-
lorate pink dinner were decorated with
the most beautiful bits of sea MOSES.
lSome had only one piece in the corner
! of the card. Others were encircled
with most minute tendrils that seemed
MOSES were all in shades of rose and
red, and the cards were the cause of
much comment They added the flavor
lof the sea to the dinner in an uneX-
lpected way.
A small scrapbook with a pretty
icoyer appropriate to the future con-
ltents is convenient for this purpose.
One that 1 have seen was about 12x11
Inches, and had but ten pages. On the
first leaf in pretty letters, was written,
"Sea Noses and under it, Bring me,
II said, breath of the sea-"
On each successive page was verse;
the first one ran:
Was it the tip of dancing plume
That decketh the head of mermaid
queen?
Or refuse threads from an elfin loom. :.
Matching the mantle of pale sea green?
The MOSES were used to illustrate
the poem, and pasted in irregularly,
according to fancy. A little -four paste
sometimes two or more cards were
put on one page.
Another pretty book can be made by
having the cards cut the desired size.
lusing a larger vessel to hold the water
land mounting the MOSES directly on
the thick pages. These can be strung
together by ribbons at the back. Still
another pretty gift was small, fancy
basket of creamy white straw, which
was lined with nile green silk, holding
la set of cards on which the MOSES
were already mounted. The cards in
this case had to fit the basket, which
was nearly filled with them, couplet
on the back of each bit of pasteboard
lmaking it a very charming gift which
would be Of interest to visitors.
MRS MGUIRK.