The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-15
AUTUAINAL FANCIES.
Artistic Possibilities of Rich Fo-
1iage, Vines, Grain and Fantastic
Woods.

summer has gathered I'D her verdant
oraper1es, and vanished, like a dream of
beauty. Forest. field and woodland WELD
forth their glorious harvest of autumno1
wealth. Bitter-sWeet. clemat:s. vines ann
orlght foliage still linger as rapturous
memories of gay flora. meath sappbire
SKIES of the Summer Queen.
harvest these rare tributes and with
them brighten the home when all with
out is cherries. Golden Rod and the c.+-
tail should be cut with long stems. Tied
INTO great bunch they are effective as
a standing corner bouQzet A quaint lar
olnniere filed with hydrangeas. is
SH0Wy arrangements for d vacant recess.
rare color effects are wrought through
the aid of small branches of oak leaves.
IN thelr superb tinting. The white oak
distinguished by the pointed leaf. is finer
ana ana more brilliant than that of the
plack oak, the leaf of which has rounded
looes. The young sprouts shooting ont
from OLD stumps are richer in hue than
are the branches cut from a tree. Cut
on entire branches and twigs, not
the season, collect a number of acorn
bearing twigs> Eeach acorn must be
slued TO IFS cup, otherwise, upon drying
II VIII faH out. Such twigs frightened
with gold paint are admirable for photo
graph easels and fill numberless other
artistic purposes.
A bunch of catalpa pods, painted in
bronze and green, aud tied with a green
ribbon, is an unique decoration. Twigs
OF the thorny honey-iocust cork-elm. and
red dog-Wood, all are desirable
Bitter-sweet cut in Lag lengths and
tackled as continuous vine over an arch
way is a thing of glowing beauty. Like
Yerted into a freize of refreshing green.
The clematis adds ETHEREAL charm to
statuettes and bric-a-brac, or when droop-
ing over the edge of mirror, it reflects
Its own airy lovlineSs.
Those fluffy, silken balls of milk-weed
are ever an object of coVetous admira-
tion. If one only knows how, there is
not the slightest difficulty in making
the milk-weed until fully mature, yet be-
fore the pod has opened. At any time
when ready to make the balls burst the
pod, and soak its undisturbed contents
contents of one pod just suffice for a
ball. In the morning all the brown seeds
are readily stripped off by slipping
through the fingers. Lay long, stout,
white silk thread on the table, and on it
in punches of thZE to six, place all the
tufts of a single pod. The close end OF
the tuft, where the brown seed has been
removed, is placed to The outer edge,
these closed ends forming .he circumfer-
ence of the BALL The symmetry of the
ball depends upon the degree OF uniform
ity and closeness with which the tufts
have been ranged to either side OF the
thread Have the ends well overlapping
across the thread, draw up Carefully tie
in firm knot and, when dry, the detesta-
hle weed has been transformed into a
creation of rare beauty. These balls,
tied in clusters, serve countless ornamen-
tai missions.
An unique holder to be filled with a
bouquet of wheat, oats, and rye, is made
from large ear of corn. The interior
therefore, readily scooped ont by means
of sharp knife In harmony with its
rustic origin, the finish must be simplic- |
ty itself. Either Varnish, gild, or better |
still, leave it as nature unadorned. Edge |
The top with a frill made of corn husk, !
and fasten a bow of the same at the |
over end. Suspend from a fine hemp |
,ope, fastened at both ends of the corn. |
instead of the bouquet of grain. the hold |
,r may be the receptacle for something |
'resh, green and growing. A conically |
shaped sponge, filled with flax seed, and |
kept thoroughly soaked with water, ere |
ong will represent a miniature mountain
# deep blue smiling from above the gol- |
len corn. Similarly, the sponge t1Tled |
with ordinary grass seed, is soon con-
rerted into picturesque growth of Wig
)rous green.
novel idea is the use OF pressed flow
srs in a window Transparency. This is
clothing more than happy arrangement
Il pressed Mowers. ferns, and grasses,
md leaves between two small panes of
window glass. The under glass,
O which the bouquet is glued, is first
covered with a. sheet of dull green tissue
'aper glued 10 the pane with gum tras-