Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-12-04

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The simple. always popular. hook
shaped framess to hold two, four, six
er-eyeD more photographs. are useful.
They may be covered with almost any
Kind OF material. though of cour sc the
Whatsoever the material chosen. the
more dainty the results i'll be. These
frames may be closed like a book 70
lie on table. thereby tsJ>scg the place
Of the obsolete album. or they may
bt extended screen fashion, partly open
SO as to exhibit the pictures they CON
tain. IL is almost necessary - buy the
foC - tions for these frames. as IL is
reariy impossible for Il novice 10 cut
out the cardboard and have IL perfect
ly exact and unless they are. exact
they are not at all pretty. The founda-
tiorss are sold for few cents apiece,
and consist of two pieces OF heavy card
board for each division or leaf of the
book. The back and front are the same
IN size, eight inches by six, but the
front piece has an opening 81, inches
ty 3H for the picture. For frame
capable of holding four pictures, eight
pieces OF cardboard will be required,
four Of which must have the opening az
already described. There viii al;o be
necessary half yard of material. 81
inches wide. a sheet uf batting, n sheet
cf white watered paper and some good
giue. Begin by making the hack Of the
book first.
TO do this bride the silk lengthwise,
SO that there win be two pieces. each
81 inches long. From the end Of each
piece cut off two inches and place aside
for subsequent use. Extend one of the
25-iiich pieces. right side down. on the
table. Place layer OF batting over the
silk, and on the batting adjust at equal
distances the four back pieces. allow
ing sufficient space between each 10
permit the frame TO Oe folded i'm bool,
form. Then turn the edges Of the ma
terial being used for the cover and the
batting over the back pieces and glue
firmly in place. The end pieces of the
silk are now brought into use. Divide
them through the center. so that there
will be four pieces, although only three
are 10 be used. These pieces are TO be
glued in neatly between the cnrl-boards
60 hide the exposed batting at the
hinges. The tops and bottoms of these
strips viii he. Of course turned under
so as toavoid raw edges To finish the
backs giue over the cards pieces OF
watered paper. covering the ends of
the silk which have been previously
glued TO the boards. TIE object Of
this is 70 give the frame Ct finished ap-
I>carance when completed. This fin.
fshes the back Of the book frame. and
II may he laid away TO dry while the
front pieces are Being covered. To
cover the front pieces proceed in the.
same way. emitting the batting. When
all ore covered glue them i'm position
20 the bacls pieces, leaving the bottom
free to admit the photographs; place
under a heavy weight and let remain
under pressure for % hours. so that
the glue may become well ct Brocade.
Chinn silk. crepe. duck. denim md
embroidered linen nre all used I'm the
manufacture OF these useful photo
graph holders.
Pretty frames of this sort nav b.
made rs gifts for friends. or brothers.
sisters or cousins who ore NJ college,
utilizing the college colors when select
ing the covering; yellow and whit, for
Dryn Mawr. rose and gray for Vassar.
blue and white for Barnard. kluc for
Wellesley. orange and black for Prince
ton. crimson for Harvard. dark blue
for Yale. carnelinn and white Tor Cor
nell. blue and white for Columbia, pur-
pie and white for Amherst, red and blue
for Pennsylvania. brown and white for
Prown and black and blue for .IohrS
Uopkins.-Ladies' Home Journal