The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-06-26
DAINTY PHOTOGRAPHS FRAMES.
HOW to make the Popular Book-shapsd


| How to make the Popular BOok-Shaped
Kind.
Tbs simple, always popular, book
shaped frames, to hold two, four, six
or even more photographs, are useful.
They may be covered with almost any
kind of material, though of course the
handsomer the material chosen, the
more dainty the results will be. These
frames may be closed like book to
lie on q table, thereby taking the place
of the obsolete album, or they may
be extended screen fashion, partly open
so as to exhibit the pictures they con-
tain. 1t is almost necessary TO buy the
foundations for these frames, as it is
nearly impossible for a novice to cut
out the cardboard and have it perfect
ly exact, and unless they are exact
they are not at all pretty. The founda-
tions 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 5H inches
by 3Ka for the picture. For a frame
capable of holding four pictures, eight
pieces of cardboard will be required,
four of which must have the opening as
already described. There will also be
necessary half a yard of material, 81
inches wide,-a sheet of batting, a sheet
of white watered paper and some good
glue. Begin by making the back of the
hook first.
To do this divide the silk lengthwise,
so that there will be two pieces, each
% inches long. From the end of each
piece cut off two inches and place aside
for subsequent use. Extend one of the
25-inch 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 to
permit the frame to be folded in book
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 to be used. These pieces are to be
glued in neatly between the card-boards
to hide the exposed batting at the
hinges. The tops and bottoms of these
strips will be, of course, turned under
SO as to avoid raw edges. To finish the
backs glue over the cards pieces of
watered paper, covering the ends OF
the silk which have been previously
glued to the boards. The object of
this is to give the frame finished APP
pearance when completed. This fin
iEhes the back of the book frame. and
it may be laid away to dry while the
front pieces are being covered. To
cover the front pieces proceed in the
same way, omitt1ng the batting. When
all are covered glue them in position
to the back pieces, leaving the bottom
free to admit the photographs; place
under a heavy weight and let remain
under pressure for "a hours, so that
the glue may become well set. Brocade,
China silk, crepe, duck, denim and
embroidered linen are all used in the
manufacture of these useful photo
graph holders.
Pretty frames of this sort may be
made as gifts for friends, or brothers,
sisters or cousins who are at college,
utilizing the college colors when select
ing the covering; yellow and white for
Bryn Mawr, rose aud gray for Vassar,
blue and white for Barnard, blue for
Wellesley, orange and black for Prince
ton, crimson for Harvard, dark blue
for Yale, carnelian and white for Cor
nell, blue and white for Columbia, pur-
pie and white for Amherst, red and blue
for Pennsylvania, brown and white for
Brown and black and blue for Johns
Hopkins.-Ladies' Home Journal.