The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-09

picture shop and bought a piece of card
board of the long, narrow shape, which is
so much more artistic than a square, and
then set to work on the photographs them
selves. Every night when l went to bed
l put a dozen to soak in water in the
sponge bowl of my washstand, and the
next night took them out, and peeled off
as many layers of cardboard as came
away easily and safely. If all came off
dried the photographs tenderly with
handkerchief and placed ii in a blotting
pad if several layers remained, l put it
back to soak another twelve or twenty
four hours
When this process was over / cut out
such of the figures as had a well-defned
outline, and began the work of arrange
ment. With tiny pins I attached each
photograph to the cardboard in the posi-
ton in which il was intended to remain.
When all the photographs were pasted
on the effect was still a trihe spotty and
unfinished, but a paint brush and a little
brown paint worked wonders in the way
of filing in spaces and giving necessary
light and shade. For the mount l chose
pale green cardboard, as the frame was to
be of the new-fashioned green-stained
wood, ornamented with a scroll of gold,
and, turning over a number of Christmas
cards, l found one on which the words
"Auld Lang Syne" were inscribed in artis-
letters | drew on the mount on a larger
scale and when they were painted over in
god my part of the work was over
The Trainer did the rest in highly salts
factory manner: and now, as l write the
faces of my dear old friends smile upon
me from the walls, well pleased to be re-
leased from their long confinement. and
bringing with them happy recolIections of
the days Of youth.
THE fact of the matter u.s." said a fash
ionable woman questioned, there is really
no pleasure in it under present conditions
Who would dare nowadays to present to a
friend the little homemade trihe that
used to be deemed adequate to the occa-
sion-an embroidered knickknack, a pair
of slippers, or some such simple tolsen2
In consequence of these increased require
ments Christmas is becoming every wear
more and more of a tax to ones purse and
ones powers of endurance for aDart
from the expense, the mere physical la
Dor and worry of choosing and buying and
distributing Christmas gifts are in them
selves more or less of an inhiction."
young girl, says the New York Tri-
bune. who had saved her pocket money
for several months, to be able to give
what she considered creditable presents to
ner friends, was found by her mother a
few days before Christmas seated bv her
ped, IN HOODS OF tears, with all her va
rious purchases spread out on the white
Counterpart.
why what is the matter, dear?" ex-
claimed the astonished parent. as there
anything wrong?"
OH cried the child, amid her sohs
they all look so nasty and horrid and
hate them ALI And have saved M for
them so long!" And she could hardly he
persuaded to tie them up and send them
off to their several destinations.
Il knew so well just how she felt" said
her mother, in speaking of the scene af-
terward.
Il myself almost always experience inst
before Christmas sense VI absolute ais
couragement have spent so much ana
have so little to show for the money-and
il all seems so uselessv'
Some people say. says the New York
Sun, that 1t is vulgar to have any per
fume whatever, no matter how sweet
about the person or clothing. Others. con.