Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-08-18

DESIGN FOR MARTIAL PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES
largely limited to the cities and towns,
where leisure and wealth permit so
many women to indulge their pet fan
cies. There is perhaps not village to-
day in the United States that is not in
terested in patriotic schemes for raising
funds to minister to the wants of the
men who are SO calamity fighting the
battles of their country.
Bazaars and fairs have the favorite
means used for securing this object. and
a patriotic public never fails to respond
to this call for aid. At these social
functions usually every idea that can
be given martial suggestion is util-
lied, but military photograph frames
seem to be the most popular and sala-
BILE. At New York fair recently held
the ladies having charge of the affair
supplied themselves with large store
of photographs of war heroes, such as
Admiral Dewey, Acting Rear Admiral
Sampson, Commodore Sehley, Lieuten-
ant Hobson, Cadet Powell, Captain
Henry H. Whitney, Lieutenant Rowan,
Ensign Bagley, Lieutenant Bernadou
and the other heroes of the war, to say
nothing of fine line of photographs of
the most distinguished officers of the
regular army and navy. These were
mounted in gorgeous red, white and
blue military frames.
As women who have heroes at the
front may like to make special frames
for the precious pictures of their own
soldier boys or even to contribute some
to the stock at the fancy booths at mill
tary fairs some suggestions may be
helpful when based upon the experience
of others.
The most salable of all is the drum
frame. A toy drum of one of the small
est sizes is selected and may be treated
in several ways. One frame is made by
placing the photographs between the
strings of the drum. Ribbons in the
three national colors take the place of
the strings, the lower part of the card
board of the photograph being bordered
with ribbons and the corners finished
with neat bows of red, white and blue
ribbon. The tiny string to hang the
drum is of red, white and blue ribbon
and finished at the sides of the drum
and in the center of the loop by jaunty
bows of ribbon.
The canteen frame is another pretty
device. The old fashioned canteen can
be covered with silk, leaving an oval
space for the photograph. The silk is
preferably dark blue, with white stars
embroidered or printed upon it.
Fatigue military caps can be convert
ed into very appropriate frames. The
photograph is mounted in the center of
the top. An oval bound with ribbon in
closes the frame, which is then hung
upon the wall to display the photograph
to advantage.
A square piece of cardboard may be
covered with che of the little silk flags
which can be bought for dime in any
shop. A piece of white canvas is laid
over the flag to represent tent. Be-
tween the miniature tent flaps photo
graph is placed.
Four of the toy bayonets which can
be bought at any toy store, when laid to
form an oblique square and tied with
ribbon in the national colors, make an
appropriate frame for photograph
which has been covered with glass and
simply bound with white leather.
A dainty frame is made by placing
the photograph beneath one of the white
paper pads especially prepared for
mounting photographs and obtainable
at any picture store The back of the
photograph is covered with cardboard
while piece of glass which the paint
and oil man will cut into the required
shape is fixed over the face. A wreath
of laurel may then, if desired, be placed
about the photograph. Beneath the
wreath two toy cannons, unmounted,
may be crossed. A silk thread is tied
about the muzzles and the breeches of
the cannons to hold them in place.
ANNETTE CRAWFORD.