Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-27
CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS.
HOW Inexpensive Presents May He
Made With Little TroubIe-USe-
full Desk Sccexsor;ax

AS this is the season when people are
puzziins themselves about economical
christmas presents. the following sugges-
ions may lie found fruitful:
a DAINTY and inexpensive penwiper is
mace with the aid of Il little Chinese doll.
Find a small kneeling one. about two and
0ae-half inches high. and make a pretty
little coat Tor i, out of some bright bit Of
felVet. gather a pretty contrasting color
or SILK beneath this for a blouse. and then
fet me iittle figure rest on u few circles OF
ielt, nicely pinked around. Fasten these
~ the center OF the ci!ele and then glue
tine man upon them.
an9ther pretty %penwiper is made by buy
Tor They are about three inches
wide, and look pretty if mounted upon felts
made OF the Mexican colors, red and yell
low: Pace the colorS alternately, and let
each extend Il little beyond the other; fas-
ten the felt and stitch tac hat on top.
made by ,artisticaily arranging tiny s.a-
shells and NOSES together and putting
theIn beneath glass. These glasses can
be bought either oval or square, and they
magnify whatever is put beneath them.
Take your glass and cut a piece OF card
board the size of the hollow in the glass.
as possible the tiny sprays of moss and
shell flowers; Have your variety of the
smallest shells handy. also a candle and
DeesWaX, and handle your shells with
tweezers. Pick up a little shell with the
tweezers and put the coarser end of It in
the flame of the candle. just long enough
fer 1t to get warm, then have your wax
made into little wads. put the shells into
this while they are warm. and when they
the little roseleaf shells you can put these
, nar N one at a time; until you have a
covered with little shell flowers, and pref
~ ends of mosses are put into the glass
and the bottom covered with felt. This is
as well.
taking < more snv oT1d dina ? do nT2enTyiPer is made by
and 6rpSS;r a y II, l,olr ~ ~.
little longer and of heavy black material,
so heavy that the doll will stand alone,
and across her shoulders pin a tiny white
on her head. and you will have 4 neat little
nurse. II you have sleeves in the doll
SaeIs; It en is a M EaSa idea 4ss to sbi sew a s, Red e h,s GROSS 9ss
the penwiper.
To make an Aunt Dinah whisk broom.
bright red goods the length of the straw.
Make a couple of little rolls of black goods
that will do for the arms and sew them to
make a head by stufing black calico. work
ing the eyes. nose and mouth with red
thread. Put a little red turban on the
mead, dress the waist in negro fashion,
with the bandanna around the shoulders.
and you will have a comical yet useful
A neat little device for holding newspa-
per clippings is made by taking half a
dozen large commercial envelopes; put the
through them, about two inches from each
end. and close to the bottom edge: through
these run baby ribbon. At the upper edges
at the end of the envelopes put a hole
through each one and allow the baby rib
bon to go through each one loosely. but fas-
ten it with a pretty bow to the outside
ones. These envelopes can be marked
History" Science" Poetry etc. To
make this prettier. put a back on 1t of
celluloid with a pretty painting. or of
dainty wood or notched cardboard. Put
your clippings inside. and they are as Sc
cure and in as regular order as if they
were pasted.