Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-03-30
GIFT-GIvING AT EASTER.
Practice Still Prevails and Very
Pretty Custom.

Practice Still Prevails and Very
Pretty Custom.
The old habit of gift-giving at Easter
is still alive and it is the correct thing
that such gifts should be made by the
hands of the donor. Some of these are
pretty and comparatively inexpen-
sive.
Book and magazine covers made OF
water color paper or art linen are
among the pretty and useful gifts. A
cover for dictionary will serve as a
model 1t was made of white water
color paper of light grade and used
| on pepper covered edition that was
about five inches wide by six long. The
| paper was first fitted to the covers OF
the dictionary and folded and creased
so that the surface to be decorated YVES
plainly indicated. On one side vas
painted a full cluster of forget-me-
nots. On the other was a smaller
spray, which occupied two-thirds of
the space; the remaining third-just
In front Of the back-was tinted a del
lcate gray. on which, in gilt, in fancy
lettering, was the word Dictionary"
Then the cover was again folded over
the volume and this time secured
with mucilage or photographer paste.
Violets or any other blossom pre-
ferred could be used in place of the
forget-me-nots as decoration. When
linen is used in making book or maya
zine covers embroidery is a better more
satisfactory condition than painting.
Book marks are favorite Easter gifts
and generally hand painted on water
color paper celluloid or ribbon. A
pretty one of the first material is COM
posed of two strips of the paper cut
exactly alike-about an inch and three
quarters wide and five long. On the
center of the under one is a dainty lit
tie wash drawing; in the center of the
upper one is cut an Oblong opening to
hit the drawing, and on the uncut sur
face Is deliCately painted a bit of red
and yellow foliage, such as appears in
early spring on some varieties of trees
and shrubs. From between the ends
Of the pasted strips extend bits of
| fringed ribbon in either of the Easter
| colors-white, yellow or lavender.
The special talisman of Easter-the
garter-must not be forgotten. In
pairs for real use, singly, in yellow, for
| luck, the garter is perennial This year
it is most gorgeous, being covered with
puffings of chiffon or ribbon in Easter
colors and further decorated with bows
composed of chiffon, satin ribbon an
inch or more wide, baby ribbon in sa
tin or velvet and narrow lace, the
latter also being intermingled.
Buckles are also added to many Of
the bows, with puttings covering the
elastic. This sounds elaborate. and
the garter thus decorated looks it, but
a short study Of the arrangement and
bit of mental arithmetic proves that
the method is really simple, the ex-
pense inconsiderable. and the effect a
fiat contradiction of both deductions
The single garter is presented for
! luck 1t will call Cupid to aid the
spinster, young or old, in attaining
within the year that other half ever
and eagerly expected. Three condi-
lions are necessary, however. 1t must
be yellow, it must be worn on the left
leg and it must be-well, the third con-
dition is only traditional anyway and
| is better not mentioned.
Aluminium is made up into all sorts
of boxes, trays, cups, baskets, crosses,
frames, etc, and these may be prettily
hand painted. Sheets of aluminium,
like those of CellulOid, may be cut in
to cards, bookmarks, crosses and other
articles and similarly decorated.
A rich-looking gift, costing really
very little, Is work bag of brocaded
satin, decorated with painted clusters
of violets. 1t is lined with plain satin
of the same color and is supplied with
an encircling row Of small pockets.
A souvenir book for the use Of the
amateur photographer is easily made
as follows: Through one end of each
of twelve of the cards upon which
photographs are mounted punch two
holes. In one end of each of two sec
| lions or neaVy water Color paper cut
half an inch larger each way than
the cards, punch two corresponding
holes, lay the cards between these COW
ers and fasten all of the parts together
with ribbon drawn through the holes
and tied in a pretty bow. On the front
cover paste a photograph of some To-
cality in which there is mutual inter
est or make pretty wash drawing of
some familiar spot. Underneath des-
ignate the purpose of the book by the
inscription: Camera Gems" or Sum
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