Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-21
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WHAT TO DO WHEN PHOTOGRAPHS
ACCUMULATE.
Ribbon and other Holders - Burnt
Wood and Decorations in
Carving.
Written for The Evening Star.

There are very few households In which
the accumulation OF photographs does not
after time make the question of what TO
do with them an embarrassing one. 1t IS
not that the photographs are not priced,
but that frames are expensive OF course,
with much labor the feminine members of
the family can embro;der linen frame
two. but embroidery making is tedious
work, and there is stu the frame to be
thought of for the mounting of the en-
broidery. Frames of water color paper
decorated with punches OF flowers are adj
mirable If one is an artist in water color
painting, but not all of us are. Those who
can execute sweetly pretty patterns In
fooled leather, burned wood or carved
work rarer still. and then one has only
ones wits to depend on. The wits. after
all. may not serve so badly if they are
properly managed.
First. Of course. comes the pasSe partout-
These car be made in a good many differ
ent shapes, so that they do not become
monOtoruus. Moreover, different colurs of
pastebOard can be had for the making of
the mat. so that any amount Of variety is
possible. There IS a shade OF biuish gray
that Is very pretty. Instead Of Cardboard
b!uttinE paper makes excellent mats ard *
little easier to cut and softer in appear
aEce. Fancy shapes in blOtting paper, cut
out with front and back to match. are very
dainty for children's or pretty girls photo
graphs They may be laced together
around the edges with narrow satin ribbon,
knotted into a full and jaunty bow above
for tack.ng to the wall
Pretty Variations.
Instead of the simple oblong frame to
contain one photograph. the passe partout
can he made with spaces for several small
pictures grouped over the frame. A circu-
lar frame to contain one large or several
small pictures may be adopted by way of
variety. The 'Ong shape, to contain half
dozen or More pictures in line, is SO Use
full for UTHdmenting spaces under or over
shelves a border for other pictures
that they have only to be tried to be ap-
preciateG. long panel frame carries out
this ide,. in the vertical direction. A Maltese
cross, with the pictures of mother and
father close together in the center and
those of brothers or sisters or other rel
atives in the arms. is a novel frame. The
glazier cut the glass in any shape in
which you present the mat. Oval frames
are pretty for very small photographs. The
spaces for pictures should be small ovals
to give the whole thing the appearance of
one of the frames used for miniature pic
lures
Photographs are very often mounted on
screens with good effect Spaces kor the in
sertiCn of the photograph are supplied by
crossing ribbon bands on the frssne, If its
surface has no projection into which the
pictures may be stuck.
For the photograph collection not on pub
lie view a handsome box is the best place.
Albums are o-G-IaShloned. Inc box may
De of japanned. carved or iacquered wood
may be a simple box covered with a
homemade fancy cover.
For Wy Lady's Boudoir.
For ones own room pretty device is
to take a yard of broad satin ribbon and
prepare handsome bow for each end.
Take a number Of photographs and paste
a strip OF strong paper to the back of each
leaving an unpasted space at the center
through which the ribbon may pass Run
the ribbon band through the openings so
that the row OF photographs stand face
outward mounted on the strip Sew the
bows to the end Of the ribbon and tack the
bows to the wall. A vertical row of pho
tographs can be made by running the strips
of paper across the backs of the photo
graphs and only lacking the upper bow to
the wall. or preferably putting no bow at
all below.
In Carved Wood.
Fancy photograph holders may be made
of carved wood or of pasteboard covered
with embroidered pieces of linen. They are
sometimes made of watercolor paper paint
ed and mounted on a heavy foundation of
wood or cardboard Fancy silk or cretonne
covers are easy to make a ribbon bow at
each end of the holder serving to orna-
ment them. These holders consist of a
back and front glued or sewed together
below. so that the photographs may be in
Serted in the open space above. The edges
are usually cut in symmetrically curved
lines or scalioPs
Photograph books may be made with
fancy linen. painted or embroidered COW
ers. Inside the covers a couple of bands
of narrow ribbon are stitched together to
form spaces the width of the photographs.
Into these the pictures are slipped, and the
ribbons and pictures doubled into the
book to form leaves.