Evening star., 1901-06-01
A M E M o RY 30 OOk
Roth YOUNG AND OLD TAKE PLEAS
URE IN 1T.
Record of EnJOyments ut Home and
Elsewhere a Timely
Ead.


| Written for The Evening Star
good many young people and older ,,eo-
| pie, too, have begun the delightful task of
| arranging a Memory Book to record the
! happy times they have had and the delight
| full people they have met Its makeup is
easier, II is Of more general interest and
| much less tedious than the old fashioned
| journal, with its daily recount OF often
! trivial and unimportant events large
scrap book, strongly bound, with guards
/ or extra strips between the leaves to admit
the pastings and entry of souvenirs is the
first requisite. A pretty over-cover can be
made of denim in blue, green or brown. or
of the ordinary tan canvas. with the title
| in embroidered lettering in outline. or I'm
gold running through the center.
Inc title Itself may be as fanciful and
poetic as one wishes, so long as IL is in
harmony with the idea, For Memorv's
Sake The Light of other DAYS" etc
spray of forget-me-nots or a scattering of
the blossoms on the outside or on the fly
leaf inside gives a dainty suggestiveness.
Let the cover be large enough to meet
over the edges and bound with "A neat braid
or ribbon, stitched OF and tied across the
ends and at the front.
AS this is keepsake book for the wears
OF after life, il is worth some trouble 10
make IL pretty and attractive. The filling
OF the pages will be according to the tastes
OF the maker. A girl of nineteen summers
mas made her memory book really a very
DAINTY piece of work. She selected alr,ost
entirely social happenings using invitatIons
ana other suggestive mementos one whole
pdse was given to visit to a friend at
IN, aIkselVlhg time. on the upper part of
the large page was the tag which was on
her trunk under II, arranged I'm a dasi.yn
were the little hand-painted dinner cards
ana SO on Again, on a page comm,morat.
ing clambake, given on the rocks az a
summer watering place, were some sprays
ol tne seaWeed that the CLAIMS were baked
IN, drled, pressed and fastened I'm the hook
py mute strips OF brightly tinted paper. etc.
Programs of operas, PLAYS and Iect1res
dahce cards. tally cards from whist and
euchre parties, filled out 1he pages which
showed great variety
Inc Memory Book of a college studarA
eho"ed on one page torn scraD of a
sweater worn at a memorable foot hail
game, and on another the program of some
GoIeee entertainment at which he assisted
fNery woman has some bright snots tbat
sne would be glad to recall-an evenfnp a,
the grand opera with a congenial friend
merry sleigh ride, a gay dance n SAILING
parry, Even Insignificant and homely rel
ics pflng pleasant thoughts and a smile OF
gladness. The pages can be varied and
mace attractive and artistic with the helm
OF the prush and paint box. An occasional
shetch In water color or black and white
often br 1gs to mind very viyidly Tho
scene itstlt as well as the Incidents, An
other good idea for the Memory Book is to
have a page or 20 for the autoeranb. 20
friends. Even though an acuuaintanca
drops out OF ones life, when the pages are
turned his name is there with some pleas
ant association.
Inc memory Book for travelling should
he much smaller-portfolio size-to admit
or use on the steamers deck. or on the
long Journeys by train. Many delightful
lncloent, with ts accompanying souvenir,
can be slipped into its pages for future
fastening, that would otherwise be forgot
ten and lost forever In the crowding ex
periences that follow
My Memory Book is the most preo,,,.
thing own" said young fellow. III has
helped me through many a dismal evening
In lonely city room" Years added To its
value. and In the library of the maturer
man woman successive numbers will
stand like ledgers of the pleasure times of
YOUTH A p r.