Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-29
FOR OUTDOOR WEAR ON CHILLY DAYS

green, pound of stem wire and gross Of
rose leaves will be a sufficient outfit. II
lamp shades are to be made, dark red
gives fine effect when placed over light
Aside from the paper one needs a couple
of spools of coarse linen thread, a pot of
white paste, q little cotton batting, dun
knife and a small cushion nearly filled with
bran. This last is to curl chrysanthe-
NUNS on.
Rivaling Nature.
Later on a few rose centers, some ca
lyxes and culots for the carnations and
rubber tubing for covering rose stems may
be INDUCED in. One can even find thorns
ready to glue along the stems. Pond lilies
have special stamens and pistils, and pop
pies have natural seed cup and made pis-
ills.
One thing may be mentioned as being a
great addition to any scheme of decoration,
and that is to purchase good-sized bunch
of maidenhair fern and dip it into a kettle
of hot water where an ounce of beeSw2X
has been melted, lifting it out slowly. This
coats it and preserves it indefinitely A
spray of this with any kind of flower adds
greatly to its delicate beauty
Without diagrams 1t is not easy to teach
any one how to make all flowers of tissue
paper, but there are three SO easy to do
that simple directions can be given, and as
the beginning succeeds with these she will
be able to branch out with others. Lamp
shades and candle shades are far easier to
Z make than one can imagine until the work
is tried. 1t looks so complicated that wo-
men are afraid to venture.
To make a chrysanthemum take one
sheet of paper and fold it SO that it will
form six inch squares Cut these into cir
cles. dozen folds al a time. Then cut the
petals down to within one inch from the
center and point them as they in
ture. 1t requires twelve of these folds for
a medium-sized flower. and eighteen for
large one.
Take three of the clipped circles. and
place them together on the cushion and
with an instrument like the pointed handle
of toothbrush begin at the tip of the
petals and bear down hard on the instru-
ment drawing 1t toward you to the center.
The petals will curl up and be beautifully
veined. Do this until all are curled
The Construction.
Take a wire ten inches long and wind one
end around a bunch of yellow cotton so
that 1t is very solid. On this depends the
solidity of the finished flower. Then pull
the curled circles apart taking care not to
uncurl them, and punch a hole in the mid
die of each. Paste the cotton all over and
string circle, holding the flower in the
left hand upside down and working the
curved petals up against the cotton. After
this no more paste is needed until the calyX
Is put on. String all the others, working
each gently with the hand until the petals
all curl inward.
When they are all on cut a round piece
of olive green paper and notch the edges;
paste the inside and push that up against
the flower. Bend the wire and hang the
flower upside down in a safe place to dry.
Cut several long strips of the green paper
for winding the stems. Cut four leaves for
each chrysanthemum, except where the
flower is to decorate a lamp shade when
no leaves are required. Cut wires six inches
long, paste them and lay them along the
middle of the leaves, pressing them down
with the fingers. These can be cut after
the real leaf. All foliage is better when
cut according to nature. A pattern can be
taken once and will serve always. This
also is true of the petals.
When the leaves are dry take the long
strips dab a bit of paste on the end fasten
that to the calyx and begin to wind it round
and round downward until the wire is COW
cred. This requires a little practice, but
can be done All stems of all flowers are
wound the same way, and all leaves, except
carnations, must have the wire for midrib.
How to Make Bud.
A bud can be made to go with each flower
by squeezing up few petals and finishing
them with cayx and stem. When the leaves
are dry wind them to the main stem.
Carnations are made by cutting scalloped
circles, notching the edges and cutting out
ovals near the middle Twist little cotton
with wire, string the circles and squeeze
Them add the green calyx and wind two
long, narrow leaves of crepe paper in with
the main stem.
Roses are made by taking three strip Of
paper and winding them around a center
made of wired cotton. Tie with linen thread
as you wind. When the strips, each three
inches wide, are all on slash the ton trim
the corners round and curl the petals thus
formed with knife. Calyxes are made of
crepe paper, and the stems are wound with
two or three sprays of leaves. Buds have
StriD. and the palVY jS aIa
around the bud.