Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-05

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While much Is to be said in extenuation Of
many mothers with little children and no
one to leave them with during the day,
the fact remains that for purely personal
reasons, as we'll as Humanitarian ones, the
woman who can do the bulk of her shop
ping before the last mad rush acts the part
of wisdom. Nothing Is more wearisome or
unsatisfactory than shopping In crowd,
and the gift that utterly exhausts the
giver in its getting Is not to be envied
Unless one has begun her Christmas gifts
and shopping early In the season there Is
much uncertainty toward the end In know
ing what to get. Every year brings the
experience says that she makes it a point
to spend one day in early December max
ing a round of the shops but not permit
ting herself to be beguiled Into purchasing;
She goes with notebook and pencil and
puts down whatever seems desirable, with
it's price and where seen. Then at nome
she goes over her list Of prospective CHRIST
mas recipients, consults her notebook and
makes her decisions This done the shop
pi-g is comparatively easy to accomplish.
While little late to have pictures taken
for Christmas the suggestion of we'll
known photographer in regard to the dress
| that should be worn in having picture
| taken Is well worth considering for future
occasions. The most elaborate dress, ne
says, unless artistic-which the stylish"
| dress never isis bound to look queer and
| old-fashioned In the lapse of years. Study
| old pictures that are famous and have
| stood the test Of time In almost every
| case the hair dressing Is simple and the
dress such that style has no part in it.
| Avoid bows in the hair. exaggerated
sleeves. tight, high collars, an overplus of
| jewelry. Try the effect of shawl thrown
| over the head and shoulders, or an ordi-
nary dress with the collar tucked In and
| soft fichu hung loosely round the neck.
| The uses that a piece of soft muslin or
wooden shawl may be put to in photog-
raphy are infinite, and many up-to-date
professionals now declare that these simple
! little properties often produce the most
| charming effects when photographs taken
| in elaborate dresses have been discarded.
| Passe-Partout Framing-The revival Of
rasse- partout provides an easy, artistic and
| inexpensive way of mounting and framing
pictures. full of delightful suggestions for
Christmas.
1t Is quite wonderful what good effects
| may be secured by means Of this simple
| method OF framing, which at the same time
allows individual Ingenuity and variety in
the manner OF carrying 1t out. number
of photographs of the Perry pictures
framed in this way and grouped together
| on wall has a charming effect in room,
as also series following the staircase,
| just high enough to be on level with the
| eye. In making passe-partout frame the
materials required are piece of clear
white picture glass beware of that Of a
| UlulSu llusc1, d piece OF stout CdTuDOdTQ
the same size, a roll Of binding. hanger
and O. mount or mat. In some cases the
| print Is framed with no mount visible, but
unless the picture is Of large size 1t is
usually more satisfactory to have one eS-
| pecially If the wallpaper be Of a rather
obtrusfve design. The glass can be obtain
| ed at the glaciers cut to the size required
or old camera plates may be utilized. first
soaking IN hot water to loosen the film and
| peel 1t off. Old boxes may be utilized for
| the cardboard. while paper for binding the
| edges comes In rolls Of q dozen yards at
nine cents the roll. This may be obtained
| In various tints, and is already mucilaged.
| The tint should be chosen to harmonize
| with the print and the mount. taking also
into consideration the probable surround
| ings. An adept in framing advises brown
| for photographs of brown tone. dark gray for
black, pale gray for lighter tones and dark
| green for an all-round coed color If you
are distant from shops, you can make your
own binding out of plain wall paper or thin
brown paper, cutting 1T into even strips an
| inch wide and then into four pieces, two of
them the exact length of the top and bot
| an inch longer than the two sides. Put the
picture, with or without the mount, between
the glass and the back, taking care that 1t
| is in perfectly even
Brush the longer pieces with the n,,1cIla pa
| that comes on purpose and bind the edges
allowing the paper to- project over about a
third OF an inch on the face side while the
ends which We're left longer can be turned
over and stuck at the back. Then in the
| same way bind the top and bottom edges
together, mitering the corners neatly. Be-
fore binding the edges together make two
| Sits In the cardboard back where the fiat
ends~of the little brass hangers may be in
serted. These come at 10 cents, three dozen
| In a box.
| Variations may be made ad lib. A touch
| OF originality may be given these frames by
arranging float Of seaweed or spray Of
| pressed flowers on the mount. Only thin
| specimens can be used, or the contact be-
| tween glass and print would not be sufi-
| GENTLY close.
| Christmas Cards-.tChris tmas cards" are
| all calendars this year excepting the small
ones, which may be sent In a letter or with
Christmas gift or used as place card at
a Christmas dinner.
Calendars.-As for calendars, their name
is legion. For the woman who prefers to