Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-12
NOVEL: DECORATIONS
Dazzling Ideas for Christmas
Tree Fixings.
AN ORIENTAL COLOR
ORNAMENTS THAT WILL MAKE
PRESENTS LATER.
A Picturesque Ceremony Round the
Tree When Put on
Exhibition.

Written for The Evening Star by Anna r. Walker
Less than 50, properly expended, will deco
rate the Christmas tree beautifully in a
| novel fashion, and give no end Of pleasure.
The chief thing to consider Is the color
| apd effect The materials employed are
| really secondary. There will. of course. be
a cobwebby mass of loose silver tinsel coiled
! in and out and over the tree in bewilder-
| ing labyrinth, and strings of popcorn, holly
berries and cranberries. Tradition demands
their use in connection with the novel orna-
ments.
Small and inexpensive souvenirs of Japa-
nese lanterns and opened parasols will give
a unique touch of oriental color to the
Christmas tree. From every available tip
tiny bells, hearts, stars, guitars, banjos
| and papier mache animals. such rabbits,
donkeys and RENDERS, should be suspended.
| If desired, the animals may be of cake, as
| molds are made especially for this purpose.
The stars and hearts may be cut from
bristol board and given coat of glue, then
dipped in mica or metallic flock.
Small red and green apples may be used
| to good advantage for decorative purposes
| by sticking them with tiny crepe paper
| flags. They should be suspended from the
boughs by braids of red. white and blue pa
| per.
| Walnuts, hickorynuts, peanuts. pine
cones etc, will help the decorative scheme
|
accomplish this result is smalt, which is
| kept by paint dealers, and comes in gold,
| silver and all the metallic shades.
First, dissolve cake of glue in boiling
water, place a tack in the end of the nut
| or object to be immersed dip in the LIQUID
| glue. roll In the small and dry. Later when
/ ready to suspend from the tree attach
| bright red ribbon to the gilded tack, and
| hang in some of the places that look bare.
Gilded Nuts.
|
children is to take the shells of the walnut.
| sit they will be intact remove the
meats, gid or silver the empty shells, then
| lace tiny doll. candy or motto inside, and
| tie with bright colored baby ribbon.
| 1t is almost impossible to have too many
| objects for trimmings, as the tree is like a
| yawning chaSm-hard to fill
| Little Cinnamon, dangling by their
: queues, and Japanese lads and lasses peer
| ing furtively out from among green boughs
| will create a great deal of amusement for
| the occidental boys and girls whose eyes
| are eagerly fixed on the tree. Mkmaids
| Jack Horners, Brownies, gnomes and
| fairies Will also be attraction, and they
may serve as bonbon receptacles as well.
| To make a milkmaid, for instance, use
bristle board, and shape n oblong round
| box Fit a bit of pasteboard for bJttom
| and make cover likewise. Fill with can
dies and nuts. Then take an ordinary
| biSQue doll, which may be purchased at anv
| 10-cent store, break off the legs and glue
| the body to the box. Next proceed to dress
the little cripple in a diaphanous crepe
paper gown of some dainty color.
Doll Bonbon Boxes.
| One OF the latest novelties for these doll
bonbon boxes is to dress them in evening
| gowns, en- train and decollete adding a
| picture hat, wrap and boa in some con-
| trasting shade. Black accessories are very
| fashionable for these m:dgets. Another
| pretty idea is to make tiny closed parasols
| of crepe paper glued to a toothpick and
| fasten in the hand Of little M lady-a SIM
| pie matter, as trial w II convince. Plumes
| for the hats are made by sashng a strip
| of folded paper. curling the fringe over a
toothpick and plating on the hat Muffs
| too. beautifully fashioned out of paper
| with a bunch of tiny violets added for trim
| ming With long coats, boas and picture
| hats these bonbon dolls quite stunning
| especially the golden haired, blue eyed ones,
| useful gift which will help to make
| the tree look pretty is the Irvine doll dress
| ed handsomely in crepe papers-pink and
| black, red and yellow, yellow and black or
| blue and black, with hat to match and
| white paper petticoats. Quite gOod-sized
| doll will be needed for this novelty at
| least a fourteen-inch one Break the legs
| off close to the body and glue the body
| to Irvine receptacle in which is a ball of
| Irvine. The costume WILL of course, need
to be voluminous.
| Little pixies can be made to peer out
| of unexpected hooks on the tree. They,
| too, are made Of small bisque dolls about
| six inches long, fastened on an oval piece
| of cardboard three inches In diameter for
| a standard. This cardboard should be COW
| cred with crepe paper, which may conceal
| several layers of felt or channels skin for
| a penwiper Lavender and white paper with
| plenty of gliding will give a beautiful ef-
| feet.
| Tissue Shaving Balls
Shaving balls made Of tissue papers In
| dainty colors. and immense fluffy balls to
| which are fastened loops of paper ribbon
| with bows are useful gifts and Unique for
| tree trimmings.
Electric light shades made in the shape
| Of an enormous cabbage rose. yellow. for
instance. with two buds dangling and an
! abundance of green leaves against the wire
frame, will be welcome gifts to some one
| after they have served as Christmas tree
| decorations.
Still another clever idea for the tree which
| will serve for trimming first and gifts later
| on are hatpin holders. which are made OF
| empty talcum powder boxes. Remove the
top and stretch a piece Of tarlstan across