The Washington times., 1903-11-08

luck and a small boy to carry the bas-
ket The basket, by the way, should
be q large. fiat box. with leaves in il,
arranged like a portfolio.
Tn branches. as they are gathered.
are laid in between the leaves and the
whole is brought home in safety.
The old-fashioned way Of pressing the
autumn lear has gone out The autumn
leaf. pressed fiat between the leaves OF
a book. is now not TO be found But.
instead Of this method of preservation.
there are far better ones.
The way to make the autumn leaf
keep is to preserve II. so the autumn
leaf girl viii tell you. Ironing It with
wax Is very good If you do not use too
much wax and If the iron is not TOO hot.
But the leaf must be ironed on Doth
sides or il viii curl up. And it must be
ironed twice TO give 81 two coaungs of
wax each very thin. but very evenly
applied.
The autumn leaf. like all beautiful
things OF nature. soon loses its luster
unless preserved; and that is the reason
why the manufactured leaf Is so popu-
lar. This manufactured leaf is made of
cloth with waXy surface. which mods
Its brllliancy a long time. It really looks
almost as natural as the real leaf and
could be made 10 take the place of the
product Of the woods
But the manufactured autumn leaf.
ike the artificial rose, lacks sentiment.
You do not smell the woods when YOU
look at H. and you have no desire TO
touch II and fondle IT. II lacks associa-
ton, and association 81 OF all things the
dearest thing on earth.
Gather We gariands while We NAV is
apparently the autumn leaf girls motto.
for she gathers branches of leaves and
garl9 ., ,'l them To garland the branch
es Of .eas - you take the stems in your
hand anc twist light wire around them
or heavy cord. but che wire IS better
TIE method OF garlanding leaves IS
1sthing similar 20 that which is en-
ployed Cor making the long Christmas
ropes or greenery. only IN this case YOU
try 10 turn the leaves all one way maxi
Ing them face you, instead Of twisting
them into q solid rope.
II light wire is used. and the garland
maker VIII put on "a pair OF stout old
gloves, she viii have no difficulty what
ever IN making as fine a garland as she
And there IS another way. and one
that Is employed by the woman who
loves nature In all her guises. The
branches IN this case are laid one on
top OF the other and stretched along in
great. beautiful sprays as long as the
room or longer. little wire is now
used 20 fasten the stems so as keep the
garland IN place. But. finally, as a
pretty touch OF naturalness. there are
little tWigs pinned through the leaves:
and this gives the garland a very wood
land look
Every girl who has gone 20 the woods
Cor autumn leaves has made these long
chains Of leaves, fastening them to-
gether with the little tWigs which she
picked up on the ground. And in max
Ing her garland now she uses the same
material. But she must not forget 10
provide q little wire to do the real work
for the twigs VIII give out. pull out. OF
break.
The gerlands should not be too reg
uiar. IN fact they are more beautiful
/ II they are ragged and If Il few branches
hang IN festOons and sprays. These arc
easily arranged and the result VIII ID
as beautiful as many colors aad an ar
] tistic hand can make It.