The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-10
Her Souvenir Book.

Kansas City Journal.
Among the things that may be daintily
decorated, one of the most satisfactory is
a souvenir book, in which her young lady
ship may keep a record of the pleasant hap
penings of the year, with such treasures
in the line of programme, card or the 9TH
err mementos as the size of the page will
permit Such q record OF the years gay
cites is more precious than gold to it's for
tunate poSsessor, and many happy hour
is spent in arranging the keepsakes, and
chronicling the various festivities.
Should you desire TO make such a book,
go to some good bookbinder with what
ever cloth you wish for a cover. A smooth
linen in natural color, or white. makes
desirable and durable one. Select for the
leaves cardboard of a medium weight. and
have each leaf set on a cloth hinge. Thirty
pages makes q good sized book, and fifteen
inches square is about the right size for
the cover. The cost of single book, if the
cover cloth is furnished, will be in the
neighborhood of 81. Should you select from
the bookmaker's stock of materials take
care to secure soft or mat surface. The
glaze surfaces are exceedingly difficult TO
decorate and the effect will be disappoint-
ing. Sketch on the cover design OF pam
sizes and sosemary with the words, in Gee
orative type:
"Pansies for thoughts.
Rosemary for remembrance,
/ pray thee, Love, remember
A mass of pale wild roses with sketchy
branches and a few fallen petals, makes
an artistic adornment, or, II one cannot
use water colors, embroidery In solid or
outline work, may take its place, or the
two may be combined by using wash
of the color and finishing the edge in
buttonhole stitch with silk of the same
shade Peoples are most effective treat
ed in this way, or any open, loose petaled
flower.
Perhaps you would like to a page from
one girls souvenir book. There is a fash
light of a costume party where all the girls
were little girls with pigtail braids and
bingham aprons, and the boys. reverend
seniors" and all wore Fauntleroy blouses
and knee trousers. That was merry even
ing with regular nursery toys for play
things, a nurse in apron and cap TO keep
the little ones in order and the refresh
rnents bread and milk and animal crackers.
Then there are cards for one of the enter
tanning progressive dinners these young
people give every year, each hostess for
the several courses inventing some original
card or dish or decoration. Such a funny
set of place cards, one for every housei
The bright young woman who served the
meat course took a sheet of brown butch
er's paper, tore IL into neat cards with
rough edges. and pasted each of
those droll animals from the Noah's ark Sc
ries you see in many papers. A dash OF
background color from her ready brush. and
the date and the course neatly lettered,
made an inexpensive. but decidedly original
souvenir There's a bit of ribbon pasted on
the page cut from the button-hoie stream
ers worn by the tallest football player Of
them all at the informal given in honor OF
the rival teams. and a theater check saved
from the matinee when they were rushing
one Of the new members of the sorority, and
four-leaf clover pressed and bearing sim
ply a date 70 commemorate no one knows
what pleasant walk.