The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07
PIN MONEY IN MAKING
PICTURE BOOKS

XRT E ALL know of where cripple
w valid member of family in moderate circum-
stances sits about the home day after day and
worries that she be a the hive OF
She unable to assist actively about the house and
any close occupation like sewing causes her head 10
ache and makes her
She Of all Others feels the need Of pretty things TO
wear; OF books and flowers and the little novelties
OF the day. to keep her life from becoming entirely
unlovey and sagnant Yet she begrUdges herself all OF
already have bear
Album-making has supplied such invalid with
the occupation she needs 1t does not make her sefsup
porting but brings her dainty housegowns and lingerie
1t was friend the mother of large family, who
Drought the idea and consequent happiness to her She
came bustHng in morning with roll of stin lining
muslin under one and bundle of old magazines
MY dear" she said, Il know you won't be offended
If ask you to make little Christmas money for your
SELF and help me out of dilemma
You see, want picture books for number of little
people this yearreal picture books; and find 1t almost
impossible to find them anywhere Chdrens books with
large colored plates only the youngser can't
read about five minutes ! want books every page OF
whch hled with pictures and want good interesting
pictures want reasonable book, and baby can't
tear. In fact books such you make Of
inns usln ana from these pictures and old magazinest
and 4 m going to pay you 50 cents apiece for them
So the invalid gladly went to work She cut the muslin
INTO sheets or proper size to fod into two leaves and
she folded the edges down all around about onefouh OF
an inch and pasted them securely to keep them from
raveng Then she fastened twelve sheets forming As
together the back with brass fasteners and
leaf she pasted large cOlored plate
of magazine The remaining pages she decorated with
pictures designs selecting those which woud
prove interesting to children She found that num-
Der of small pictures made interesting page than
and she filled In every space
with little odds and ends. She tried keep the
pages looking stiff SET full artistic effect yet
neatly pasted In end pages pictures
veritabe treasure house Of good things little
child.
News of these books spread and the invalid had
orders than she could fill that first Christmas.
who wanted donate gifts childrens hospitals
especially found in her albums gift
purposelight and durable and full of amusement for
the child Ill to read.
Now she spends a little while each day in album
making. knowing she sell all she has hand each
Christmas and Easter Her friends
piled with magazines and pictures all descriptions.
Nothing is wasted. Even the pictures from advertise
ments utilized with lovely effect She muslin
Of shades of and brown in Of her al
buns making pretty backgrounds for the halftone pic
lures, and mingleS color with the others.
- Sometimes patron wants an especially fine album.
She brings the book buys pictures and for
the FASTING Usually, however, the muslin books
ferred being novelty They only the so cents
the price of the muslin Nothing Is charged the
pictures