Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-05
VACATION | DAY GIFTS.
Making Souvenirs for the
Stay-at- Homes.
USES OF BIRCH BARK
LIKE BAMBOO IN IT'S MANY Pos
SIBILITIES,
The Work Only Requires Patience and
Deft Fingers-Souvenirs Made
From Cigar Bands.
USES OF BIRCH BARK
Written for The Star.


Inc girl who fats To bring home soma
token OF her summers jolly outing has sure
~ not caught the vacation spirit. Locked
up IN the small souvenir Of mountain, ar
beach or inland resort for future entoymep,
is half the pleasure of those free DAYS Ana
IL the memento is the work of a girls own
hand. evolved from trophies of tho ya,5oua
excursions. IT has double meaning either
10 herself or as a gift to some city friend
or all pretty things picked IN in tho
woods birch bark offers the most nossihiU
Ties for practical souvenirs The vacation
ISL usually robs the tree of its snow -wbite
"rappings, and then allows the bark to
shriVea up In trunk tray or bureau drawer
ehui IL becomes too dry and crisp TO allow
OF proper shaping. II the bark is made nm
within week of the time it is scaled from
me tree there are countless simple and use
with very little trouble "
Small boxes for the chiffonier M, dres,,,s
table make the most acceptable kind az =
souvenir crescent-shaped box for odds
and ends has two straight strips each two
inches wide. long for the outside curve and
snort LOT the inside. with crescent-s
piece FOR the top. All of these are glued to
pieces of pasteboard the same shane and
size, and are held together by raffia. braid
ed through tiny gmiet holes AT the end ~
the Dark and pasteboard strips A thin
crescent-shaped piece of wood is employei
for the bottom.
Follow Same Rule.
All birch bark boxes are made I'm this WOW
whether they be shaped as a triangle n
square or high. round receptacle for cuffs
ana collars AS a finish for the edge of the
covers strands of sweet grass are fastened
On Win rama. leaving a fringe OF the grass
Wherever the ends meet cross. If sweet
grass Is not availab bile stout strands of ,ou-
ellng meadow grass may be empIovea
IHese boxes are pretty also with a thin
wood or birch bark cover painted to show
d motto or branches of flowers, and the
brown Side OF the bark is quite as effective
~. t'e outer surface as is the white side
A heart-shaped picture frame is another
Ietching souvenir which may be evolved
from birch bark. This is more durable n
sIueu. 10 a pasteboard background. exactly
as lot the boxes, and finished with a bor-
der of braided sweet or meadow grass
around the circle of the opening and the
outer edge.
A Scrap Basket.
: W here girl has succeeded In getting a
Dig piece of the bark, she can make a WON
oerfully decorative scrap basket for the
boudoir. For this the white of the bark IL
turned inside. Rolled into cylindricai
shape. haring at the top. the edges Of the
bark are fastened to an inch wide strip OF
10 be really practical the bottom should
be round piece of wood pierced at the
eGge with small gimlet holes, through
which raffia or cord is inserted as pveII q.
through holes at the bottom edge or the
park fastening the two together strongly.
"A ron made from strands of sweet erass
shcircies the top of the bark. forming han
ules al either side and ending in long frfnsn
ups OF the grass. A bunch of green pine
zones on Drown tWigs is painted on the sur
lace of the bark between the handles ,
MI frt
VIII carry home with her this year makea
use or an the Cancelled stamps and cigar
pahos winch she can collect from her va.
rlouS acquaintance These she cuts tntn
all sorts OF queer shapes which she fa 81
ems close together by means of white PAS =
ters and CLUES to the undersde of a glass
re-. so that the stamps mingled with
glit cigar bands show through For in
stance. low finger bowl of clear nIain
crystal SHOWS from the inside central :.
inquire. such as the head Of an Italian girl
or CUBAN beauty, completely surrounded
by vari-coiored stamps in tercepted nv .hana-
~ bands OF gilt. A covering of red. blue
or green felt conceaIs the back Of fha
stamps SO that these bowl-shaped recepta- ,
cies, Wnich come In many sizes. may be set )
on hardwood abtes and used as ash re-.
ceWers' saucers for goblets. pitchers, ETC.
Crystal and Gilt. asi
Crystal picture frames surrounded Nv
gilt holdings are also backed by these
stamp designs. and prettiiy shaped trays II
OF crystal are sold for the same p,rposa 81
IL a girl has not sufficient cigar bands to
supply the proper suggestion of gilt, they
can be purchased cheaply In packages of a 4
dozen.
The girl who has a camera needs m ,
nner souvenirs than the many snaphots
Oh her various Jaunts This year she can
transfer the pictures to Photographic cloth. 81
ana many girls are making snapshot pill
lows; The squares oblongs of cloth.
which are in sepia brown. are applied to
crash or tapestry covers by a simple but -
tohhoie sItch One extremely pretty pif-
low showed five scenes of a girls trim on
the center and corners of a square of nat
ural-coiored crash. while over the middle ,
picture were embroidered blue forget-me-
nots forming letters that spelled the name
of the flower.