Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-12-12
HOME MADE PRESENTS.

Now that Christmas is once more
near at hand 1T is high time that you
began to think of making Christmas
presents instead of leaving them until
the last moment and then rushing
around until you are nearly distracted
and ready to drop with fatigue. n get
home to find that the most important
presents have been forgotten. Ones
family always appreciates something
made by hand, no matter how small 1T
is. and If Il girl intends making all her
presents by hand she might just as we'll
begin today. There are u thousand and
one pretty and useful little things that
can be made with very little trouble
and expense. For the aunts and sis
tiers. veil rolls are very pretty and
most useful. Get some ordinary mail
ing tubes at any %postofiice and cover
these with cotton on which some sachet
powder has Deer sprinkled. Next buy
some pretty lowered silk and cut it in
the length of the mailing tube. allow
ing about an inch and a half over at
each end; then sew It together down
the center and at each end tie a bow
of baby ribbon corresponding in color to
the silk, then fray the edges beyond
the baby ribbon and you will have AN
extremely pretty gift. which has taken
at most half an hour to make. Another
attractive little gift that can be easily
IIldue tOitSISLS OI Two fOuHQ pieces OF
cardboard. which a be covered with
any old pieces of silk from the scrap
box. Join the cardboard with baby
ribbon to which there has been strung
a spool OF black and white silk and a.
spool of black and white thread, or any
color or cOlorS that are desired. Add a
bit of ibbon by which to hang it up,
and the gift is complete. To make it
still more attractive a little pair of sill
YER scissors and "A needle book may be
added. With sOne odd pieces of ribbon
about a quarter OF a yard long and an
inch or so wide a nice holder for safety
pins can be fashioned. Buy some very
small brass rings n buttonhole them
around with pink or blue silk. Attach
all the ribbons to this ring: then at
the end of each piece of ribbon attach
a smaller ring that has also been but
tonhOled. and on these hang the safety
pins.
To the men cousins and uncles
! Christmas gifts are always u more diff
ficult proposition. as IL man is always
harder to please ard there is not nearly
so much choice. A scarfpin. a pipe or
Il book seem at first to be about the
only things to give, but after all there
are Il number of small gifts that will
appeal TO the masculine mind. Any
girl that can knit or crochet has an
unfailing source of supply in ties. as
they are all the rag now and can be
made very quickly of almost any color
imaginable. But for the girl who finds
crochet or knitting work difficult a use
full as well as ornamental gift can be
made with a compass. Make 81 good
sized circle on cardboard and then cut
out around the line and cover the cir
cular piece with silk. Next draw with
u soft pencil two eyes. u nose and IL
mouth, and there results a good pic
ture OF h man in the moon. Then
attach two pieces OF ribbon to hang It
up with. and on the back place some
shaving paper. For a cousin who wears
glasses cut out different animals in
chamois for him to polish his glasses
on. Another present that is easy to
make n will be much appreciated
Is made from a plain hoople stick and
some ribbon. Attach the ribbon at Zach
end with brass headed tacks. The rib
bon is used to hang over the gas Jet and
the man hangs his ties over the stick.
Money is always nice to have around
the holiday time and it would be a good
plan for every girl to commence at once
to lay aside 5 or 10 cents a day. and
when Christmas comes she will have
quite a little pin money to spend Oh
gifts for all her friends and relatives.
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