Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-06-20

Of post cards as an amusement iit only
for babies and FOOLS" remarked the
broidery, until | saw what joy they
could bring to a grown up. An cid
lady staying at the inn where l spent
last summer used to get them in
lunches by European mail. Her
daughter was travelling on the conti-
nent, going to the same places where
her mother had gone twenty years
before. and every day the daughter
wrote a message on picture post
card and mailed 1t to her mother.
| kept a perfect record OF the trip.
much more up to date than could have
been made by camera and renewed
the old lady's memories of her trip
abroad as nothing else could have
done. And think how easy it was for
the daughter to write the message
every day"
well. of course, there would be
some point OF keeping such collec-
ton, for 1t could serve as diary oil
ones trip, but what shall I do with
my bushel of cards?" said the only
idle woman, turning to the girl who
was knitting a sweater.
I'm gong to choose my prettiest
cards. she answered, land frame
them passe-partout; those that are In
soft gray tints will be as charming as
photogravures; that that are colored
artistically | shall give coat OF pic
ture varnish that brings out the color
wonderfully and well repays one for
the trouble. These little framed pic
lures are very nice for Christmas or
birthday gifts. often give them back
to the people who sent them and they
are always delighted for usually they
have not bought any to keep for them
selves"
my boy uses the ones We get to
make frieze in his room. 1t was his
own idea so | had two strips of very
narrow black picture molding put
around the room about three feet from
ranged SO they could hold the cards
He gets lots of fun out of arranging
and rearranging the frieze; sometimes
he put the cards in according TO the
geographical locality from which they
came; sometimes he arranges them in
groups according to subjects. 1t makes
an attractive decoration for the
room and I'm thankful he has frieze
of post cards instead of prize fighters
and baseball heroes.
I've quite good collection of cards
from Holland" said the girl with &
piece of Mount Melick embroidery il
her hand. "and I'm going to cut the
quaint little colored Dutch figures ou
and put them on candle shades to use
when the Dutch Treat club | belong
some exquisitely colored French card.
for lamp shade, outlining the figures
with border of Vatican design done
in water color"
I'm going to mount my collection
on large sheets of gray cardboard
and send them to the missionaries GU
west, cutting off, of course, all writing
A missionary | know asked me fo
them, saying that she could use then
as reward of merit cards. instead o
those little things with repousse flow
ers and Il text that used to get wheI
| had been a good child and learned
my texts. | shan't paste the cards OIL
the cardboard, but justslip the corneri
under strips of paper put on diagonal
ly. The missionary can leave Who'll,
card full of pictures with family o
single ones as she chooses" The won
an who was making tatting looked re
provingly at the girl who giggled.
Mine are going to the hospitals'-
1t was the college girl who said thi!
as she embroidered Harvard fla.
-"and I've already divided them int
two groups, one for the children ant
one for the grown ups. In the collec
ton for the children I've put all tn,
cards with cats and dogs on them.
happen to be awfully fond of pets, ant
so my friends are constantly sending
me postcards with dear dog and ca
pictures on them. l know the chill
dren will like them. I'm going TO sent
along sheets of stiff paper, gray, blu,
and red, with Sits cut corner wist
in them. SO that the corners of tn,
postcard can he slipped under. Il
will amuse the little tots, when the,
are getting well, TO arrange the card:
on the sheet of paper. I'm giving
them other cards, too, the brightest
colored ones, for instance. The col
lection for the grown-ups is made W
of the more attractive pictures o.
places or copies of famous paintings
There's almost nothing, you know, in
the line OF art that one doesn't get re
produced on postcards"
I'm using the ones that are sent
to the children said n mother who
was knitting scarlet reins for her 4
year-old, to cover a nursery screen
IT'S a three winged screen, and each
child has Il wing. The screen is made
OF green burlap tightly drawn over a
frame, strips of elastic, pink for one
child. red for another and yellow for
the third, are fastened ut the top
and stretched taut TO the bottom; the
strips are the length of postcard
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