Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-01

the bell so that it may be hung high
or low as desired. bell should never
be tied close to a branch. but should
hang down far enough to sway with
every passing current of air. The
long string also adds to the decorative
effect.
The snow pocket Gig. Ia is another
pretty ornament ard is made with few
SHIPS of the scissors.
Cut strip of white tissue paper
five AID half inches wide and
Twenty-Five inches long. Fold the
pa Perez oasW.se through the middle,
thSn fold j, again and again, until
your feidcd piece is one inch wide.
The folds must always be across the
70 paper from start to finish Gig. -.
Now, cut sits in the folded paper.
first sit on one side, and then a slit
Oh tn: o.hac. as in Fig. 10. Let the j..
spaces Between the Sits be one-eighth
of All inch wida, and cut each slit to
within one-eighth of an inch of the
edge. When this is done, carefully
unfold the paper and spread 1t out
fiat, then lift the top edge with one
hand, the bottom edge with the other,
and gently pull the meshes apart.
Gather the top edge into little plaits,
and twist them together i point; I
gather the bottom edge in the same
way. and twist that, then carefully
pull the snow pocket out, and you will
have a. long, narrow bag of soft,
white meshes. If it flares out too
much, crush it together softly with
star and fasten a narrow strip of
white tissue paper to its top point.
E Open the bag, slip the star inside,
and suspend it half way from the top
by passing the end Of the paper strip
to the top of the bag. Make a loop
- of tissue paper fasten it to the top
point of the bag, and then hang the
snow pocket on the tree The gold
star cleaning through the frosty
meshes Is very pretty. but if you have
several snow pockets there need not
be stars in all
Jocko, the monkey Gig. 81. is not made
of paper, but of delectable, sugary raisips
He is a funny little fellow, and will de-
light the children.
Thread a clean. cotton string in a
large darning needle, then select three
of your largest raisins for the body
and suitably shaped one for the
head. There must be three raisins for
each leg, one for each foot, and three
for each arm. Tie knot in the end
of your string and, beginning with one
foot. string on three raisins for one
leg, then three for the body and,
lastly, the one for the head. Tie
knot close to the top at the head
and leave a long end to the string.
Thread your needle again and string
on the raisins for the other foot and
leg, tnen run the n22Qle up through
the lower raisin of the body, and fast
en-. the second string to the first be-
tween the two body raisins.
String three raisins for one arm,
run the needle through the middle of
the top body raisin, where the Shout
ders should be. then string on the
three raisins for the other arm and
tie a knot at the end. Jocko is all
right now, except that he is very limp.
Put stiffenng into his joints by run
ming broomstraws through his legs,
body and arms. Use raisin stem =
for tail, and fasten it on by pushing
the largest end into the lowest body
raisin. Make the eyes by running a
short piece of broomstraw through the
head, allowing the ends to stand out
a short distance in the place for the
eyes Remember, a monkeys eyes are
always close together, and they must
be made SO in order to look natural.
At this stage Jocko will resemble Fig.
3: but he must have clothes and hat
TO give the finishing touches and make
him look like the monkeys the children
are familiar with. Fig. IS is Jocko's hat.
Wig. II, his coat, and Fig. 10, his little
kirt.
Cut all these from bright-colored
cambria of a size to fit the monkey.
Fold piece Of cambria for the coat,