The Florida agriculturist., 1908-03-01
Necklaces and Fan Chains of Seeds.

Orange Seed" was reminded of
some experiences of my own in the
way of making necklaces and fan
chains of seeds.
First. however, I will tell you, that
as Christmas gift for young girl of
eighteen years, I bought a fan cham.
This was of genuine coral, of the rich,
red, twig or rough coral. 1t was fifty
SIX inches long, with a gold clasp.
For little girl of eleven summers, I
bought necklace of the same kind of
beautiful coral. This necklace was four
teen inches long, with a gold clasp.
Now, there were two other little
girls for whom intended buying coral
necklaces; but when [ learned that
these children were supplied with the
same kind of necklaces, was at loss
to know what to get for them, for they
were surely supplied with everything
that child's heart could desire; and,
while | pondered on the subject, I re-
membered that all little girls liked to
string beads; and, then, happily, I
thought of "Job's Tears" and of how
easy they were to string; and on the
impulse of the moment, I sent and
bought three two-ounce packets of
them, one of which gave my
little granddaughter, Gracie She curl
ed herself up on the lounge in my
room, and never moved from the time
she began to string them until they
encircled her neck. She was delighted
beyond measure with them, and en-
treated me to tell her the story of
"Job's Tears" to which she listened
enraptured. The other packets of the
tears sent to the little (adopted
girls of my daughter She wrote me
that "they were wonderfully pleased
with them," and they, themselves
wrote me, expressing their pleasure in
receiving Jobs Tears, and told me how
they had strung them, and said they
would like to hear the story of "Job's
Tears" ''Job's Tears" are very pretty
indeed, when strung and used as neck
laces, fan chains, or rosaries. And
these strings Of gray seeds can be en-
riched by the interposition at regular
spaces Of the scarlet Circassian seeds.
I began this article with the inten-
ton of telling of necklace I made of
apple seeds, which was very pretty,
indeed, and which resembled brown
coral; not only resembled it, but felt
like the twig coral, for taking the
apple seed necklace in your hand with
out looking at it, you would feel almost
sure that it was Of twig coral.
In making this necklace I used three
needles with a doubled thread in EACH
On each thread I strung the seeds un-
til they were six inches long; then I
caught up the end of each string and
fastened it with the last seed-thus,
forming loops three inches 1ong-then
| ran all three needles through one
large bead-forming a tasse1 of the
1oops-(Now those large beads can
be red or black, as one fancies).
continued stringing the seeds on each
thread until they were three inches
long, when all three needles were run
through another bead. In this in
stance the beads were red-I continued
thus, threading the seeds, and running
all three threads through one bead at
intervals of three inches. until the
chain was thirty-six inches long. It
was finished with tassel of loops
This chain was pretty enough to de-
light the heart of any young girl
This chain was worn with the tasseled
ends brought forward and caught in
loop with the tassels pendant.
There are many kinds of berries and
seeds that can be used for necklaces
and chains; but it is advisable to
gather them before hard frost and
string them before the seeds become
too hard to pierce. The pips or seed
pods Of the wild rose, the sweet briar,
and of the old, common, white rose,
answer this purpose admirably. Some
A.