Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-12-18
Trimming the
Cristmas Tree

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When all the ether Christmas work
is done there remains the important
task of trimming the Christmas tree.
| Color and effect are the most impor-
tant requirements, the materials EN-.
ployed being secondary. The souvenirs
or gifts form part of the decoration of
| the tree. These may be wrapped in
tissue paper of bright hues, and tied
with Narrow ribbons II the gifts are
small, pretty idea is to imbed them
in artificial, oranges. Make these OF
orange-yellow crepe paper, wrapping
the gift in soft paper, and fill the
orange out with tissue paper. Hang
by two-inch lengths of ribbon or strips
of braided crepe paper. These look
very pretty among the dark green
| boughs.
| Buy the loose tinsel and cobweb the
tree with it and with strings of pop
corn String the corn on coarse threads
about fifty inches long; make tassels
of the corn on each end, then tie a
knot in the long strand, little below
the center, after doubling the tassel
ends even. This forms unique neck.
lace.
| Little stars, hearts and other figures
cut from heavy paper, given coat of
| glue, then dipped in mica or metallic
| flock, make rich decorations. also
chains made of paper and treated in
| the same manner These chains, loop-
ed from bough to Dough, are quite
dazzling, holly berries, threaded to
| each link, make them more effective.
| Plenty of red and green apples
small ones, CT course--help the dec
| orative scheme and tiny potatoes,
stuck full of wee flags, look we'll
Make the banners of various colors
using crepe paper with long sticks.
String all the fallen holly berries
and garland the boughs with these, or
| spear each berry with a pin and stick
the pins into corks CT pieces of pota-
| to.
| The best method of gliding the nuts
| is to buy the loose smalts from some
dealer in paints and oil (house paints)
One can obtain the smalts in gold
silver and brilliant metallic colors.
| Obtain also ene-eighth of pound OF
glue. Place it in a bowl, add pint
of water, and set the bowl in another
vessel of hot water. Let boil until the
glue is thoroughly dissolved. Before
gliding the nuts, hammer tack into
the end to suspend by. Take hold OF
The tack, dip the nut in the glue, then
roll in the fiock and lay aside to dry
Little pine cones can be gilded in a
like, manner.
Little bonbon baskets are quickly
made by forming a strip of cardboard
| five inches long and two inches wide
into circle. Fit in a disk of card.
board for the bottom, then line inside
and out with paper, gluing 1t in place
Make handle from a strip of braided
Grape paper and sew securely in place,
| fastening it on the outside, as this is
| to be recovered: to do this, take a
piece of Grape paper four inches wide
and five inches long. Fit this around
the little box, slashing top and bot
tom to form a fringe. Others can be
| covered with rows of braided Grape
paper; others, again, may be dipped
in the liquid glue, then busted with
sage and silvered or gilded.
Again, one can take two squares or
rounds of Grape paper of contrasting
shades and about five inches in diam
eter Place two together, slash the
edges to- the depth of an inch and a
half, to form fringe, lay the candy
in the center, together the fringe to-
gether, and tie about an inch below
the fringe. which pull out until loose
and fluffy, and hang by ribbon.
Artificial snow is sparkling. Dip
flakes of cotton in glue. then in dia-
mond dust, and place 1t on the top
most bcughs.
Tiny Japanese lanterns light the tree
prettily, and are safer than unshielded
candles; then there are little square
lanterns having mica sides. These
have sponge in tin cup at the bot
tom and a wick. The sponge is sat
urated with kerosene and the wick
lighted. They burn longer than the
ordinary Christmas tree candles. max
ing a handsome illumination, and are
quite safe.
Little iced cakes in various colors
help to decorate the tree. These are
made in the semblance of snowballs
and dcminoes.
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