The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-09
THE CHRISTMAS lRBE
HOW TO TRIM 1T MOST EFFEC.
lively AND EASILY.
IL Is Usually the Last, But by No
Means the Least Important Of
the Holiday Preparations.
When all the other Christmas work

When all the other Christmas work
Is done there remains the important
task of trimming the Christmas tree.
Color and effect are the most i'm
portant requirements, the materials
lemployed being secondary. The SOU
GRAFTON of the tree. These may be
wrapped in tissue paper of bright
hues. and tied with narrow ribbons.
II the gifts are small. a pretty idea
Is to imbed them in artificial oranges
Make. these OF orange-yellow crepe
paper. wrapping the gift IN soft pa
per. and I'LL the orange out with It's
sue paper. Hang by two-inch lengths
lof 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 1t and with strings OF
popcorn. String the corn on coarse
threads about fifty inches long:
make tass5els OF the corn on each end
then tie a knot in the long strand.
a AhteAC bttON tilt ttnttlg dOub-
ling the tassel ends even. This
forms a unique necklace.
Little stars, hearts and other fig
ures. cut from heavy paper, given a
coat OF glue. then dipped in mica or
metallic flock, make rich decorations,
ALSO chains made of paper and treat
ed in the same manner. These chains
looped from Dough to bough, are
Iquite dazzling. holly berries. thread
ed to each link, make them more ef-
Elective.
Plenty OF red and green apples
small ones. OF course-help the dec
Ioratiye scheme; and tiny potatoes.
stuck full of wee flags, look well.
Make the banners of various colors.
|using crepe paper with long sticks.
String all the fallen holly berries.
and garland the boughs with these.
Tor spear each berry with a pin and
stick the pins into corks or pieces Of
potato.
Artificial snow Is sparkling. Din
fakes of cotton in glue, then In dia-
mond dust, and place II on the top
most boughs.
Tiny Japanese lanterns light the
tree prettily, and are safer than n
shielded candles; then there are IT.
tie square lanterns having mica
sides These have a sponge in tin
|cup at the bottom and wick. The
|sponge is saturated with kerosene
and the wick lighted. They burn
longer than the ordinary Christmas
tree candles, making a handsome IL
and are quite safe.
Little iced cakes in various colors
help to decorate the tree. These are
made in the semblance of snowballs
and dominoes.
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 one-eighh OF
pound OF glue. Place in bowl.
add a pint of water, and set the bowl
In another vessel OF hot water. Let
boil until the glue Is thoroughly dis
solved. Before gliding the nuts.
hammer a tack into the end to sus
pend by. Take hold of the tack. dip
Nthe nut in the glue, then roll in the
Rock 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 card
board five inches long and two inches
wide into circle. Fit in a disk OF
cardboard for the bottom then line
inside and out with paper, gluing 1t
in place. Make a handle from a
strip OF braided crepe paper and sew
securely in place. fastening II on
the outside. as this is to be recover
ed: to do this. take a piece of crepe
paper four inches wide and five in
ches long. Fit this around the lit
tie box. slashing top and bottom to
form a fringe. Others can be cover
ed with rows Of braided crepe paper;