Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-19
THECHR|STMAS TREE
HOW TO TRIM IT 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
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. a pretty idea is to imbed them
in artificial oranges. Make these OF
orange-yellow crepe paper. wrapping
the gift in soft paper. and I'LL the
orange out with tissue paper. Hang
BY two-inch lengths of ribbon or strips
OF braided crepe paper. These lock
very pretty among the dark green
boughs.
Buy the loose tinsei and cobweb the
tree with 1t and with strings of pop
corn. String the corn on coarse threads
about fifty inches long; make tassels
CT the cora on each end, then tie a
knot in the long strand. little below
tie center, after doubling the tassel
snds even. This forms unique neck
lace.
Little stars, hearts and other figures.
cut from heavy paper, given a coat of
glue. then dipped in mica or metallic
dock. make rich decorations, also
chains made OF paper and treated in
the same manner. These chains. looped
from bough to bough, are quite daz-
zlsng. holly berries. threaded TO each
link, make them more effective.
Plenty of red and green apples
small ones, OF courss-heip the dec
crative scheme: and tiny potatoes.
stuck full Of wee flags. look well. Make
the banners OF various colors. using
crepe paper with long sticks.
String ali the fallen holly berries.
and garland the boughs with these, or
spear each berry with 4 pin and stick
the pins into corks or pieces OF potato.
The best method OF gliding the nuts
Is to buy the loose smalts from some
dealer 10 paints and oil (house paints).
One can obtain the smalts in gold.
silver ana brilliant metallic colors.
Obtain also one-eighth Of a pound OF
glue. Place Il In \ bowl. add pint
o. water, and set the bowl In another
vessel o. hot water. Let boil until the
que Is Thoroughly dissolved. Before
gliding The nuts. hammer a tack into
the end to Suspend by Take hold OF
TIE tack, dip the nut IL tie glue. then
ron IN the Eock and lay sside 70 dry,
Little pine cones can Be gilded IN 4
ike manner.
Little bonbon baskets are quietly
r,nEe b. forming a strip OF cardboard
I've inches lcrz and two inches vide
into a circle. Fit IN a disk n card.
beard for TIE bottom. then lire izsids
SOC out with paper. giuing Il N place
Male q handle from strip q braided
grape paper ana sew securely IN place,
fz~terfrg n on the outside. a. this IL
20 - recovered, 70 40 this. take a piece
q Grape paper four inches vide and
frc inches icEg- FIT this around the
uit,e bon. slashing TOP and bottom Il
f1r-r 9 fringe. Others can be covered
ri.l rows q braided Grape paper. 9th
srs again. FAY be dipped IN The LIQUID
r.r.. then dus.c6 wiz ssso and SD
vcrcl O. ffldet.
fr<In. oas car take two squares o.
rcnnfs 81 Grape paper q cortrastins
<azE-s and Abort i've int 20 IN dan.
~s<r. Place to fogufhs-s sash ths
s6x<< 10 ne teEth q A. inch snd .