Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-12-16
HOW ONE OF THEM GETS BY.

Editor of Social Corner: AS some OF
our number have expressed desire for
more Christmas suggestions. they may
be interested to know what / did one
year for my class OF little girls In
Sunday school. There were ten OF
them and all must be treated alike, OF
of something inexpensive yet pretty
and different from the regulation card
or booklet.
knew a little about basketry, so
took some of the smallest reeds and
made dozen tiny baskets with han
dies, no two alike, using red, black and
Datural colored raffia. Then bought
a pound of those tiny twisted sticks of
red and white candy for sale during
holidays. breaking them into small
pieces and filling the baskets, tying on
each handle a bit of holly ribbon
They certainly were cunning and de-
lighted the little maids.
For my older friends 1 made others
TO be used for emery and thimble bas-
kets. One day in a Hartford store l
found some emery balls made in the
form OF chestnuts, hearts, etc. The
chestnuts were made OF brown satin
and these put in the baskets woven
OF natural raff1a with brown edges and
handle. In others 1 put thimble, ty-
ing the pink and white silk heart
shaped emery to the handle with holly
ribbon. The handle and edges of these
were of red raff1a- 1t took four or five
cry balls were but a few cents each.
II one can manipulate the pretty crepe
paper so easily procured, cunning bas
kets of this can be made instead Of
rsf1a-
For a girl of IS or IS years of age
let me describe to Buttercup one or
two simple gifts. The first is a powder
puff bag so many find use for when
going to a party or dance, or even on
a journey. Materials required are one
yard narrow ribbon, circle of chamois
skin three and one-half inches in d.
ameter, IL inches ribbon. four and one
half inches wide, Dresden or Persian
ribbon is very pretty for this Feather
stitch one edge of the broad ribbon
with sewing silk onehalf inch over
the edge of chamois. letting the edge
of chamois come inside the bag, which
thus makes the bottom. Sew on the in
side one-half inch below the upper edge
of ribbon a piece of seam binding and
fasten the side together. Then run in
the narrow ribbon to draw the bag to-
gether. Place in this a little powder
and tiny fat powder puff which may
be found at any drug store.
Another article which is useful is
made of a piece of Persian Cor any
COLOR ribbon "a inches long, IL
inches wide Cut this in half and sew
the pieces together at both edges till
about half way down, leaving the re-.
r7atnder hanging with sides open and
ends fringeds about an inch deep. This
makes the covers for two leaves of
flannel which are put inside and held
in place BIZ a row of featherstitching on
outside of ribbon through the middle.
Turn over the upper edge of ribbon,
featherstitch it down, run in the mar
row ribbon to draw it together and you
have a bag for scissors, embroidery
silk. spoois and thimble, with needle
bonk attached.
An uncle in our family who has a
very sweet tooth gets a big loaf of
caramel or date cake on Christmas
m corning. and nephew with q fond
ness for dates would feel his Christmas
Incomplete IL his box of stuffed dates
failed to appear on that date. / am
sure, while tho daughter of the circle