Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-21

All family through my soul today,
As from a bell that far away
Is tinlxled by some frolic fay
Floateth a lovely Ginning.
Thou magic bell. 10 many fell
And many a winter-saddened dell
Thy tongue a tale of Spring doth tell
Too passionate sweet for rhyming.
Chime out thou little song OF Spring,
Float in the blle skies ravishing.
Thy song OF life a JOY doth bring
That's sweet. albeit fieeting.
Float on. the Spring winds cen to my
home;
That hath begun TO show her bloom,
Say. I send her greeting.
-Tr. from Herder BY Sidney Lanser.
Sitting behind the honeysuckles and
listening to the evening hymn OF the
twittering birds / turned my thoughts
TO the girls or Our Household and won
dered what / could say that would in
terest them As IL in answer to the
question came a cali from the sitting
room and in there 1 saw all sorts of
things that some ladies who have spent
TIE winter IN Florida are taking home
IS souvenirs This may seem long
time from Christmas. but as soon as
saw the various things 1 was satisfied
that you might right now begin your
Christmas presents. as well as the
dainty things for your own use
There were baskets and trinket trays
and the bottoms of bags made out OF
pine needles and out of wiregrass
When / asked how they overcome the
brittleness- OF the dried straw i was
: told that il must be soaked in clear wa
. ter all night. then laid in a paper and
4 taken oct. as needed. Five straws are
used together. and IL one has rafiia IL is
= used instead Of coarse thread, although
= these were sewed with thread Always
button-hOle ne first lap. or center OF
4 your work. then in putting the needle in
70 mold the outer round be sure each
S time to put II to the left of the stitch
you are going 10 join. That keeps the
lines straight For edge You may
plat the straw ard put il around the
ledge. These baskets and little trays
throw out resinous odOr that is sug
tsgss-ive OF the woods and not in the
: least disagreeabie-
Another girl had innumerable strings
OF leads Every one admired them and
: wanted 10 know where she got them
and l am going 10 tell you how she
made hers One was Of Gamma seeds.
Ies. the Gamma that grows in your own
, yard has a black seed that can be
s.pierced with a needle. put one or TWO OF
the tiny irridescent buds between the
seeds. or you might use the larger glass
beads between, but 1 liked the little
zones. Don't have a large needle. but be
sure taat your thread is strong. for it's
a pity to have one break about the sec
ond time you wear it.
I know you win smile when 1 tell you
that woman from New York priced her
chinaberry necklace more than her gold
beads She got the dry berries. soaked
: them until she could take brush and get
the seeds perfectly white. These she
strung with beads alternating. and 1 must
confess even TO a native FlOridian the
chain was quaint believe the prettiest
one was made OF f0ur-o'ciOck seed. String
them with the frridescent beads. the tiny
ones. and use only one or two beads be-
tween the seeds. The four-o'ciock seed is
a little rough and it makes an odd brown
chain that is sure TO be admired Then
there are Jobs tears. You can find them
all about in Georgia. Get the burr OF of
tire ends or they look unfinished. TAKE
light blue heads TO put with them and
you have such a pretty strand OF beads.
These strings are usually about four feet
long before they are tied together.
I saw a bag made OF cucumber seed.
: the ripe. ones. and IL was a beauty. OF
course they have TO be strung at each
end but you ingenious girls can try your
hands az al sorts OF dainties this sum
mer and tell the rest OF us how they
turn out.
Begin TO plan for Christmas. and see
< how many pretty homemade things you
can originate. After you become skillful
there + no telling how much pin money
may be made BY you.
These fads. even crochet. are not as bad
On the eyes as embroidery and drawn
work. I sometimes wonder how the eyes
hold out under the strain Nobody ad-
mires pretty things more than do. but
ones eyes are too precious to be abused
Have you the old-fashioned loom that