Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-02
CHRISTMAS POSSIBILITIES BY
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Dear Friends of the Social Corner: Of making Christmas gifts there is no end and each year there Is always something new to suggest in this line.
 In these days when so many are travelling by land, sea or in the air, g. unique and acceptable gift can be made by purchasing some huck towel ing, cut into guest size, scallop the ends of each and work in cross stitch or outline an auto, a steamship, an airship, or g. motorcycle, as the case or taste may be. Or, should these seem too elaborate. another auto sug- gestion Is this:
 Sometimes one wishes to take a dress hat on long trip. but can find no room in the car for the large hat box. Make large square bag out of muslin or cambric the color of the lining of your friends auto and she can put in her hat, pin by all four corners to top of car over heads of the occupants, and have her best hat on hand or on her head at a moments notice.
 Would you have both towels and bags? Here is an idea: Buy a roll of paper toweling, make to fit it a bag of linen with an embroidered spray or cross stitch design and close at one end with draw string of narrow ribbon or cord. These will answer the purpose of linen towels and can be thrown away after using.
 This certainly is a day of bags of which there seems to be an endless variety.
 There's the bag for party gown made of silkaline or .cheescloth, fass tened at bottom and sides and gathered at the top with ribbon. And did you ever hear of a bag for the pastry board which has to be kept in an exposed place in pantry7 Make. a slip of un- bleached cloth for it, letting 1t fold over at top and stitch strip of the cloth around to make 1t firm, the strip forming hanger at top
 Cute candy bags for the Christmas tree can be cut from netting or,tarle- tan in the shape of little men, Gut as one would the old-fashioned paper doll. The head is formed of a big flat peppermint G-cent size), with a face drawn on one side of it. Fill the body with broken candy and nuts Make them ten or twelve inches tall
 The children dearly love <o, make | something" for the older ones of the | family, as well as each other, and one | IS OIlen puAZIeQ 10 KNOW WndL 10 DnC | for them to do which does not take too long, or require fine stitches. Some remnants of outing flannel l blue, pink, or gray, can be made into | bags to slip over the hot-water bot
 tie, which needs to have it's covering
 changed quite often when in constant use, as many are twhere there is ar | invalid or elderly person. [. i Some of the incest wash cloths anG | dish cloths ] ever used were made oi l several thiclznesses of mosquito net. ting or scrim. Buttonhole around the edges of the face cloths with silkateen or mercerized cotton, and simply whir
 over the edge or stitch on the machine
 for dish cloths.
 If Sister has a large dolly take z l bandana handkerchief and make it z
 bipona.
 For the little doll small handker.
 chief will make one. To make thu
 I1imona fold the handkerchief diago. hally through rhe center Cut out z V-shapsd neck and 8. v for the under
 arm section. Then cut down the cen. ter from the V point of the neck tt the point of the handkerchief Thii l will be tho front of the kirnons- Hen the neck snd the edges of the frrn