Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-14

THE JOLLY
CHRIST MAS
TREE
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EI' IL the right of every child to have
a Christmas tree, whether large OF,
small, real or artificial. Tree of
some sort there must be If there is 10
be a real Christmas for the children,
and, of course, Christmas is primarily.
for them.
1t was the writer's privilege last year,
to see Christmas trees of every de
scription, from the brilliantly lighted
and lapishly decorated tree to the tiny
artificial tree which shuts up like a
jackldife and may be stored away in
a small corner when not in use Mach
was learned OF the ways and means
of Christmas tree decorators and de
signers that will probably be helpful
and suggestive to those expecting TO
have trees of some sort this year.
To make Christmas stockings get
thin muslin and cover with Grape paper
The little raw edges around the stock
ings can be drawn out and made into
narrow rufiles. Tie with bright rib
bcns. Little stockings made of fillet
net are very dainty, and they can be
Joined with bright ribbons, so that The
contents win show through the thin
mesh. Curtain net makes nice stock
ings. Gut two pieces the shape of d
stocking; %buttonhoie the edges togeth-
er with bright colored wool; put cook
les, an orange, an apple, candy and
nuts In the stocking; add a little toy,
then hang o. the tree.
Odd pieces of pompadour ribbon
make pity candy bags and stockings.
Line net candy bags with paratiin pa
per, The lining will stitch on the sew
ing machine with the net. and the a
dy will be much more palatable for the
extra are taken.
To make little bangles for Christmas
trees, fasten popcorn into little balls,
thread with dark green silkateen, dip
into gum arabic and cover with any OF
the colored dye powders. This makes
n pretty ornament. Silver or gold dust
may also be added. A small quantity
of dye in blue. yellow, red, etc, will
make a great quantity of balls. If
threads are suspended in q glass iaI
containing water and 10 cents worth
of. alum the alum will adhere to the
threads and make little icicles for the
tree. Continue to add alum until the
strings are the desired thickness. Place.
in a window or warm place to dry.
White cotton or wool slightly
ed with mucilage and sprinkled with
ommon salt or diamond dust makes
the best wintry effect. Powdered mica
will give a snowy appearance If sprin-
kled owe wool. The effect Of new
fallen snow al be produced by taking
branches and dipping them in gum
arabic water and s%prinkling with -four.
For pinning gifts on the tree dress
clothespins in fancy tissue paper as
dolls or flowers or like Santa Claus
Little tinsel toys which were broken
last year may be used again. Fill
them with cotton and paste the broken
parts to the cotton, then hang them
high on the tree.
So much of the beauty of a tree de-
ponds upon it's lighting, but when
small children are present 1T is often
dangerous to use candles. An ordi.
nary lantern may be used for lighting
purposes Cover with red tissue or
Grape paper and tie with a cord m the
ridge near the top of the lantern. A
wide margin of paper may be left and
pulled out to form a huge flower. Tie
the lantern securely to the trunk OF
the tree, as near the center as possible.
A smaller lantern may be hung at the
top of the tree for more light.