The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1924-12-11
THE nOMEMAKERS
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A simple gift attractively wrapped
often makes happier impression than
a more elaborte present carelessiy
done up. 1t is not necessary to spend
a great deal of money dressing up the
packages, but gay colored paper,
bright ribbon or colored cord, perhaps
a picture of holly wreath cut from
some of the attractive advertising
columns in the magazines and papers
before the holidays, will transform a
mere bundle to very mysterious
packet.
One girl know gets red tissue to
wrap her gifts, ties them with the gilt
cord which comes in 10-yard spools
for a cent a yard, and slips under the
cord sprig Of evergreen; another
girl saves all the pasteboard boxes
throughout the year, of every size
and shape spool boxes, pill boxes,
shoe xes,--and for Christmas covers
them with clean paper-plain white
If she does not have colored handy
and decorates them with pictures cut
from magazine advertisements. |
saw her yesterday cutting out the
green holly wreath on an advertising
circular that came in the mail; it will
trim the top of a box to hold some
gift.
Instead of using cord or ribbon to
tie parcels, two sisters I know buy a
roll each of the red and green crepe
tissue, cut pinch strips Of the green
and 1-inch wide of the red, flute the
edges, and put them around the par
cells, the red over the green, giving
much the same effect as the fancy
two-color elastic with futed edges. It
Is pasted where it comes together, and
finished with gummed seal "sticker"
or picture cut-out.
remember one Christmas tree at
home where | visited. where the
gifts were all wrapped in bright color
ed paper, tied at the ends and the
paper fiuted out like a ruffie or tassel
at each end.
II the Parcels are to be sent away,
they should be securely wrapped in
paper tough enough to stand much
handling and pressure in the mail
sacks, and MAILED EARLY. If there
is anything breakable in the parcel,
it should BE packad IN 9 wooden box
or one Of heavy corrugated board, and
we'll stuffed about with crushed news
papers, excelsior or something similar
to take the shock Of rough handling.
When you realize the tons and tons
of Christmas mail tnat go through
the post Offices at this time Of year,
you will not wonder that fairly stiff
cardboard boxes and the usual wrap
ping paper are crushed and torn.
< Ferry year the Dead Letter Office at
Washington, n c., has large amounts
of mail from which the wrapping or
address tags have been lost enroute.
The most important things to re-
member, are, WRAP WE'LL, AD-
DRESS PLAINLY and MAIL EARLY
Pop Corn Balls for the Tree
Pop corn balls make good decora-
tions for the Christmas tree, either
plain white, or colored with the same
colorings used in cake frostings and
candies. Here is a vry good old recipe
for pop corn balls: Boil together a
cup Of molasses and piece Of butter
half the size of an egg, until il strings
then stir in pinch Of soda. Put this
over quart dish full Of popped corn.
When it is cool enough to handle,
squeeze it into balls the size of an
orange.
If colored balls are desired, the corn
ID colored before the molasses is pour
ed over 1t. Colored balls are better,
think, II made with white syrup
candy or sugar candy.
Butterscctch
If it is a white Christmas, an