Evening star., 1946-07-24
This and That
By Charles E. Traceueu,

J. b
Dear Sir:
I certainly do fike your articles in The
Star. So well, in fact, that I've been cut
Ting them out, and want to put them
into book to give friend of mine in
another city.
But I have problem Can you sug-
eest way that can paste them into
a book so that they will be neat and not
bulky? Sincerely. A. R."
Scrapbook making Is not as common
as 1t once was. Along with many other
good habits, it has gone out" to a cer-
tain extent.
scrapbook still remains the only
way of keeping certain material in
handy form.
The best way is to secure book which
was made especially for the purpose.
Most OF these are made with every other
page dropped out, so that when the
material is pasted in 1t makes up the
bulk of the omitted page and the book
is neat and nonbulgy.
This gives. us hint as to making a
scrapbook out of an ordinary volume,
some old magazine or even an old book
No matter how much reverence one has
for books, as things, 1t is always possible
to have some old copy which is un-
wanted.
With little ingenuity, and pasting on
other covers, neat scrapbook may be
made by carefully cutting out every
other page.
"It may not look so "hot" before flll-
ing, but after the material is pasted In,
II done with care, the book will be quite
handy.
Good paste is always necessary, and
here experience must be the guide, for
some pastes and mucilages make a very
poor job.
1t is always good thing to use as
little paste as possible, smoothing 1t out
carefully.
Never have the page dripping.
Ihen permit 1t to dry for short time
and apply the clipping carefully, holding
down until well caught.
In other words, there is no substitute
Tor care In making up scrapbook
Hasty work shows in time. This
includes putting off the filling of the
book 1t one does little every day, or
at other stated intervals, the thing goes
smoothly and one is not pushed, but If
1t Is all put off, and all must be done
at once, the book takes on sloppy
appearance.
We believe that one reason why the
old-fashloned scrapbook has fallen in
d1suse, except in our schools, Is that too
many of them were built up hurriedly
These poor jobs gave bad name to
a fine indoor sport.
Every one has likes and dislikes. One
person will like cats, for instance, and
another dogs.
1t Is possible to make most interesting
scrapbooks by cutting out of papers and
magazines all the cat pictures one finds
1t is amazing how many of them
there are, too
The same applies to the dog. Dog
stories and pictures. cut from the press,
in time make an impressive and most
interesting array
1t is always good plan to put the
name OF the paper and the date to every
picture and article.
There may seem to be no need for
this, at the time of pasting, but in the
future something may come up, when
exact reference will come in handy.
The writer here, as a child, kept
collection of nature articles taken from
the columns of The Star
In this way, when visiting the local
Zoo. he was able to identify all the ami
mails and birds without looking at the
descriptions on the cages and could tell
his small companions interesting tales
of many animals.
The scrapbook habit Is a good one,
and there is no limit to 1t, If intelligence
and care are among the materials used.
1t takes more than paste pot to make
. good scrapbook.