The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 14, 1902, Page 20

re showing & marvelous array of cost & small for- tune and there are many of us who regard shpots of BEgY have to pass t them as the : That is no reason h, why we should deprive ourselves of the pleasure of giv- of the pleas- ple and not ade at home material. If they e better. Ti e have really wanted ce for their ss out fat che to make & = The people Wt . they were waste paper do far less in b ing & diamond or &n automobile than yest of us do W n we put m da; days of work on a centerpiece ora drawn- work scarf. And egain, some of us have not e\'{n the time, much less the money. We ncedn’t count ourselves out for that rea- gon, either. There is an endless list or @ainty erticles that can be put together in & spare evening's time—things that are useful and pretty and show & loving thcught. The owl match eafe is one of the easlest of these. Take a straw mat with a hole ip the middle, such as can be bought for bargain basket coun- half done. half of the job: Buy h baskets at the same ime should cover the cost of these. Fasten them side by side on the met and you are ready with the recep- nt matches. sandpaper should be in the middle of can be scratched 1 if you are nothing of n sketch a moon face on this with pen and ink and so make it timely for the owls perched above. They sre of Japanese make and can be had at any of the cheap Japanese ba- gaars. They may cost at most 15 cents. Five cents’ worth of ribbon will hang the match safe. Forty cents is an outside estimate for the expenditure. You have & gift that is pretty and useful and ap- propriate for man, woman or child. These gifts for men are always perplex- ing to everybody. Those with full purses beve as much trouble as others. Men beve fewer needs in small ways than women have. Many of the articles that Phyllis and Dorothy have labored over or hoarded for are relegated to back shelves. This is because girls will insist on giving presents for ornament and not for use and & man hates what he calls “claptrap” unless it has a reason for be- ing. So try to make your present with & purpose, and, no matter how simple, it will remain in sight far longer and be- come far dearer than the merely pretty site The paperknife is always a gift that is worth while. Bvery man like a knife that really cuts when he opens a fresh maga~ xine. If you have & pyrographic outfit ¥ou can burn a pretty design on one. A calendar is another useful gift. The burnt-leather Chinaman is a jolly fellow TrHE FordE-— STTADE DOLL,* WETICE SrrATL L, T SENZ FTII T THE WORZL BAr e o ~ ARXTICLE,S FROM rzrE WorAN]S EXCHANGE o0oa 5 to hang above & desk. You can get the calendar leaves for nothing. Cut them from some advertising calendar and hang them to the Chinaman’s hand. ‘A tiny paper fan can be fitted into his other hand and he is @ gay blade when he is done. The work bag is made of & straw hoop, some ribbon and a bit of silkaline. The hoop 1s wrapped with the ribbon, then the silkaline is stitched to it. This is cut in & double handkerchief shape, the two squares feather-stitclied together. The corners are allowed to fall gracefully. A little more ribbon can be twisted into a strap to hang the bag by, the strap being + finished by brisk little bows at each join- ing. i p 4 g /‘_L-‘.‘ » "~ Pyrography solves many Christmas problems for the owner of the pyro- graphic outfit. The art is not easily ac- quired for one who wants to do elabor- i i § i now. cherry centerplece means ‘way smal iagd fine linen and the embroidery silks 1l price, but all solid embrold- a labor of love and patienge. The 14 LEE 1 FTANDPHER 2755 F FoSES BY MILS'S . % ZILLIAN ALBERT. SO~ MAHING THE TornzAR. & GRAIYD OFERA ZTOLLIE, Suexsy vwigs, Dearng tnerr ripe, red fruit, ought to be an appetizer to any palate. They harmonize well with the berry deo- orations used on the dining table at this season of the year. Red and green are always good colors for a table. So the ocenter plece will always stand the 'y housekeeper in good stead. The home made doll is an infant home ST IING CUViSETIOr o o [ 4/} b3 % . » lo. { m /4 DA ’/‘41. S N I & '\ y 4 MNSE rHRoros By SZTANFORD STTDIO oo and 1s as inexpensive as it is easily made. Any handkerchlef with a gay border serves the purpose and is all the material necessary. The white center of the hand- kerchlef is used for the plain part of the stock, ths foundation of it. Bands of the gay border are cut off and made into turn-overs for the top of the neck. Two corners must be saved Intact; these are pleated upon the foundation and brought to the front, crossing so that their points form a fly away at the throat in front. Monogram embroidery is very popular this season, and a monogram handker- chief is a gift that cannot go amiss. If ycu cannot design fancy letters yourself you can have them stamped at the fancy work department of any store for a small cost. Or why not -find some pretty let- ters in a book or magazine? Sometimes the covers of a book displays ornamental lettering, and a little search ought ‘to bring you to the letters you want. Trace them on tissue paper, tack them to the handk®rchief and emdbrolder through it, pulling out the paper afterward. Or buy . & bit of transfer paper and trace them through this. Then you have them stamped as if by a professional. A doll's bed can be made at home with the assistance of the carpenter or any member of the family who is handy with tools. All that he need do is to attach legs to & box. Beyond this, feminine hands can do the work. Paint the box white, make & mattress of ticking stuffed with torn bits of paper, make sheets, blankets, quilt and pillows, and the bed is ready for its draping. A deep muslin valance covers the sides of the box and the roughly made legs. A ruffied spread is stretched over the top. A little pole and rod which can be made of any bits of smooth stick can be tacked on in a few minutes and they will serve to support the /dainty muslin caaopy. Dolly need not long for the brass bed- stead of her imported sister after she sees this affair. So what's the use of mourning for the gifts we can’t buy? Whers there's a wiil there’s & way, and you have it in your gower to give every one of your friends something that will not only be a - reminder of your good wishes but of real worth as well. Home-Made Lingerie Baskets. One of the daintiest accessories to the dressing-room of the modish Parisienne is & lingerie basket. Excellent substitutes for the expensive affairs may be made by any clever woman who has time and tasts at her disposal. A basket frame is first needed for the purpose. One of the cheap ‘“chip” baskets from which the handle has been removed will do for the ama- teur. Cover this on the outside with cre- tonne, which is shirred along the top and the bottom. The edges are then trimmed with ruchings made from bands of cretonne. For the lining is used plain material of some bright color, prefer. ably one found in the pattern of the cre- tonne on the outside of the basket. Sat- een is a good lining, and between it and the basket frame should be placed a layer of wadding. The best lining of all is quilted silk or sateen, the cotton or wad- ding giving the suitable firmness to the interior. The top of the basket may be mads of thick cardboard cushioned with wadding /‘ .« A CHEREY ‘\ CENTER. IECR - EAY : [ \|"" Nl Q! $ | \ and covered on the outside with cretonne and on the inside with the plain sateen. If a flat 1id of basket work can be ob- tained it is of course better than paste- board, as It allows the air to circulats through its meshes. The trimmings of the cover consist of ruchings along the edges, with a large flat bow of ribhons on top, ribbons for hinges and one band to securely tie down the open front. On the end of the basket bows of ribbon serve for the handles. Pockets on the inside of the lining are devoted to the storing the sachet bags with which the underwear is scented. When tLe clothing comes from the hands of the laundress it is folded up and lald away in this dainty nest, where it escapes crushing underneath garments of heavier weight. Some lingerie baskets are even divided into compartments, a traylike arrange- ment above being reserved for nightrobes and other long garments, with the ex- geption of petticoats, which are put away underneath. Straps of ribbon on the un- der side of the cover are intended to hold corset covers. Some of the baskets are large enough to permit a skirt to be put away after it has been folded once ver- tically. Usually the petticoat must be folded twice, once vertically and once horizontally. Wicker hampers trimmed with bows and lined with swiss applied cver colored silk or corded sateens are among the more expensive. They are filled with sets of trousseau lngerie. A TAME WILDCAT. NB of the principal attractions of & show once given by the Cat Club in Chicago, says the Youth's Com- panion, was the “tame wildcat.” The animal had been caught in the forests of Minnesota or Wisconsin when a little kitten, and, having fallen into good hands, had grown up to be a gentle, affectionate creature, fond of being petted and giving no evidence of its original wildness, ex- cept in its pointed ears and its size, which Wwas about that of four ordinary eats. An interested visitor, after having reached a finger through the wires of the wildcat’s cage and stroked the animal's forehead, strolled along and presently re- peated the performance at the cage of a particularly handsome Angora, receiving & savage scratch as he did so. “Wow! ow!"” he exclaimed, wrapping his handkerchief hastily around the torn fin- ger. “A tame wildcat isn’t half as dane gerous as a wild tame cat.” — ——— In to-day’s issue of The Sunday Call appears the first installment of “The Gospel of Judas Iseariot,” by Aaron Dwight Baldwin—a novel that is proving the sensation of two continents. This book will be published complete in three issues of The Sunday Call’s Magazine Section — December 14, 21 and BE SURE TO READ IT. IT IS THE NOVEL OF THE HOUR. A complete short story by one of the leading writers of fiction of the day is published every week in The Sunday Call. DON’T MISS IT. 0