the distributor will read off the first name ; the package will be handed
him or her, to be passed on to the next name on the wrapper, and as
each one hopes that is the last name and he is the happy possessor,
the exclamations of disappointment or delight are very amusing and
exceedingly mistifying.
CHRISTMAS AND EASTER MOTTOES.
For mottoes take a quantity of pressed ferns, pansies, or tiny leaves,
and a piece of bristol board ; in the center of the board outline a cross, of
any style you please ; then above the cross draw in old English capitals
the words, •' To Thy," and below the cross the words, " I Cling."
Have the letters rather large ; cut the ferns in small pieces, brush each
piece with mucilage and fill out the letters. Fill the cross the same
way, adding here and there the pansies or tiny leaves. Press a few
days before framing, or make a frame of crystallized moss or leaves. A
motto made of bleached ferns, on a background of black velvet, is very
beautiful. You can take any motto you choose and make it in the
same way as described above.
Another way is to cut a piece of very stiff cardboard the desired
shape and size of the motto. Give the upper surface a thick coat of
mucilage, and over this press the thickest and best pure white cotton
wadding. When this is firmly attached and the gum quite diy, gently
pull off the smooth upper surface of the wadding, very gently pull up
here and there that which is attached to the cardboard, and sprinkle
with diamond dust, such as is used for wax flowers. Now have ready
your letters or other designs for the motto, cut in thin cardboard ; fasten
them on the cotton foundation and frame, with cedar sprays or the slen-
der branches of the pine tree, from which the needle branches have
been removed, or make the border and lettering of evergreens mixed
with scarlet everlastings or berries.
The Spanish moss is crystallized with alum, making one of the pret-
tiest decorations one can imagine ; or take any of the fine mosses, go
over them with a brush dipped in thin mucilage, and whilst damp sift
over them diamond dust, or the fine glass that may be had at any glass
factory. Letters, crosses or mottoes, maybe made of this gray, crystal-
ized moss. Or this : Select stiff gray moss of coarse, open texture,
dampen and sew on a pasteboard foundation. Next prepare a solution
of alum, one pound to a quart of hard water, heat gradually in a brass
kettle until boiling hot, then allow to cool, when it is ready for use. A
little extra care must be taken with the crystallizing. The moss must
be perfectly dry ; hold the article over the kettle, and with a cup or
large spoon repeatedly pour the water over the moss, moistening the
pasteboard as little as possible. This process produces more frostlike
crystals than the ordinary one of immersion.
CHRISTMAS AND EASTER MOTTOES. 137
Another beautiful motto is made by covering a heavy cardboard
foundation with pale blue frosted plush or velvet, the lettering, etc.,
made of white cotton wadding frosted with diamond dust, and the
frame made of white glass.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
the distributor will read off the first name ; the package will be handed him or her, to be passed on to the next name on the wrapper, and as each one hopes that is the last name and he is the happy possessor, the exclamations of disappointment or delight are very amusing and exceedingly mistifying.
CHRISTMAS AND EASTER MOTTOES.
For mottoes take a quantity of pressed ferns, pansies, or tiny leaves, and a piece of bristol board ; in the center of the board outline a cross, of any style you please ; then above the cross draw in old English capitals the words, •' To Thy," and below the cross the words, " I Cling." Have the letters rather large ; cut the ferns in small pieces, brush each piece with mucilage and fill out the letters. Fill the cross the same way, adding here and there the pansies or tiny leaves. Press a few days before framing, or make a frame of crystallized moss or leaves. A motto made of bleached ferns, on a background of black velvet, is very beautiful. You can take any motto you choose and make it in the same way as described above.
Another way is to cut a piece of very stiff cardboard the desired shape and size of the motto. Give the upper surface a thick coat of mucilage, and over this press the thickest and best pure white cotton wadding. When this is firmly attached and the gum quite diy, gently pull off the smooth upper surface of the wadding, very gently pull up here and there that which is attached to the cardboard, and sprinkle with diamond dust, such as is used for wax flowers. Now have ready your letters or other designs for the motto, cut in thin cardboard ; fasten them on the cotton foundation and frame, with cedar sprays or the slender branches of the pine tree, from which the needle branches have been removed, or make the border and lettering of evergreens mixed with scarlet everlastings or berries.
The Spanish moss is crystallized with alum, making one of the prettiest decorations one can imagine ; or take any of the fine mosses, go over them with a brush dipped in thin mucilage, and whilst damp sift over them diamond dust, or the fine glass that may be had at any glass factory. Letters, crosses or mottoes, maybe made of this gray, crystalized moss. Or this : Select stiff gray moss of coarse, open texture, dampen and sew on a pasteboard foundation. Next prepare a solution of alum, one pound to a quart of hard water, heat gradually in a brass kettle until boiling hot, then allow to cool, when it is ready for use. A little extra care must be taken with the crystallizing. The moss must be perfectly dry ; hold the article over the kettle, and with a cup or large spoon repeatedly pour the water over the moss, moistening the pasteboard as little as possible. This process produces more frostlike crystals than the ordinary one of immersion.
CHRISTMAS AND EASTER MOTTOES. 137
Another beautiful motto is made by covering a heavy cardboard foundation with pale blue frosted plush or velvet, the lettering, etc., made of white cotton wadding frosted with diamond dust, and the frame made of white glass.