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Show lljweltie for lotting Pad with Fancy Corners. Somo sheets of whlto blotting paper laid on a piece of heavy cardbonrd cov- V K Ilk rdl I ' T f T i I cred with bright-colored wall paper or cretonne, mnko n pretty blottor. Corners of tho doublo paper or cro-touno cro-touno keep tho blotting paper In place. Paper Owls. Comical paper owls nro mado of plain brown tlssuo paper, crinkled by passing through tho hands a number of times. Stuff with wnddlng, nnd tlo at each end. Cut ono end In a point for tho tall. Leave tho other end wide snd squaro for tho head. Sow shoo buttons on circles of yellow cloth out lined with black, for eyes. Attach tho owls to a twig. Mado In threo sizes, tho birds look llko a llttlo fnra- lly An effect of plumage Is gained by using dark water colors, marking all over tho body. Jewel Cabinet. An Ingenious llttlo nrtlclo Is a Jewel basket, mndo of a squaro box, fitted with pill box drnwers, each having n pnsso partout ring for a haudlo. It Is ' o o covered with pink or blue silk nnd Is a dainty accessory for n dressing tablo. Snap-Shot Album. This is mado of heavy gray paper, with covers of gray cardboard or of soft leather. It may bo ornamented with any sultnblo quotation. Dok far Ball of Twine. Twlno holdors nro circular boxes covered with leathor or linen, In deep colors. Llttlo match boxes that aro very charming for mon's tables aro mado of the ordinary match boxes that como by the dozen, with a ploco of stiffened velvet and a llttlo gold paint along tho edges, folded about It and glued In placo to represent a llttlo velvet book. |