Washington County News | 1927-05-12 | Page 3 | Try This

! TRY THIS I -k By EDNA PURDY WALSH -xm-:'-:-:-:-:-:-x-::-x-::-": Making Use of the Cat Tail WE HAVE found many interesting ways of using the exteriors of eat tails, palming them with different shades of irridescent paints, combining them with painted leaves for winter decorations, but the "adult" cat tail Is too large for this purpose, and the Inner feathers sometimes burst out surprisingly, flooding the room with a downy mass. Cat-tail down makes a wonderful fluffy filling for small decorative deco-rative pillows, and one trip in the country will secure enough large cat tails for many dainty cushions. The fluffiest of baby-crib covers may be made from cat-tail down. A strip of cheese cloth the size of the quilt to be made should be used to spread the down on evenly. The down will adhere ad-here to the cheese cloth, but chees v Vi V r " ;i . w 1. cloth will not be a sufficient cover for the fine particles If any pressure Is made on It, so another light, finely woven piece of cotton should be used for an exterior cover before the silk or sllkalene is applied to the outside. The cover should then be quilted In the ordinary way, but the kuots should be made quite close together. The finished cover will be lighter than feathers, even though twice the thickness of an ordinary quilt. It Is an ideal summer quilt for the carriage, car-riage, and can be used for a pad ou the grass If baby Is taken to the park or to the woods.