| Show POSTAL CARDS HAVE HA VE MANY USES Handsome Souvenirs of the Times Utilized in Various Various Va Va- rious Ways TRINKETS FOR THE SICK Screens ns ns and Other J Articles rt Are rc Made for ci Children Howards of Merit Tokens j. Tho Egyptians Egyptians' may have o thought they hoy had hall their their troubles when one ono plague after another descended upon them hem tem but hut they didn't have tho plague of po postcards carlls said the woman who was the ho only ono one not doing fancy work ork on he time hotel veranda Rays says the Chicago Chronicle It If only the they could hove have havel been heen l een pursued as wo we are arp by the stream or of f postcards poured out of or ever every mall- mall bag they'd thoyd have let Jet tho the Israelites go a n. whole lot sooner than did Reali Really I almost dread to see tho the postman coming ming nowadays there have been three deliveries of or mall mail to today ay and they hn c brought me and m my children twelve postcards l The Tho senders enner expect I or of f course e curds in return and nd It Il gets getso to o bo be an awful bore Im I'm sure I have havea a bushel In iii m my 1113 room now What wilt will will you do 10 with them asked time the woman who was crocheting an afghan take them home or throw them away Id Id throw them away but the children children chil chil- I dren object Anti Ana really some some- of them arc so pretty that it 11 seems a shame to destroy them thom I I 1 always alwa's looked upon tho thio I I of or postcards as an nn amusement fit only for fOI babies and fool fools remarked the woman who hio was wa doing shadow embroidery em- em until I 1 saw what Joy the they could bring to a grownup An old lady staying at the Inn where I spent last f summer ummer used to get them in bunches by hy European mall math Her Hor daughter laughter was traveling on the continent continent conti conti- nent neat going to the time same places where her hor mother had Imd gone twenty years be before before before be- be fore and every tIa day time the daughter wrote rote rotea a message on a picture postcard and mailed It to her mother It kept a n. perfect perfect per per- feet record of oC tile the trip much more up to date lIoto than could have havo been made mode b by bya bya a camera and renewed tho time old ladys lady's memories of h her r trip abroad as nothing noth noth- lug illS else could have havo done lIone And think how hov easy It was for the tho daughter to lo write the time message every day Diary of f a n Trip Well of course courso there would be somo some point of oC keeping such a n collection lion tion for It could serve as a dairy of ones one's trip but what shall I do with my bushel hel of cards cords said Mid the only Idle woman turning to the girl who was knitting a sweater Im Ini going to choose my prettiest cards carlls she an answered and frame fi-aino hem pos passe e those that are aro In iii Insoft soft oft gray tints will be a as charming aa as photogravures those that are colored colore artistically I shall give a Ll coat of or picure pic- pic ture ure varnish that brings out the tho color wonderfully anti anil well repa repays s one for Tor These framed plc- plc lc- lc I aro vary y nice nico for as Christmas t br i- i birthday gifts t I oCt n thorn them back to tho who ho and thoy they am are always delighted hll for Cor usually thc they have havo not bought any to keep heel for tor th themselves them them- m- m se set selves 1 yes CR My boy u uses es tho time ones we get to tomake tomake tomake make a frieze In his room It was Imi his own Idea so f I had hall two t strips of or very cn narrow black picture molding put around the room about abouL three feet from tho tile floor noor with the inner edges arranged arranged arranged ar ar- ranged so they could d hold the cards carlls Ho lIo gets gels lots lols o of fun out o of arran arranging and rearranging the frieze sometimes he Ime puts pUIs the cards in according to the geographical locality from which Uw they canto came sometimes he arranges them In groups according to subjects subject It II makes an au attractive decoration for the time room and Im I'm Im I'm thankful he has a frieze of postcards Instead of prize fighters and baseball heroes Ive I quite lutte a good collection of or cards from Holland sa said aid lei the girl with a 0 apiece piece of oC Mount Mellek r embroidery in her hea hand imanil and Im I'm going to cut cul the quaint little colored Dutch figures figure out and put them on candle shades to use when the time Dutch Treat ireat club I belong blong to lo meets at our house I shall us use some exquisitely colored French cards for tOl a lamp lami shade outlining the figure with a border bordel of oC design done In water ater color Im going to mount my collection on largo large sheets of oC gray cardboard and send them to the time missionaries out Vl West Wesl l cutting cUlling off of course all writ writ- Ing Ing- IngA A ml missionary r I know asked me for COl th them the nt saying a that thol she could use them as us reward of or merit cards Instead in instead instead In- In stead of oC those little things with r re to- to flowers and a text I 1 used to get Jet when I had been a good gooe child and learned m my texts I shant shan't paste tho time cards carlls on the card cardboard oard hut just slip the tho corners under strips t of or paper put on diagonally The missionary can leave a whole card full of pictures pie pic tnt tures with a family or single ones as she chooses The woman who was making tatting looked reprovingly reproving reprovIng- 1 ly at nl the girl who giggled g The Thing for HO Mine are aro going to time the hospital It IL was tho time college girl who hmo said fald this as she sho embroidered a Harvard Hag flag flag- and Ive I've already divided d them Into two groups one for the children n and andone ono one for or tho the grownups In tho the collection collection col col- lection for or time the children Ive I've put pul all the cards carlls with cats cals ane and dogs on them I happen to h he lie awfully fond of pets arid and so my friends aro are constantly sen sending send send- ing lug me inc postcards with dear Ulal dog and cat pictures on them I know the time children will like Jk them Im I'm going to send along sheets of or stiff paper gray gra blue an and re red with slits cut cornerWise corner- corner Wise In ill them so that thaL the tho corners of the postcards can b bo be slipped under It will til amuse the time little tots lots when they aro are getting gelling well to arrange tho the cards on the thc sheets of or pap paper t Im I'm giving them other cards too the thc brightest colored ones for instance Tho collection collection col eel lection for tor th the grownups Is made up of the tho more attractive c pictures of places or copies of famous paintings Theres There's almost nothing you Ou know in inthe inthe the line Ino of art ort that tha lOne one oe doesn't get set reproduced on postcards R. R Im n using time the ones that ar are sent nt to Im tho thu children said sll a 0 mother who simo was knitting scarlet carlet reins for or her 4 I screen creen year old to cover a nursery and nd each ach Its It's a n three winged screen n child Is I's has hns a wing The screen Is made of oC green burlap burhap tightly drawn over overa a frame Crame strips of oC elastic pink for fOI or ono one child red iel for or another and yellow clow for forthe forthe forthe the third are arc fastened at the top tOil and stretched taut to 0 the bottom th the postcard strip are the length of or a apart Time The ela elastic lc Is sewed to the burlap at nl Intervals Ju Just l the wl width lh of ot the card care anti and In Iii this way wai holds hoWs th the tha cards perfectly You cant can't Imagine how man many stories such a screen can suggest and Its It's really realy fun tun to begin a astory astory story seemingly remote from front the pictures pictures pic plc- tures on the screen and then sull suddenly sudden sudden- enI en- en I ly hy surprise tho time child h by Illustrating from tho thc postcards Its It's one of or tho the best solutions of or what t tO do with wih the cards that I know know Now I lImo know that I wont won't throw throwaway throwaway away m my bushel of or cards said ald the only Idle woman Id Id no Idea that I could use them In so o mAn many ways og |
