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Show z-z-:z-xx-x-:-x-:-xx-:-i-:-x-:-x-:'X':-x-:-X':-i-:-z-:-x-:-x-:-z:-xz:'Zvx:i:-j:-:" Sealing Wax Now Put to Decorative Uses Sealing wax Is perhaps less important impor-tant than it was before mucilaged envelopes en-velopes came into use. but never was sealing wax so versatile as now. nor so useful artistically. Many a delicate deli-cate decorative object that appears to be enamel ware or carved and painted wood or colored glass turns out to be merely molded sealing wax. I'endants and beads and artificial flowers, plaques and vases and candlesticks candle-sticks are among the objects beholden for their beauty to this material. Molding it, many an untrained woman has done something In home craftsmanship. crafts-manship. A lump of sealing wax on the end of a steel knitting needle melted over a flame and cooled in a glass of water, shaped with a molder and decorated by melting in other colors becomes a handsome bead. A metal-rimmed pasteboard tag covered with warmed sealing wax and embellished with drops of wax. shaped when soft into bunches of grapes or Mowers, becomes a "drop" to finish the necklace. Earrings Ear-rings and pins and hat ornaments ure made in the same way. |