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Show Trifles of Interest to the Young Girl, w Cretonn Desk Fittings. I r. Oil n girl's room that is furnished with one of the lovely flowered cretonnes cre-tonnes or chintzes it is a pretty idea to have her desk fittings in the same material ma-terial And she can make them all herself, her-self, which is an added pleasure to most girls wheu they arc fitting up a room. First, there is the lorgc blotter. This is mndo by cutting a piece of heavy cardboard card-board just the size she wants and covering cover-ing it smoothly with the cretonne. The best wuy to cover it is to cut the cretonne a little larger thnu the cardboard and turn it over the edge of the hoard nnd glue it firmly nil nlong the edge. The corners must be mitred so that they just fit. Over the edge of the covering is glued a gimp to finish it. At each corner fa-sten a little triangle of the cretonne, folded on the diagonal side, to hold the corners of the blotting paper. These extra pieces nre put on before the gimp. Or, instead of the cretonne corners a strip of the gimp may be fastened ncioss each corner and the blotting paper slipped under. The next thing to make is a rack for paper nnd envelopes. For this buy the cheapest wooden rack to he found (unless you happen to hnve n brother who can make one for jou) nud glue tho cretonne all over it. finishing it with the gimp. A tray f6r pens and penrjb can be made to match by using the cover of a long narrow box ns a foundation nud covering it with the material iu the same way. The Men may be carried out in any other things used on n desk, as a stamp box or u box for rubber bands. To Anchor Your Doer. WHEN the weather is warm and windows are open tho doors iu most houses have a most Irritating way of blowing shut with a slam. There are various devices for holding them open, and a very ingenious new one can bo easily made by any clever girl, and she can thereby cam a largo amount of gratitude from any friend for whom she may make a set. This useful "door stop" consists of a cretonne hag filled with shot nnd fastened to the knob of the door. To get the correct cor-rect result there nre a fow points that must 1)0 noticed and followed. To make tho bag cut n piece of cretonne seven Inches wido and eighteen inthea long Fqld this iu tlie middle aud htitch up tho sides; then turn In nn inch at the top nnd gather around ii with a heavy linen thread; double, leaving some of tho thread out at encli end to pull it up. Fill the bag with shot and draw up the itl-t 6trings, then tic the ends of the thread very tight. Fasten a long piece of ribbon or tap around the neck of the bag, leaving ouo long end. The lengtn of this ribbon depends on the dwtanco to the door knob from the floor, where it Is to be used, for it must be as close a fit as pos-siblc If there is much extra length the door will move In the wind. The bag stands on the floor just below the knob, and the ribbon must be carefully care-fully measured At the upper end mate n loop of the ribbon that will just fit over the knob, nnd sew that tight so it will stand the strain of a htendy pull. Of course there must be enough extra length to allow the loop to slip over the knob, but that small amount will not allow much leeway for blowing, and the door will be very well anchored in this way. Tho bag can he placed that the door is only open n little way or so that It is open quite wide. A Pretty Work Bag. IT might sem ns though it would be hard to find a new way to make a pretty work-bag, work-bag, but a recent one that is very handsome hand-some Is mnde in quite a novel style. It is not at all difficult to make, and any girl who sees it will probably start immediately to make one for herself. If she feels rich enough to buy the necessary ribbon she may make several to use with her different gownt. The bags made of Fash ribbon nine or ten Inches wide. It may be flowered ribbon, rib-bon, striped, brocado or any elaborate weave. Of this you must buy two and a half yards. For the lining is needed one yard and a quarter of plain nbbon the same width in the principal color of the outside ribbon, or nn amount of silk which will cut the necessary pieces. From tho flowered ribbon cut off two pieces, each nine inches long; the rest Is all U9ed in one piece. Next cut from strong cardbourd a Kjuarw a verv littlo smaller than the width of the ribbon. Cover this on one side with the lining rihbou and cut four pieces of this lining each eight, inches loug, which make pockets on the inside of the bag. -Turn over tho top of the pockeU iu n hem wide enough to hold a piece of whalebone and slln the bone In. Make the side pieces for the outside by turning over nn inch and a half of the ribbon rib-bon nt the top, making a broad hem. bew one of the lining iiockets on each side, let-ing let-ing the wido hem como above the pockeu Find the centre of tho long piece of nbbou nnd measure far enough from It each way to let the cardboard bottom exactly fit, nnd then sew the other two pockets to this ribbon rib-bon Then sew in the bottom and sow up all the four sides. It will take soiuo careful care-ful work to fiuish, it all neatly, but on that depends the pretty effect of the whole bag. Ivt of all, tie the ends of the nbbon in n large bow. The bag is carried with this 1m)W lying ou top of ouo's arm. nnd the effect is very charming. Tt looks as If it were almost a part of one's gown if its color is tic right one. Novel Chafing Dish Aprons. H GIRLS who use a chafing dish shouU M always have aomc dainty little aprono H to wear when thus occupied. Af H apron of some kind is quite indispensable H for the purpose of keeping a light an H pretty gown from getting spotted, fot IH chafing dish concoctions will spxttcr one H when stirring them. Some of the apronc IH made for this purpose arc most fascinat- IH ing and 'becoming, and they aro of tea H very simple to make; any girl can have H quite a variety of them with little trouble, H The easiest way to mako & simple yet H pretty apron is of handkerchiefs, and H there arc two ways of using them. Ona way Is to get a large bandanna handkor- chief and gather in diagonally across one H corner, far enough in to make a bib of H the small corner The gathering is done H by sewing a piece of muslin or wide tape on the back and running a ribbon between IH the handkerchief and the tape. Th l apron is pushed up on the ribbon until jH the fulness looks right and then tacked in place, and the ribbon tics around tha The other way to use handkerchiefs H requires two for each apron. For this H design may be used either the bandanna handkerchiefs or tho large haudkerchiufs jl that are made for men, with colored borders. Some of the latter are very H pretty and make effective aprons. Ona wholo handkerchief makes the skirt part J of the apron; if only a bib he used itvltl H taku hut a part of the otner one. But the prettiest way to make these aprons H is with brctelles running over tho B shoulders nnd fastened down in the back. H Between the hretellcs goes a little bib H thnt protects the front of the bodice, H which is made by cutting u small piece H from tho centre of one side of the baud H kerchief with tho border for its upper edge. This piece must be six or seven inches deep, according to the height of IH tho wearer, nud about six inches broad. H The hretellcs nre made of the rest of th handkerchief, laid in folds over th IH shoulders, with tho border toward the arms. The belt aud tic ends may ha H cither of linen or of ribbon to match the bonier. It is rather effective to mak them of n third hnndkcrchlef, hut tin rihbou is more berviceable, for handker-. chief linen musses. very much in tying. H |