Show NEW FAD FOR SUMMER GIRLS pressed flowers for decorations novel idea tor menu cards and Calen darsA country pastime for city purposes declare im sick malting handkerchiefs awl ive made enough sofa cushions to last two years trotted the summer girl 1 I cant sketch and I 1 hate embroidery Is there nothing new under abo sun sue throw down the abit of linen she was developing ino a doyley and yawning went to ithe other eide of the broad piazza to sit at aunt marys feet the girls somehow had n habat of doing that pretty aunt mary was never bored always and willing to put aside her work at all times to find diversion for these summer guests of hers the tour young nieces why not interest yourself in pressed since you yearn tor fresh and pastures newa she asked betty groaned dont auntie pressed flo I 1 see visions of vanished autumn framed and hung over the country doorway with dusty fadse petals dropping out of them every time they arc opened horrible she shook her head vigorously well betty answered aunt mary mildly it seem foolish to press flowers with no motive but my idea is this and the girls settled themselves to listen there are many times in the winter months when you rack your brains over something new tor memi cards i maybe or souvenirs or some especial offerings now I 1 know a lady who uses pressed flowers for just such emergencies she selects the silken poppy the violet the pansy and kindred ibi and at midday when all moisture Is dried from ithem she carefully gathers for pressing but aunt flowers dont keep their color objected edilh yes they will it you take care of them put them layers of cottma batting or blotting paper and then weight them evenly why edith said mildred dont you remember reme how aunt made a co of terns in india and when she came home tue english lady gave her five hundred collars tor them they were on blotting paper yes auntie said but was a real collection you would gather only 1 blooms to decorate what ellen wanted to know well supposing you are to give a luncheon next tall you search your wits for a new guest card you bethink yourself of your summers work and sellout say the lot of panales pan that you picked from qunties aunties garden on the white bristol squares you arrange the pretty things and fasten them with a bit of white ot egg then below you write a quotation panties tor thoughts ed betty 1 I send thee panales pan flowers of remembrance mem brance quoted edith good ann think of the dec possibility of the wild roee and the numberless rose quotations and ithe tour leaf clover said mildred im going to hunt for four leaf clovers yes and ithe clover blossom presses well only girls remember tor the heavier and more juicy the or blotter must changed two or three times tor perfect results the clover could be sent with christmas gifts and on holiday with good luck or live in clover or a expression make a calendar of months mused Betty whose enthusiasm was rising 1 I could paste the calendar square on a sheet of cardboard and arrange ibbe flowers of each month on it and give it to papa next year she added in a hurst of inspiration or a national book with the this tie for scotland rose for england golden rod for America and so on was ethels thought girls remember the ferns and the and oat stalks even the twigs ot some are decorative you can fasten thaoe on the card with ot black or agold paper came on betty jumping jum ping up ini off tor the woods after all had rushed away filled with over tho crew idea aunt alary bank in her cathair with a sigh of relief tor sho they were settled for aitho su maier L M G |