Show PORTIERES OF BEADS ORNAMENTS THAT MAY EASILY BE MADE AT HOME foundation Is e corn starch and th they ey may be B colored with dyes of any shade desired how to fashion them Attract attractive iye bead port leres to take abe place of heavy curtains in the summer months can be made at home by any housekeeper who delights la in beautifying her home the beads bead sare are roade made of equal parts of salt and corn starch and colored with dyes any shades desI desired redL heat the salt very verr hot mix the corn starch with a little water just enough to moisten it thoroughly and make it pour then add tor to the hot salt and cook stiff enough to form a heavy dougha dough add coloring matter white while the mixture Is cooking when cool lenough to handle measure enough toi to make good sized bead roll in the palms of the hands until perfectly round and trang string on hat wire or pierce with a very thick needle or hat pin and set aside to dry you must make both large and small leads beads in fact three or four our different sizes can be used to advantage strong these on stout cords colored cords may lie be used but brown twine makes a strong durable material tor for this purpose begin to string the beads at the end of ct the cord that la is to be the top ot of the curtain using one or two large leads beads tor for that purpose then follow the large ones with smaller beads then larger ones and so on until the tiring string Is completed this will depend upon the height of the doar door the ap I 1 j graceful and pretty strings are tied to a curtain road at the top and the longest strings should not cot be more than three inches from the floor when completed |