21.—PAPER PILLOW.
Save all your scraps of writing paper, old notes of no use, old envelopes, old backs of notes, &c. Take a bag or some box to throw them in, instead of the fire or rag-bag, where they are usually placed. When a number has been collected, cut them into strips about half an inch wide or narrower, and two inches long; curl them wet by drawing them over the blade of an old penknife.
Make a pillow case of any material you have; fill it with your curled paper; mix with it a few shreds of old flannel.
Stuff it quite full, sew the end up, and cover it as you please. These pillows are invaluable in case of fevers, as they keep cool, and are cheap and good substitutes for feather pillows. If these pillows are not required for home use, our young ladies could make them for our hospitals, or the poor.