You may also make of tissue-paper a Liberty-bell, Goddess of Liberty, American Eagle, and flags. Gum these on the edges and fasten them to the windows; place a bright light behind them and the tints of the paper will shine out in all their brilliancy. The Goddess of Liberty’s face, the feathers on the eagle, and the lettering on the bell must all be drawn with a paint-brush and ink or black paint.
In making any or all of these, it will be of great assistance if you secure a picture of the object to copy from.
Having provided for the inside of the house it now behooves us to turn our attention to
Out-of-door Decoration
consisting principally of flags raised on poles, hung from windows, and disposed in numerous and various ways.
The many devices representative of our country may be used with good effect. Thus, a large United States shield can be made of colored paper or inexpensive cloth tacked on a piece of card-board, cut in the desired shape, and the shield suspended from the window flat against the house, as a picture is hung on the wall. Other emblems can be manufactured in the same way.
Small trees or tall bushes covered all over from top to bottom with flags and streamers look beautiful, and all the gayer, when the wind blows, causing them to wave and flutter.
Fasten the flags and streamers on the tree with string.
Some girls think that the