which finish the curtains use cheese-cloth colored with the green dye. Cut a strip of cheese-cloth two and a half inches wide, spread it flat on the board and paint it with the dye, using your bristle paint brush for the purpose. When the cloth is dry cut it into pieces four inches long. Dye a number of strands of white linen floss, or use green linen or silk floss for tying the tassels.
| Fig. 646.—Run another gathering thread across each half of the tassel. | Fig. 647.—Wrap the thread around to form the neck. | Fig. 648.—Trim off the bottom. |
Fold one piece of the dyed cheese-cloth crosswise through the centre and crease it ([Fig. 642]). Thread a coarse needle with a strand of the floss and run it through the crease, leaving several inches of the floss at each end ([Fig. 643]). Draw the material into gathers and tie securely ([Fig. 644]). Then bring the two ends together. Make a loop of the floss about one inch long ([Fig. 645]), and fasten by taking one or two stitches in the gathers. Open the fold, bring the ends of the floss on the underside of the tassel, tie close to the gathers and cut off the ends. Run another gathering thread across each half of the tassel, half an inch below the gathers at the top ([Fig. 646]). Draw the thread tight, wrap it around several times to form the neck ([Fig. 647]), and fasten with several stitches. Cut the floss close to the wrapping and with the scissors trim off the bottom of the tassel until it is perfectly even ([Fig. 648]). Sew the tassels several inches apart on the bottom edge of the curtains, as shown in illustration. When the curtains are
To be Laundered
soak them for an hour or more in a strong solution of salt and water, then wash carefully in the suds of a pure white soap and rinse thoroughly. Do not rub the soap on the material, and before putting the curtain in water shake and brush out all loose dust. Dry in the shade.
INDEX
A
Airships, fairy, [70]
Alexandria, Pharos of, [245]
Amytis, [279]
Animal circus, [15]
Apollo, Statue of, [233]
Apple, Hallowe’en, [60]
Apple games, [85]
Ascension, balloon, [11]
B
Baby, Punch and Judy, [52]
Baby porcupine, [68]
Babylon, hanging gardens of, [279]
Babylonians, [283]
Backyard camp, [194]
Ball, tether, [207]
Balloon ascension, [11]
Banana canoe, [401]
Basket, hanging, [372]
Bathing place, [341]
Bayberry candle, [326]
Bead door knobs, [317]
Bean bag test, [66]
Bells, Easter, [364]
Berries, holly, [307]
Blackbirds, girls’ fair, [181]
Blarney stone game, [71]
Blind mice, three, [144]
Bloodroot, [363]
Board, weaving, [349]
Boat, backyard camp, [202]
Boot, Santa Claus, [169]
Bouquet, [147]
Bowls and cups, [59]
Bowsprit, [408]
Box, Pandora, [12]
Bricks, Babylonian, [286]
Broad-fronted bulls, [293]
Brook, crossing the, [133]
Bud, tulip, [361]
Bulls, Babylonian, [293]
Bushes, bayberry, [326]
Butterfly game, [42]
C
Camels, Egyptian, [228]
Camp, backyard, [194]
Camp-fire, backyard, [201]
Camping outfit, [194]
Candle, bayberry, [326]
Candle-moulds, [331]
Candlesticks, home-made, [385]
Candlewicks, [334]
Canoe, banana, [401]
Card, Easter egg, [363]
Card, tally, [159]
Cardboard Pharos, [244]
Cards, Easter, [358]
Caria, [257]
Cassiopeia, [421]
Castor, [423]
Cats, black, [56]
Cella, [271]
Chair, doll’s, [370]
“Chapeau Bras,” 377
Charades, Pantomime, [6]
Chares, [233]
Charm, lava, [67]
Cheops, [219]
Chephren, King, [224]
Chick, good-morning, [381]
Chicks, Easter, [143]
Christmas, decorations, [303]
Christmas tree, living, [173]
Circus, home, [15]
Claus, jolly little Santa, [163]
Clay candlesticks, [386]
Cnidus, Sostratus, [253]
Coat, Santa Claus’, [169]
Coloring pottery, [396]
Colossus of Rhodes, [233]
Columbus, paper, [405]
Columbus, to make, [414]
Columns, temple, [269]
Coracle, orange skin, [400]
Costume, Puritan man’s, [98]
Costume, Titania’s, [82]
Costumes, Charades, [7]
Cotton, stuffing, [237]
Country picnic, [132]
Court, pumpkin game, [90]
Court, tether-ball, [211]
Cow jumped over the moon, to make, [139]
Cradle, doll’s, [372]
Cross, to make, [360]
Crossing the brook, [133]
Crow’s-nest, [412]
Crystal, Japanese, [68]
Cupid’s door, [108]
Cups and bowls, [59]
Cups, Santa Claus’, [170]
Curtains, tissue paper, [324]
D
Dainty bloodroot, [363]
Dais, upper, [264]
Daisy Valentine, [110]
Dance of the dolls, [145]
Dance, of Titania, [75]
Date palm, [227]
Daylight fireworks, [11]
Deck, forward, [409]
Deck-fence, [410]
Decorations, living Christmas tree, [177]
Diana, temple of, [269]
Disks, gilt paper, [36]
Doll house, [315]
Doll’s chair, [370]
Dolls, dance of the, [145]
Door, Cupid’s, [108]
Doorknobs, bead, [317]
Drama, Punch and Judy, [53]
Dress, Punch’s, [50]
Dress, Puritan woman’s, [98]
Dye kettle, magic, [43]
E
Easter bells, [364]
Easter cards, [358]
Easter chicks, [143]
Easter egg cards, [363]
Easter party, [33]
Egg card, [363]
Egg tennis, [33]
Eggs, to prepare for tennis, [34]
Egypt, pyramids of, [219]
Elephant, [20]
Empress Josephine, [379]
Entertainment, Valentine, [103]
Ephesus, temple of Diana at, [269]
Euphrates, [279]
Evergreen ropes, [312]
Express office, girls’ fair, [186]
F
Fair, girls’, [179]
Fairy airships, [70]
Fairy lamp, [403]
Fairy waters, life in, [141]
Fence, picnic, [132]
Fire, backyard, [201]
Firecracker invitations, [4]
Fireworks, daylight, [11]
Flag, [412]
Flags, flower beds, [157]
Footstool, Zeus, [265]
Forfeits, [95]
Fortune jingle, [71]
Fortune telling, novel, [55]
Fourth of July lawn frolic, [3]
Frieze, doll house, [322]
Frolic, Fourth of July, [3]
G
Game, Blarney Stone, [71]
Game, butterfly, [42]
Game of egg tennis, [39]
Games, new Easter, [33]
Garden, plant your, [151]
Garden planting game, [159]
Gardens, hanging, [279]
Giant firecracker invitation, [4]
Gilt paper disks, [36]
Girl, sun-bonnet, [149]
Girls’ fair, [179]
Glazing candlesticks, [395]
Goddess Diana, [272]
Good-night chick, [384]
Grass, invitation rings of, [55]
H
Half candle, [391]
Halicarnassus, Mausoleum of, [245]
Hallowe’en apple, [60]
Hallowe’en merrymaking, [55]
Handle, candle, [393]
Hanging basket, [372]
Hanging gardens, [279]
Harmless serpent, [69]
Hat, peaked, [174]
Head, Judy’s, [51]
Heart, Valentine, [109]
Heavier rug, [357]
Holly, [304]
Holly berries, [307]
Hollyhocks, paper, [129]
Home circus, [15]
Home-made candlesticks, [385]
Horse, Rosebud’s, [18]
House, doll, [315]
Hurling the lance, [10]
I
Impromptu moving pictures, [97]
Inlaying Zeus’ throne, [267]
Invitation, giant firecrackers, [4]
J
Japanese crystal, [68]
Japanese tag, [134]
Jigger sail, [413]
Jingle, fortune, [71]
Jolly little Santa Claus, [163]
Josephine, [379]
Judy’s head, [51]
K
Kettle, magic dye, [43]
L
Lamp, fairy, [403]
Lance, hurling the, [10]
Lantern, pumpkin, [93]
Lava charm, [67]
Lawn frolic, Fourth of July, [3]
Leaves, bayberry, [326]
Leo, [422]
Life rope, toy, [340]
Lighthouse, first, [245]
Living Christmas tree, [173]
Loom, to weave without, [349]
Love’s palette, [111]
Lumberman, [344]
M
Mademoiselle Rosebud, [16]
Magic dye kettle, [43]
Magic peep show, [137]
Mainmast, [411]
Mainsail, [413]
Main topsail, [412]
Man, Puritan, [98]
Marble steps, [252]
Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, [245]
Media, [279]
Mermaid, [142]
Mermaid, [345]
Merrymaking Hallowe’en, [55]
Mice, three blind, [144]
Mikado, [374]
Mistletoe, [310]
Mizzenmast, [408]
Modelling tools, [387]
Moon, cow that jumped over, [141]
Moulds, candle, [331]
Moving animal circus, [15]
Moving pictures, impromptu, [97]
Myth, [12]
N
Napoleon, [375]
Nebuchadnezzar, [279]
Nest, bird’s, [373]
Northern crown, [423]
Novel Easter party, [33]
Novel fortune telling, [55]
O
Office, express, girls’ fair, [186]
Olympia, statue of Zeus at, [259]
Orange games, [85]
Orange-skin coracle, [400]
Order of entertainment, [6]
Original Valentine, [103]
Orion, [424]
Outdoor fun, [207]
Outfit, camping, [194]
Oyster, sea treasure, [69]
P
Palette, love’s, [111]
Palm, date, [227]
Pandora box, [12]
Pantomime, [102]
Pantomime, charades, [6]
Paper Columbus, [405]
Paper disks, [36]
Paper shower, [36]
Party, novel Easter, [33]
Party, Thanksgiving, [85]
Pasteboard doll house, [315]
Peaked hat, [174]
Peep show, magic, [137]
Performers, wild west show, [120]
Pharos of Alexandria, [244]
Phidias, [259]
Picnic, roof, [127]
Pig, to make, [367]
Pin cushion, [375]
Pitch-wood fire, [252]
Plant your garden, [151]
Plants, Babylonian, [299]
Platforms, hanging gardens’, [284]
Pole, tether-ball, [207]
Pollux, [423]
Porcupine, [68]
Post-office, [104]
Postmaster, girls’ fair, [192]
Pottery, coloring, [396]
Properties, Thanksgiving stage, [101]
Pumpkin games, [85]
Punch and Judy show, [45]
Punch’s head, [46]
Puritan woman, [98]
Pyramids, [219]
Q
Queen Titania, [75]
R
Race, shuffle, [10]
Race, wedding, [61]
Rackets, egg tennis, [38]
Rackets, palm-leaf fan, [158]
Rackets, tether-ball, [214]
Raft, toy, [341]
Rapid-transit story, [92]
Reindeer, Santa Claus, [165]
Rhodes, Colossus of, [233]
Rings of grass, invitation, [55]
Rite, vesper, [65]
Roof picnic, [127]
Ropes, evergreen, [312]
Rosebud, mademoiselle, [16]
Roses, paper, [130]
Rug, doll house, [323]
Rules of egg tennis, [41]
S
Saddle, camel, [230]
Safe, backyard, [199]
Sail boat, [373]
Sails, Columbus’ ship, [411]
Sandpaper for pyramids, [221]
Santa Claus, [163]
Santa Maria, [411]
Saucers, Santa Claus, [171]
Screen, witch, [66]
Sea treasure, [69]
Secret of magic kettle, [43]
Serpent, [69]
Shelves, [324]
Ship, Columbus’, [405]
Show, magic peep, [137]
Show, Punch and Judy, [45]
Show, wild west, [113]
Shower of paper, [36]
Shrubbery, Babylonian, [297]
Shuffle race, [10]
Side steps, Diana’s temple, [276]
Sides, choice of, [160]
Sleigh, Santa Claus, [164]
Slides, peep show, [138]
Slippers, old, [58]
Sostratus, [253]
Sphinx, [225]
Spool table, [315]
Spoon, [368]
Spring, tin-pail, [200]
Stage, Punch and Judy, [45]
Stage, Titania’s, [75]
Stamps, Valentine, [107]
Statue of Zeus, [259]
Statues, Babylonian, [294]
Stems, [311]
Stencil painting, [426]
Stencils, to make, [426]
Steps, Diana’s temple, [274]
Steps, marble, [252]
Story, rapid transit, [92]
Strawberry, [371]
Sun-bonnet, charade, [7]
Sun-bonnet girl, [149]
Sunflowers, paper, [127]
T
Table, backyard camp, [198]
Table, spool, [315]
Table, wild west show, [113]
Tag, Japanese, [134]
Tally card, [159]
Taurus, [425]
Temple of Diana, [269]
Tennis, egg, [33]
Tent, backyard, [197]
Tent, to make, [123]
Test, bean bag, [66]
Tether-ball, [207]
Thanksgiving party, [85]
Three blind mice, [144]
Throne of Zeus, [263]
Tissue paper glass, [318]
Titania’s dance, [75]
Tools, clay modelling, [387]
Toys, water, [338]
Tree, living Christmas, [173]
Trousers, Santa Claus, [169]
Tulip bed, [361]
Turtle, [366]
U
Umbrella, [369]
Upper dais, [264]
Ursa major, [418]
Ursa minor, [420]
V
Valentine entertainment, [103]
Vesper rite, [65]
Victory, winged, [268]
W
Warp, [350]
Water life, [141]
Water toys, [338]
Wax, bayberry, [331]
Weaving, [349]
Wedding race, [61]
Wicks, candle, [334]
Wig, Santa Claus, [169]
Wigwams, [416]
Wild west show, [113]
Window glass, [318]
Winged victory, [268]
Wings, Titania’s, [83]
Witch screen, [66]
World, valentine, [109]
Wreaths, [310]
Y
Yard, camping in back, [194]
Z
Zeus, statue of, [259]