"I don't see why those of us who can't draw couldn't cut a child or a dog or some figure from a magazine and lay it on the folded paper and trace around the edges and then cut it," suggested Dorothy.
A String of Paper Dolls
"You could perfectly well. All you have to remember is to leave a folded edge at the side, top and bottom. You can make a row of dogs standing on their hind paws and holding hands—forepaws—and the ground they are standing on will fasten them together at the bottom."
"How does the lamp shade idea work out?" asked Helen with Grandfather Emerson's Christmas gift in mind.
"You cut a string of figures that are fairly straight up and down, like Greek maidens or some conventional vases or a dance of clowns. Then you must be sure that your strip is long enough to go around your shade. Then you line it with asbestos paper—the kind that comes in a sort of book for the kitchen."
"I see. You paste the strip right on to the asbestos paper and cut out the figures," guessed James.
"Exactly," replied Tom. "After which you paste the ends of the strip together and there you have your shade ready to slip on to the glass."
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