FIG. 1.
Hair was made by simply cutting the top twist and trimming it. Hands and feet were equally carefully snipped. The finishing touch must be given with our scarlet wool. Eyes, nose, mouth, wristlets, waist, neck-ribbon and buttons, are all of this vivid hue.
Perhaps the baby Sambos are quaintest of all. Just half the size of their parents with little knots of woolly curls, and tiny frizzy hands.
Not the least part of Vera’s delight in her family was the fact that they are all really penwipers. Months after the little girl was running about well and jolly. The Sambos did duty on every writing-table in the house, and the four of them only cost twopence half-penny.
A MORE ELABORATE SAMBO.
These fascinating little mannikins have the advantage of being novel, cheap to make, and very attractive at bazaars, where they sell easily for one shilling each, the cost of making being on an average threepence a-piece.
The materials required are single Berlin wool, black, scarlet and white, some yellow “topaz jewels,” and a little glittering tinsel or strings of bright beads. A quarter of a pound (one packet) of black Berlin wool makes four men, while the same quantity of scarlet and white equips a whole army, as less of these is used. I utilised the “jewels” and trimmings from two old evening dresses of mine, and in these days of sequin and jewelled passementerie most girls would have some by them without needing to buy.
