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Attract ioe Homemade Table Decorations
T is usually a joint arrangementthis
matter of an entertainment
I program of the Frisco Employes'
Clubs, and the ladies usually arrange
the program and, of course, when
there is a dinner to serve, the wives
and mothers of Frisco employes take
great pains in providing the menu
and in decorating the tables.
TO some folks, decorations are a
large part of the dinner and it is true
that proper decorations give the
proper atmosphere.
The St. Louis Girls' Club has always
found that decorations on the speakers'
table and on the smaller tables
have added to the color of the iuonthly
meeting, and the Springfield Girls'
Club have also gone in for elaborate
decorations.
Flowers, especially in the smaller
cities, are hlgh and rather hard to find
in off-seasons, although they are plentiful
from the Frisco's own flower beds
in sunlnlertime. But now that springtime
is so near, we are likely to be
impatient for flowers, and they are
desired for homes and for gatherings
Of friends long before the sun brings
them to the gardens.
Perhaps one of the most colorful
and most beautiful of all the spring
blooms is the stately tulip and these
may be had in profusion if they are
made from beautiful shades of crepe
papel'.
A group of Frisco wives and mothers
may meet for an afternoon just
before the next social gathering and
make enough of these lovely blooms
to tastily decorate any banquet hall
or room.
And here is how it is done! Two
shades of crepe paper are used for
the two-toned petals of the tulips.
Some attractive combinations are
violet and purple, light and dark amber,
heliotrope and violet, purple and
fuchsia, light and dark pink. or flame
and salmon. Moss green will also be
required for the leaves and stems, and
black crepe paper is necessary for the
tulip center. Denison Craft Service
Wire No. 9 is also needed for the
stems-besides paste and scissors.
To make the pattern for the petal,
sinlply trace an elongated oval on to
tissue paper, and then recut in card-
board. For a leaf pattern, take a
piece of paper ten inches long and
one and three-quarters inches wide.
Fold this through the center, and
from a point half-way down. grad-
ually taper this to a point at the
top and to one-half inch at the bot-
tom, keeping the sides rounded. Open
this cut to a full she, and recut in
cardboard.
For each tulip cut two strips of
crepe paper in the colors selected.
four inches wide by twelve Inches
long. Place one on top of the other
and paste lightly along the edge.
Then cut six double petals, using the
pattern. Cup each petal with the
lighter shade outside. To do this.
place the thumbs on one side and
forefinger near the edges on the other
side and push out into cup shape.
For the center, cut two strips of
crepe, black and green, three inches
wide and two and one-half inches
long. Fold and cut a fine fringe one
inch deep. Roll this fringe for the
center and fasten with fine wire.
Now to assemble the flower, place
the petals around the center, the dark
shade inside and tips one and one-
fourth inch above the center, each
petal overlapping. Then place the
next three on the outside each be-
tween two petals already pk
Fasten all together.
For the stem, cut across the 6 p
a one-half inch wide strip. And
the leaves cut a 10-inch ride at:
inches long. Fold and cut out fat?' ,
the leaves. Wrap the stem by bi'
ing the narrow strip around the b
of the flower and winding it ti$
stretching the paper fully. Md a'
inch piece of No. 9 mire and con+
wrapping the stem smoothly, slar..
it downward and twirling the r'
Insert the leaves, two on each rr -
with the stein wrapping.
And, before long, a Rasketfu!
beautiful tulips will be readr !
brighten up the room. This is v.'
one of twenty-two different rari?!!.
of crepe flowers which mag be n:ai
and those interested may send I,
cents to the Denison Craft S m
62 E. Randolph Street, Chlcago. r
receive a complete instruction b
for making of the various kinds.
We would like to hear from v"
of the members of the Frism E-
ployes' Clubs who undertake to n; L
these delightful crepe flowers, a:
just what success they had. "
which were found to be the n' I
easily made, so that we may pas; " 1
word along to our other $kt:
clubs.
HAVE YOU TRIED THESE?
Cocoanut Cookies
1/2 tsp. lemon juice
% cup milk
1% cups four
l/q cup shortening
3 tsps. baking powder
?h cup sugar
1 egg
W tsp. salt
2 cups grated cocoanut
Cream shortening; add sugar, i.-
en egg and lemon juice. Whpn 7
mixed, add milk alternately sitb '1.
dry ingredients which have been .'.
ed together. Then add the mcnlr:.
Drop by spoonfuls on a geawd p:;
allowing space for spreading. b
in a moderate oven (385 degrees :
fifteen to twenty minutes.