Hand-Sewn
Santas Go
Over Big
SIX years ago Mrs Dorothy
Harry of Corona Del Mar,
Calif., made k life-size Santa
Claus figure to decorate her
club’s party. . . .
The end is not in sight.
Now there are about 150 of
the Santas in Christmas dis
plays over town and Mrs. Har
ry is busy Sewing on more.
She liked the first Santa she
made so well that she decided
to make another for her own
home the next year But the
theatrical supply house from
which she ordered one face
mask sent two. So she made a
Santa for a neighbor.
“Then it just grew and grew,”
she says. “Now I make about
20 every year.”
If the Santa is for a com
mercial display, Mrs. Harry re
quires that the purchaser pay
for another Santa, wljich is
then donated to a hospital or
charity.
The figures cost only $12
each she says, and are practi
cally indestructible.
MOTH BALL DECOR
Anchor a tall red candle to
the bottom of a tall apothecary
jar with child’s modeling clay.
Toss in a handful of mothballs
and add a quarter of a cup-of
vinegar and a teaspoon of soda
for every glass of water needed
to fill the jar. The moth balls
will bounce merrily around the
candle for an hour or so. When
they get sluggish, another dash
of soda and vinegar will jostle
them back into action. This is
a Christmas arrangement that
children will really enjoy and
one easily made.
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| She Substitutes
‘Charm Strings’ j
For Yule Wreaths
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Mrs. Inez Campbell of Re- ,
serve, Kan., fashions “charm
strings” instead of Christmas
wreaths during the Yule sea
son. She grows the material—
ornamental gourds, Indian corn
and seed pods—in her own
backyard.
Placed on a door or gate, the
charm strings tinkle a “Merry
Christmas” to visitors, Mrs.
Campbell says.
She starts with strings of red
or green carpet warp 18 inches
long knotted every two inches
with a loop at the top to hold
them. Beginning at the bottom
with a bright gourd of medium
size, she works up, fastening
at every knot small ornamen
tal gourds, pine cones and seed
pods. These include milkweed,
catalpa. lotus, okra and jimson
weed. Tiny gold and silver bells
arc tied on at random.
for fresh cookies
A slice of apple wrapped
loosely in wax paper and placed
in an airtight cookie jar or tin
will keep Christmas cookies
fresh.
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And A Nappy MEW YEAR
ARIA'S APPAIEL