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Save on Gifts for Shut-Ins

Glass jam containers may be colored by the simple bronzepaint method. One done in marigold yellow with a touch of black at the top would be attractive; another in larkspur blue with burnt orange at top and bottom. Fill with dates dressed with ground raisins and nuts dipped in chocolate.

Gather dainty grasses and paint in brilliant hues to give cheer after the sweets are gone.

Save your grape baskets and cover with plain red crêpe paper. In each basket put one steamed pudding in aluminum cup, pressed veal, a cluster of raisins, sweet red apples, oranges, and graham fig cookies.

For children in the charity hospitals fill the baskets with healthful edibles (including fruits), tiny dolls, tops and balls. A year's collection of Little Delineators, with scissors, an unbleached-muslin booklet and paste, will entertain a small shut-in, while the adult Delineator may be passed along to some grown-up who could not otherwise possess it. -Mrs. M. C. McK., Logan, Utah.

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