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PENWIPER.

SIDE OF SMOKING-CAP.

PENWIPER. BY MRS. JANE WEAVER MATERIALS. Some pieces of scarlet cloth. Other pieces of black cloth. One large hickorynut. Cut three circles of red cloth six inches in diameter, notch them upon the edge. Also

old woman's head, take the nut, and display as much genius (with the aid of pen and ink) as is possible under the circumstances, in making her look as much like a cross old woman as you

three black ones in the same manner; fold each circle in half; then make a funnel of each piece so folded, fastening them with a stitch at the point ; arrange them, alternating black and red, all the points coming to the center. For the

can. With a little frill of lace or muslin for the cap, and some of the black cloth, bordered with scarlet, for the hood, the old woman's head will be complete. Sew it firmly in the center of the Penwiper.