. How to make Indian and other baskets . and below is a school-bag, used for car-rying books, etc. Fig- 53 sihows a small dolls hat, and a tray, both made of plaitedraffia. All the articles of Figs. 50, 52 and 53 were made by smallchildren at Mr. Nelighs school in Columbus, Ga. Figs. 54 and 55 are composed of model hats made by the studentsat Teachers College, Columbia University, New York. They are allof braided raffia, sewed with the edges outermost. In the making of these hats seek to draw out the individuality of HOW TO MAKE INDIAN AND OTHER BASKETS. 49 each child or student. Let one make
. How to make Indian and other baskets . and below is a school-bag, used for car-rying books, etc. Fig- 53 sihows a small dolls hat, and a tray, both made of plaitedraffia. All the articles of Figs. 50, 52 and 53 were made by smallchildren at Mr. Nelighs school in Columbus, Ga. Figs. 54 and 55 are composed of model hats made by the studentsat Teachers College, Columbia University, New York. They are allof braided raffia, sewed with the edges outermost. In the making of these hats seek to draw out the individuality of HOW TO MAKE INDIAN AND OTHER BASKETS. 49 each child or student. Let one make a continental hat, another acolonial, still another a Puritan. A Southern girl will naturally try asombrero, whilst a girl from the Dutch regions of Pennsylvaniawill make a Dutch farmers hat. Others will try the Panama, theCoolie, the Chinese, the outing hat, the policemans helmet, the pokebonnet, etc. In army hat>s< of different nations are a score of suggest-ive shapes, while in the hats of the peasantry of the world a host more. FIG. 50. ARTICLES OF PLAITED RAFFIA, ETC. of excellent suggestions may be found. To add interest to the worklet the child know something of the wearer of these different kindsof hats. Here come in opportunities for fascinating little chats on his-tory, geography, social and domestic customs, the reasons that used toexist for the different kinds of headgear used in the various regimentsof the ^ame army, etc. 50 HOW TO MAKE INDIAN AND OTHER BASKETS. Then, too, native taste may be exercised and called into existencein the choice of a modern outing hat. If you make a modern hat,make such an one as you would personally like to wear. This de-mands personality, individuality, the conscious exercise of try to make a hat that would suit some friend. Remember thata good milliner in choosing a hat studies, the shape of the face andhead, the color of the hair, the form, etc., of the wearer. Thus she isable to produce a hat that will harmonize w
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