Save all your scraps of writing paper, old notes of no use, old
envelopes, old backs of notes, &c. Take a bag or some box to throw them
in, instead of the fire or rag-bag, where they are usually placed. When
a number has been collected, cut them into strips about half an inch
wide or narrower, and two inches long; curl them wet by drawing them
over the blade of an old penknife.
Make a pillow case of any material you have; fill it with your curled
paper; mix with it a few shreds of old flannel.
Stuff it _quite full_, sew the end up, and cover it as you please.
These pillows are invaluable in case of fevers, as they keep cool, and
are cheap and good substitutes for feather pillows. If these pillows
are not required for home use, our young ladies could make them for our
hospitals, or the poor.