Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1895 — USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL.

Handy and Convenient Bests Which Are Essily Made. : One of tho most useful phases of furniture in a well-equipped bed- room Is a shoe box, a clothes box, or a receptacle for the children’s toys. Every family has them. They’re as popular as sofa cushions, and yet very few

business stores keep them, and the carpenter has to be looked to for their manufacture. . A simple and neat box Is shown In the first picture. It is the size of an ordinary wooden shoe box, arranged with the lid on hinges and covered with some light, funcy material, such as cretonne, silkollne or denim The sec-

ond illustration represents a box with the lid raised, showing on its under side a series of pockets for slippers, overshoes, etc., and also a pocket for button hook, shoe lioru nnd other sundries pertaining to footwear. Another suggestion for a combined shoe box and window sent is shown In picture number three, which makes a very attractive and comfortable piece

of furniture. It cun be made of two small boxes and one long box, or other equally good boxes of about tlieso proportions, made of strong bonrds; the proportions should be carefully preserved. Remove oue side from each small box, leaving the ends, top, bottom and one side? place them on tho

tloor a distance apart, with tho open end at the front; botweeu these placo the long box, liavlug a lid fastened on at the back with hinges; screw tho sides of the end boxes fast to the sides of the middle box, and across tho back of tho three boxes fasten a board to act ah a back to the seat.

FOR CHILDREN'S TOYS.

BOX FOR SHOES.

SHOE BOX AND WINDOW SEAT.

FRAME WORK FOR NO. 3.