Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 240, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1910 — MADE FROM A WICKER BASKET [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MADE FROM A WICKER BASKET

Dainty Handkerchief Box That May Easily Be Fashioned by Skillful Fingers. Fancy wicker baskets In a variety of designs and of a suitable size for holding nandkerchlefs niay be bought for very uttle, and treated In the manner shown in our sketch make handy little articles for use at home, or for a small present, or for sale In a bazar. In the first Instance, tbo lid and Interior of the basket Is lined with pink batiste, sewn In Its place with thread drawn through the spaces In the wick-

er work. The thread should be chosen of a color to match the wicker as nearly as possible, as • then It will be scarcely visible. Next, it should be padded with cotton wool, plentifully sprinkled with satchet powder, and then covered with some prettily colored piece of satin. Four ribbons of a color to match the satin are sewn Inside and tie across the handkerchiefs in tbo manner illustrated. Ribbons decorate the handles on either side, and ribbon strings are attached In front by which the lid may be Secured when the basket Is closed.