Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 262, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1911 — A Handy Gift. [ARTICLE]

A Handy Gift.

An inexpensive gift for the woman who sews or embroiders is a book made of stiff cardboard backs, four by ten Inches, and covered with heavy silk or an art linen in dull colors. Embroider across the upper face the word "Silk.” Run this in a diagonal dlre<sioa and put a little spray of flowers around it. On the back cover work the recipient’s monogram or her three initials in a corded outline. Inside the covers are a dosen man 11a envelopes, arranged with the flap to the outer edge of the book, that are destined to hdld as many colors of silk. The make and number of the silk Is to be marked on the outside of the envelopes. Three holes are cut through the covers and also in the envelopes; ribbon is run through these holes and tied at the back in small bOWS.