Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 280, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1911 — CASE PROTECTS THE BRUSH [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CASE PROTECTS THE BRUSH

Artice of Necessity If Silver Toilet Utensils Are to Be Kept Properly.

Unles-. a silver-backed brush Is protected in some manner, while it la not to actual use, it will soon become scratched and tarnished, and the case

for this purpote, of which we give a sketch, is ornamental, and can be easily made. To obtain the size in which to make It, the brush should bo laid, back downwards, upon a piece of stout card-

board, and a line drawn round It with a pencil, about an eighth of an inch from the edge of the brush. The, shape .so obtained should then be out out and smoothly covered on one side with silk, and the other with velvet, with a little wadding underneath. For the side of the case a second piece of cardhoard should be cut out in the shape shown by diagram D, and it should be of sufficient length to reach from point B to C in diagram A. This piece of cardboard is also covered on one side with velvet and the other with silk, upon which some pretty little design, such as suggested in the sketch, has been worked. When this has been done, it may be bent into shape and sewn in an upright position t. the lower part, and to complete the case It la entirely edged with a fine silk cord. The small sketch E at the top shops the brush in the case, and as the silver back of the brush rests upon the velvet it will help to keep, it from the effects of the air, and prevent it from being scratched.