Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1912 — PRACTICAL CASE FOR MUSIC [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PRACTICAL CASE FOR MUSIC

Full Description and Illustration of Most Useful and Pretty Plano Accessory. There are several different ways in which music cases can be made, but perhaps one of the most simple and practical is shown in our sketch. It can be carried out in any art serge.

silk or American cloth, and lined with soft silk and bound at the edge with narrow ribbon. ?.V The sides are stiffened with two piece* of cardboard, and between these two pieces tn the, center a space of about an inch should be >nllowed ao that the case may fold together easily. . ’ The diagram on th* right hand aid* explains this, B and C being Stif-

fened with cardboard, and A shows the space between. Inside the case two bands of elastic are sewn, under which the music may be slipped and held in its place, and the case is secured when closed by a small tab that bends over and fastens on to a button sewn on the reverse side of the ease. The handles by which ft may be carried are made of silk cord, and the word “Music” or initials can be worked upon one side. The small sketch at the top shows the case completed and fastened together.