Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1913 — The HOME DEPARTMENT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The HOME DEPARTMENT

POCKET STAMP CASE ACCEPTABLE SMALL GIFT FOR MAN OF BUSINESS May Be Made an Attractive Uttie Article, Especially If the Initials of the Recipient are Worked With Those of Donor The waistcoat pocket stamp case shown accompanying sketch would make an acceptable little gift Ifor a man on an unimportant occasion it is made in two separate ipieces, and the portion containing the Stamps, shown in the upper sketch, ifits into the lower portion In making it, two heart-shaped ipieces of thin cardboard are cut out in the size indicated, and neatly covered with thin silk and then sewn together at the edges to the points indicated by A and A, the upper part Ibeihg left open For the pocket for the staiftps, a iplece of cardboard an inch and a quarter in width, and an inch and a (half in length, is covered with some

of the same silk, and at the top a loop of narrow ribbon Is sewn on and the pocket arranged across the lower half. A glance at the sketch will this. » The Initials of the recipient can be worked upon one side and perhaps those of the donor on the other. Silk in some dark shade of color should be selected, as it will show and wear less quickly than more lightly colored material; this little case would look very well carried out in grey silk with red ribbon and initials worked in a color to match the latter. The initials, by the way, must, of course, be worked upon the material prior to covering the cardboard, and some pretty little floral design might be embroidered in place of them, if preferred.