Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 174, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1913 — BLOTTER FITS POCKET [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BLOTTER FITS POCKET

PRETTY PRESENT FOR MAN WHO DOES MUCH TRAVELING. •■■X- ■■ ■ . <. * . ~ ' Convenient Little Article Probably Will Be Appreciated Moat by Those Who Are Constant Users of Fountain Pens. This blotter will take up very little more space in a pocket than an envelope of a commercial else, and might even be carried in an ordinary letter case. - Users of fountain pens will find it extremely useful, aud it la quite simple to make. In constructing it, in the first place a piece of thick cardboard five inches in length and three inches in width will be required, and that side which is to form the back es the blotter must be covered with thin silk. This can be easily done by cutting out a piece of silk somewhat larger than the cardboard, turning it over at the edges and fastening it down with liquid glue or some other strong adhesive. The corners, under which thq sheets of blotting paper are to be slipped, may be fastened in position, and they are made of strips of kid (plenty of material will be found in an old kid

glove) of the shape shown In diagram B. The kid must be folded at ths points indicated by the. dotted lines, and the two portions marked C and C glued to the board, and when-dry, two or three sheets of blotting paper cut to fit can be slipped into the corners bo made. The blotter is furnished with a foldover flap, lined with soft silk and edged with a fine suk cord, which is carried into a loop tn tor the purpose of securing it to the small barrel button, sewn on to the lower part of the case. Diagram A shows_the flap drawn over the blotting paper, and fastened down, and Initials of the owner can be worked upon the exterior where indicated. ' * --Quaint Trimmings for Kiddies, In unexpected spots Are motifs appliqued.. , It may be a cretonne floMßr Or a pair of green love-birds. Flower pots or funny woolen trees With brightest of woolen blossoms aglow. These i£re on a pocket flap or lust below the neck. They are quite Irrelevant to the general scheme of the coat or frock. One little damsel had a rose on her collar In the back. _ Then two tiny buds appeared on her cuffs. A blue eponge coat had a pair of green birds cut out of cretonne and stitched on the left lapel.