Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 237, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1913 — CONVENIENT STAND FOR CAKE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CONVENIENT STAND FOR CAKE

May Be Put Together at Nominal Cost, Though It Is Expensive to Purchase-. For afternoon or informal tea, a stand is most essential, and though they are expensive articles to buy, they can easily be made at home at a very nominal cost. Very few materials will be required, just three bamboo sticks of equal length or three round-like sticks of white wood, and three round Japanese trays of equal size. Instead of the trays, three wooden round box lids would do.»They

must be the same size. Japanese trays can be bought so cheaply, and they are so prettily got up that no further decoration is necessary, but if box lids are used, they will require to be stained or pokered; this latter is an excellent method of decorating if the worker happens to possess a poker machine. Otherwise, the lids O&n easily be stained any color desired, and afterwards varnished with white hard spirit Varnish. To make the stand, .three rods about 30 inches in length are needed, bore holes in these with a hot skewer, four Inches from the top, five inches from the bottom, and another exactly half way between the two; the holes must go right through, and must be exactly in the same position on each rod, or the stand will not be level. Make three holes in each tray in the same way so that they will exactly correspond with the holes in the rods. The trays are then fastened to the rods with strong copper wire. If this is done neatly it will hardly show; if It does, it may be concealed by rosettes of ribbon. A stand of this kind is most useful and strong; it is excellent for use for tea out of doors, when one might hesitate in taking out an expensive stand; in fact, would be found a most useful addition to any household, and the amount of decoration spent upon it will, of course, depend upon where it Is to be used, and the coloring of it upon the color scheme of its surroundings.