Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 240, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1913 — FOR HOLDING THE MATCHES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FOR HOLDING THE MATCHES

Handy Box That May Be Made an Ornament with a Little Time and Work. A box of matches should find a place in every room, and if it is fixed to the wall near the gas bracket, especially in bedrooms, it will always be at hahd when needed. The little holder we show here is very easy to make; it has a foundation of cardboard cut about eight inches long and three and one-half inches wide. Cover the

card with some pretty pieces of silk or satin and bind the edges all round with ribbon; for our model, ribbon with picot edge was used, the little picots giving a nice finish. Turn one end sharply up about three inches, then in the spaces at side* put a sWpdge-shaped piece of silk4>ound at top with ribbon, it can be slip-stitched inside the holder; the width of the wedge at top should be enough to allow of the box being slipped easily into the holder. A bow of ribbon with loops by which it may be suspended is sewn to the top. For large size boxes of matches the case would of course need to be made a little larger.