Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 230, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1914 — USEFUL ON DESK OR TABLE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

USEFUL ON DESK OR TABLE

Roller Blotter Makes Most Acceptable Present When Appropriately Decorated. A roller blotter, or rocker, as they are sometimes called, is a most useful article to have upon one’s desk or writing table; it is always then to hand, and a letter or any writing is quickly blotted. The great advantage of this kind of blotter is that pieces of the blotting paper cannot be so easily torn off, as so often happens with the blotting pad; and as it cannot be used to write upon, as a blotter can, it is left alone on the desk, and so alWays at hand. Roller blotters can be bought quite cheaply, made of white wood. They

then require decorating. This is done in various ways. The use of the blotter will decide its style of decoration. For instance, if it is to be used in a dainty drawing room it might be covered with some pretty silk brocade, or with linen which has had a design embroidered on. If, however,, it has to stand hard wear and . tear day after day, it is well to simply stain it any nice shade, or poker some suitable design on it. The handle will screw off, so that the flat piece of wood can be worked on the'flat, without .the roller part. It can from time to time be refilled with blotting paper by* simply unscrewing the handle. Trace on the wood some little simple design, outline it with the poker point, and poker in the background and the edges of the woodby means of little dots. Put them dose together so that no white, wood shows in between. The wood can then be brushed over with white bard spirit varnish; this gives the wood a beautiful polish, and makes it smooth to the touch. ...» Roller blotters prove most acceptable presents, especially for men. They are also splendid articles to decorate for bazaars, etc.