Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1915 — KEEP SMALL ARTICLES HANDY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

KEEP SMALL ARTICLES HANDY

With This in towing Room, the Cotton and Thimble Need Never - Be Misplaced. Onr sketch shows a handy little article will prove very useful and that can be made in a few moments. The base is composed of a small square piece of wood, and the sketch clearly indicates the shape and 1 size of it in proportion to the reel of cotton. This piece of wood is smoothly covered with thin silk, the material being turned over at the edges and fastened on underneath with a strong adhesive. Diagram A illustrates the shape in which The silk should be cut out and the space B enclosed In the dotted

lines shoul<L.csrrdspond in size with the surface of the wood. The reel of cotton is fastened in its place in the center, with a long thin brass-headed nail, and on this nail the reel will revolve freely while the cotton is being drawn off. Diagram D illustrates the holder In this stage, and upon the top of the nail a thimble can be placed in the manner shown in the larger sketch and a needle may be pun through the silk covering the surface of the wood. This is aIBO indicated in the illustration. A little holder of this nature, when not required for home use, would make a salable novelty to prepare for a bazaar.