Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 179, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1915 — SAVES THE TABLE OR TRAY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SAVES THE TABLE OR TRAY

Practical Teapot Btand That la Decorative as Well as Useful for Its Purpose. To be of practical use, a teapot stand mast be thick enough to prevent the heat from penetrating to the table or tray,‘and the accompanying sketch and diagrams illustrate the way In which a very decorative and pretty litr tie stand for this purpose can be made. Get a piece of wood measuring six Inches square and three-fourths inch in thickness. The corners are slightly

rounded and the wood is smoothly covered with corded silk of any pretty color. Diagram A shows the shape in which the material should be cut out, the ■space inclosed in the dotted line corresponding in size to the surface of the wood. The fuur flaps are turned over the edges of the wood and fastened on at the back with tiny tacks. Diagram B, which illustrates the under side of the stand, shows this accomplished. The design which appears upon the silk must, of course, be w'orked upon the material prior to covering the wood and consists of a wreath of tiny leaves embroidered n various shades of green. The stand is outlined with small brass-headed nails of a fancy pattern driven in close together. The “legs” of the stand are made of large glass beads fastened on with nails run through them in the manner shown in diagram D, and diagram C gives the appearance of the stand as it should look when complete. A stand for the hot water jug can be made to match but in rather a smaller size.

Teapot Stand.