Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1916 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

pensive, they can be duplicated at home for very much less, and they would make delightful gifts. The scrap basket shown is made over a wire frame and has a lining of the same color taffeta. The bottom is made of a circle of heavy cardboard, faced on both sides with the taffeta; both the lining and the outside piece are gathered to this. The strips of taffeta should be cut much wider than the frame, and shirred at the top and bottom. Bands of tarnished gold lace are sewed on to the taffeta as a finish at the top and bottom. Gold cords twisted at each end to form heavy knots are used for handles. —New York Times.