Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 134, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1916 — GOOD USE FOR DRAIN PIPE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GOOD USE FOR DRAIN PIPE

With Proper Decoration It Can Be Made Into Useful and Ornamental Umbrella Stand. Drain pipes make most excellent stands for sticks, umbrellas, golf clubs, plants, brooms, etc., It Is Impossible to knock them over, and If treated to a little simple decoration, they become ornamental as well as useful. These pipes can usually be had from builders, or at any place where building is going on several are sure to be left over, and they can be bought very cheaply. The pipe will need covering all over with some enamel, paint or paper. Some very good effects can be got by covering the pipe over with leftover paper; thick paper would be suitable for the purpose, such as embossed paper that is used for halls or for ceilings. If the pipe Is only to stand In a pantry as a receptacle for brooms, it could be covered with almost any kind of left-over wall paper. As a rule, the best plan is to enamel the pipe; give one coat, let that dry, then give another, or paint it with a paint that varnishes at the same time. Such paint can be had in all artlstio shades of color; the tone, of course, will depend upon the surrounding decorations. Leave it to dry for several days; it can then be decorated a little further. For this purpose it is a good plan to stencil a simple pattern round the top and bottom of It with another color; this can be done with ordinary oil paint or gold or silver paint. It is a matter of only a few minutes to paint the stencil on the pipe, and the effect is very good. For those who paint, a few flowers arranged gracefully round the pipe look very pretty, or a little scene. When the pipes are used as plant stands, they should be painted or

enameled the same shade as the plant pot; this gives a complete look to the stand. The stencil or other decoration on the pipe may be another color, but all should harmonize together.

Firm Umbrella Stand.