Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 189, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1916 — IS REALLY PRETTY PRESENT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

IS REALLY PRETTY PRESENT

Few Gifts Will Be More Highly Appreciated Than a Glass Box Made by the Donor. Anything made of glass always has a peculiar fascination, and such boxes as these are really easy to make and form most handsome presents. The box described here looks beautiful on the dressing table and can be used as a jewel box or can be put on

a table in the drawing-room to display delicate curios or other small trinkets, as the contents can always be seen, yet are protected from dust and fear of accident. Ordinary clear glass will be required, and this .will doubtless be found about the house In the shape of a picture glass. The glazier for a dime or two will cut the required sizes out, and if asked will round off the corner edges and smooth down any shlirp points. The sizes required for such a box as illustrated are as follows: Two pieces 8 inches by 5 inches <for top •nd bottom of the box), two pieces 8

inches by 8 Inches (for front and back), two pieces 5 inches by 3 Inches (for sides). To put the glass together, ribbon will be required, about 4 yards, from 1% to 2 inches in width. Just fold the ribbon lengthwise, then iron It; sew one folded end together and slip a piece of glass between the fold; stretch the ribbon tightly along the glass, cut off the end of the piece; turn the edges of ends in and oversew; it should grip the glass quite tightly. Frame each edge of the glass in the same way with a ribbon border. When the pieces have all been framed the box is put together by oversewing the ribbon edges together; use silk or thread to sew with that Is the same color as the ribbon. For a little latch, buttonhole a tiny ring with the silk and sew in the center of the top lid edge. At the bottom of the box lay a piece of colored satin or silk the color of the ribbon used, and the pretty box is complete.

Pretty Crystal Box.