Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 236, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1916 — DOES AWAY WITH UNTIDINESS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DOES AWAY WITH UNTIDINESS

Box Into Which Used Matches May Be Dropped Should Have Place in Every Household. It is a good plan to make a little box such as is shown in our sketch, that can be hung upon the wall by the side of the mantelpiece- 1 and into which all used matches can be dropped.

tn these days used ma'tches are well worth saving, as when a sufficient quantity of them has been collected they will go a long wajr towards lighting a fire. The little article shown can be easily made from a mustard tin or other tin of a suitable shape and size. The tin is covered with dark green silk, the

material being turned over at the edges and underneath and fastened on with a strong adhesive. The upper edges are bound with narrow ribbon fastened on in a like manner. On the material covering the front of the tin the words “Used Matches” are worked with crimson silk. At the back of the tin near the upper edge a small round hole is made, and in the little sketch at the top of the illustration the cross indicates its position, find by means of this hole the tin can be suspended from a brassheaded nail in the wall as shown in the larger sketch.

Box for Used Matches.