Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 166, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1917 — FOR TOP OF WRITING TABLE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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Receptacle for Stamps, Paper Fasteners and Odd Bits and Ends Can Be Easily Made. A Some spare moments may well be filled up by making the useful little Article shown in the accompanying sketch, and It can be easily prepared with three small cardboard boxes. It Is intended for holding stamps, pins, paper fasteners, and other odds and ends, and a small bottle of 1 Ink. The three boxes are fastened together side by side with paper fasteners, and this is shown accomplished in the small sketch at the top of the illustration. The sides of the box are covered with dark green silk, the material being fastened on just Inside and underneath with a strong adhesive. The three compartments are loosely lined with thin silk neatly sewed to the silk covering the edges

of the boxes. The edges are next finished off with a fine gold silk cord, which fe arranged, iivfefo little loops at eaCbcorner ot the tray. In front of each division the word indicating its contents is worked with gold silk, and this must, of course, be done prior to covering the boxes.

Useful Addition to Writing Table.