Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 262, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1919 — TO MAKE NEWSPAPER HOLDER [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TO MAKE NEWSPAPER HOLDER

Remnant of Narrow Stair Carpet May Be Easily Made Into Decorative Article. The sketch show’s a good use to which a remnant of narrow stair-car-pet may beput, in the way of making a newspaper holder with it for hanging upon the wall. If possible, the should be selected of a color to match or harmonize with the wallpaper upon which it is to hang. The edges where the carpet has been cut are bound with colored braid,

and at each corner a ring is sewn on in the manner shown in sketch B. Then nails are driven into the wall at a distance apart corresponding with the width of the carpet, and they should slant slightly upwards in the way Illustrated in diagram A. i .Th'* so that the carpet hangs downwards and forms a large loop, into which the papers may be slipped from .either side. All tidy housewives like a place to keep papers in, so that they do not litter the room, and this is just the thing needed, as it is strong and practical.

An Easily-Made Newspaper Holder.