Show ornamental ENrAL BOXES TWO DAINTY substitutes rolt FOB THE OLD CLUMSY AF AFFAIR aall both bath cheap and nome home mado lead o somo some boards an old box strips of sheet sheer iron and tacks aro are the materials 1997 all rights rei referred erred I 1 ono of the alie useful pieces of furniture aich which Js Is apt to lo he be forgotten by the average housewife a 3 a place to put firewood tor for the open grate crate so BO door to her lierl heart icart I eiery deiy woman loves an open hrc palmly for its cheery aspect and partly for the mantelpiece which it ln in offerIng buch such opportunities for quins aud and pretty bric al a brac it Is no argument against it that it makes a great deal of 0 lust and requires constant replenishing she ai 1 v 1 filing to endure these inconveniences tor for the sake of her fire ii an box to be used as a re rel babl e for wood or cannel coal N will ill tin the latter dilli culty to a great extent our grandfathers had I 1 ia d the iho idea whai hy never the monster box ir aloo ioe kno knots ts te to he empty but such a box abea noliar conla with nith the dainty surroundings of the sitting room and has haa consequently licen been banished of 0 trying to set get alons along NN alth fill j out a any licin however ever the useful and ornamental name na wn may y he be combined in one or the other of 0 the fol lovIng lne easily ale boxes in one of these the logs stand up on end and can be enily eally reached without stooping over the other has haa the advantage of it a lid III which conceals conci als thu contents and will III hold cannel annel coat coal as well laell a as hood ad the raw foien mer r fi made to stand bland in a corner x het e it takes lakes up very little space to make it nix AIX of wood will 1111 lie be tho the woman who bo is handy with aith can make these in thi required lions the one u who bo Is 11 not would do better to call in the assistance of her growing son ann or go to a c carpenter anil and order the boards sawed according to the follow follo ing measure measurements me apts the front piece Is 14 twenty four inches high hy by eighteen wide tho the back pieces of which there are two ate ai fifteen inches ulde tilde and thirty inches bih lilah at the highest point in III the hack back from which both boards slope in a giace fut curve don don n th theo eNother lher side eide where it meets the side pieces and Is twenty fayr foyr inches alrh the two side alecca are each six inches vide and toniy clefes y four inches high the botton bottom ploce piece Js inches long in I 1 front and is hi straight on oil the sides aides for six inched and then runs to a point to conform to the shape of tile iho hack back pieces the back pieces are first fastened together at a light angle and in turn the sides are fastened to them tha th trent front is s then fattened fastened in place after which the bottom li ii nailed securely curel Y in pal I 1 the clithe ot of ill the box both inside ide and out nut should thon then several coats coal or of paint 1 I in ill some desirable color and ahen thor dry all ahm alvies and edges may lie be trimmed pd or bound with aith thin strips of act sheet iron or tin not more than an inch in ulith i edth on oil a side por for binding a corner however the strip of metal should be tuo to inches ulde mide so that it ahen hen it 11 is lapped on an angle an inch ni mill III I 1 lie I 1 c on pach each slap it II la is to lie be securely fastened to tin the wood mood with large oval lacks these tacks serve berve to ornament the box ho and if if any more decoration Is canted wan lel a rosette may nay be cut from the sheet metal and tacked on the center of the front with alth small discs of the same at sell each corner all the metal as a s well as the must lot tat be painted black to make them effective unless m brass li Is used in which case it can tie be kept bright by poching poll ahins with a alepa preparation tor for that purpose the other receptacle for both wood mood slid and coal cal may he be mode made out of an old box of about these proportions thir ty ly six inches long sixteen dep deep and eighteen wide mide to make biake feet that will laise the box alp W a little from the noor screw the halce of croquet balls at e each 11 c orner corner driving tin tile acres from the tho inside of the bottom of the box the lid can bo be raised up tip and down hy by means of two stout hinges at the back tho the entire box Is finally painted inside and out A with ith sevel at coats of 0 point paint prepared for interior uze 1130 the top and aides nay may be decorated in is a manner similar to ill the corner box or r may lie be trimmed with panels of denim in a pretty shade embroidered with wreaths or sprays in some dainty pattern A partition inside di divides viles tile box into t a I 1 compartments one for wood a and nd the other tor for camiel cooil golden eyebrows a new tad rad women ore are accustomed to devote ino more re or less time lime and attention to the aits are concerned just juat at present with fill 4 particularly a fad lyes rind and complexion are for the time bahir ln lnig ignored ored and beauta ful eyebrows are sought after with the gica tet assiduity nor Is it enough to secure eye eyebrows brous that are beautiful i in 1 c color and outline they must be f forced 0 rc the attention of the public by means that at arst sight eight seem rather foreign fo to present day standard of beauty the daring beauty of at the prent vil winter riter touches up her eye brows inith gold paint the idea la 13 of course of oriental orlean or izan and the result of file idea a pretty face with narrow gold cold lines above tile alie MR big da dark rk eyes it fur far to more ore I eastern astern than tharl American enless becom pitched m will ith tic the 91 caleSt care uk tift ad lid adt t t dation of sold gold paint to anes ones eyebrows eyebrow Is likely to appear grotesque MRS WHITNEYS GEMS A new toik witter wilter lives gives the to tollow flow licitr description of fa costume worn by mrs william lam C whitney ey at the opera oper the aalst seemed to be literally co covered v alth v fth and emeralds A tiara of diamonds and emeralds rested on lier coiffure about her neck was a solid band of diamonds from which were sum suspended pendants pennants pend ants of diamonds falling over tier shoulders in the center of the corsage was a diamond star etar on oil c ither either side were other diamond clu cleft teri and L suspended from the kisr ht shoulder and falling down over the wal gaiu t vas as a single string of diabo diamonds n it of immense size I 1 don dont t remember r if she bore anything else or not THE USUAL HAIRPIN A k lus fuse burned out in one of 0 the wethersfield field earb cars tile other en ell ing and thi car at onre one came to a at standstill and after f te r a n moment i a in t the h e n motorman I 1 n i 0 r m a it a opened I 1 i e I 1 I 1 c 1 I 1 the h e f front ro n t d door cent a and n d i t t i t i g t in ills his head had inquired can any lady lend fend me ine a halapin ha hall lipin pin ills singular uin julac request N was at once complied eulth and in a short time lime the car was again und under r vay may what did you mant tha chale hairpin corff for asked the woman who h had ad supplied it of the conductor when that official came to collect her tare fare to make 1 a I fuse out or of was the reply and I 1 guess you yon are entitled to in ride frer free this trip and site che did while the other pals agers applauded bea lilly li hartford artford post MAKING A distinction they are arc having trouble in england ver over tile the proper designation of the cele ccle l bration to lie be held next june lit in honor of the completion of the sixtieth year yea r of the queens dign the name jubilee I 1 Is s most mos t appropriate but that mas used a on 1 I the oc caRlon of the llie fiftieth anni anniversary versa ry A nay may be found out of 0 tile the d difficulty t III cu ity by calling this the diamond jubilee as has been suggested but the athole holo discussion it a story told ten tell years ago of an old english lady dwelling I selling on the outskirts of dartmoor 11 10 ho lo mas as asked ked whatever is the meaning of this year jubilee well my dear I 1 r she answered this nay n ay it youve been married to a man maji lifty fifty year an all tile the mans alive hi a goulden weddin it if es dead its a jubilee I 1 r t A I 1 T M in ia k 1 I 1 lt ha Z 1 P V I 1 X I 1 I 1 ze A COP 14 F ribo r 7 wa M a r 1 f IR 41 K if i 5 4 |