Show S Q Lh fJ Me c e N UT LA I 9 h CIS A F 3 work Is one of ot the most fascinating of ot the handicraft bands handi B craft fads and ono one in which satisfactory satisfactory sat sat- r results may most mORt easily be bo obtained Clever Cleer stencilling requires requires requires re re- quires considerable skill and wood burnt work Is trying to the tho eyes res of the acrid smoke fl fr- fr fres C. es ea which rise from the scorched wood but metal work may b be turned out very very creditably by even a 11 tyro and as as' as for fork kc Ing restless little folk talk occupied and ha happy py ao so the new fad taa is la called is a n veritable godsend to tired mothers Everyone of ot us owns owna to an inborn In Instinct ln- ln for or hammering Even womankind who Is ID proverbially with h hammer hammer ham ham- m- m mer Dud and nails nail naUa dearly loves 10 to manipulate Decorating metal work Is 1 all hammering ham ham- mering and aDd and moat fascinating hammering at that that merely merely tapping n ft sharp pointed little Instrument t along long the line of ot a pattern pattern pat pat- tern or flung filling In backgrounds rounda to o leave in interesting in 10 motifs In ra bold relief Anybody can cnn do It tt Ordinary brAss braes work has bu been becu a a fad for tor Sometime but until recently this thU work vas ru more troublesome and sire sive Many tools were necessary for the brass braM had bad to be purchased by the tho sheet tho the patterns traced upon it and tho the sections sec sea cut cot out jut and Joined or A assembled na ae os the tho r pher calls caUs It It afterward The Tho sets Bets now prepared for tho the home- home worker include all nil thAt HIM tools necessary and Instead of at tho the necessity of cutting and aud manipulating the heavy 7 br brass brass brass-an an an al almost almost al al- most hopeless task hopeless tas task for tor feminine or childish child ish hh fingers the fingers the various articles t ore are all 11 shaped o or come como IQ Iq q 1 shaped sections with rivets ready to put them together There Thero are many ready ready shaped ed pieces like ashtrays ash ashtrays trays pl pipe racks panels paper cutters p and the tho like which when the hammered work is comple completed will wUl bo ho all nil ready to slip aUp Up into luto somebody's Christmas stocking The articles to bo be put pot together in sec sea sections lions are arC a bit more moro ambitious ambitious for tor the amateur to attempt but even enn these are are not difficult to manage The Tho young oun bomo homo home worker orter who takes up may present his hla or her ber relatives with an unlimited un tin limited number of at acceptable gifts There are fern dishes dIshes candle shades bades and photograph photograph photo photo- graph frames for tor mother ash receivers box boxes safety match stands' stands aud and other smokers smokers' paraphernalia for tor father tather There nr are scrap baskets bonbon bon bos boxes s t I and charming desk pieces for big sister stater and nd a pipe rack and a n 11 stunning cocktail tray with nn an Indian head bead on it for big brother For grandpa a magazine rack end and paper cutter and for tor shivery grandma grand grand- ma mil a A thermometer So on ion up to realI really handsome lamp shades with pl pierced p patterns patterns pat t- t terns under uDder which may be bo placed a warm orange or rosy ails stU lining with a bead bene fridge to ma ten All AU that t is ls necessary to tomako make mako these de de- Christmas gifts Is a n hammer tOor two tO or three and aDd chasers of ot different sizes 11 a heny heavy wooden slab or block to work and on the brass brasil Some Soma of orthe the patterns are made by piercIng piercing pierc pierc- ing holes or punching m marks within n a motif motU the background being left plain In other designs tho background is MAKING CHRISTMAS PRESENTS OP or METAL TAL r D i t iy oe S I 6 f vy P Sl a nw M M Mf f Z rr Sy a. a Y Y 39 a rJ a k a w Ly 4 kb V S an k py s i ao p it E a r. r a v 4 t y t r x k l I w worked up tho the motif standing l I strong relief as ns In 10 the which shows hows at nt the front of t the thelI thel w tion A stronger relief may mat b bt be ot I by plating placing the bras brass pattern Cj Cis rt cappIng bl block ck or slab lab of or i lowed towed in of out n concerts concaves done dOD o w os the tb hammering DOW now being befog wrong side of ot tho the brass p pattern obtained at a much ranch of a bulge is point a quick t tap p of ot the burnt a a abIO straighten the matter out or ar tM the blow blot of ot the hammer will flatten pattern back bock on the block lock IDd aw i work may ei ease cue e with which this work Veri ft lr Is marvelous elous ey Y there arc are lre in which so aD del may be obtained with so o little spoiling the work by hy ca cao o skill A As to designs floral heraldic are most used There 4 a qua quaint Dutch landscapes ID Ie clusters and ti the tb Ilk dragons grape u a nl i of ot these may be ea eally Hy eJ After Atter a n 1 little proficiency hj special o obe bait work In tho the wor i a i imay i I. I be attempted Monograms aaE An trays trAY may rosy be put on ash small mall pieces s and Indeed A aay if cu pierced or I IP pro practical n I for tor transferred to mo the n. n tag JQ means DS of or transfer paper P Pe nod n ti lII J iron The home bome worker t eo ae the knack of ot setting even n outline outlines and of at tilling piling ID to i far with evenly c p punched s. or O we the I chases patterns und and that under the the hand so 10 rapid y ono One knows know it the pattern Jt G GOne tS |