Show F christinas S i preset presents any boy can make mahe I 1 by I 1 A NEELY HAIL copyright by A neely ini 1111 ah hefle ERE are arc a few contrivances tor for the kitchen and pantry which will be appreciated by mother it made by her handy boy nothing better could be s selected elected for nor her christmas gift the tha tool rack shown in fig I 1 Is me most at convenient conven tont when hung directly over the kitchen worktable the length of the hook strip will be determined by the space apace in which it Is to liang hang and by the gumbei of forks D rack ACK spoons and other tools which it will be required to hold bold the appearance of the rack will be improved by a bovel bevel on the face edges of the hook book strip and the end blocks as in the illustration use brass screws or galvanized nails for hooks aud and screw a screw eye into the top edge of each end cud block to hang bang the rack by the bottle rack in fig 2 will hold bold your mothers bottles of extract catchup sauces and dressings and eliminate the possibility of upsetting bottles when reaching for the one wanted narrow strips should be ba used tor for the division strips of the rack to save space and make the rack light in weight X lathe planed smooth on all sides W will faldo do for the side and center ILI 4 SWIN ga NG ail 0 strips stripe al also so for the cross strips the ends must be about three inches wide the swinging shelf shown in fig 4 la Is an eicel excellent lent provision lelon for or the sugar and salt crocks as it makes it dosal possible bl to swing owing these out from between the th pantry shelves then back into place after using without lifting them fig 5 shows allows how the swinging bracket Is made of a strip two inches wide and ten inches long A with a block two inches wide and six inches long nailed to each side of it at one end af D and how bow to the top of this bracket a cake tin la Is screwed or nailed on which to set the cro crock ck hinge t the h a end of the bracket strip A to one e end t d of the shelf supports or else set bet in an upright alce pi ice between A wo 0 shelves shelve to screw tho hinge to use a tile me daum sized T tor for this bracket in the same way that hat the swinging shelf bhelt the lifting of the sugar pock the platform shown in fig 6 saves the lie lifting of the scrub pall from place to place while scrub bang is as it la Is provided with castore cantors so it may be pushed about fig 7 shows how the castors cantors ere are screwed to the platform and how strips are nailed to the edges form ing a rim that prevents tha pall train rora sliding off either paint or shelled shellac pach each article after assembling it and it 11 you have bave done your our work carefully mother will tave something to be proud 0 ol 01 1 copyright by bya A naly halt hall I 1 IT T Is high time lime to be making christmas gifts trul tho the little articles it 11 lustra tec tee below are so simple that they can be completed in almost no time at all they are inexpensive to 10 make too requiring only bits of cardboard and game pieces of at silk bilk and ribbon from mothers scrap bag the pretty heart shaped needle book shown in fig I 1 has a pair of covers made of two pieces of at cardboard measuring three and ono one halt half inches each way and four leaves of the samo same shape and size cut out of at white or pretty colored flannel place the flannel hearts between the covers and pierce fierce two holes boles through both covers and leaves each side of tho the tenter enter oi at the top then pull a piece of narrow rib alb bon trough through t the holes and tie a small bow fasten pieces of ribbon to the lower points of the heart both front and back by which to tie tic the little case shut when not in uso use mark r C E A NEEDLE BOOK 2 A BOOK mamett needles upon noVio the front cover with ink or water colors pig fig 2 shows a bookmarker book marker made of one and oue one fourth yards of no 7 white satin or grosgrain ribbon cut cal the ribbon into two pieces one piece measuring 12 inches and the other 24 inches and pull them half way through a little brass ring such as Is used in crochet work fastening them in place with a few stitches to complete the marker letter the following upon the ribbons with black ink or water virder colors placing one line of the stanza on each ribbon end not mine to tell if the book to Is good but I 1 keep my place As a marker should the triangular shaped bookmarker book marker shown in fig 3 Is cut from a piece 3 BOOK 4 of white writing paper seven inches square fold tho the square in halt half diagonally in 0 cut along the folded d line then take one half and told fold it in halt balt again the dotted line in fig 4 indicates where to fold punch kole boles s through the folded piece near one open end cheso holes are indicated on en the unfolded piece and with narrow ribbon lace the edges together and tie the ribbon ends in a bow cut t picture from a magazine and paste it upon the front this little marker lips over the corner of the page you want to mark the aln in case shown in fig 6 requires two pieces of cardboard eadd A cabe 6 ii 7 sit sin in sem leu loni long and one anil and one half inches aches vide tilde cover each ilece with silk bilk turning over the edges of a he silk ellk and basting on the wrong ilde as shown in fig fie 6 theu theis lay laycha the pie s together and sew saw the edges over iver and over as indicated in fig 7 abben fasten a ribbon to the ends of one bog side bide by which to bang up the ap fig 5 by A neely nee HIL |