Show e WAYS OF THE AMERICAN BOY abinet for collection of curious lit tie tic things youngster may pick up Is inexpensive ay ATHERTON GnIA GRIMES TES big sister calls it cluttering trash and big brother says with a superior emile know better some come day alother dusts it carefully with an indulgent smile over her boys bs odd add little littie bunch of treasures but fa father ther says cays heartily by tho the way old fe fellow I 1 heros heres a queer thing I 1 picked up this morning thought like it aitor or your curiosity shop for father has hags been a boy himself and understands how near to a boys heart beart Is the th collection of odd oad and interesting te tere things he has picked up in out of the way commers cor nere mers ile he known what it means to find a bit of rock with a curious fossil shell in it and what a thrill of delight it sends down ones spine to chanco chance upon a real indian relic a flint spear point a sharp edged skinning knife or a delicately idea tely tinted bird arrow head no larger than a thumbnail it isa Is a problem to find a satis satisfactory ry bray away of displaying all these things athey are usually tossed about here and there and the one you want to a friend Is always the last one to come to light A good cabinet tor for such a collection may anay be made as an follows from a toot board of half inch lumber cut four three cornered shelves that will just fit into a corner of the room 33 orein the corners of these quarter inch augur holes an inch back from the edges procure three pieces ot of tout i twine each about five feet f long ng binder twine Is very good for this purpose at one end of each piece fasten firmly an empty spool about the size that number 8 thread comes on then pass the other ends if the twine pieces up through the an diversion for tho the boy three holes in the bottom shelf on these cords string more spools until f 11 about a foot of each la in filled then alap on another shelf more spools t and so BO on until the four shelves are I 1 all in place bring the three cords together about 18 inches above the atop top shelf so that the one on the back corner comer will run straight up the angle of the wall while the other two slant j back to meet it these upper pieces jerould stout hould also be filled with spools A f stout loop at the top will hang the cabinet safely against the tha wall or it may be allowed to rest on the floor and be simply balanced by the upper loop i any size of spools will do to make this article but those on which number 40 thread is wound are about the best the spools may be either elides elided or painted and the shelves stained painted or covered one pretty cabinet made in this way had the shelves covered neatly on both sides bides with plain white oilcloth while the spools were painted light blue with a gilt band around the center of each the loop at the top was hidden by a broad bow of blue ribbon it was dainty enough tor for any room and easily kept clean one of the most fascinating collections a boy can make is that of various rocks most localities furnish many varieties of these and the enthusiastic thusia collector usually has little trouble in making additions from oth er sources quartz pyrites of various kinds feldspar granite fluor spar stones slates and the many interesting rocks may be mentioned among others easily procurable and of much interest the boy who lives near the water always likes to collect shells these thes make a beautiful cabinet if each has the place and late date of finding written on tho the inside with india ink th the a value of the collection will be much greater in after years although much of the value of such a collection lies in the sentiment connected with it yet the habit of ob Ber ser vaton it encourages Is a valuable acquisition altogether the collectors ors mania Is by no means nonsense even if it does clutter up u a corner comer of the room what is tho the room for anyway |