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Show UTNTAII BASIN RECORD, DUCHESNE, UTAH Beruffled Doily Eighteen-Inc- h merits, stitch illustrations directions. SEWING 830 Sooth CIRCLE Weils St. Enclose 20 and finishing NEEDLEWORK Chleage 1. IlL cents (or pattern. No. Name QUESTION: Our wallpaper is coming loose above our radiator Address papered three years ago this spring. We took all the old paper off and then gave the walls a good coat of glue sizing. Could you suggest something we could use that will not loosen the paper? (We have vapor heat.) We Use Simple Patterns In Building Tables ANSWER: As you say the paper loosened above the radiator, but evidently did not loosen anywhere else, I make the guess that the heat was in the radiator at the time of papering, and the heat dried out the glue size too quickly so that the paper did not make a good bond. If you are planning to repaper, make sure that the radiator is cold at the time you paper that part of the room. QUESTION : Our dining-roo- m PATTERN 295 gives directions for making a modern coflee table, end tables, nested tables, a telephone stand and other useful tables. Only simple tools and stock sizes of lumber are required. furniture has white spots on the legs, probably caused by striking the legs with shoes. Is there some way I can touch them up? I do not want to refmish the entire piece unless I have to. ANSWER: I suppose the pieces are made of a white wood, such as maple, and the varnish has been step-by-ste- p Frothy Feature FROTHY, beruffled doily fea- A turing the favorite pineapple motif. Measuring 18 inches In diameter, the doily is large enough with preparations for hiding the for a dining table centerpiece or damage. However, perhaps you occasional table. Nice holiday gift would rather do it this way. If so, idea. ask your hardware dealer for one or two of the new products made Pattern No, 5007 consists of complete for concealing scratches and other blemishes on furniture or ask at crocheting instructions, material requirea furniture store. scuffed off. I believe you will find it more satisfactory to do a good job rather than touch up the pieces Pattern is 25 cents. Send order with name and address to Workshop Pattern Service, Drawer 10, Bedford Hills, N. Y, QUESTION: There is a comer crack in our bedroom wall and the ceiling has cracks. We have used a preparation for fixing cracks, but after a severe winter the cracks show up again. Is there any other material besides paper that would be pretty and not crack down at the corners? Our room is finished in calcimine. Would that have to be removed if covered with other material? By Bud Fisher MUTT AND JEFF OH. MOW I RENAEMBER-- I VoU MAIL THE LETTER?, TIED IT THERE SO I WOULDNT 1 I FORGOT TO WRITE Kwell wav domt YOU WRITE IT N0W?3 FORGET To MAIL A LETTER ANSWER: A corner crack needs a somewhat different treatment from a crack in the straight wall. The plaster should be removed down to the lath on each side of the corner for a distance of 4 to 6 inches. Then a metal corner lath is nailed in place and that part of the wall then is replastered. If you cannot get corner lath, you may be able to get metal lath in strips 8 to 12 inches wide. Bend the strips at right angles to fit the corner and fasten in place. It would be advisable to have a plasterer do the job for you. The ceiling crack can be undercut to make it wider at the lath than at the surface. The plaster crumbs should be cleaned out and the groove wet with water. It then can be filled with patching plaster almost to the top and allowed to dry. It will shrink a trifle in drying. 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