Show rT the home department 1 1 SILVER FERN DISH IS PRACTICAL AND PRETTY CEN I 1 expensive to buy but by no mean means hard to make at home and Is not at alt all costly A fern tern either the maiden hair or AS spi ragus variety Is one of it the brettl st at centerpieces for a table and it la is practical as well for tt it raa maa be Z I 1 ivl in I 1 r 3 im 4 6 hammered german silver fern dish for the table with design and diagram for the same iced at any meal or it may be left in the table all the time for that mater as it lends a pretty touch to the room A silver dish in which to place the plant gives rather a distinctive distinct le air to the table A dish of thia this eort sort would be expensive to buy but ony any woman or girl may make one with little work and tery small cost toot no previous pre vnus experience per peri ence lence in metal work la is necessary ebsary tue fern tern dish la Is made of german allver silver which comes at 50 centa cents a R pound fourteen inches of no 34 oi e required the construction Is cry iery simple thera there being merely a light tight inch bottom with two arch aides and a half halt inch flap fiad to turn over first polish the silver on both sides pen ell marks will be easily seen when the metal la Is bright to mark out the shape follow the diR diagram grani with its very carefully it if one Is exact in their measurements thera there will be no difficulty at all in ruling ott off the square with Us its eldee sides then them draw on the little naps flaps and mark for the holes one motive ie to given in the exact size and thia this Is to be traced ath ith carbon paper twice on each bide side making eight motifs in all next place the piece of silver on a flat wooden board ol 01 rather soft fiber and outline the design with a stippling too tool then nil fill in the back ground by punching little holes with the tool as indicated in the ketch leave one quarter of an inch plain all er on each edge for a finish rule a line if nee necessary essary and keep the utip pling inalda the una line for those who have never done the stippled work a few words wilt will not come amiss the idea Is to fill 11 li hi Al background of tiny holes lealua the design in relief hold the stippling tool toot verticals verti call and either punch it down with the hand or use a small hammer or mallet nhen hen the work Is to completed cut out the sliver bend back the half inch finish bend up the corners and last of all bend up the sides put the lit tie silver brads in through the holes in the corner maps flaps and the dish Is ready for use the pencil lines may be lightly brushed off with a little of the polish but do not polish the heads head a too much as they are only stiver silver plated this will not matter however no as the brads are or the inside of the dish the materials required are four teen inches of no 34 german silver at 20 cents elx six silver plated brads at three cents and a stippling tool at 15 cents |