Show USEFUL ON DESK OR TABLE roller blotter make makes moat most acceptable present when appropriately decorated A roller blotter or rocker ne as they are sometimes called Is a most useful article to have upon onee ones doek desk or writing table it ie Is always then to hand and a letter or any writing Is to quickly blotted tho the groat great advant advantage aLe of this kind of blotter Is that pieces of the blotting paper cannot be to ho u easily torn off as so often happens with the blotting pad and as it cannot be used to write upon as a blotter can it is left alone on the desk and so always alays at hand roller blotters can bo be bought quite cheaply mad of white wood they then require decorating this is dono done in various ways the use of the blotter will fit decide its stylo style of decoration for instance if it Is to be used in a dainty drawing room it might be covered with some pretty silk brocade or with linen which has had a design embroidered on if L hon ve ver it has to stand hard wear vear and tear day after day it is well mell to simply stain it any nice shade or poker some suitable design on it the handle will screw off so that the flat piece of wood can be worked on the flat without the roller part it can from time to time be refilled with blotting paper by simply unscrewing the handle trace on the wood some little alm simpie simple design outline it with the poker point and poker in the background and the edges of the wood by means of little dob put them close together so that no white wood mood shows in between the wood can then he brushed over with white hard bard spirit varnish this gives the wood a beautiful polish and makes it smooth a to the touch roller blotters prove most acceptable presents especially for men |