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Show !' 1 ; j j Useful Christmas ! Gifts That Any Boy ! i Can Make By A. NEELY HALL ! (Copyright, by A. Neely Hall.) It requires no more time to make a useful gift than one which will be of no practical -value, so why not decide, de-cide, before beginning this season's gifts, what will be appropriate for those whom you wish to remember? Calendar-Board and Pen-Rack. Of the smaller gifts, nothing would be better appreciated than this article arti-cle for one's desk. Fig. 2 shows a pattern for the board. If you haven't hardwood, go to a carpenter. He will s k ?. 2 ii ii fTi let you pick a scrap from his waste pile, or will sell you a piece for a few cents. AA'ood three-eighths-inch thick is just right. Both sides must be cut alike, and the surest way to get them so is to draw a center-line, center-line, first, then lay off the measurements measure-ments each side of this. The notches In the bottom edge receive the base blocks (Fig. 3). Bore a small hole In the beveled portion of one end of each base block, glue a peg in it to form the front of the pen-rack, and fasten the blocks in the notches cut for them. Sandpaper all surfaces, then apply some wood stain and wax. A small calendar-pad tacked to the center of the board, and felt glued to the under-s'ide under-s'ide of the base blocks, will complete the gift. Postcard Rack. The same pattern that was used for the calendar-board (Fig. 2) is required re-quired for the ends of the postcard-rnck postcard-rnck in Fig. 4, and Big. 5 shows a pattern pat-tern for the base strips, which fasten In the notches in the bottom of the end pieces. Finish the wood with stain and wax. Book-Rack. The book-rack in the Illustration is made of wood five-eighths inch thick. i I .... 1 1 First, prepare thi; base board by the j pattern of Fig. 2, then the pair of ends by the pattern of Fig. 3, then two pairs of brackets like the one in Fig. 4. These Seven pieces are all that the rack requires. Be careful to get the sides of the end pieces symmetrical. symmet-rical. Bevel the edges of the baseboard. base-board. Use round-headed blrwd screws for assembling the parts, and place these In the positions Indicated in Fig. 1. A coat of stain, then one of wax, and a button of felt gtued to the underside under-side of the base at each corner, will complete the bookruck. Waste-Basket. An 8 by 8 inch board, for a base (Fig. 2), four strips out of which to make -n frame of the same size as the haseho.'iPi t.-c. .,). laliis io cut in half for fide strips, a few finishing finish-ing nails, and 32 round-head blued screws, are all that you ne.'d for the pretty was; e-basket shown in Fig. 1. Prune the bulls smooth, trim off their ends and bore holes a trifle larger thai the s-rews. n' .ar the ends. Screw the side strips to the base I edires. riu to a side, then prepare ihe ' top frame ,.f the form .-limvu in Fig. 3, and screw ihe upper ends of the strips to It. Wood stain ;-.iid wax, or two cents of paint or white enamel may be applle.'l ' to finish the woodwork. 1 |