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Show USEFUL ARTICLES MADE FROM LEATHER. r. ROM a skin of green ooze leather, costiug two dollars and a half, a girl has just made so many pretty and useful articles that sho confided to a friend sin- regarded the purchase as an investment. Tho 6kin was a vivid emerald in hue and soft enough to be sewn by hand or an ordinary house machine. J From the centre through the length with a sharp knife she cut two belta one six Inches wide, to full into an oval silver buckle. Six rows of machine stitching alj either side she did herself, having the liolcd put in at a burliest, shop. (Juu belt1 she sent away as a gift. The other is In her own wardrobe, along with a smnllj bow, also of leather, which she uses with i linen collars when the bolt ls worn. A gold slide served the bow instead of u j kuot, which she thought would be bulky. A similar green baud, with another ( gold slide, vhe put on a soft fell hat. The combination for the country in the morn- bogs Is exceedingly smart. Another piece of grceii. seven inches wide and ten long, folded In two lengthwise, length-wise, has made n satisfactory ca6e for a! man's ties Deferring to his masculinity.' the girl did not line the leather with silk choosing instead a piece of natural colored chamois skin, turning the two edges tin-. der and stitching them with green. Be fore this, however, she embroidered his' initials in a slightly lighter shade of green directly in the middle of one side when the case Is folded lengthways. From two rather small triangular pieces of leather she fashioned a scissors case, getting the pattern simply by putting put-ting the .scissors down and marking thm lUrouiid before cutting Both sides nro alike, save that oue Is cut with a flap n-ep the top. which fastens down to hold the scissors In. , A large numbnr of small articles werei made from remaining scraps of the! leather. Needle books, tiny little enses ! that are most attractive, emery bags and the like PMiuirc only a few inches of material, ma-terial, and a set for a "ewlng bag made a pretty birthdav gift |