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Show Pretty Dower Chests E isilv Made I 'I he cirl who does leather or brass work may have ns slcnniiig a dower rlusi ns she will lake Ihe trouble lo decorate. iAll she need do is lo deride upon ;! de-ign de-ign ior the lortu-r pieces, baudle nnd dovk frames, and. having made'lheui. get a loi ksmitb to atfnrh them to whatever jsori of plain box she may fancy. I Ponderous dower thesis are so ditheult lo Ujoe and lake up so much spa.ee I hat iin.iny girls preler soujeth'mg less um-bersoine. um-bersoine. 'ery pretty ami (.ulirely K.ilis-1 K.ilis-1 factory boxes of this sou Ule of w liite Lliauitlled wood dicoruled with haul jiaiLted L're.scleu or lefi designs, black or red l:n.ier tminiicd ir mmly covered with uiuttiui,' or deoim auj bound with Iculher. NUT i-very gill who goes abroad oani nftord to purchase and bring home b geunino dower chest of curved ma-logany, ma-logany, wnlnul or atitique oak, but it is iniie iossiblo to procure on this side of iho A I la ni h; v eiy nilraclive looking re-"placles re-"placles for the gradually accumulating lore of papery uud household liuen. t'sually the most i-alu-factory jdan i.s lo j Vive the box made lo order by Mime I ;rpeuier und then have it decorated ac-rording ac-rording to fancy. If a girl is collecting bljukcts as well is linens; the dower chest should he of red cedar. This wood is expensive, but It is so beautiful when polished that no jrnuuieots other than ponderous brass landles and a lock will be needed. A very pood imitatioo of an old Eug-Isb Eug-Isb dower ehoxt can be made by having i box of hurd wood coated with nnl intiqne oak stain, Mudacd with huge irought iron uaiU and fateued with a native ring h-ck. If a girl admires mission furnishings, ihe may readily tind a iU eat utli-i Jienily large to accommodate Tier house-' ojd plenishings and have it trimmed with' arrow strips of fdaiu silver ashed Ktl aud equipped with a silvered lock.1 Many of the 8ole leather trunks Ptoretf , 1 the ntticjfnf edd time bouses are quite' fcrge fnougli to be used as dower chests nd are well worth t tic expense of re-1 irin7. L'aually the LiDges must be re-, daced, the remnants of straps removed md a key made especially or the ancient i nek, but tlie leather will be as pood a iver it was and a roating of oil will make glisten hke a new shoe. If you chance c Lavv a Itevolutiouary amcslor, dig up lis army or chest. It will be mi oblong affair with n projecting lid. Polo leather hinges and iia tidies and a brass lock. If made of oak, -edar 7 walnut have it thoroughly denned, oiled to bring' out the grain of the wood, poiisbed by hand w ith beeswax arid then de orate "its front with the crest of the original owner. |