Show the household 0 by LYDIA LE BARON WALKER so long as the government does doeg not provide means of 0 sending trifling su sums ms of money through the mall mail wit with if a assured 9 protection those who facto se nickels and quarters in letters letten time have to safeguard themselves carefully there was a time many years ago when paper money in these low denominations was in common circulation then there was a much more reasonable assurance of to 1 losli lf Z Sli the money loney passing A undetected through Z the post than when the amounts were in nickel or silver but these s shin h I 1 n plasters as this paper money wai derisively termed have been out of circulation a long time even with them there was no goern government ment guarantee of 0 security there as was however the flatness of paper and the small size which made it difficult to detect when placed in letters today many ways are used for protection in sending small coins through the mall mail it Is imperative pera tive to observe three things one Is flatness another Is close sealing of envelopes so that no crevices anywhere remain through which a coin could work its way out the third la Is to secure the coins so that they are not loose and can slip about the ingenuity which various people use when sending coins Is worthy of mention let rue me tell you of 0 some of them first of all I 1 shall speak of the method the postal authorities call the safest which please remember they do not stand back of although recommending it as perhaps the safest way of 0 the senders assuming the risk this Is the use of coin cards in which there are circular holes into which chic h to fit the coins of different denominations under fifty cents across the back of each card can a paper Is pasted and there Is a flap over the front of the card to be pastel down after the coin Is inserted and Is to be Dial mailed led in this way the coin cannot slip out or work its way through an envelope or rie de detected as a wee lump in the sealed envelope homemade coin cards cardd any person can make these circular perforated cards if on pasteboard they mark around a coin and cut out the space inside the circle they should also remember to have the card approximately the size of the envelope and have paper pasted across front and finally across the back of the card this Is one of the secure ways persons have sent coins to me another good way and one which causes but slight unevenness of 0 con tents of an envelope la Is to paste narrow surgeons plaster la in two directions over the coin and to the letter paper thus thu fastening it down firmly transparent mending paper la Is just juat as good as aa surgeons gur geona plaster for this purpose or any narrow strips of strong paper pasted firmly over the coin and to the stationery this Is a favorite method of readers another way 1 Is to put the coin in an enclosed anvel delope the flap Is folded over the envelope carefully but not stuck down of course the folded envelope Is enclosed in the letter in its outer envelope still another way to prevent a voin coin slipping about in letters Is to cut two slits in cardboard and run the coin under them if the coin fits tightly tig atly it will not work its way out otherwise it will about use ue of needles suiting the needle to the thread and the thread to the material Is important it if a woman would sew easily and competently whether the needle be long iong short or medium length Is a matter chiefly of personal preference there are certain times however when a long needle best meets requirements as in darning the needle may be coarse or floe fine with lengths varying accordingly but it Is always longer than the regulation needle milliners needles are somewhat longer than ordinary sewing needles in each instance the needle Is intended to t 0 carry the thread a distance exceeding that thi it of an ordinary stitch in darning it would be across an open space in milliners work not only are stitches frequently long but also the needle Is often run under folds of silk or trimming so that the thread Is concealed in order to do this the needle must be ba long but not awkwardly long as are upholsterers needles mattress needles and many others used in special work 0 1933 1301 syndicate W 8 ce |