Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ... . ntz or printed cot-ton, will make a good list tochoose from, and are inexpen-sive. One may screw upon theunderside of the roof and on thecleats as many hooks as are re-quired, and, if desired, a shelfmay be introduced about fifteeninches below the roof, and onthat attach the hooks. Such anemergency closet will often befound a great convenience, andthe cost will be trifling. It willbe well to stretch a piece of mus-lin or paper across the upper sideof t
Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ... . ntz or printed cot-ton, will make a good list tochoose from, and are inexpen-sive. One may screw upon theunderside of the roof and on thecleats as many hooks as are re-quired, and, if desired, a shelfmay be introduced about fifteeninches below the roof, and onthat attach the hooks. Such anemergency closet will often befound a great convenience, andthe cost will be trifling. It willbe well to stretch a piece of mus-lin or paper across the upper sideof the roof to keep out the dust. A home-made Japanese cabi-net may be readily made of thecommon materials found aboutthe house, such as boxes of hard or soft wood. The smoother theboxes, the better; but they can be planed, if they are not. The shelves are so arranged as to accommodate the different sizesof Japanese bric-a-brac. The small cabinet in the upper left-handcorner is simply a smooth bit of the board, finished with two orna-mental hinges, either brass or bronze. The escutcheon is of the same, these strips ; this will form the REPLICA OF A GRECIAN VASE. ARTISTIC HOME DECORATIONS. 483 The circular panel can be either of Lincrusta, bronzed, or to make ita little more unique, a circular hole can be cut in the door, and apretty blue Japanese plate inserted, held in place at the back, and thedoor lined. The supports are easily obtained by a visit to a factorywhere they have a turning lathe. The ornamental finish at the bot-tom is of lightly carved wood, if one can do these things, or a stripcan be purchased at a carpenter shop or wall paper store. Stillanother way out of the difficulty is to get just the length of Lincrustaand tack it on neatly. Before the hinges and escutcheon are put on, the staining should bedone, and the simplest way out of the difficulty is to purchase Pik-Ron, stain whatever color or wood you require, then afterward give ita coat of varnish, coach
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