A school without books: . etraveling, or to make them look more presentable for our toilet-tables ?Here is the one I have made. It is simply two cylinders with pro-jecting ends, one ,smaller than the other, the outer covered withleatherette, and the inner covered with gilt or silver, like the drawing consists of these two bands, with teeth-shaped marginson one side, which are glued to the circular ends and then woven companion form is a covered glass bottle. This wovencovering prevents breakages as much as the pasteboard covering ofthe bottle-case. I chose a cylindrical co
A school without books: . etraveling, or to make them look more presentable for our toilet-tables ?Here is the one I have made. It is simply two cylinders with pro-jecting ends, one ,smaller than the other, the outer covered withleatherette, and the inner covered with gilt or silver, like the drawing consists of these two bands, with teeth-shaped marginson one side, which are glued to the circular ends and then woven companion form is a covered glass bottle. This wovencovering prevents breakages as much as the pasteboard covering ofthe bottle-case. I chose a cylindrical cologne bottle for mine, in orderto harmonize with our model form. Six strands of palm leaf arecrossed over the bottom and drawn up on the sides, being held inplace by an elastic band. The sides are woven with split palm leaf,which is drawn together as closely as possible. The weaving isstarted by slipping a piece of the palm leaf under a warp strandwhere it is bent up to form the sides of the bottle, and then weaving, [77]. A STALACTITE. I 79 as on the sides of the boxes, to the center of the bottle, where it ispretty to weave a band of some contrasting color. The neck of thebottle is finished by binding over and over with a piece of the splitstraw, and then tying a piece of ribbon around it. The space betweenthe shoulders of the bottle and the neck, is left unwoven, the warpstrands making pretty open work. That is very pretty, said Flossy. I am going to make somelike it for Christmas presents, if I can find suitable material athome. Thats something I hadnt thought of either, said Prudence. What shall we do for materials when we get home ? I can tell you where you can obtain materials, replied MissLovechild; but I would much rather have you utilize whatevermaterials you have at hand. Esther I know can obtain beautifulpalmetto near her home, which is just as good as the palm leaf formany things. You can obtain pasteboards from the cast-off boxes ofshops, and pretty papers can be
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