CORNER FOR BUSY BEES.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 164, 13 July 1929, Page 3 (Supplement)

CORNER FOR BUSY BEES.

TINK'S NEW IDEA. HOW TO KEEP OUT THE DRAUGHTS. Dear Girls, I sat in the drawing room of a friend of mind and snuggled close to the cheery fire. Outside the wind howled dismally, then suddenly a gust of wind blew along the passage and came seeping underneath the door. We shivered as the draught struck us, and my friend hastily shut out the wind by throwing a couple of cushions at the bottom of the door.

"Haven't you a draught bag?" I asked, tor the lady was one of my very intimate friends.

"No, I haven't," was the reply. "As a matter of fact, I've never seen one ar sale and that is probably the reason why I haven't one." "Silly," I said. "You always want to buy things, even though they can be made quite easily." My friend now has a draught bag which I made for her in quite a few minutes. She thinks it ever such a fine piece of work, but actually the bag is so easy to make that no one could help but make it perfectly. If you want to make a draught bag obtain a piece of pretty cretonne, a little more than 36in long by about llin wide. Fold the material in halves lengthwise, with the wrong side outermost, then hem up the long edge and one of the ends. With this done turn the bag so that the right side of the material is to the outside. The long, slender bag is next filled with sawdust and the top is drawn together and sewed securely. This is the simplest possible form of "sand bag," but other improvements can be added. If more material is obtained the bag can be frilled or partly frilled, and strips of coloured cloth can be let in. A bag made of black sateen, frilled, and with a band of shell pink let into the middle of it looks particularly attractive. However you make the bag, you will find that your time has not been wasted, for there is nothing more unpleasant than draughts, especially in the winter time, and the most effective way of stopping them is to place at the door the little draught stopper; that I have described in this article.