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Evening Star, Issue 22514, 5 December 1936, Page 8

By Handicraft Leather Christmas Gifts Purses, Belts, and Serviette Rings Articles made from leather are excellent Christmas gifts. You could make a purse for J tour mother or sister, a serviette ring for your father or brother, and a leather belt for any of them. The necessary materials can be obtained from a leather merchant s shop for a feiv pence. A LEATHER PURSE.—Select a ' TO M __ piece of soft calfskin 71n. x 3ijln., li yards of narrow leather lacing to match, and a pressstud. With a pencil mark out the shape for the purse (Fig. 1) and cut It out with scissors or a sharp knife. Along all the edges except the top edge of the front mark the centres of the holes for the lacing. The holes should be 3-16 in. apart and l-Bin. away from the edges. Use a leather-punch to cut the holes, which should be just large enough to allow the lacing to thread through rather tightly. When beginning the lacing at point A (Pig. 3), FW3KT BACK ‘flA t r hTHE LACJNG IIATHEVMSL I*l 7 ± -H © SERVIETTE RING T 0 A LEATHER LINK. t.—— —*— AX -H J LEATHER. ftUT v (SHOWING ONLY 3’LINKS} JUMPING CORKS MYSTERY , HERE Is a mystifying trick that requires nothing more than five small pieces of round cork about Jin. in diameter and Jin. thick. With a few minutes’ practice you should be able to perform the trick perfectly. The four corks are laid on the table in the form of a square, and' you tell your audience that the corks are magic corks and that, although you place your hands over them to prevent them from moving they will jump from under one hand to the other. Vou perform the trick, and at the end you have the four corks under one hand, although nobody has seen how they got there. The secret of this trick Is that you place the four corks on the table, but in your right hand you conceal a fifth piece. This is done by gripping it between the first and third fingers, .at shown in Pig. 1, Now place the hands over two of the corks, as shown in Pig. 2. Announce that the cork under your left hand is endeavouring to jump across to the one under your right hand. Then when you lift your hands drop the concealed cork in your right hand, thus showing two corki on the table. At the same time you secretly lift 0 Yt j,.. 'i i ? the cork under your left hand, holding Vi S shownto Fig. thfl two End the right h&nd over one of tho stogie Do as you did before, and when the hands are raised three corks appear under the left handT and the right hand has the cork gripped under it. as shown in Pig. 1, palm downward. Finally, place the right hand over the three corks and the left hand over the remaining cork. Raise vour hands and the four corks appear together. Tim concealed cork In your left hand should be dropped out of sight ms soon as possible. leave about liin. free w. euaoie this end to be threaded through the loops of the lacing on the inside of the purse. Draw the lacing tight with a pointed tool after securing the end When the lacing has been completed, secure the other end. Cut off the loose ends and use a touch of seccotine on these ends to make certain that the lacing does not slip. Then the holes can be made for the press-stud parts, and they can be fastened in position to complete the purse. TO MAKE A SERVIETTE RING.—Cut out a strip of calfskin 61n. x 21n. and damp the front surface with wet sheets of blotting paper. Then use a very smooth, blunt point, such as the end of a pen bardie or the back of a comb, to draw two embossed lines along the length of the leather about jin. from the edges (Pig. 4). Allow the leather to dry thoroughly, put the press-stud in position, and polish the surface of the leather with a tiny piece of floor polish on a pad of wadding. The leather strip is merely wrapped around the rolled-up serviette, and the ends axe easily fastened with the press-stud. TO MAKE A LEATHER BELT.—You can use either calfskin or suede leather for the belt. Decide on the length for the belt and then obtain a strip of leather measuring twice that length and liin. wide. Fig. 6 shows the shape required for each link, and the end piece (Fig. 7) is 6in. long and lin. wide. A knife or can be used to cut the leather, BegLa by fitting a link on ut> a suitable buckle, and than loop the links on to each other until the belt is long enough. To complete It, loop the end piece cn and. if calfskin has been used, polish the surface with a soft cloth. If you wish, two colours of suede leather, such as gretn and black, or red and black, can be used alternately to make up the belt. Knitted Cover for Coofrhanger .m r:E coat-hanger with the knitted cover which is shown in the illustration can be made easily .nd will prevent garments from slipping To make t you require approximately ioz. of raol, 1 yard of pale blue satin ribbon, ome embroidery silks, and some old lannel or cotton-wool for padding. Cast on 20 stitches, using No. XI leedles. Knit 10 rows in stocking titch (one row plain, one row purl) imittinsr both ways), until you have knitted a strip St length of the coat-hanger, pad the coat-hanger with cotton-wool In the usual manner and slip the knitted strips over It. When Joining make certain that you sew the join directly underneath the hanger. Gather in each end and finish off. Bind the hook with ribbon and finish with a bow and a few lazy-daisy flowers In embroidery silk. id 10 rows in garter stitch (plain )| m mm ? v L.\ Aiifek&s 4 > .. tAJt WJk-* - Ancient and Modern Wonders in China ■M r PHE stamp illustrated shows one of the ancient wonders of the world, the Great Wall of China, over which is flying an aeroplaneone of the modem wonders of the world.