A NEW INVENTION.

Otago Witness, Issue 1936, 2 April 1891, Page 15

A NEW INVENTION.

THE SEWING MACHINE RIVALLED. About the most unique and useful little machine introduced since the sewing machine is the Jewel Rag Taf ter — a handy, simple implement for working up odds and ends o£ ribbon, coloured dress stuffs, wool, or yarn into rugs, ottomans, tidies, or the other attractive and comfortable etceteras of a well appointed household. By its use scraps of cloth, old dresses, or the unconsidered trifles of the household, cut into strips, can be worked into a canvas foundation, to form really handsome mats by persons of either sex, either to while away the leisure time or as a source of profit. The machine is exceedingly simple, and can be worked without previous knowledge. It cannot possibly get out of order if the directions for operating are followed with ordinary care. No prettier or more useful present can be desired, whilst to persona wishing to supplement their incomes the opportunity exists for the sale of the machine or its handiwork. Anyone wishing to see samples can call on me and inspect the machine and a rug made within the last few days by a gentleman nearly 70 years of age. Several of these Tufters are now in use amongst the ladies of Dunedin, and the following .testimonials, selected from many, will show what its users say : —

Mrs M. A. Cooper, South Dunedin. — 11 Having bought and worked one of the Jewel Bug Tufting Machine, I can^with. pleasure recommend it to every household. My children (boys), one 10 years old, can make rag or wool mats, and beautiful they are. I find it a source of pleasure and profit."

Mks Allan, St. Kilda. — " I -was never better pleased than when I bought one of the Jewel Tufting Machines, for with it I have been enabled to work up all the rags and strippings' about the house into useful mats and hearthrugs."

Mrs Martha Hancock, "Macrahanish," Anderson's Bay. — " Having purchased one of the Jewel Tufting Machines, I can say of it that it will do the work claimed for it ; and I have in my possession a mat made by one of these machines, the work of my little girl, 10 years of age." Mrs Harriet Chitman, South Dunedin — " We have had one of the Jewel Tufting Machines working in our home for some time for making rag or wool mats. It surpasses anything I have ever seen. I consider it a useful little article.

One of these machines should and its way into every household either as an aid in the artistic and industrial education of the young, or as a means of converting otherwise valueless material into furnishings of comfort and beauty.

The machine complete with nickel plated rods, needle, and set of screws for adjusting the length of stitch or loop, wood enamelled handles, and canvas pattern for small bedroom rug, 10s 6d — post free 12a ; or with handsome canvas foundation pattern (rich design) for hearthrug, 14s.

Retail agents required everywhere. Meanwhile cheques and P. 0.0. can be made payable to the New Zealand agency.