A PRETTY NEW YEAR'S GIFT.
SoiiEEtf Holu-au,.— This hold-all is a useful little article for hanging up on the wall of a dressing-room or hall for holding buttoivhook-. scissors, watch, and sundry other necessaries which have in some households a special faculty for getting lost, It is contrived of an ordinary Japanese screen, covered with plush find with various pockets and bands on it to hold these things. Cut a piece of stiff card the exact size of the « blade ' of the fan ; cover it with plush, and cut a little shield-shaped pocket for thewatch ; lower down on the screen, add two small straps of plush to hold scissors and buttonhookobtain three or four small hooka and sew them to the cardboard in convenient places, on wmen to hang keys, shoe-horns, etc. Cover the tan on one side with silk, lay the plush Bide on tne screen and sew the two together. Add a com i all round to hide the joints, and a natty little bow of ribbon on the handle with a loop to hang it up by.
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Observer, Volume 9, Issue 524, 5 January 1889, Page 14
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180A PRETTY NEW YEAR'S GIFT. Observer, Volume 9, Issue 524, 5 January 1889, Page 14
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