Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-12-02

The eyes, tongue and horns are
treated in the same way.
The outline of the dragon may be
burnt On the leather or made of a
separate piece and pasted on.
Imagine an orange co!ored dragon
on green lamp snaCe, or a green
one On red To this the light plerc-
ing through the scales adds fan
clful effect.
Fer business man letter file
neatly covered with leather or linen
would be an appropriate gift
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The college man and the club man
nc. the beauties of a stein rack.
Gnc that will create memories is
made of wood with the silhouttes Of
the members Of the family musl.
clans or stage favorites burned into
the surface.
Between each face is hook for
the stein.
The sameidea may be used for
.ipa rack, with the faces OF testers
opening their lips to clasp the steps
This is t!je place for the hooks.
Other pipe racks are Of leather, dec
Grated with grotesque beasts.
70 ii%ht these pipes there must be
matches and for their safe keeping
many fanclful shapes are already in
sented.
One is an owl, the bird of night.
ss,ith a breast of sandpaper.
Another is quickly made at home
tie striking girl" or The matchless
girl
She is cut from ane Of the up-to-
date fashion plates, her face hands
and bodice delicately colored. and
emery paper pasted over the skirt
A shaving pad is made by making
the fluffy skirts of a danseuse of It's
sue paper.
stand out cut Oe, abeha ySna-tse
To make them stand out cut the
paper into circles, crimp the edges
and crush from the center outward.
Fasten these centers to the skirt
fern by one stitch of thread or a
little paste.
For those who are interested in
burnt work the following suggestions
viii prove useful:
TIE tools, whether for wood or
leather, consist Of needles or points
of different shapes and sizes. which
are used to burn the lines of the de-
sign.
The points look somewhat like a
lead pencil, but are larger.
In place of the lead there is a hc;.
low point of platinum which is ke. II
heated by means of a cautery.
The points are round. pointed and
curved The point, inserted in hold
er is connected by a rubber tube
with the jar or receptacle in which
the gas is generated.
By this means the needle is kept
at a steauy heat, which may be in
creased by pressure on bulb con-
nected with the tube.
1t is used much as one would use
4 pen, making light or heavy strokes.
A little practice will enable one to
guide the point and make it respond
at will.
or course, the first practice is up
on outline work, and shading is taken
up as proficiency is gained.
Every line should have mean.
ing.
Complete instructions for working
are sold with the outfits, so that
the work may be undertaken at home
successfully, if one cannot have
| teacher.
At many of the shops where out
fits are sold a lesson is given free.
Burnt work is done upon articles
from a chamoise pen wiper to chair
seats and portieres of heavy leather,
and from the wooden paper cutter
to book shelves and cabinets.
| Almost the first modern burnt leath.
er to attract attention was done up
en heavy portieres.
The leather was slashed for q
fringe, and the design, while boldly
conventional in character was made
to seem an intrinsic part of the ma
terial by its softly blended shades
This work revealed the possibilities