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Rh contain, they will be found even though not "things of beauty," yet "joys forever."

The following ingenious way of covering bottles may

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be found useful for those extremely awkward bottles in which German eau de cologne is bought.

Procure some fine but good twine and a packing needle through which the twine can be threaded. Tie a piece tightly round the neck, carry it down the side, and tie it round the bottom of the bottle, up the opposite side, round the neck again, and down to the bottom. Thread the twine and work from the bottom to the neck. Make a row of close buttonhole stitches over the loop at the bottom, to begin with, and then work rows of loose buttonhole stitches round and round the bottle. Overcast the loops round the neck and plait a string to hang up by. If you have a Chinese ginger jar with the cane net work which is generally over them, you will see immediately how the foundation loops are to be put on.

TABLE MATS.

Very serviceable mats can be made of a kind of twine plait work, executed as follows: You will need for this