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 The Home Craftsman

���An Extra Drainboard for the Kitchen Sink

A SUPPLEMENTARY drainboard combined with a handy utensil cabinet can be attached to a kitchen sink which has only one inadequate drain- board. One end of the new drainboard rests upon the edge of the sink, while

���The extra drainboard and cabinet is

easy made and fills a space that is not

needed as a rule

the other is supported by legs construct- ed as shown in the accompanying draw- ing. Beneath the drainboard, shelves for plates and tinware can be installed and a curtain hung in front of them to improve the appearance.

To Lengthen the Life of a Necktie

A GREAT many people who are users of four-in-hand ties are more or less bothered by the tie's be- coming useless after it has been worn a few times.

Take the wide end of the tie with seam up and lay it fiat upon a table. Then thrust in the finger and seize the lining. Take the silk cover in the other hand and pull it over the lin- ing, about half of its length. A hot iron is then run over the lining to straighten it out.

��To bring back the silk to its original shape is very easy. Lay the tie flat upon a table and pull the silk cover back very gently. Then after the tie is back to its original shape a hot iron is run over the whole.

Wood Box Arrangement Saves Many Steps from the Dining Room

THE task of bringing in wood for several stoves, which is supposed to have caused anguish to almost every small boy, can be solved in an ingenious way, provided the woodshed adjoins the house. If a houseowner is fortunate enough to have an arrangement of rooms, such as is indicated in the draw- ing, he can save many steps, by the ex- pedient suggested here. At the juncture of the two walls a hole large enough to accommodate a kindling wood box should be sawed. The box may or may not be provided with lids, as desired. When wood is needed for the stoves in either the dining room or kitchen it can be taken from the box. The box can be easily replenished from the woodpile.

���How a wood box can be built into a

house and connected with the wood

shed, so as to save useless walking

from room to room

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