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��and requires very little work, and it gives the greatest possible amount of usable space. If properly put in, it will never bind because the points of contact are small and any swelling or shrinking of the working parts are automatically compen- sated. Therefore, an extremely close fit can be made without any fear of trouble later. This method is far superior to the usual way of hanging such drawers by grooves in the sides which engage tongues, and where any slight warping or swelling of either side or tongue immediately pro- duces binding, unless a very loose fit has been made. It makes for good appear- ance, too, there being no unsightly grooves to show in the sides when the drawer is pulled out. — Henry Simon.

��How to Make a Pocket Plumb and Level in a Block

THE only materials necessary to make this most serviceable little tool are a plain level glass and a small hardwood block. The block should be from 3^2 to ^s in. thick and triangular in shape, the angle of one corner being a right anglg and the sides equal. Draw the hypoth- enuse and on it mark the center of the sight-hole. Through this, and parallel with one side, draw a line •and square it across one edge. Mark the center and bore a hole just large enough to admit the level glass, keeping the bit straight by sighting along the pencil line. The bore should go just deep enough so that the center of the level glass will co- incide with the center of the sight-hole.

Now bore the sight-hole with a ^-in. bit. Put a few drops of glue into the end of the bore for the glass, slip the glass into place, drop a little glue on its end, and seal the hole with a dowel.

The level should now be left untouched until the glue is set, and then the edges trued up with a block-plane, care being taken to true up the long edge also.

This level is very light and fits the

���A level glass set in a triangufar wood piece

��pocket. It accomplishes with one level- glass what it ordinarily takes two to do and not only that, but it permits truing- up work inclined at an angle of 45 deg. to the horizontal, which is at times ex- tremely useful. It has another advantage, too — it can be used to lay out miters when no other tool happens to be at hand. — Henry Simon.

��Making Camp Hammocks from Gunny Sacks

PERSONS contemplating camp life during vacation in almost inaccessi- ble spots may, with a little forethought.

���Two bran or peanut sacks sewed together with a hanger at each end for a hammock

provide themselves with some of the luxuries of the home. For instance, the hammock, which is difficult to carry, can be made from large bran or peanut sacks in which the outfit may be packed for transports. At the camp cut round sticks as long as the sack are wide, attaching a strong cord for a hanger at either end and drop one into the bottom of each sack, passing the cords out between the meshes at the corners. Sew the tops of the sacks together with strong twine or string and the result will be a hammock that, when suspended between two trees, is a near approach to a spring bed. The sacks may be used for the duffle on the return trip — Gale Pinchney.

��A Cement for Mending Valuable China Dishes

VALUABLE china may be mended with the following mixture, and when dry it will resist hot water and ordinary usage. Mix a teaspoonful of alum and a tablespoonful of water. Place in a hot oven until it is quite transparent. Wash the broken pieces in hot water, dry and put them into the oven until they are warm; and while still warm coat the broken edges with the mixture thinly and quickly as it sticks instantly.

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