Book 3 — Scraper for Dishes

A Dish Scraper Made of a Piece of Rubber Inserted in a Wood Handle

Housekeepers will find the scraper shown to be silent and more rapid than a knife for cleaning dishes. It consists of a handle cut from a piece of straight-grained wood, with a kerf sawed in the wide end to a depth of ³⁄₄ in., into which a piece of sheet rubber is inserted. The rubber may be cut from an old bicycle-tire casing and is fastened with two or three brads driven through the handle. The ends of the brads are bent over or riveted. The edge of the rubber should be made straight.—Contributed by H. S. Craig, Rushford, Minn.