WRITING DESK.
Reading edition
Use the kind of box suggested for the bookcase.
1. Cut the cover the right height for the desk.
2. Fit in the box, and slide it up or down until it seems right in proportions, as in making the dresser.
3. Mark where it is to be cut off. Cut and fasten the parts together.
4. Study the picture; then cut the top and slanting sides.
5. Shape the legs. Fasten the “drawer” with “knobs.”
6. Fit and fasten in the extra cardboard so that it projects and forms the writing shelf.
7. Use the other end of the box for the inside shelves. Cut these narrow and fit them carefully. Real pigeon holes can be made by cutting up penny-in-the-slot caramel boxes, and gluing them into place.
8. Paint to match furniture. Glue a piece of blotter on the writing shelf.
Details of Writing Desk.
Candy or note paper box
Cover—End cut away
One end of the box fitted in and cut off as in dresser
Top and legs cut—Drawer front fastened
Extra piece projecting for writing shelf—other end of box fitted in for shelves as in book case
MAKING FATHER COMFORTABLE.
Haven’t you often noticed, As father sits in his chair, How he enjoys the cushions As he reads his papers there? So try to make some cushions Of velvet or silk, and see If by stuffing them with cotton, Father doll as “comfy” might be. Then if, with hands that are skillful, You could small “papers” make, And place with his chair by the “fire,” What comfort he could take!
Morris Chair.