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118 ILLUSTRATED WORLD
The Foot Warmer
then glazed. It
retains its heat
after filling with
three quarts of very
hot water, for
twenty hours. It
cannot corrode, and
is easily cleaned, also
practically unbreakable.
It cannot roll
over. If it is not
beautiful to look at
we surely can call it
companionable.
CHIFFONIER WITH WRITING
DESK DRAWER
A CHIFFONIER provided with a
^"^ writing desk drawer makes unnecessary
a separate writing table
if it is desired to do writing in the bedroom.
The drawer containing the writing
compartment looks like the others
when the drawer is closed, but when
opened the outside drops down to provide
extra space for writing.
A Great Space Saving
Many homes have not room for an extra
desk; this desk-chiffonier solves the problem.
AN IMPROVISED SPRAYER
T H E sprayer shown in the illustration
was made to take care of a few plants
in a home garden. With one pumping
it will discharge two quarts of liquid,
enough for forty heads of cabbage. A
one-gallon syrup can, with an air valve
taken from a discarded bicycle tube, and
a stopcock made from a short piece of
Make This
Sprayer at
Home
One filling is
sufficient for
forty heads of
cabbage.
wire and an empty 22 shell, was
used as a tank. There was no need
to solder for the syrup remaining
in the can tightly calks the seams.
A bicycle pump compresses the air.
IDEAL IRONING BOARD
A NEW ironing board may now
^"^ be had by the housewife,
which is complete in itself, having
a substantial iron base, on which the
large board rests firmly, and is
equipped with a patented swivel
sleeve board, iron rest, sponge, and
water cups.
One of the principal faults to be
found with the ordinary electric
iron is the fact that the cord is al-