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FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS

We all of us know what it is to own a book whose cover has grown shabby in honourable .service, but which it is not worth our while to have bound, though we cannot do without its constant companionship. And I am sure the owner will welcome this idea with pleasure. 'Jake a long strip of silk cloth or leather, and make each end into a short pocket, after cutting them as shown in the sketch. Bind all round with ribbon, thread a broad ribbon through buttonholed slits in the back, ami embroider a few words on one of the pockets, such as ‘‘My hook.” "My friend,” etc., or initials or a name. Then insert the shabby covers in the pockets, and tic* the ribbon through the back, and you will be delighted with your work. Covers of this kind are most use-

LiiitiiiiiiiiiiiHiimiiiiiiiimiiiimiiimiiii ful when a delicately-bound book is going the round of a household and seems likely to lose its freshness in the process.

miHmimimmuiimminimiminiiiiiiii Traffic Policeman: Hey, yer pinch* cd for speeding. Lady Driver: Oh, but, constable, you can’t arrest me, this is not my car, and besides, I haven’t any license.

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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12621, 4 December 1926, Page 16

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198

FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12621, 4 December 1926, Page 16

FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12621, 4 December 1926, Page 16

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