GRANDFATHER CLOCKS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 867, 10 January 1930, Page 4

GRANDFATHER CLOCKS

CRAZE FOR ANTIQUES At a sale of furniture an old grant father clock was sold for 45s not lonj ago. It looked very shabby, and it wouldn't work, but the woman who purchased it cleaned and wax-pollshisi the old oak case, and paid one pound tc- a clockmaker for overhauling the mechanism. Very soon afterward she wag offered £-0 for this grandfather clock! Unless you arc one of the fortunate people, you are not likely to 11 ud quite a good bargain as this, but it ev >r you see one of these old clocks f }r sale at a low price, it may prove a good investment, because there is quite a craze for them at the present time If you own an oak dresser and some old-fashioned chairs which are genuine antiques or reproductions, a grandfather clock will be a charming addition to your furniture. THE COTTAGE STYLE If you have ona of the small houses or bungalows built duriug the last few years, and wish to furnish it tastefully, you cannot do better than ado tit the cottage style. The average home of today is small, and it is wiser to regard it as a cottage than to try to make it look like a mansion ia miniature. Grandfather clocks and dressers make little rooms look snug and cosy. If yo ir living-room is very small, you can have a grandmot'n >r clock, which is smaller than that named after her husband. Reproductions of these dear oldfashioned clocks are made by the thousand today, and many of them are very good both as timekeepers and as very decorative furniture. Most of them are made of oak, darkened, and only sightly polished. Some are of mahogany or other richly, coloured woods, and occasionally one sees clock-cases Inished with Chinese lacquer with ornamentations of dull gold. A HOME-MADE WARDROBE FROM A KITCHEN CUPBOARD At first glance a kitchen cupboard would not appeal' to be the most promising material out of which lo fashion a good wardrobe for the bedroom. But its suitability is certain, provided an intelligent handyman be available to carry out a few instrnotions. The deal cupboard in its original state is fitted only with shelves. Of these the top slrelf is retained as a convenient receptacle for various cardboard boxes, the two immediately below being removed in order to give hanging space for blouses and coals. More than two may be taken out. of course, if space is needed for fulllength frocks. Beneath the top shelf is fitted a sliding arm for hangers, sufficient space being left at the side to allow the latter to slide easily in and out. If the cupboard is a wide one, there may be enough r oom for a partition at one side to take shelves for lingerie and oddments such as scarves and shawls.

Leave a shelf immediately below the point to which the dresses or coats reach, and below this again, fix at the back of the cupboard a metal shoe rack to take the footgear. Or. it preferred, divide up this part into compartments, each large enough to hold a pair of shoes. The old-fashioned “gentleman’s wardrobe” may be similarly converted. But, before setting a carpenter on to the job, be careful to draft oat a plan, setting forth the exact measurements proper to each section, and test the plan with rule and measure before giving it to him. Only thus can you rely upon your ideas being brought to fruition and success. The deal-cupboard wardrobe is easily brought into line with the rest of the bedroom furniture by means of stain and varnish, or hard-drying paints. AN APPOINTMENT Miss Elizabeth A. BarraclougTi had been appointed to the staff of the Hamilton High School and will up her duties when the school reopens. Miss Barraciough was educated at the Kelson Girls’ School, the Dunedin Training College and the Otago University.