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using woolen rags, and the result is almost if not quite 

 equal to the effect of the carpet yarn. A pattern one yard 

 long and half as wide costs forty cents and makes a good- 

 sized rug, the yarn for this costs ninety cents ; a rug pat- 

 tern one yard and three quarters by one and a half yards 

 costs seventy-five cents, and the yarn about two dollars and 

 a half. Of course the yarns are nicer for parlor use if they 

 can be afforded, but if not, the woolen rags, especially if 

 some silk be mixed with them, are almost as haudsome. 



Armed with this little rug machine, oat sacks, and rags, 

 the work of brightening up the floors and covering the 

 furniture of the plainest houses will not only be easy but 

 pleasant. The work is really fascinating. For ten cents, 

 the manufacturers send a little book of colored patterns 

 from which to order. 



We find so much rest and relief for mind and body, and 

 so much profit for our home surroundings, in this light, 

 pleasant occupation, that can be taken up or dropped at a 

 moment's notice, the frame and chairs standing always 

 ready, that we feel grateful to the little rug machine, and 

 would like to see one in every home all over the laud ; no 

 better investment could be made of a dollar. 



The making of rugs and covers by no means exhausts 

 the list of its virtues ; added to these are tidies, lap-robes 

 for carriages, lamp-mats, wrist-warmers, winter caps for 

 girls and boys, slippers, warm smoking caps for men, and 

 nice mittens ; for these last and the caps the manufacturers 

 furnish patterns. In fact, there seems to be hardly any limit 

 to the articles that may be made with this little machine, 

 with its two Avorking parts, the needle and loop-holder. 



We have heard of a crumb-cloth and stair-carpet being 

 made with it ; but that seems a waste of time, when they 

 can be bought so cheaply ; a silk bed-spread could be made, 

 however, one that would be very handsome and durable. 



