764 



Popular Science Monthly 



Using Fancy Wood Arms to 

 Disguise a Trunk 



WHILE in attendance at a military 

 school it was necessary for me to 

 keep a trunk in my room. The trunk I had 

 spoiled the appear- 

 ance of the room and 

 I decided to make a 

 set of ends or arms 

 to change its appear- 

 ance and make it 

 useful as a seat. 

 Afterwards I brought 

 the arms home and 

 still use them in the 

 same capacity. 



The arms are fast- 

 ened to the trunk in 

 such a manner that 

 they do not interfere 

 with the raising of 

 the lid. Two blocks, 

 about 5 in. square, 

 are used for the pur- 

 pose. These are 



secured to the trunk walls with screws. 

 Screws are also used to fasten the ends to 

 the blocks. The parts for both ends are 

 fastened together with screws to facilitate 



Knds built to represent chair arms and at- 

 tached to a trunk to make a comfortable seat 



taking them apart to pack for shipment. 

 As the trunk had to be kept away from 

 the wall so that the cover could be raised, 

 it was necessary to use a strip of wood the 

 length of the trunk and about 4 in. wide, 

 fastened with hinges 

 to the back of the 

 cover near the upper 

 edge. This folds 

 back on the cover 

 when it is raised. 



After the parts are 

 cut out and planed, 

 they are smoothed 

 with fine sandpaper 

 and finished to 

 match other furni- 

 ture or as desired. 



A pad is used for 

 the seat, which can 

 be made of burlap, 

 leather or cloth, 

 stuffed with cotton 

 or other suitable 

 material. There is 

 no back to the seat, but the wall answers 

 the purpose, and pillows may be used to 

 make it comfortable, the same as for a 

 divan. — Alfred L. Thelin, Jr. 



Details of the trunk ends which may be cut 

 from oak or soft wood and suitably stained 



Salt Cellar Filler Made from 

 an Oblong Can 



SALT shakers are sometimes difificult to 

 fill quickly with the usual filler — a 

 small sized 

 spoon. The 

 illustration 

 shows how 

 a filler can 

 be readily 

 cut from 

 an old to- 

 bacco can 

 that is ob- 

 1 o n g in 

 shape. The 

 bottom is 

 cut free 

 and bent 

 over into a 

 loop, form- 

 ing a very 

 convenient 



thumb 

 V, o n A \ a The can is cut with rounded 



,^, 1 . edges m the shape of a scoop 



The device 



will hold enough to fill one ordinary salt 

 cellar. — F. W. Bentley. 



