Furniture 103 



a tight wooden box is needed. The one photo- 

 graphed is a soap box, twenty-two inches long, by 

 sixteen wide, and is one foot deep. Any box of 

 dimensions about the same will do. First cut a 

 hole in one end with a key-hole saw, about six by 

 eight inches. The mash will be poured in here. 

 By nailing strips one inch wide about the edges of 

 the piece cut out, we can turn it into a good cover, 

 if pieces of board are scarce. Fasten it in place 

 by small hinges, or pieces of leather. 



Next remove the cover of the box. Now saw a 

 triangle out of each side. To support the side 

 pieces while sawing, and to strengthen them while 

 in use later, nail a light strip to the side so it will 

 run from the front upper comer, down to a point 

 seven inches from the bottom, and four inches 

 from the back. Then another strip should be 

 nailed along a line slanting from the lowest point 

 of the first strip to the front edge, five inches from 

 the bottom. Cut along these strips, taking a tri- 

 angle from each side, as shown in the illustration. 



The cover may now be used again, with a slight 

 change. In order to nail it along the slanting 

 front edges, and allow four inches of it to slide 

 down below the sides of the bottom tray, the 



