Imitation Antiques 
Her neighbor’s highboy was of apple- 
toood, but for long after the household 
poods were disposed of, Lizzanne supposed 
it was mahogany, which, while dear in 
price, was less interesting. Lizzanne 
needed the deep, broad drawers, and 
craved the simple lines of the dignified 
relic, and, knowing that some shops really 
manufacture these furnishing and sell 
them for genuine, she decided to make 
berself one, though she candidly told 
everybody its source. 
She contented herself with soft wood, 
but managed to secure foot-wide boards, 
planed on both sides, but not matched 
lumber, as the model in her memory was 
built before such modernity came into be¬ 
ing. The first work was to devise the 
case, and her husband had no part in the 
affair, except to saw the material where 
she marked it. Her neighbor’s (Mrs. 
Ellis’s) highboy stood as high as a man, 
and held five drawers, the lower one set 
well up from the floor. Lizzanue’s was 
not so tall, and held only four drawers, 
waile the lower one was quite near the 
floor, with only castors between. 
The sides of the case were the depth of 
two boards in width. Sawed the right 
height, she laid them side by side and 
nailed them to the inner crosspieces that 
were to serve as cleats for the drawer's 
to run upon. There was no back or front, 
except strips of boards nailed lengthwise, 
to hold the sides in place and to act as 
front and back cleats between the draw¬ 
ers. These latter were a foot high, from 
the regulation-width boards, and made in 
the simplest way, four corners and bot¬ 
tom, like coverless boxes. Without 
grooves anywhere, she waxed the receiv¬ 
ing corners, and, as her measurements 
were exact, no hitches ensued when the 
A Simple Highboy 
drawers were pushed in and pulled < 
oe top was cut to come over the et 
not more than an inch at front and si 
and a board to stand up at the back, 
•imearanee s sake—“just like Mrs. 
T- Was , to it before top 
tiw, „ lr iiT ace ‘ Finally she sandpupt 
, r * resulting rough corners and edges, 
a . , ee coat of transparent fu 
.■ i, e var msh, and the soft pine in uati 
, .. was ! ‘ gratifying convenience, 
oil and paint box was brought i 
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play at the last, though her daughter de¬ 
clared that spoiled the effect, giving it a 
later-day, painted, chamber-set effect. 
“And I wish,” she added, “that you had 
made it higher, and more old-fashioned 
looking, and left space under it to slip 
the broom.” The girl made one after¬ 
wards, for the attic playroom for the chil¬ 
dren’s playthings, but she put less work 
into hers. She secured a big drygoods 
box that had not been scarred for the 
case, and simply tacked cleats inside and 
horizontal strips across the front, between 
the drawers. The latter were fitted with 
knobs, while her mother’s had screwed-on 
handles; for novelty a different style on 
alternate drawers. Zetta stained her cre¬ 
ation mahogany tint, varnished it. and 
the result was more similar to the old one 
than was Lizzanne’s. Both held loads of 
A Handy Chest of Draioers 
goods no other receptacles yawned for. 
Castors are the last word; they are so 
heavy to move around at housecleaning 
times. 
Her sister, Lizzette, came over to view 
the finished products, and a reminiscent 
mood came over them both. “What 
wouldn’t I give to have that first writing 
desk of mine.” sighed Lizzette. “Don’t 
you remember. Zanne? It was smooth 
outside, but on the interior the boards 
had never been smoothed. And the front 
was slanted, lower than the back—and 
that huge padlock that I used with such 
a feeling of safety. It must have been 
among the first desks built iu the coun¬ 
try.” 
Thereafter, when I.izzette came calling, 
Zanne was fairly dignified in regard to 
her work, but one day, Lizzette’s birth¬ 
day. came the surprise. It was not the 
rude desk of her girlhood, but one mod¬ 
eled after its lines, and polished and var¬ 
nished. It was a mere box on legs, only 
the back was of two boards instead of 
one. and the lid, binged at the rear, slant¬ 
ed toward the front. There were cun- 
Dcsk After Antique Model 
ning little store-bought handles, to lift the 
lid. and the tiniest imaginable padlock 
safeguarded the contents—a writing pad 
and pencil. Too, it could be wheeled 
around on castors, an advantage over the 
primeval article. And the interior sur¬ 
face of the lumber was smooth, as Zanue’s 
boards had beeu planed on both sides. 
LILLIAN TROTT. 
Tennessee Notes 
No rain ; only one wee shower for more 
than three weeks (June 1) ; hot, dry winds 
that cook and wilt the plants. A bit of 
thunder, scattering clouds, and “hoping 
against hope,” we seize pails and plants 
and go to the fields to transplant or set 
the waiting furrows. Alas, the clouds 
disappear, the sun comes out with re¬ 
newed strength, the plants curl up, fall 
over, wither and die. While resting I 
pick up a daily and see “Wanted, labor¬ 
ers, from $G to $9 per day,” and think is 
it any wonder tlie boys chafe against the 
bits of disappointing farm hopes, and 
$1.50 per day farm wages, and hie to the 
city? It is one phase of human nature 
to look out for number one. and as long as 
people can buy country products for less 
than the eost of production, the acreage of 
farm lands cultivated will decrease. 
We have heard so much talk of the 
golden hoof, increase the sheep, etc., and 
only last week a number of our farmers 
hauled their wool back borne after being 
offered 25c per lb. and asked $25 per lb. 
for the finished product in a suit of 
clothes. They claim that 3 lbs. of wool 
are used in the construction of a $75 
suit, though we have no means of know¬ 
ing how great a quantity of shoddy is 
used in the material. The merchants are 
becoming a bit shaky over the price of 
some articles, and the reductions made in 
some lines show that profiteers are very 
plentiful. Meanwhile the pots are busy 
calling the kettles black. 
As a people are we too prone to gam¬ 
ble? We hoped, prayed and wished for 
rain. After three days of gentle showers 
there was a regular downpour last night 
that guttered out the cornfields, swept the 
tobacco patches and covered or washed 
away acres of freshly sown millet and 
grass seed. The downpour was so steady 
along about 12 o’clock I began to think of 
some chicken coops on the hillside, and at 
last after trying to make some of the 
other members of the family uneasy, hut 
with no success, I gathered the lantern, 
umbrella, oilcloths, etc., and went on a 
tour of investigation. The 10 turkeys and 
mother hen were becoming a bit damp. I 
gouged out a trench on upper side of coop 
for surplus water to go around, gave them 
an oilcloth and made the rounds, finding 
some that no doubt would have drowned 
by morning, as the rain continued for sev¬ 
eral hours, and I know I was most damp 
myself when I reached the house; but as 
we have been setting plants in the rain 
every day I am getting used to the water. 
The sugar situation stays about the 
same. The merchants cannot or will not 
buy in any great quantities. People have, 
as a general thing, ceased to worry, and 
are planting cane patches. No doubt many 
small fruits will go to loss, but we can 
live on milk, butter, eggs, beans, potatoes, 
meat, etc. I am more than willing to 
suffer many privations in the future, as in 
the past, if I can help to strangle the 
profiteeers with their own soup. Yet if 
one dwells too often on the turmoil and 
strife of the world, our own nation in¬ 
cluded, it cramps the spirit of love and 
fellowship. I am not the author of the 
following lines, but pass them on with the 
hope they may penetrate some other 
heart: 
“If all who hate would love ns, 
And all our loves were true, 
The stars that swing above us 
Would brighten in the blue. 
If cruel words were kisses, 
And every scowl a smile, 
A better world than this is 
Would hardly be worth while. 
If purses would untighten 
To meet a brother’s need. 
The load we bear would lighten 
Above the grave of greed.” 
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