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paints stiffen it, besides giving a glaring" effect most objec- 
tionable, and water colors spot. After much experimenting 
the six color combination of dyes for tapestry and leather 
made by Devoe and Raynolds has proved most satisfactory. 
No preparation of the leather is necessary before laying on 
the dye, except that it must always be kept wet and worked 
very quickly. The dull ivory of the sumach is good back- 
ground for pastel shades, while darker leathers require 
richer color. 
The magazine cover (Illus. No. 5) is of split cow skin, 
with incised design. Incising consists of two lines modeled 
close together so that a small ridge of leather rises between. 
To make a magazine cover, cut a piece of leather 20x11^ 
in., a piece of skiver the same size, two strips of leather 
ii|xi in., 42 in. of thong ^ of an inch wide. Use the knife 
and metal rule in cutting the thong. It will be necessary 
to splice it in places which may be done by pasting two ends 
together which have first been slightly pared. Trace the 
design, incise and tint the ridge of leather thus raised dark 
brown. The decoration finished, paste the skiver to the 
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COW skin. When dry, crease evenly through the middle, 
then fold a flap two inches deep from each end toward the 
crease and press. Correct any unevenness with the knife and 
rule. With a leather punch make holes |- of an inch apart 
and I' of an inch from the edge along the top and bottom 
edges of the cover. Punch these holes in the top and bot- 
tom of each i-inch strip. Beginning at a corner thread the 
thong over and over through the flap and until about the 
15th hole, then include a one-inch strip. Place the corres- 
ponding strip by counting the holes from the opposite end, 
and finish by drawing the thong through the last hole twice 
and out of sight under the flap. 
In so brief an article it is not possible to more than intro- 
duce the possibilities of leather, but to the interested worker 
the information given is capable of development into many 
useful and artistic objects. 
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