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The bottom should be grooved only in the front groo\'e. After 
they are fitted to then- places, guiding strips, j3referabl\- of 
hard wood, are glued to the inside ledges; or in the case 
of a long drawer, it is better to put a hardwood rimner 
on the middle of the bottom to run in a groove in the frame 
beneath. 
In making tops for any piece of furniture it is not advis- 
able to use boards more than 8 inches wide on account of the 
curving in shrinking of which I spoke in the last chapter. It is 
custoniaiy to alternate a heart side with a sap side so that the 
curving will alternate and be more easily reduced because the 
general direction is the same. The dia^iam. 111. IX is exag- 
gerated to show the principle more clearly. 
A top should not be screwed or fastened on tight at any 
pi)int but the center of the ends, else it will cither split, break 
the fastenings or draw the frame as it shrinks and expands. 
The best way is to fasten blocks at intervals to the top, each 
one having a tongue which runs freely in a groove in the frame 
as in 111. Vni, thus it is held flat, securely in place but with 
perfect freedom. 
FAUST AND THE FIRE SPIRIT— FREDERICK A. RHEAD 
Design for Fire Place in pen and ink,^Frame designed by Frederick A. Rhead and executed by F. C. 
Exhibited at Clarion Handicraft Exhibition. Chester, Eng. 
Schmidt. 
