[Illustration:  Aluminum Foil in a Bottle]

slight electrical charge, the two pieces of foil will draw together.  If it does not hold a charge, the foils will not move.  —­Contributed by Ralph L. La Rue, Goshen, N. Y.

** Fishing through Ice with a Tip-Up [281]

The tip-up, used for signaling the fisherman when a fish is caught, is made of a 1/4-in. pine board, about 15 in. long, 2-1/2 in. wide at one end and narrowing down to about 1 in at the other.  At a point 6 in. from the smaller end, the board should be cut slightly wider and a 1/2-in. hole bored through it.  Two or three wrappings of fine copper wire may be wound around the board on each side

[Illustration:  Tip-Up in Place]

of the hole to give added strength.  Both ends of the board should be notched deeply.

A long gash is cut in the ice and then a round hole is made with a chisel, as this will cut under the water without splashing.  The chipped ice can be removed with a pail.  A rod or round stick of wood is passed through the hole in the tip-up and placed across the round hole, as shown in the illustration.

The fishhook is baited in the usual way and hung on a line from the short end of the tip-up.  When a fish is hooked, the other end will tip up and signal the fisherman.  Any number of holes can be cut in the ice and a tip-up used in each, thus enabling one person to take care of as many lines.

** Home-Made Candle Holder [281]

The candlestick or holder shown in the illustration is made of an ordinary tin can, such as is used for canning salmon or potted ham.  Three triangular cuts are made in the cover or bottom of the can and the points turned up about the can die.  The can may be bronzed, silvered, enameled or otherwise decorated, thus making it ornamental as well as useful.  —­Contributed by Mrs. A. M. Bryan, Corsicana, Texas.

** How to Make a Match Holder of Wood and Metal [282]

A very simple piece of art craft work is easily made, as follows:  Secure a piece of paper and upon it draw the outline and design, as indicated in the

[Illustration:  Match Holder]

accompanying sketch.  The size may be made to suit the taste of the worker.  A good size is 5 in. wide by 6 in. long over all.  The metal holder should be proportioned to this size, as shown.

Having completed the drawing, take a piece of thin wood, 3/8 or 1/4 in. thick, and trace upon it the design and outline, using a piece of carbon paper.  A couple of thumb tacks should be used to fasten the paper and design in place.  Put the tacks in the lines of the design so that the holes will not show in the finished piece.  Any kind of wood will do.  Basswood or butternut, or even pine, will do as well as the more expensive woods.