A place for every tool saves time, and besides, when the tools are hung up separately, they are less likely to be damaged, than when kept together on the workbench.

** Child’s Footrest on an Ordinary Chair [453]

Small chairs are enjoyed very much by children for the reason that they can rest their feet on the floor.  In many households there are no small chairs for the youngsters, and they have to use larger ones.  Two things result, the child’s legs become tired from dangling unsupported or by trying to support them on the stretchers, and the finish on the chair is apt to

[Illustration:  Footrest on Chair]

be scratched.  The device shown in the sketch forms a footrest or step that can be placed on any chair.  It can be put on or taken off in a moment.  Two suitable pieces of wood are nailed together at an angle and a small notch cut out, as shown, to fit the chair stretcher.

** Drying Photo Postal Cards [453]

A novel idea for drying photo postal cards comes from a French magazine.  The drying of the cards takes a long time on account of their thickness, but may be hastened by using corrugated paper for packing bottles as a drying stand.  Curve the cards, printed side up, and place the ends between two

[Illustration:  Card on Dryer]

corrugations at a convenient distance apart.  They will thus be held firmly while the air can circulate freely all around them.

** Preserving Key Forms [454]

After losing a key or two and having some difficulty in replacing them, I used the method shown in the sketch

[Illustration:  Key Forms Cut in Paper]

to preserve the outlines for making new ones.  All the keys I had were traced on a piece of paper and their forms cut out with a pair of shears.  When a key was lost, another could thus be easily made by using the paper form as a pattern.  —­Contributed by Ernest Weaver, Santa Anna, Texas.

** Renewing Typewriter Ribbons [454]

Roll the ribbon on a spool and meanwhile apply a little glycerine with a fountain-pen filler.  Roll up tightly and lay aside for a week or ten days.  Do not apply too much glycerine as this will make the ribbon sticky—­a very little, well spread, is enough.  The same application will also work well on ink pads.  —­Contributed by Earl R. Hastings, Corinth, Vt.

** Drinking Trough for Chickens [454]

A quickly made and sanitary drinking trough for chickens is formed of a piece of ordinary two or three-ply roofing paper.  The paper is laid out as shown, and the edges are cemented with asphaltum and then tacked to the side of a fence or shed.

[Illustration:  Trough of Roofing Paper]

** Ordinary Pen Used as a Fountain Pen [454]

It is a very simple matter to make a good fountain pen out of an ordinary pen and holder.  The device is in the form of an attachment readily connected to or removed from any ordinary pen and holder, although the chances are that when once used it will not be detached until a new pen is needed.