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Embroidery hoop.—­There are surely among our readers some girls who embroider and who have experienced difficulty with their embroidery hoops.  The inner hoop is sure to fit so tightly within the outer one that if the material to be embroidered is at all thick, neither persuasion nor force will make it slip into place.  A new hoop is now being made which can be adjusted for goods of any thickness.  This is done by means of a split binding-hoop, the two ends of which connect by a screw-threaded bolt, and can be loosened or tightened at will, a nut on the threaded end of the bolt holding the ends firmly in place.

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Vertical writing demands a commercial pen.  The “S.T.A.” pens are strictly a commercial pen, made after the famous models designed by John Jackson, originator of the

------System of Upright Writing.------

The desirability of teaching children, boys especially, to write with such a pen as they will use in after life will be recognized by every good teacher.

     Introduced into the Schools of Denver, Colo., and elsewhere.

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