A necessary and useful home convenience made of a box, with a cover made in two sections and joined with hinges. It is a time-saver to the busy housewife who has to go so often in search for blacking and polish before she can get the children ready for school. It serves as a reminder to the busy farmer who is disposed to go to town or to church before giving his shoes a dressing. [Illustration] MATERIALS: 1 box. ½ lb. six-penny nails to construct box. 1 pair 1½” (butt) hinges to fasten top. Sandpaper and stain. DIMENSIONS: _Body_: 5¾” deep × 13¾” wide × 14¼” long (inside measurements). _Top_: 2 pieces ½” thick × 8” wide × 6¼” long. _Legs_: 4 pieces ⅜” thick × 1⅜” wide × 13¼” long. 4 pieces ⅜” thick × 1¾” wide × 13¼” long. DIRECTIONS: Remove the cover from box (5¾” deep × 13¾” × 14¼”) and nail the legs on, making them seven inches longer than the outside depth of the box. Nail one half of the cover on top of box, allowing it to project evenly all round the edge of the box. Fasten the other half of the cover to this half with hinges. Sandpaper, stain, and polish. [Illustration] TOWEL ROLLER A towel roller built so simply that any boy on the farm would take pleasure in working out the problem. It is much easier to keep a clean towel in the right place when the proper place is provided for the towel to be kept. This convenience should be a joy to every tired farmer when he comes in to partake of a meal. Again, the tendency of all children to throw the towels about the place is a great nuisance to the housewife. This rack provides that the towel be sewed together and placed on the roller, which is then slipped into the groove made to hold it. [Illustration] MATERIALS: 3’ of poplar. ¼ lb. 8-penny nails. Sandpaper and stain. DIMENSIONS: _Foundation_: 1 piece ¾” thick × 5” wide × 24” long, to which the brackets are nailed. _Brackets_: 2 pieces 5” thick × 5” wide × 5” long. _Rod_: 1 piece 1¼” thick × 1¾” wide × 24” long. DIRECTIONS: The brackets are made any desired shape, with a hole a half-inch in diameter bored in the centre of each piece. A slit is cut in one bracket from the hole to the top for the end of the rod to slip in and out. Round the piece (1¼” × 1¾” × 24”) for the rod. At each end cut a tenon one inch in diameter. Nail the end pieces to the board (¾” × 5” × 24”). Insert the rod into the hole in the one end piece and slip it into the slit at the other end. Sandpaper, stain, and polish. PORCH SWING An inexpensive mission style swing made of oak with space long enough for two to sit in and broad enough to be used for lounging purposes. A pad made of burlap and stuffed with an old discarded quilt will add to the comfort of the swing. DIMENSIONS: