The table can be turned into a dressing-case by standing two clothespins on their heads at each side of the back of the top of the table, and sliding a piece of stiff paper across from clothespin to clothespin between the prongs for a mirror ([Fig. 11]). Of course, the addition of a fringed white paper, or cloth scarf, over the top of the dressing-case would enhance its appearance, as would also a table-cloth over the top of the dinner table, but the covers were purposely omitted in the photographs that one may see exactly how the articles were made.
Fig. 11—The table can be turned into a dressing-case.
Make a
Dolly's Bassinet
([Fig. 12]) of a small oblong berry-basket with four clothespin legs slanting outward at the bottom and the prongs of the legs on each side brought together at the top ([Fig. 13]). On the centre of one end of the basket slide down the prongs of a fifth clothespin to form the upright for holding drapery ([Fig. 13]). When adjusted, fold a lady's handkerchief diagonally through the centre and hang it over the support, as in [Fig. 12]. The bassinet will then be ready for a folded handkerchief as bedding and a little baby doll.
| Fig. 12—A perfect little bassinet. | Fig. 13—The bassinet without the drapery. |