Desk Slide in Top of Drawer
Placing a lock lid in the top of a desk drawer provided a writing board and also gave privacy to the drawer, as shown in the sketch.
The Lid Provides a Writing Slide and Gives Privacy to the Drawer
A lady’s desk in a nicely furnished room was used for the telephone and as the desk was often locked there was no place on which to rest the instrument or to take notes. The drawer lid, locked with a chest lock, proved effective. The lid may be moved back so as to expose the contents of the drawer. It was finished to match the desk.—Contributed by Victor Labadie, Dallas, Tex.
Repairing a Broken Fly-Screen Frame
Sheet-Metal Braces Used on a Loose Window-Screen Frame to Make It Rigid
An old broken fly-screen frame was made quite rigid with the use of metal braces, cut as shown and fastened with nails to each corner. The brace was cut from sheet metal, and the edges A and B were cut and bent at right angles to the main part, with their extreme edges bent over the frame. These were sufficient to make the frame as rigid as a new one.