¶Square cardboard disks fastened to the ends of a spool with thumb tacks will prevent it from rolling.
Cane Made of Tubing Contains Cigars
As a novelty in canes, a steel tube was provided with a suitable handle and used as a container for cigars and matches. The tube was fitted with a metal cap at its junction with the handle and the cigars are inserted or removed at this point. The end of the handle was bored out and also provided with a cover, as a match safe. The tube was enameled and varnished to resemble wood.—James E. Noble, Toronto, Canada.
Key Ring Used as a Cover Fastener
The usual box-cover fastener in the form of a staple and hasp can be fastened quite securely, and much better than with the use of a wood pin, by applying a key ring to the staple. This is to take the place temporarily in case the lock is lost or discarded.—James M. Kane, Doylestown, Pa.
Golf Tee Made of a Shotgun Shell
Instead of making golf tees in the usual manner I used the brass end of a shotgun shell, weighted with a small iron ball attached to a string. The device was made as an experiment and proved so useful and convenient to carry that I continued to use it.—Edward Beasley, Texarkana, Ark.