purchased ready made or they can be easily made by the amateur.

A good finish for this chair and its mates is obtained as follows: Apply
one coat of brown Flemish water stain. This stain in the original
package is very dark in tone and unless an almost black finish is
wanted, it should be lightened by the addition of one-half or two-thirds
water. Apply with a brush or sponge and allow to dry over night. When
dry, sandpaper lightly with fine or worn sandpaper to remove the raised
grain caused by the water of the stain. Put on a very thin coat of
shellac. This is to prevent the "high lights" in close-grained woods
from being discolored by the stain in the filler which is to follow. The
shellac being very thin does not fill the pores of the wood perceptibly.
Next, sand the shellac coat lightly when it has hardened. Apply a coat
of paste filler colored considerably darker than the stain to the tone
desired for the open grain. If the filler is well stirred and properly
applied, one coat ought to be sufficient. If it does not fill the pores
satisfactorily, apply another coat when the first has had time to
harden. Vandyke brown is used to color the filler, if none but natural
color is to be had. On the hardened filler apply a thin coat of shellac.
On this apply several coats of wax. The directions for waxing will be
found upon the cans in which the wax comes.

A BOOKCASE

This beautiful piece of mission furniture can be made at a very moderate
cost by anyone who has a slight knowledge of tools. Considerable labor
can be saved by ordering the material from the mill ready cut to size,
dressed and sanded. Quarter-sawed oak is the best wood to use and it is
comparatively easy to obtain. Plain-sawed oak looks well, but is more
liable to warp than the quarter-sawed and this is quite an element in
pieces as wide as the ones used. For the complete bookcase the following
material will be needed:

1 top, 3/4 by 15 by 31-1/4 in., hard wood, S-1-S.
1 top back board, 3/4 by 4 by 30-1/4 in., hard wood, S-1-S.
2 sides, 3/4 by 14 by 50 in., hard wood, S-1-S.
1 bottom, 3/4 by 14 by 28-3/4 in., hard wood, S-1-S.
1 bottom rail, 3/4 by 4 by 28-3/4 in., hard wood, S-1-S.
1 center piece, 3/4 by 2 by 45-3/4 in., hard wood, S-2-S.
4 door sides, 3/4 by 1-1/2 by 45-1/4 in., hard wood, S-2-S.
4 door ends, 3/4 by 1-1/2 by 14 in., hard wood, S-2-S.
4 pieces door lattice, 1/2 by 1/2 by 12-1/2 in., hard wood.
4 pieces door