** Concrete Kennel [23]

The kennel shown in the illustration is large enough for the usual size of dog.  It is cleanly, healthful and more ornamental than the average kennel.

[Illustration:  Finished Kennel]

This mission style would be in keeping with the now popular mission and semi-mission style home, and, with slight modifications, it could be made to conform with the ever beautiful colonial home.  It is not difficult to

[Illustration:  Concrete Forms]

build and will keep in good shape for many years.  The dimensions and the manner of making the forms for the concrete, and the location for the bolts to hold the plate and rafters, are shown in the diagram.  —­Contributed by Edith E. Lane, El Paso, Texas.

** Nutshell Photograph Novelty [24]

Split an English walnut in the center, remove the contents, and scrape out the rough parts.  Make an oval

[Illustration:  Photograph in the Shell]

opening by filing or grinding.  If a file is used, it should be new and sharp.  After this is done, take a small half round file and smooth the edges into shape and good form.

The photograph print should be quite small—­less than 1/2 in. across the face.  Trim the print to a size a little larger than the opening in the shell, and secure it in place with glue or paste.  It may be well to fill the shell with cotton.  Mount the shell on a small card with glue, or if desired, a mount of different shape can be made of burnt woodwork.  —­Contributed by C. S. Bourne, Lowell, Mass.

** Spoon Holder on a Kettle [24]

In making marmalade and jellies the ingredients must be stirred from time to time as the cooking proceeds.  After stirring, some of the mixture always remains on the spoon.  Cooks often lay the spoon on a plate or stand it against the cooking utensil with the handle down.  Both of these methods are wasteful.  The accompanying illustration shows a device made of sheet copper to hold the spoon so that the drippings will return to the cooking utensil.  The copper is not hard to bend and it can be shaped so that the device can be used on any pot or kettle.  —­Contributed by Edwin Marshall, Oak Park, Ill.

[Illustration:  Spoon Holder]

** Repairing Cracked Gramophone Records [24]

Some time ago I received two gramophone records that were cracked in shipment but the parts were held together with the paper label.  As these were single-faced disk records, I used the following method to stick them together:  I covered the back of one with shellac and laid the two back to back centering the holes with the crack in one running at right angles to the crack in the other.  These were placed on a flat surface and a weight set on them.  After several hours’ drying, I cleaned the surplus shellac out of the holes and played them.

As the needle passed over the cracks the noise was hardly audible.  These records have been played for a year and they sound almost as good as new.  —­Contributed by Marion P. Wheeler, Greenleaf, Oregon.