be scrubbed out as you would scrub a stone sink, and it grows harder and more permanent as the years go by.

The cost will depend on local conditions. Cement cost me $1.75 per barrel, sand ten cents per bushel. One sink was put inside of an old wooden one, the box for the other I made out of picked up stuff. The mason will charge from fifty cents to a dollar for his work.

If you once build a cement sink you will find it superior to anything else you have used. Follow the directions given and clearly understood I will gladly

if there are any points not

help you out if addressed at Canisteo, N. Y.

PERTAINING TO PASSEPARTOUT

GUIDE.

By RICHARD TROTTER JEFFCOTT.

HE making of a passepartout is really a very simple matter. However, ideas relating to a special method employed in the work, may possibly be of advantage to the beginner.

Some years since having occasion to make a number of passepartouts, I cast about for some arrangement that might be used to determine the matter of putting on the binding evenly-that is, showing an equal margin when completed. Gauging with the eye, measuring with strips of cards, and the use of rubber bands were out of the question, for the reason that some method, to do the work accurately and practically mechanically could be found.

CROSS SECTION- ACTUAL SIZE. PASSEPARTOUT GUIDE

The sketch herewith presented (actual size showing cross section) wil give a concise idea of the article I had made. The idea was submitted to a wood worker, who furnished my first guide and as I am still using it, although made some eight or nine years since, I know the scheme is beyond experiment.

Two pieces of well seasoned cherry were selected twenty (20) inches long and one-quarter (4) inches thick. The bottom piece was two (2) inches wide and the top piece one and one-quarter (14) inches wide. On the under side of the latter a slot was plowed five-eighths (5%) of an inch wide and about one-thirty-second (1-32) in depth. The two pieces were now firmly glued and nailed as per the sketch. When complete the depth of the slot permitted the binding to project onequarter inch (4) on the face.

We have now a guide that will give an equal margin of the binding on the glass provided care is used placing it in correct position and holding it there until the binding is withdrawn, at which time it adheres to the glass.

The usual process of mounting our print on mat or card, the placing of it, and the "back" (to which the hanging rings have been fastened) together with the glass in position. We are now ready for the actual binding of the passepartout.

To keep the several parts in position-glass, mat, and back— secure them with four wooden photo clips. Now take your guide and lay it along the edge of your work table, having previously measured off the required lengths of binding. Have within easy reach a saucer of water, some absorbent cotton, trimming knife and a pair of scissors.

The short sides of your glass should first be bound. Take your binding and insert it gummed side up in the slot of your guide. Press it back into the slot until the margin is even. Now with your damp cotton go over the gummed surface quickly, being careful to push the binding back to its former position, as it will probably move during the latter operation. Take your passepartout in both hands and place it on the binding seeing that the glass edge is up against the guide firmly. Give an even downward pressure with the finger on the back of the passepartout and directly over the binding, withdraw and you have the binding adhering to the glass, and equally distant from the edge.

Trim off your excess binding, proceed with the other sides and your finished passepartout will show equal margins.

When it is desired to combine two colors of binding, for instance-silver-white and red-black-place your first binding on the glass alone and trim off along edge of glass. The second color being placed over the first can be readily gauged with the eye, and as an extremely narrow margin of the first color is generally desired no trouble will be experienced in procuring an even margin.