The illustrations show an umbrella stand made from three pasteboard tuhes. They have wood blocks fitted into the bottom, and can he screwed to the base, which is of 1-in. hoard. If a moulding could be worked round the trefoil wooden base, the appearance would be improved. A hole should be drilled in the wood bottom of each tube and a small pipe inserted to carry off the water from the wet umbrellas (as shown in Fig. 2). Three flattened wood balls should be screwed to the under side of the base to lift it from the floor, and to admit a tin pan underneath to catch the water. Fig. 1 shows the stand complete, with the brass ornamental rim round the centre; this maybe fixed with rosettes having pins bent over when passed through the brass rims and the tubes. Fig. 3 shows patterns for the brass rims, the lower one having semi-balls hammered up at intervals. It would be advisable to fix a plate of thin zinc, say 1/2 in. wide, round the top inside edge of each tube to prevent the wet umbrellas saturating the upper portion of the tubes. For colouring, use a light ground, say grey, fawn, or light green, with a dark ring; at the top and bottom; these colours may be applied in enamel paint.

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Fig. 3. Pasteboard Tube Umbrella Stand.