If it is to be painted and enamelled, white pine is about the best wood and easiest to work; but if it is to be polished, good hard kauri pine or American basswood will suit. If care is taken to select good stuff, either of these woods is easy to work, and will finish with a very good surface. The wood should be 1/2 in. thick. For the back, a piece 17 in. long by 11 in. wide will be required. It should be shaped at the top something like the illustration: a hole is bored with a 1-in, centre-bit, cutting from either side into it with a fret- or bow-saw, and finishing off with spokeshave, rasp, and glasspaper. The rack at the top should be 16; in. long by 2 3/4 in. wide, and have nine openings for pipes. To make these openings, bore nine holes with their centres 1 1/4 in. from the front edge. The first three should be bored with a 1-in. centre-bit, the next three with a 7/8in., and the last three with a 3/4-in. centre-bit. Now cut into these from the front edge at a slight angle with a fine saw, thus making openings of the shape shown in the illustration. The edges should be rounded with a wood file and glasspaper. The middle shelf is 16 1/2in. long by 4in. wide, and the bottom shelf 16|in. long by 54 in. wide.

Both these shelves have a ledge round the fronts and ends, fixed Jin. from the edge. The ledge should be made by striking a 3/16-in. bead on a piece of the stuff that is left, and carefully cutting it off. The large shelf should be fixed at the bottom of the back, the middle shelf 4 1/2 in. above this, and the rack 2 1/4 in. above the middle shelf. The shelves should be screwed from the back with long tine screws such as l 1/4in. No. 5. Two small ears should be screwed on the back for fixing to the wall.

A Smoker's Companion.

A Smoker's Companion.