170.--THE CUSHION COVERS.

[Illustration]

The above represents a square of brocade. A lady wishes to cut it in

four pieces so that two pieces will form one perfectly square cushion

top, and the remaining two pieces another square cushion top. How is she

to do it? Of course, she can only cut along the lines that divide the

twenty-five squares, and the pattern must "match" properly without any

irregularity whatever in the design of the material. There is only one

way of doing it. Can you find it?

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