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IN COMBINATION, A BODY OF MATERIAL OF A SIZE TO BE GRASPED BY THE HAND AND MANIPULATED THEREBY, SAID BODY HAVING AN UPPER SURFACE PORTION; A MEMBER EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM AND ATTACHED TO AT LEAST PART OF SAID UPPER SURFACE PORTION OF SAID BODY, SAID BODY HAVING AN OPPOSITE SURFACE FOR APPLICATION TO AN OBJECT TO BE TREATED, SAID MEMBER INCLUDING MEANS FOR HOLDING SAID BODY OF MATERIAL INCLUDING A SLENDER STEM PORTION, SAID STEM PORTION BEING SUFFICIENTLY SLENDER TO BE POSITIONED COMFORTABLY WITHIN THE CROTCH OF TWO ADJACENT SQUEEZING FINGERS OF A HAND WITHOUT SPREADING SAID FINGERS TO AN UNCOMFORTABLE DEGREE WHEN THE ARTICLE IS IN USE, SAID COMBINATION COMPRISING SAID BODY OF MATERIAL; SAID MEMBER; A SUPPORT MEANS HAVING AN OPENING TO FACILITATE ENGAGEMENT OF THE INTERMEDIATE SUPPORT MEANS WITH SAID SUPPORT MEANS; AND AT LEAST TWO INTERMEDIATE SUPPORT MEANS PORTIONS OF THE MEMBER, THE FIRST OF WHICHIS DISPOSED GENERALLY UPWARDLY FROM SAID STEM PORTION TO COOPERATE WITH THE SUPPORT MEANS TO SUPPORT THE ARTICLE THEREFROM WITH THE BODY OF MATERIAL BEING LOCATED DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID INTERMEDIATE SUPPORT MEANS, WHILE LEAVING SAID STEM PORTION AND THE SPACE LYING GENERALLY OUTWARDLY FROM SAID STEM, SUBSTANTIALLY UNOBSTRUCTED WHEREBY SAID INTERMEDIATE SUPPORT MEANS MAY BE ENGAGED WITH OR REMOVED FROM SAID SUPPORT MEANS CONVENIENTLY WHILE SAID HOLDING MEANS IS ENGAGED IN THE CROTCH BETWEEN SAID FINGERS; AND THE SURFACE OF THE MEMBER LOCATED OUTWARDLY FROM THE BASE OF THE STEM PORTION AND FACING GENERALLY UPWARDLY WHEN THE BODY OF MATERIAL IS POSITIONED DOWNWARDLY WITH RESPECT TO THE MEMBER, WHICH SURFACE CONFORMS TO THE COOPERATING SURFACE OF THE SUPPORT MEANS LOCATED OUTWARDLY FROM THE OPENING IN SAID SUPPORT MEANS AND GENERALLY FACING UPWARDLY, SO AS TO PROVIDE A SECOND INTERMEDIATE SUPPORT MEANS FOR RESTING THE ARTICLE UPON THE SUPPORT IN AN INVERTED POSITION WITH THE BODY OF MATERIAL BEING LOCATED GENERALLY UPWARDLY FROM THE COOPERATING SURFACE OF THE SUPPORT MEANS AND WITH THE ARTICLE RESTING WITH RESONABLE SECURENESS ON THE SUPPORT MEANS WHILE THE STEM PORTION EXTENDS DOWNWARDLY THROUGH THE OPENING IN SAID SUPPORT MEANS, THIS LEAVING THE SURFACE OF THE BODY OF MATERIAL ADAPTED FOR APPLICATION TO AN OBJECT BEING TREATED FACING UPWARDLY SO THAT THE IMMEDIATE OBJECT TO BE TREATED MAY BE BROUGHT INTO USEFUL CONTACT WITH SAID SURFACE OF APPLICATION.