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Show Pun With Pipes and Bowls A soap bubble contest is tho source of much fun for tho children and a pretty Bight at any tlmo of tho year, as It can bo hold clthor Indoors or outdoors. out-doors. Clny pipes gayly decorated with ribbons, rib-bons, two ot n color, dotermlno part-nors. part-nors. To tho largo bowl of soapy water wa-ter and a tablcspodn ot glycerin to A Rose Under a Bubble, glvo beauty of color. Tho larger your bubbles grow tho moro lovoly nro tho tints. Competition may take many forms, nnd prizes should bo awarded to tho most successful. For "Bubblo Croquot" havo a tablo covered with a woolen cloth, nnd ribbon-wound wickets placed in tho right order. Sides aro taken and each player play-er may blow threo bubbles at a turn guiding them through tho wickets with tho nld of small rackets, tho kind UBod for ping-pong. Cover tho wider part with flannel or Bomo thin woolen goods. Bubblos will not break easily .against woolen. Hacks may bo mado of palm-leaf fans cut tho required shape and covered with tho woolen fabric. It counts you flvo points far ovory wlckot you successfully guide your bubblo through. Anothor gamo is played on a tennis court. For Indoors dlvldo oft tho room into Bides by n ropo or ribbon stretched stretch-ed across. Tho girls make bubbles and tho boya blow thom, trying to prwrcsrt those ot their opponents com ing over into their domain. Each bub-bio bub-bio that floats over tho net counts 15 points to tho sldo from which it camo. Bouquets of flowers mako sultablo prizes. Award a prlzo for tho largest bubble, tho ono that last tho longest, for tho most bubbles blown from ono dip ot tho plpo, and for tho longest chain ot bubbles blown. Then thoro aro trials of skill which aro well worth trying. For theso you will need a fow extra articles, a funnel, a straw, a roso or other flower, and a goblet. Placo tho roso on a largo plo plate. Dip your plpo Into tho bubblo wator, and as you tako it out hold it ovor tho top ot tho roso and blow until tho flower is covered with tho bubblo, thon lift up your plpo carefully, placo tho funnel on top of tho bubblo and conttnuo blowing. Blow very carefully and tho result will bo a roso under an exqulslto dome. A bubblo llko this ssfl will last at least 10 minutes. Blow a H good-sized, bubblo on top ot a goblet, mWM lnsort a straw that has bcon dipped In V9 tho solution carefully ln tho sldo, and BW blow off a tiny bubblo. You can fill culil tho whole Interior ot tho big bubblo SMl? with theso small ones that keop float- fjSsk A Ing nround inside. Another trick with IjJiw tho help ot tho straw Is to decorato rJ each finger tip with n bubblo. Dip tho Vmffii flvo fingers into tho solution, and a drop of it will adhere to each ono. PK Place tho wot end of tho straw ngalnst trl each drop in turn and blow gontly. Clj; Tho result will bo a dainty bubblo on M.itV Bubbles Within a Bubble. jH each linger tip. Hold a flowor In your hand by its stom and blow a bubblo , ovor it with tho pipe. Tho sunflower makes a fluo show, and the blower MMM should bo congratulated on his long. " wlndodnosa and skill, as it takes a big . , ttubbta to cover it. ':'mmM |