Show o l CHILDREN CAN MAKE A TENT By Following Directions Herewith Given Little Folks Can Construct Construct Construct Con Con- Shady Place A tent can be made by children very easily and quickly without outside outside outside out out- side help Get three old sheets or shawls a rope and some safety pins and follow the Illustration shown herewith and tho directions as follows fol follows lows Tie the rope between two trees so that you walk under it without without with with- out touching your our head Throw a sheet or shawl over It its Tie four strings as long as yourself to each corner of tho the sheet one on each corner corner corner cor cor- ner as the Illustration shows says saysA 7 p A Simple Simple Tent Popular Home Journal One the other end of each string tie a pointed stick of pretty good size and strong Drive these sticks Into the ground as asfar asfar asfar I far from the rope as you OU can The sheet will now make a good roof Two more sheets are now used for the sides of the tent Each sheet makes an end and one side Use safety to pin up these sides The hole at each end of the tent under the roof Is necessary to keep It cool and comfortable Most 1 tents are very sturt stuffy and hot but this tent will bo po o found very satisfactory and answer the purpose as well as the average tent which one Is apt to purchase It ItIs ItIs Itis Is advisable to use a pretty strong rope to tie between the trees It should not have any more slack than is shown In the Illustration The cords used at the four corners should be strong also tc to prevent pre a sudden gust gustof of wind from wrecking the tent |