Show A SUMMER ATTRACTION Row to Make a SkyBanner Kite Which Will Prove Useful as Well as Interesting The use of skybanners to announce the location of picnics fairs and oilier outdoor occasions as well as to advertise ad-vertise theaters and local stores will be a common sight this Hummer Some of the kite operators show performing per-forming dummies of men and animals ani-mals which at a height of several liUnitrcd twit appear to he n genuine performance Thcao arc alternated at short Intervals by pulling In the dummy and running up the banner Such a display mado recently over till principal retail street In Chicago so congested the street that In five min 54 Epp T I If F A J fl rani 0vlN c Q If 8tf 4 92 11 I t 1 I lr Arer 3 t 1 1i9 J THE BKYIIANNUn KITE AND HOW IT IS MADE utes street cars and teams had to stop nnd the police ordered tho dummy pulled down until they could open the Street again The kites may be bought or rented or easily made by anyone of ordinary mechanical ability from the directions given below The kite described is that used by E E Herbert nn expert in kiteHying Ho calls It his triangular trian-gular cellular kite Tho materials required for a five foot kite arc as follows Three and a quarter yards No 40 Berkley cambric cam-bric or a good grado of percallne one yard wide 20 feet of strong cord or Picture wire a quantity of the smallest small-est slzo tacks and four strips of basswood bass-wood or spruce having tho following dimensions Two strips xx5 feet part Cone C-one strip xx5 feet part G one strip 9 xx4 feet six inches part D From the cloth cut two strips AA4 and two wings BB as shown In Fig II and hem nil tho edges of strips AA To mako the frame place the half Inch shin of strip D on strips CC and tlo securely with strong cord as shown In Fig 2 Strips C and 1 should be notched at their junctions to prevent slipping and should bo notched at the ends as shown In detail Tie temporary tempo-rary cords FF I I at top and bottom to hold frame In position when attaching cloth Fasten a piece of strong oord or picture wlro at the top of strip C and pass It through the groove In the end of strip D i and fasten again at the bottom of strip C When this Is done on both RideR the frame Is ready to be covered Tack strips nil on frame as shown In Fig 3 I using the smallest size tacks Pass the ends of both strips through the frame and tack to bridle strip Gas G-as shown in Fig 4 Then remove temporary tem-porary cords FF To tho back of the kite tack the five foot wings BB on tho strips CC and turn the edges of tho cloth over the wlro or cord and paste down neatly Fasten the brldlo on the bridle stick O as shown In Fig 5 and the kite It complete For flying in a light wind use No 18 cable laid cord and for a strong wind use No 36 A kite of these dimensions will easily carry a 8x12 foot banner but should not bo used when tho velocity of the wind exceeds 12 miles an hour This Is the kite that has attracted so much attention in tho downtown district of Chicago with large sky banners and performing dummy acrobats acro-bats I |