Show COASTING in COLD and HEAT I N Switzerland the boys and girls go bicycling IN I in the snow while along the Ivory Coast of East Africa th the skinned black-skinned youngsters find coasting down hill on the grasS a great sport A new kind of toboggan has been introduced in Switzerland in t the e form of a bicycle which t r N 7 i I. I II I IThe The SWiss Lad Has a Coaster Th That t Is Somewhat Lik Like a Bicycle is said to be furnishing to m many ny boys and girls girls girls-as as well as the olde older folks Its motive power is gravity thus it runs down hill only as any other other sled In the accompanying ing drawing draw draw- draw ing ins a boy is is shown coasting to the delicatessen shop where he goes to buy his mother some Swiss cheese the cheese the kin kind with holes hole Any boy who is handy with tools can make himself one of these coasters bike especially if he enlists the help of father and gets him interested inter inter- ested The illustration plainly shows how the a I S Sa r The Coaster of the Boy of the Ivory Coast t East Africa sled sed is made The front bob Is arranged so It Itcan itcan can be turned to steer with like a bicycle No better evidence of this fact that boys are T boys DOYS the world over could be found than the accompanying accompanying ac ac- ac- ac companying drawing showing how boys on the Ivory Coast of East Africa enjoy coasting down steep hill hills hille on made home-made coasters In this in instance instance in- in stance a coaster consists of four pieces of wood and four cylinders of hardened clay serving as wheels It is is a safe bet however that the African African can lads get just as much enjoyment out of their crude coasters as do the lads who have snow to add to their enjoyment |