Show vw Av i handicraft FOR BOYS AND GIRLS 5 oe or A NEELY HALL and id DOROTHY PERKINS S a copyright by A neely clail A TOY VILLA the suggestion in fig I 1 for a villa beside a lako lake can bo be elaborated upon by adding cottages summer houses paths and roadways it if you wish first find a dishpan washtub or other receptacle to hold water valor for tho the lake sot set tills in a late hole several feet away from it a corner of tho the yard then between tho ilia lake and the corner pile up arth to form hills tile tho log houfe to is built of straight sticks cut from branches figuro figure 2 I 1 T I 1 shows allows it completed and pig fig 3 shows allows how tho ilia walls aro are built notch tho the stick logs an inch from each end on two sides pig fig 4 and place the sticks so tho the notched ends will come over one another fig 3 where there is a window or doorway use shorter sticks and bind together the ends next to tile the openings with string fig 3 the stick logs between tile the doorway and window fig 2 are tied nt at both ends with string there must bo be a windmill and fig 6 shows one that Is easily built mako make a paper pinwheel C fig 6 by creasing a six inch square of paper from corner to corner fig 7 1 then cutting along tho the creases from tho the corners to within halt an inch of tho the center and thia then turning over one halt half of each ie corner and fastening with a pin through tho the corners and center drive 6 a stick into the ground 4 A fig 8 1 clyot a short abort stick on its top 1 13 I fig 6 and to one end of this short stick drive the center pin of tho the pinwheel and to the other end tack a cardboard tall tail D four sticks driven into the ground several inches from the alio base of stick A with their tops tied near the top of A will complete the wind mill figure 0 9 shows a hand pump and fig 10 shows how it 14 I 1 made of a clothespin A with a short peg B fastened in its slot for a spout and a C A A short stick 0 pivoted with a a small brad above the spout for a handle make a paddle wheel boat for tile the lake fig 11 A piece of thin wood pointed at one end with a one inch square notch cut in the other end forms the hull bull the mast Is a short stick the sell sail Is a piece of nf paper and the paddle Is a small piece of wood held in the notched end of tho the hull by meals of a rubber band fig 12 plant branches and twigs for trees ind and shrubbery make torices with tick stick posts connected with strings airings ifie taix 1 A HOMEMADE MADE AMERICAN FLAO FLAG flag snaking la is within the ability of 0 any girl handy with tile tho needle A medium sized flag requires but little more work than a small email one and tor for this reason I 1 have shown in fl I 1 a diagram tor for a flag six feet in length it will all bo be easy to alter these almen alone it you want vant a lag flag ot of different length red white anil and blue bunting for the stripes and held field can call bo be purchased nt at any try dry goods store after cutting tho the stripes three tactics inches wide by the lengths shown in fig 1 11 BOW ow them together turning in their edges blight slightly ly its as shown in figs 2 and 3 and sowing with a double row of stitching the top op and bottwin rod stripes at should bo be cut from tile tho met belv edgo edge of tile tho cloth so their outer R FT i RED 0 0 A 0 00 a RED C R I 1 A AE N Q om 03 W edge will not havo have to bo be oft join tho the blue bauo field to tho the stripes in the samo same way you sou joined tho ilia stripes with lie ho field and stripes assembled make a binding ot of canvas for tho the staw staff edge doubling this over tho the ends ot of tile tho stripes and field turning in the edges and sowing sewing with a double row of stitching fig fg 4 then buy a couple of largo large iron washers at tho the hardware hard naro store tor for grain grom grommons ts fig 4 and saw BOW those these in fix tho the doubled binding edge ono one at each corner to tto tio ropes to for fastenIng tho the nag flag to a polo pole cutting and sowing sewing on tho the stars neatly requires caro care and patience for tho the forty eight stars stara needed you must cut twice as LA many because they must bo be fastened upon both sides aides of at tho the held field to make a pattern for tile tho live pointed stars first describe delic tibe a circle four inches in diax diameter neter upon a piece of cardboard and divide tile tho circumference feren a into five equal parts F fig ag w 6 thon then connect tile the five division points point with straight lines pig fig 6 cut out th tho A C C 2 ploce place fig 7 and carefully mark out the 90 96 stars upon muslin locate tile the centers for tho the stars by rulin ruling lines horizontally and vertically across tho the field so BO tile tho positions will bo be the samo same as all shown in fig 1 then in saw sowing tho the stars in place stitch down the edges and around the centers as indicated in fig 8 A round rug polo nicely painted with a brass curtain polo ball act owed into one end makes an all excellent lag flag polo fig 0 9 screw screw eyes into it at A and D th roligh which to run the tha ropes for hoisting the iho nag flag another nt at 0 to attach the supporting stays to and a fourth at 1 I screw oyo eye D should bo be large and two others of tho ilia same size W M fig 10 should bo be screwed into tile the window sill bill or other ledge on which the lag flag Is to bo be supported and a peg F cut to fit it the eyes ily placing screw eye D between screw o yes eyes STAYS c r D E and slipping peg pee F through the three the end of the polo pole will bo be held securely dut but before boford this end la Is fastened the bo stays fig 9 must be ba tied to screw eye ye 0 and to screw oyes eyes screwed into the sides of the window PS shown in FIK fig 11 to carry cany all of tho ilic weight of the tb polo pole |