Show handicraft T F FOR OR BOYS AND GIRLS i by dy S A 1 NEELY 1111 HALL and nd DOROTHY PERKINS P W V VW copyright by A neely hall A CAMP WAGON first you roust must got get two pairs of wheels if you any you will roost most likely find a boy who Is willing to fo sell bell his wheels or make a trade dy by laying hat flat upon the ground you can determine tho the proportions necessary for a wagon to sleep in the iron axles that belong to your wheels will probably be too short to lengthen them thein get a piece of af iron pipe just large enough for them to slip into gc to a blacksmith or a machinist and ganv ha him first cut each axle in half and the iron pipe in two pieces ot of the width of the wagan box and then rivet the axle halves in the ends of the pipe fig 10 pig fig 7 shows the wagon bed fasten the tha boards together by means of the two by four crosspieces cross pieces A and D B then cut the side boards 0 and D and nail them to the edges and cut the end boards B E and P F to fit between fasten end E H between the aides and form grooves by means of the strips G nig fig 8 for the end F P to drop into dashboard 11 II Is of the same size as B H drace brace it with the brackets I 1 the wheel axles must be stapled to the two two by fours J and K fig 9 L H M N na make alake these pieces of the length of cross crosspieces pieces A and B fig 7 nail I 1 to crosspiece A and pivot K at its center to crosspiece B with a carriage bolt long enough to extend through li it D and the wagon bed enlarge the hoto hole in K X so eo the bolt head will set down doan lush flush and allow the iron axle to pass over it in bolting on the front wheels slip an iron washer over tile the carriage bolt so that it will come coma between cross crosspieces pieces K and D B and place another next to the bolt nut fig 3 shows tho the wagon with tho the rames frames for the top covering in position separate the ends of four barrel hoops fig 4 for the arched tops of tile the frames L F fig ig 6 and nail each to a pair of stick uprights BI then nail a pair of wedge shaped blocks N fig 6 to the uprights to so HOLE 1011 r 77 A r A t when the frames are nailed to the wagon box sides the uprights will slant outward fig 3 make the front seat out of a board with a ath cleats balled across its under side fig 6 to fit close against the sides aides it tho the wagon box this seat must bo be removable it if you intend to use usa the wagon to in figs I 1 ans and i show how to attach ines to the tales and carry them around the sides through screw fayes a 0 the back for steering when pushing the camp waon wagon another pair it f lines may be provided tor for pulling he wagon SOAP BUBBLE FUN it Is not necessary to hire anve special soap or a patent blower to blow bubbles successfully thero there Is nothing better than castile or ivory soap for a solution and a clay pipe liko that in rig fig 1 which can be bought at a drug store Is as good as any blower on the market out but for largo bubbles the finest sort of a blower Is a tin funnel about 2 inches in diameter fig 2 probably your mother lias has one in her pantry another blower which you will find handy Is a short lemonade straw fig 3 to make up the solution shavo abaya tho the soap into a pan of warm water putting in as much soap as tho the water will dissolve to make a bubble with the tin fun nel place the end into the solution A 6 then lift it out gently and it it is tsi covered with a film blow upon the small end and a bubble will appear steps A B and 0 fig 4 indicate how to release the bubble by inverting the funnel and tossing the bubble out of it fig 6 shows how to bounce a bubble upon your arm by dropping your arm slightly as the bubble descends as indicated by the dotted lines the bubble will land with less shock fig 6 shows how you can drop tacks into the tunnel funnel spout without bursting the bubble place several glass tumblers upon a table and blow a bubble upon each 3 fig 7 then than odd add other tumblers and see how bow many bubbles you can place before the first ones burst fig 8 allows how bow to blow one bubble within another first blow a large bubblo bubble on a pie tin having a depth ol of one quarter inch of solution in it blow the bubble as you raise the funnel then turn tum the funnel sidewise and slide it off of the bubble the inner bubble Is blown with a lemonade straw it if you have two clay pipes you can blow two bubbles and then by bringing them together cause them to units unite in one largo large bubble fig 10 fig 11 shows the steps required to blow a bubble over a spool after Q blowing this llila bubble you can place a smaller one inside on top of the spool C fig 11 A small dolls head boad can be ini closed in a bubble na as shown shawnin nin la fig 12 1 1 and there hero are many other tricks which can be carried olt olit |