Show handicraft FOR BOYS AND GIRLS by A NEELY HALL and DOROTHY PERKINS copyright by A neely keely hall A HOMEMADE in building it a the wheels are of first importance fig 3 shows the budy body framework the side ralla rails A should bo be 2 by ab or 2 by Vs as cut them to wha whatever bever length you wish upon these rails are mounted two grocery boxes a long box on the tow how end fand jan I 1 a box 0 as long as this one Is wide on the stern end fasten the rails to the bottom of these boxes fig 3 the cross crosspieces pieces B 11 aud and D provide for the mounting of the wheels wheela nail one ona to rails A at the bow end and the other go BO it will como under the center ot of the stern stem box crosspiece F forms a toot foot bar the front iron axle must be at cached to a pivotal wooden axle E figs 4 and 6 this must have a hole bored through the center of its length tor for a inch carriage bolt screw a pair of screw eyes into one edge 0 fig 6 5 fasten the iron axle to the wooden axle with iron staples or with bent over nails dore bore a hole bole through the center of crosspiece ZA A I 1 V 0 OLT A A F G D figs 3 and 7 for the carriage boetto bolt to run through then in mounting the axles upon the framework borki slip an iron washer over the c car at ariage bolt so it will come between axle E and crosspiece cross D the rear axle must be fastened to a similar wooden axle C fig 4 nall nail this athla wooden axle to crosspiece B U the tha steering gear should be made next A sewing machine wheel to Is best for the steering wheel but a wagon wheel will do cut a broom handle for the shaft 1 I 1 fig 6 and mount the wheel on one end then rut cut a crosspiece J and a square block K bore a hole of the diameter of the broom handle through the center of each and nail IC to J slip this crosspiece over the end of the shaft abaft and fasten it 12 inches above the end with screws driven through the edges edaco of J and K X as shown cut a hole 4 if it D A 7 3 through the bottom of the bow box for the end of the shaft to run through acda and another nother hole ono one hal half r inch deep in tte ti center of the edge of the crosspiece D b fig 7 for fora a socket for it to turu tura in screw a screw eye lato late tho the end of crosspiece J L fig 6 and one into the under side of each side rail A 11 II 11 figs 4 and 6 then tle tie a four foot length of rope at its center to screw eye L and run the ends tl through rough screw eyes 11 and tao to abrew eyes 0 in axle 10 figs 4 end 5 figs i 1 and 2 show how the hood of the Is completed by fastening a pair of triangular pieces upon the top of the bow box nailing boards across them and tacking strewn screen wire arver the front of the box tot foi tho the radiator also how bow the seat beat la Is mado THE GAMES OF JACK STICKS AND RING TOSS no doubt you are familiar with the game gains ot of jack straws in which a pits of tiny sticks in n the forms of hammers saws shovels picks etc are ar placed in the center of a table a and nd then in turn each player wei tries to remove by means of a small email hooked stick as many of tle e straws aa possible without disturbing any other straws in the pile the only difference between the straw game and our stick gamt gam Is in the substitution of real hammers saws sawa etc for the small ones figure I 1 shows the large assortment ol of articles that may be used brooms umbrellas coat hangers pans pot covers palls palle dustpans dust pans etc throw 2 these articles in a heap crossed and and re crossed as in the illustration for the hooked stick for removing the articles from the pile take a broom handle hande and drive a long nail into it near one end as shown in fig 2 taking turns each player should try to remove one at a time as aa many sticks from the pile as she can without disturbing anything else the turn tum passes to the next player the instant anata nt she disturbs other than the article she Is trying to remove the player securing tho the largest number of articles Is winner the game ot ring toss requires an easily made target fig 3 the target requires a grocery box two stick uprights to support the box nine thread spools for pins and nine nalla nails the spool pins should be placed 4 or 4 inches apart the headson of the nails for fastening them will likely 3 b W or 95 1 4 J be smaller than the holes boles in the spools and I 1 IP that case in order t tc make cpus hold it will be necessary to cut canall squares of cardboard and run inese over the nails as far as abe heads figs 3 and 4 after nailing tho the spools in their proper positions number them with black paint ink or pencil as indicated in fig 3 each number represents the score of tho the spool pin above it the tossing rings have a hole bole through their centers and are filled with beans like beanbags fig 6 cut two pieces of cloth eight or nine inches square tor for each fig 6 fold each piece in halt diagonally so as to bring corners comers A together figs 6 and 7 then told fold corner 13 over on to corn corner cornera erB D figs 7 and 8 and told fold corner 0 over on to corner 0 figs 8 and 9 cut off corners 0 and D as indicated by dotted lines in fig 9 fig 10 and unfolded the piece will have the he form shown in fig 11 csiky 7 3 0 to the pair of cloth rings lo gether betl bota around the outer and inner edges leaving but a small email opening between the outer edges fill the bag solid with beann through the opening then sew up the opening there should be three rings so each player may have three tosses each turn the distance from which the rings are tossed may be ten fifteen or tweety feet away from tho the target |