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Show BOYS' HANDICRAFT I By A. NEELY HALL Author of "Handicraft for Handy Boy" and "The Boy Craftsman" (jj.-FlG.2- m D ETA I LS of LEM ON AD E STAN D CASH DRAWER. A LEMONADE STAND WITH A CASH DRAWER. A little lemonade stand will help any boy to do a thriving business on every warm day, and even on days that are not uncomfortably warm an attractively made and clean appearing appear-ing stand will draw enough business to pay a boy for his time. A stand need not be elaborate to he attractive, and it Iss't much bother to keep its top clean and dry. Such a stand as is shown in Fig. 1 is easily ;nade. Fig. 2 shows a rear view of it. If you can get two packing cases of medium size, they can be stood on end, several feet apart, and enough boards extended across them to form a table top. But if one box is smaller than the other, it Is a simple matter to nail two strips to one side of the smalier box, as shown at A . (Fig. 3) for legs. These must extend far enough be'.ow the bottom of the box, of course, to bring the tops of the boxes on the same level (Fig. 2). Where one box Is smaller, its bottom will form a convenient shelf upon which to keep the pitcher of lemonade; lemon-ade; also your stock of sugar aud lemons. The larger box will hold the pa-il of water for rinsing glasses. If the boxes are of equal size, fasten a shelf in one. so the pitcher of lemonade lemon-ade can be kept off the ground; in any case the pitcher must, of course, be kept covered with a clean towel or napkin. A cash drawer Is a new idea for a lemonade stand, and It Is simple to make (Fig. 4). A muffin pan with four or six compartments (Fig. 6) makes a splendid money tray, and if :here Isn't a worn-ct pan in the pantry pan-try a cheap one can be purchased for 10 or 15 cents. The size of the cash drawer should be regulated to suit the muffin pan. Make a frame of four pieces of board about 4 inches wide ICE COLD -fgt II : LEMONADE & (H. Fig. 71, cutting the two side pieces of the right length so the in-nide in-nide of the drawer will be about 4 inches longer than the pan (Fig. 4). You may not have occasion to put paper pa-per money away In your drawer, but if a customer has no change he may hand you a dollar bill, so you must have a shelf In front of the pan tray on which to put it. The strips C (Fig. 7) should be nailed to the inside in-side face of three sides of the drawer, about 1! Inches below the top, to support the rim of the muffin pan, and the board D (Fig. 7) forms a shelf for bills. The simplest method of arranging cleats for the cash drawer to slide on is by placing the boxes on which I he top Is supported Just a trffle further apart than the width of the drawer, and then nailing strips to the inner faces of the boxes, at the proper distance dis-tance below the under side of the top (Fig. 1). It Is not necessary to fasten a bottom to the drawer, and you will see by the section drawing (Fig 51 that by omitting this you have the lioMnro of the front piece to catch hold i': i pening the drawer. If you wish to. ou can arrange a bell and ' strict in 'nch a position that the bell will ring each time the drawer is opened. To save the necessity of opening the drawer when change Is not required, re-quired, especially when business is rushing, a couple of openings In the top of the counter top, directly over the penny and nickel compartments of the drawer, will be convenient for dropping coins through (Fig. 2). The opening between the box supports sup-ports of the lemonade stand should be concealed at the front by tacking a strip of cheesecloth or muslin, equal in width to the height of the stand, across the front and around the ends (Fig. 1). Prepare a cloth or board sign with lettering printed upon it with paint or washing blueing (Fig. 1), and support it upon uprights fastened to the ends of the stand. If you sell your lemonade lemon-ade in glasses of different sizes, say at 1 cent and 2 cents a glass, you might indicate the sizes of the glasses upon the sign as suggested in Fig. 1. (Copyright, 1912, by A. Neely Hall.) |