| Show reada W my W P jwj 9 A kv K 1 the land of nod bye little baby lullaby the cradle Is baby s boat close your eyes and sigh and away away we 11 float A sail a sail on a sea of dreams in the beautiful boat called sleep afar where the silvery dooni gleams and the s lence Is vast and deep the boat Is here with gossamer beams and the argent sails are wide a sweep and we re oft tor the land of nod A sail a sail through the fragrant dark where the copples of sleep are red you may hear the wavelets listen and hark to the sandman s stealthy tread he la corn ng to guide the wonderful bark and the silvery sails are spread and we re off tor the land of nod A sail a sail and the boat speeds on but never a zephyr blows the waves and the sky are the color ol 01 dawn and the foam the color of rose and the stars above us stretch and yawn and the reason no one knows and we re off to the land of nod bye little baby lu laby the cradle Is baby s boat close your eyes and softly sigh and awa away we 11 float A sail a sail and we near the land the wonderful land of nod and the fairies greet us a floating band that skim the velvet sod and welcome us there on the golden strand where the wakeful have never trod in the wonderful land of nod chicago chronicle refu here is a jolly cutout stunt when ayou have learned to do it quickly and well it will be a nice kind of sur prise for you to spring on your friends it Is all in the folding follow the pictures and you can do it isaf j little russ an girl s bath when a little russian girl wishes to take a bath she does not use a porcelain bath tub or any of the mod era appliances to which you are ac customer cus tomed for she bathes in steam not water in the poorer villages there are bath houses which are used in corn mon but every wealthy family has a bathhouse a small building standing a few steps from the house this bathhouse Is quite bare in side a great bick oven like stove at one end and some shelves ranged one above the other along one side being the only furnishing it can boast every saturday a fire is made in the stove and when the bricks are very hot water Is poured on them until the room is filled with steam the little lady who Is to take a bath lies on the lowest shelf first and soon gets so warm that the per spira tion starts out all over her body she is then placed on a higher shelf and more water is poured upon the bricks and more steam raised this makes her still warmer but nevertheless she tries higher and higher shelves get ting hotter and hotter until the wat fairly runs from her body she looks more like a boiled lobster than anything else now but she does not care for that then when she has been steamed enough she is slowly cooled off by having first warm and then cold wat er poured over her after this she is rubbed down and you may be sure she feels as sweet and fresh as a flower montreal her aid revolving serpent here Is a very ingenious toy that can be constructed with a little care it Is also an interesting experiment tor it proves that heated air rises the revolving serpent looks dangerous but you will find it harmless and without a sting to make the reptile take a piece ol 01 thin cardboard and on it draw a spiral with a pencil as shown in the cut then with a pocketknife pocket knite cut out the spiral leaving an extra point to depre sent the tongue which you may make forked it you like now with ordinary paint the cheap est water colors will do paint the spiral in a design of diamond shapes spotted with dark ovals then pall t the eyes and a more solid effect for the head use green yellow red and blue paints with an occasional dab of steel gray and you will have a bril biant specimen of the dreaded reptile now make a little stand of a straight slender piece of wood and in the top of it put a needle fasten the tall of the serpent to the other end of the needle and the spiral will open as you see it in the picture suspend the serpent by means of a piece of string attached to a tack it you now hold a candle under the top or hold the toy over a stove or a lighted lamp the heated air will cause the serpent to revolve making a very amusing spectacle if you make two serpents cutting the spirals in they 1 l will revolve in opposite directions their heads pointing toward each eth er A camel s stomach the stomach of a camel Is divided into no less than tour compartments and the walls of one of these are lined with large cells every one ot which can be opened and closed at will by means ot powerful muscles now when a camel drinks it drinks great deal indeed it goes drinking on for such a very long time that really you would thinh that it never meant to leave off but the fact Is that it Is not only satisfying its thirst but Is filling up its cistern as well one after another the cells in its stomach are filled with water and as soon as each is quite full it is tightly closed then you see when the animal becomes thirsty a few hours later all that it has to do is to open one of the cells and allow the water to flow out next day it opens one or two more cells and so it goes on day after day until the whole supply is exhausted in this curious way a camel can live five or even six days without drinking at all and so Is able to travel quite easily through the des ert where the wells are otte bun deeds of miles apart an amusing trick all that Is necessary is a napkin ring at the table is a good time to try it it you are allowed insert the two forefingers into the ring from different sides and turn the fingers around each other slowly let ting the direction be away from the body close the finger and thumb 0 each hand around the ring and bring the tips of the four together open them and drop the ring this sound simple but it one succeeds tn a halt dozen attempts it is ES bonishing oni shing the important fact to get nto ones bead is when the tips of the fingers and thumb are brought together the tips of the fingers of the right hand must rest on the thumb of the left and vice versa in opening keep the fingers and thumbs joined together perfectly still and the ring will at once be tree capital tun may be had with this trick it one not knowing the secret endeavors to do it john dory this respectable name belongs to a fish that Is quite common in the mediterranean and is sometimes caught off the coasts ot devon and cornwall though not a beauty it is very good to eat it has a black spot on each side which was caused by the finger and thumb of the apos tie peter for this reason it Is often dried and hung up in churches in greece its name has given rise to discussion the most usual alon is that it is the french jaune doree golden yellow in allusion to its colors but some folk who think this too simple insist that it Is a cor of the italian 11 janitors jani tore the doorkeeper its name on the adriatic in reference to peter s post as keeper of the gates of heaven musical game blindfold half of the players seat them in a circle and have a vacant place at the right band of each one the remaining players gather in the middle of the room and remain perfectly still while some one p ays a very familiar air on the piano tapu they creep cautiously to the va ant chairs sitting down they begin to sing disguising their voices as much possible the blindfolded players must try AMUSING WEATHER VANE people look at the ordinary er vane with no thought of amuse ment and the only satisfaction they may receive from the sight of it Is a knowledge of which way the wind blows they are apt to turn away impatiently it the vane forecasts bad weather anyhow the vane doean doesn t leave them in a joking mood in that event suppose weather vanes were differ ent in shape suppose some were made like the one described below tuen people would like to watch the vanes because it would make them laugh lust as this one uncle sam the weather man will make your friends laugh when you build it to recognize their respective neigh bors by their voices the minute the piano stops the singers cease to sing then the leader ot the gaino calls out all the blind people will now please name their right hand neigh ors all who succeed may play on the other side and new blind players must be chosen in their places biddy the apple woman most little people will like to know how to make biddy the apple worn an out of a big ox eyed daisy first we must cut off all the fringe of white petals which encircle the big yellow disk with the exception of two which will serve as the strings of biddy a cap the shorter white rays represent ing the snowy frilled cap itself then with a pen or paint brush we draw a face on the yellow centre eyes nose and mouth peeping from the white trills this Is a favorite amusement with irish children and quite a number of apple women may be made of the big moon daisies which grow so aban dantly in leafy june puzzle place tour pennies and tour nickels alternately in a row the puzzle Is in four moves and moving two side by side coins at a time to place the nickels together and the pennies together the solution Is shown in the diagram first move 2 and 3 to 9 and 10 then 5 and 6 to 2 and 3 next 8 and 9 to 5 and 6 finally 1 and 2 to 9 and 10 and there you are the quarter test hand a silver quarter to each play er together with a sheet of paper on which he should be asked to write his answers to the following ques alons all bearing on things that can be found on a silver quarter name part of a river mouth A hunted animal hare hair an outline profile an eastern fruit date dutch flowers tulips two lips fdge of a hill brow center of crime I 1 eye twinkling lights stars impudence cheek meaning of understands knows nose the greatest country in the world the united states of america an american coin quarter dollar A large bird eagle part of sentence clause claws what angels have wings one out of many E pluribus unum what american citizens enjoy liberty part of the human face ear indian weapons arrows conundrums when Is a man like breakfast bready when toasted when are criminals like unsafe when condemned why are great men like street brass they have many followers when is a politician like a whalem when spouting flat to allow of drilling a couple of holes by which the arms cut from a sheet of zinc can be riveted on see that when secured they are properly balanced and necessary trim a bit off one until they are equal in weight then give the flag ends a slight twist so that they work at an angle and it Is ready for painting in bright oil colors the brighter the better but take care none gets into the tube A or it might stick the arms fast and prevent them working A drop 0 olive oil should occasionally be put in the tube to make the arms run easily you can now mount him on a vane with his face to the arrow as shown how the vane Is made and as it looks at work jack Is from a foot to 15 inches in height and very little knowledge Is required to carve him from a piece of straight grained pine or hard wood when you have completed this opera tion drill a hole from shoulder to shoulder and then drive in a piece of brass tube to form a smooth bearing for the iron rod A figure 1 which carries the arms this should be at least an eighth of an inch thick and bent into a crank form after being placed in the tube and the ends can then be warmed up and hammered in fig 2 and this lively little man will be constantly on tho move the van has a brass or iron pin fixed to the other side ot it and left projecting about tour inches and the top end of it Is screwed and helps to support the figure it screwed well up into it the lower end revolves in a piece of brass tube fig 4 which has a small flange and a large sized Is soldered in as at D by which the whole affair can be attached upright wherever ou desire to aa it |
