| Show never too busy ive never been qu te too busy to go for a romp with you through the forest of transformation in the island of hullabaloo once there I 1 m a horse to ride on I 1 m a booger bear to afar gl t t m the v hole menagerie all in one contri ed for a babe s delight I 1 m an ellent ana a hip possum and a camel and a zeb a too t m ake that twists and wriggles and and hollers boo I 1 m a ho se and my loose suspenders are lines you can d 1 e me by II 11 a toss ng sh p on the ocean where the waves dash mountain t n a ship on the tossing ocean and iou a e my captain bold and I 1 toss and I 1 roll beneath you but my ears chev are strong to hold and sou laugh as the breake s grumble and sou tear no dire mishap As bour lameh drowns out the tempest and your glad oice calls 1 m glad I 1 am not too busy at any old time of day to et on the floor and tumble and gr anble and growl and play just put is de my paper A d romp when you want me to 1 cush the forest of transformation to the island of hullabaloo r m glad I 1 am not too busy avor tired nor glum you wis stoop when you steal beside me with aur aps held up to kiss I 1 am glad I 1 am not too busy to romp t our heart is glad t am glad that the 0 o d picked me out dear baby to be your dad J M lewis in houston post how to make peanut dolls very odd and funny and instructive little dolls can be made from peanuts ioa may have an indian chief squaw and little john chinaman a japanese lady dutch woman norman peasant woman with high white cap a bi ch in peaked hat and red cloak a wizard arrayed in star trimmed cloak and high hat a hindmo yogi with white turbaned head a gypsy ai d many other characters n this jolly company the peanuts are whole upon coarse white twine through the length of the nuts very short nuts are used tor feet and hands and the round single nuts for the heads A th ck peanut forms the body or if more bulk Is required use two long slender nuts form the arms and legs now for the wigs for the orientals use horsehair or the hair filling of a cushion gl ie the locks in place and then fasten on the head covering new combed out fine will make a splendid flaxen wig b color ing it ou can have an auburn or brown tint fasten this wealth of hair with a jaunty bow the feat ures with ink the wis of the wiz ard and the yogi should be white use cotton picked out fl iffy ind glue in place so it will fall long over the shoulders and make flow ng beards material for ohp dresses can be of tissue or crepe paper in gay colors or from the scrap bag the garb of the chinaman will be silk cut the two garments from paper patterns the shoulders are naturally verv narrow gilt paper will be very useful to help decorate the gypsy and yogi dresses it is only halt the tun to make and dress these curious 1 atle figures they can be made to act on a m nia tire stage like little puppets palla belphia inquirer A S mple bookrack this is a handy piece of work that can be made by any boy who has tools some wood and follows diorec eions it can when finished be hung upon the wall of a room and serves as well as one bought at a store first get two pieces of baird two feet two laches long nine and a halt inches wide and one halt an inh thick chese are tor the sides of the book case two and a halt inches from the top draw a light line ana with a scroll saw saw as shown in the dia gram and saw a halt in the mid die in the bottom of the wood for the shelves get three pieces of board two feet long and nire and a halt inches wide and a halt inch thick foi a top piece get a board two feet long two and a half inches wide and a halt inch thick and saw with scroll saw as shown in diagram for the bottom get a piece of board of same dimensions as tor the top p ece and saw in curves on bottom edge when all this has been completed nail the shelves to the sides he first one two and a halt inches from the bo torn the second nine and three quarters inches above the first and the third nine and three quarters inches above the second then nail the bottom piece in to the front be low the first shelf then nail the top piece in to the back aboe the third shelf now if this Is given a coat of var nah or paint you will have a service able bookrack with little labor or ex pense the vanishing dime this is a clever trick and may be done with good effect in the following manner previously stick a small p ece of white wax on the nail of your middle finger lay a dime on the palm of your hand and state to the corn pany that you will make it vanish at the word ot command at the same time observing that many persons per form the teat by letting the dime tall into their sleeves but to convince them that you have not recourse to any such deception turn up your cuffs then close your hand and by bring ing the waxed nail in contact with the dime it will firmly adhere to it then blow upon your hand and cry and suddenly opening it and extending your palm you show that the dime has vanished care must be taken to remove the wax from the dime before restoring it to the owner if it have bren borrowed from some one in the company the III raven many birds seek the protection which the presence of man affords against furred and feathered foes when the breeding season approaches ii u not so the raven its distrust of us is profound and its nest is placed in some wild spot far out of reach of our poss ble attack or succor it there are other enemies I 1 know of a pair that built on one side ot a projecting crag high up on the cliffs of island some fierce peregrine falcons occupied the other side of the crag and when one day thir eggs were taken by an adventurous collect or they sharing the popular opinion of a raven s blackness concluded that their neighbors were the offenders and wreaked their grief and vengeance upon them when on their return from a foraging expedition the falcons found their nest despoiled they were seen to hold a consultation and after much deliberation they suddenly abose and both with one accord flew at the ravens nest and sacked it tearing it in their rage and indignation until not one stick was left apon an other london standard FOR THE HANDY child to make an aeolian harp this instrument can be made by almost any ingenious boy it consists of a long narrow box of vry thin wood about five or six inches deep with a circle in the middle of the upper side an inch and a halt in diame ter in which are to be drilled small ho es in this side seven ten or more strings of very fine gut are stretched over bridges at each end like the bridges of a fiddle and screwed up or relaxed with screw pins the strings should all te tuned to the same note and the instrument be placed in some current of air where the wind can pass over its strings with freedom A window the width of which is equal to ane length of the harp with the sash just raised to give the air admission is a proper situation when the air blows upon the strings of the harp with different degrees of force it will excite different degrees of sound sometimes the blast brings out all the tones in full concert and sometimes it sinks to the softest murmurs the american jack the jack tar of all coun tiles isa jovial happy go lucky fellon 1 ready for a game or for sports of any w kind and the american war s man Is no exception to the rule A favorite amusement among the united states sailors Is of all things a pie eating contest with hands behind their backs the contestants kneel around a table and a pie on a tin dish Is placed before each man fhe pie consists of two aaers of pastry on i round tin platter with apples rhubarb peaches mince meat or what noi between them and as it 1 bakel on the platter the lower layr sticks it Is most comical to watch the men s faces as they wres ie with the sticky crust or endeavor to low a terrifically hot fragment ol 01 fruit the man wro first of his pie is of course decided the win ner and it Is considered a distinction to be declared a pie eating champion the ade world buttons BOS are s amp collectors and tre they have the coin craze but unless a girl gathers picture cards and een if she does she can hardly have the pleasure in collecting that her mother had 30 years ago it was buttons we collected then writes a correspondent and the girl with the longest string was a person to be envied there were glass but tons and bone buttons metal buttons and pearl some had shanks and others had holes with which to attach them to the string but whatever they were they were prized much by their owners as any modern boy val aes ues his collection it is so natural for us to have but tons and buttonholes that we never consider that not so very long ago poor mortals did not use this mode of fastening their clothes the ellza bethan era gave vogue to the button and the buttonhole two inventions which may fairly be regarded as am since they did much to revo lutlo nize dress the original button was wholly a product of needlework which was soon improved by the use of a wood en mold the brass button Is said to have introduced by a birett ingham merchant in 1689 it took years to improve on the method of sewing the cloth upon the covered but ton then an ingenious dane hit up on the idea of making the button in two parts and clamping them er with the cloth between buttons are now made of almost everything horn seaweed and cattle 11 f wf wal U ible 4 |
