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Show CHINESE KITES ARE WONDERS. One .Ingenious Device Was Made to Represent a Huge Centlped. Probably the most wonderful and Ingenious achievement of a Chinese kitemaker Is designed to represent a gl.-nnilc coitlped, says a writer In the World To-day. This Is unquestionably the longest and most fantastic amusement amuse-ment device that has ever been constructed con-structed for aerial night. From head to tall It measures nearly 40 feet, and Is made to fold up uccordlonllke. Tho fierce large head of tho creature, with Ibng protruding horns, huge eyes and gaping mouth, forms tho front of the kite. This Is the gem and marvel of the whole collection and entirely new to the eyes of tho western world. Its construction Is as follows: Extending Ex-tending rrom head to tall and' constituting consti-tuting the body portion are a series of bamboo sticks running crosswise to, the center, to which are fastened 25 or more pasteboard disks a foot or more In diameter. These are painted in circles of black, yellow and white, represent1' ' the all-seeing eyes of this mythological creature. A tall portion of narrow strips Is fastened to the last piece of bamboo. By a mechanical con -Ivance the curved pieces of pasteboard paste-board forming the eyes are made' to rev( '.ve by tho wind while the kite Is beli - flown. Seen In tho air, the serpentinelike ser-pentinelike motion, Its huge glaring cys swiftly twirling In their sockets, the o.T H Is said to be astonishingly realistic, producing quite an awe-Inspiring scene, to the Chinese mind at least. While being flown a cord Is attached at-tached to three or more points of Its length, hi order to keep It under control. con-trol. In a strong wind, several men aro required to hold the reel. Undoubtedly Un-doubtedly wo have hero one of the first ,and mbst ancient patterns of flying fly-ing machines, thousands of years old. i |