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Show WEAVING AN INDIAN BELT IS GOOD FUN FOR. TH BOYS ME MAY SELECT BEADS, LEATHER, CK'. SNAKE SKINS OR. COLORS D STRING AS HIS MATERIALS. There Is a great variety of material to choose from when one has In mind the construction of nn Indian belt. There are head belts, leather belts, belts made of colored strings and belts made of twisted snake skins. No matter mat-ter whr.-.i sort of belt Is desired the general plan of construction Is the same. It Is the material used, not the method of weaving, which changes the aspect of the belt. The Illustration shows what Is called n heddlc frame, a rectangular piece of wood In which has been cut a series of long, narrow silts, A small, round hole Is bored through each strip of wood between the silts. In the heddie there aro nine open-lugs open-lugs nnd eight round holes. The width of the belt will depend upon the number num-ber of openings and holes In' the heddie. Hun a strong string through each opening and hole In the heddie. Tho strings should be nbout one foot longer than the Intended belt. Collect the strings together at each cud, as indicated in the Illustration. Hefore attempting to mnke an elaborate elab-orate belt of bends or skins It will be well to experiment with colored strings In order to understand the principle of weaving. Lay a pl"ce of colored string between tho two rows of strings, then lift the heddie until the strings, which run through the holes are above those which are In the openings. The belt Is woven merely by repeating repeat-ing this process over and over. Care must bo exercised to keep the strings eioso together, so that the belt will bo a uniform width. The strings which run through the heddie have, ns n rule, little to do with the pnttern. The character of the belt will depend , - """"" .MAKING THE HELT. I ou the sort of material which Is crossed back nnd forth between the two rows of strings. When It Is desired to keep tho two rows of strings separate while both hands arc being used to tighten or loosen the woven portion of the belt, place between the two rows of strings a cylindrical piece of wood, ns shown. Instead of tho regulnr tongue nnd ring buckle which Is usually attached to n belt, simply sew a strong r.ng to each cud of the belt nnd then, In order to put tho belt on, lace tho rings together with a strip of leather. IudlnuapoUs Nowb. EVENING GAMES. Guessing games ore enjoyed by the older children, nud several can he used lu an evening. With slight preparation prepara-tion tests of the flvo senses can bo made. On u tabln lu ono room have twelve familiar objects, allowing one or two minute.' for observation, ask all to retire to another room and write the names of twelve articles without help from each other. An umbrella, tlatlron, Inkwell, vase, pencil, lemon, teacup, purse, book, slipper, key nnd scissors arc suggested. Next In very quick succession let them hear sounds made by a saw, hammer, tea hell, triangle, music-box or gramaphone, piano or organ, door banging, tearing paper, cat mewing, sneeze nnd other causes, not allowing any memorandum to be mndo till all noises nro over and then limiting the time for writing. For testing lho third sense, have mnll packages ns near ono size ns possible, nil wrapped alike, In which tncro Is coffee, ten, cloves, cinnamon, ginger, cheese, soap, mustard, lemon, bnunua, cabbage nnd hnllhut (or any smoked fish) nnd allow all to sniff nt them for two or three minutes mid then mnko out their list. In dimly lighted room set ten or twclvo bowls on a tnble, supply each guest with a tiny spoon nnd seo how quick they nro to discover nnd remember remem-ber what they taste. In tho bowls hnve diluted vlnegnr. coffee, elder, weak peppermint tea, maple syrup, catsup (diluted), water, beef broth or clear soup, united water and chocolate, all of the same temperature preferably prefera-bly cold. if convenient, p .p.irflf'fffMl room for testing the sem. of touch, so there may be no accidents u mar the evening's even-ing's pleasure. Kcinovc all furniture except one heavy chair anil all plcUire bric-a-brac within reach of the outstretched out-stretched arms. Heslde the chair have a basket and n feather duster, anil large tin pan in tho chair. In one corner cor-ner have a broom, a tlshlng pole and mop-stick, and I another an Ironing board, having an old fur cup or boa, or ' sponge fastened to It. A wooden chop. j F ping bowl having artificial ilowers In - I mny be set on a very firm table If the K room Is largo enough, and over the cur- talus ropeJ may be hung. After spend. lug three minutes lu tho dnrk room each one must write the names of at least tell objects touched. If such a plan Is not feasible, have the company blindfolded, and hand around quickly a clothes brush, shell, sponge, pencil eraser, pin pan. potato, handkerchief, , llower, blotter, egg whip, paper cut- tor and a lump f con I the size of a potato. Gertrude Glcasou, In The PH- T H DEPENDING ON YOUltSELF. " Do you know how hard It Is to learn to depend on yourself? It Is so easy to get in the habit of depending on some one else who Is quicker or brighter, or perhaps has more conn- H deuce lu speaking out at the right time, or doing the light tiling. This Is especially so dining your school dnys. H I know I wo little girls, Annie and Teresa, who always sat together In school. They prepared their lessons In the same way, and appeared to be H making equal advancement. They ffl seemed to bo particularly bright, nnd H were noticed on that account by all the H teacher.i who had anything to do with H them. They were promoted from clasa H to class together, nnd managed to alt H sldo by side. H Ono dny It happened that they were H separated and then a discovery was H made. Teresa continued to do well, H but Annie did not show tho same pro- H 'liency as before, and so It turned out H that Teresa, out of mistaken klndnesa for her friend, had been helping her I right nlong. And Annie had learned to I depend on Teresa's assistance, and H when she was separated from her I scarcely knew how to go on with some H of her class. Iwj Do you seo how wrong they both J, jM , were Teresa lu giving help nnd Annie BJ In accepting It? Then, too, they had fl mndo tho more grelvous mlstnke of H deceiving the kind teachers who had H trusted them. S. Jennie Smith, In Cluistiau Work. H THE IHON-WOOD THEE. I There grows lu South America a H tree, the wood of which Is so exceed- tngly hard that It Is known as iron- H wood. Bfl Quite n different kind of Iron tree, however, is that which once flourished H In Vienna, and a remnant of which is H I still shown ns a curiosity. In ancient H days, when n youth had grown suf- H llclcntly expert In his trade to leave H the city and seek his fortune else- H whore, It was the custom for him H to repair to this tree and drive a nail H Into the trunk. BJ If tho nail drove straight Into the ' H bark, it v,as regarded as n good omen, H but If it bent or turned away It was H hold to betoken calamity to tho ex- perlment.er, who lu such n case might H bo tempted to remain at home. H In tho course of time the trunk of the H tree was covered with nails, nnd In H tho remnant shown today there la H hnrdly any wood to la seen. H A CHINESE CUSTOM. I Chinese women never think of taking H the hnlrplns out of their hnlr when l B A. tlu-y go to bed. Theso hairpins are ft' Br very different from those worn by Eng- H llsh women, being from six to ten H Inches lonif, nf Bllver. gold or some H bright material, and curiously bent H and twisted. They aro worn nl.jlit nnd H dny, mid only removed when the hnlr Hj Is to be newly dressed for some lm- H portnnt occasion. Bj |