Show FOR BOYS AND GIRLS by I 1 NEELY reply HALL and DOROTHY PERKINS g abw ww 1 11 cop 1 I ht b A halt mall EDAL MOBILE out tat the most satisfactory hat a boy can make aa ae of the pedal mobile te Is pig g 2 the rear axle hai u it D n fig 3 fig 4 detail ot of the rear axle ably have to secure help flog ing shop or machine ep paring aring this if it you axle that belongs to iela els the bent portion of 1 be made of a length of t large enough to admit end ends of the axle bould then be cut os ON and e gas pipe ends as indi b 4 it if you haven t been t this axle for the rear lit be cheapest to have bent out of a piece of to the shape shown in hen threaded thiea ded on its ends end a nuts the dimensions I 1 la a space between the inches vs we the framework of the blake crosspieces C and by 4 of the length af ned portion of the rear 4 and cut horizontal n a aa a 2 by 4 nall pieces n a 2 by 2 ach 4 feet al H ka G r B G piece pieces E F hud a G to and D axle A to an axle block d 6 and pivot the block a bed with a carriage long enough to extend ile bored through pieces figs fiss 2 5 and 6 allock beep enough so when the they can turn en the wagon bed bel notch E 0 as in figs 2 and 6 to td the bolt bead spike nd d L to pieces E I 1 P and d 7 and ana staple rear axle ng gear consists of a post at fig 6 5 stuck 0 a ap r E D 0 ole in piece E with a fig S screwed to the d a handlebar 0 fig 8 he e top uprights P and R fig 9 support the bore a hole through ering ring post screw a pair patr into axle block II 11 and wo into N near 0 and connect df f chain or rope ow w remal to complete ie Is Is i the tha tt i 4 hind and T figs 10 and III 11 1 l it ape Ps I 1 inch thick and e and hinge their for crosspiece C with strap 11 1 and ad 12 FOR A HERBARIUM you have all gathered wild flowers but I 1 wonder aonder how many ot at you have bays a herbarium or collection of 0 varieties with a record of both the corn com mon moa and botanical names location where hero found kind of boll and other data A 25 cent letter file flie Is better than a 0 book to keep specimens in fig 10 1 and the heavy light yellow wrapping paper used in butcher shops cut up into sheets to fit the letter file Is good material to mount specimens on in addition to the h herbarium file you must have a press don t use a Q pile oi of books make blake yourself a regular or ask brother or father to make ono one for you figs pigs 3 and 4 show a practical press easy to construct and fig 5 a working diagram make base board A 12 inches wide and 0 inches long and nail the three cross strips D to the under aide side one at each end and one in the center and make the upper hoard board 0 12 inches cut the hinge blocks D 6 achee h es long three fourths inch thick dmd d one and one fourth inches wide and bore a screw ole hole through each one halt half inch from each end cud by means of these blocks hinge board 0 to A being careful to locate all tour four blocks in exactly the same relative positions so the will work together mount a flatiron upon board C this his can be done so it ft may be removed ironing lay jay by driving nails into board D B jt it the sides of the flatiron so the heads beads come down upon tho base as shown in fig 3 and provid ing a nail to drop in a hole at the flat end as shown in fig 5 the flatiron can then be slipped between the nails endwise and locked in place by dropping the louse nail into the hole made for it it double pieces of cardboard or tin beneath the nail heads will hold the flatiron better than the beads alone fig 3 the not only provides weight for pressing but serves aho alto as a handle for operating the press kail nall block E fig 6 5 to one ena of board A as a stop for board C to strike against when the preas press Is opened newspapers are good for placing specimens between for pressing as they are sufficiently porous to absorb 4 C IN jig A EV Y sap map A half dozen doten or so sheets are am none too maby to 11 1 aluce 1 acce beneath and above valli bah specimen wien ready to transfer from the drying papers to the herbarium sheets til daub glue here and there along thunder side each spec imn then lay jay the specimens apon the sheets in as natural positions as possie possible Is narrow strips of court plaster lapped over the akk portions of stems will heila hold biern lera securely the name place at finding linding and ot oth er data nay MAY be written or printed ic in the come comer of each sheet as indicated in i fig 2 G glue lue index tab tabs to the ilia adges of at your sheets in the same way that ml letter file flie indexes aro put on on which to letter the name of each geis nus til simplify the finding of peel mens |