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Show JWAVAVAVV.V.VAV.WftVAV.W.VWWAVM 1 HANDICRAFT FOR BOYS AND GIRLS i $ j $ Br j A. NEELY HALL, and DOROTHY PERKINS j VAVWAAVAVAVAVA,.V.,.VAVAV.VAVAV.V.wi1 (Cuuyritflit. by A. AiuUy HaJL) A MODEL AEROPLANE. This rnod'-l aeroplane la built along the linus of the models that have won records for distance Mights. The triangular frame consists of tho two pine side sticks A (Kig. 1), 4 inch square and 32 inches long, and t'Ao bamboo stick B and C, 1-16 inch thick and t inch wide B 8 inches Iont and C 4 Inchon long. Tho bow end of sticks A must be rap!n;d on tho Inside edg'-'B as shown In Fig. 2, so they will come together, and ."lots must be cut through these Hf.icks for the ends of sticks B and C to sHek through (Fig. 3). Cut the slots for I! 1xk inches from the stern end, and the slots for C halfway between be-tween these and the bow end. Slip separators sep-arators 0 and C into the slots, and then bind with strong linen thread. Cow hooks D (Figs. 1 and 4) support sup-port the bow end of the rubber motor, and are bent out of a piece of heavy piano wire. Bend the wire V-shaped to lit the bow ends of sticks A, and bind to the sticks with thread (Fig. 1). The bow ends of sticks A must have metal bearing-plates similar to E (Fig. M bound to them with thread. A pair ot accurately made propellers can be purchased at toy stores. The propeller shafts (G, Fig. 8) are rmiile of heavy piano wire. Bend one LLLVA 70?-.. A -J end into a hook (Fig. 7) to receive the end of the rubber motors, then run the othor end through the hole in bearing-plates E (Fig. 7), slip a glass bead (II) over it for a "thrust-bearing," and run it through the propeller hub and bend over the side of the hub (Fig. 8). 1 The motors are made of strands of rubber. Rubber bands can be looped in one another, end to end, to form the strands, but strands all in one piece are better. Twelve strands are needed for each motor. Fasten the fjj TMfVil ii nil ' bow ends of the strands to wire rings (Fig. 6). so they may be slipped on and off hooks D quickly. With the motors in place, the "ele-va'rr "ele-va'rr plane'' I and "main plane" J (Figs. I, 9 and 10) remain to4 be made. Elevator I is made of two wooden side strips 15 Inches long. 1-16 inch thick, and inch wide, connected with wire separators bent and joined to the strips in the manner shown in Fig. 11. The end wire tips should extend beyond be-yond the wooden strips 2L2 inches, and be bent to the angle shown. Cover the frame with china silk. Sew or ghi this on to the frame, then give it a thin coat of uhellac. The planes should not be fastened securely to the model aeroplane framework, frame-work, but be hold to it by rubber bands bo their positions may be adjusted to thn points where they will give the D'o'lel the graitest stability in flight. A LEMONADE STAND WITH UM. BRELLA TOP. What girl doesn't like to play "store?" You not only can play "store" with a lemonade stand, bur. earn spending money selling ice-cold lemonade: and you will find it more fun selling something real to reaj customers than just "pretending." ICE I . ADE U j 1 J l Two chairs with straight backs, two grocery boxes of equal size, and an umbrella are tl principal requirements require-ments for the unique little stand shown in Fig. 1. It does not matter much In what state of repair the chairs are, they can be made to serve your purpose. sis 2 The seats may be broken through; that makes no difference because they are to be concealed by the boxes used for the counter top. If a leg is broken, as is often the case with a discarded chair that you may find, you can easily bind a stick to that corner ol the chair to prop it up, while, if 8 back is broken, it can be mended good enough by binding a long stick up and down or across it. Stand the chairs back to back, a? shown in Fig. 2, and bind together the pair of legs, also the backs, in severa: places with wrapping twine. Ther place the grocery boxes on their sides on the chair seats, so their open tops will come at the back of the counter, and bind them to the chair by passing a rope around their ends, over theii tops, and down underneath the chaii seats, tying in a secure knot. The umbrella top is fastened between be-tween the chair backs as shown in Fig. 3. with the end of the handle ex- 3 tending down to about the center ol the backs, and bound with wrapping twine or rope passed around It in the criss-cross fashion indicated in Fig. 3 Tie in two places as shown, and pull the twine taut so the handle will be held securely. Figure 1 suggests how to decorate the umbrella top of your lemonade stand with a small flag bound to the Iron ferrule at the end of the umbrella um-brella handle, and smaller flags tied to the ends of the umbrella ribs. Cover the top of the counter with a piece of oilcloth, white cloth or shelf paper, and secure 6ome cloth or pa per with which to conceal the front of the counter boxes and the chair legs, fastening it so as to hang down to the ground as shown in Fig. 1. A piece of cardboard with "Ice Cold Lemonade" Lem-onade" lettered upon it may be made to conceal the space between the chaij Backs, as shown In the illustration. |