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Show j HANDICRAFT FOR BOYS ANDR j A. NEELY HALL and DOROTHY PERKINS I- (Copyright, by A. Neely Hall.) A SIGNAL LANTERN. You boys can easily communicate with one another after dark by means of homemade signal lanterns similar to that shown in Fig. 1. You will need a small box for the lantern. The dimensions are not important, im-portant, but ten or twelve inches is about right for the depth, width and length. Fig. 2 shows the completed IIP I -'$' a 'Cgcx-I , lantern, and Fig. 3 shows the box De-fore De-fore the door has been put' on. One side of the box becomes the front of the lantern. In the center of the width of the front, a little above 1 the center of the height, cut a slot one inch wide and three inches long. 1 through which to flash the lantern light (A, Figs. 2 and 3); and make a shutter block (B, Figs. 3 and 5) by which to regulate the lengths of the flashes. Screw a couple of screw-eyes into the top edge of the shutter, and a third screw-eye into the center of the bottom edge; and loop a heavy rubber-band rubber-band through the upper pair of eyes, and tie a strong cord to the lower eye (Fig. 5). Then tie the free ends of the rubber-bands to a pair of screw-eyes screw-eyes screwed into the under side of the lantern top, in the right positions to come directly over the pair in the j shutter when it is placed over slot A; and bore a hole through the bottom of ! the box for the cord attached to the ! shutter to' pass through (Fig. 3). Then, I by pulling the cord, the shutter can ! be opened so light will pass out of a small portion of the slot, for a "dot" of the code, or all the way open, for ! a "dash" of the code. ; The lantern may be lighted either by a candle or a bicycle lamp. If you ; use a candle, tack a can cover to the lautern bottom for a holder, and tack 1 MORSE CODE j A p i B Q 2 C - .- R - 3 D -- S 4 E T - .5 F U 6 G V 7 H W 8 I X 9 j y ---- O ' S : Z--i lo - 1? 1 another to the top to protect the wood from the candle fame. Bore holes through the top for ventilators. The cover board C (Figs. 2 and 6) is hinged with three strips of leather Dr tape. Strip D (Fig. 2) provides a place for attaching the wooden button but-ton E. ; The lantern is now ready for signal-- signal-- Ing. The operating key is shown in Figs. ' 1 and 4. Cut it about eight inches long and of the shape of F (Fig. 4); i then nail a block G to a box (Fig. 41, I and screw the end of the key to this block. Tie the operating cord to the key, allowing just enough length of cord to operate the shutter properly, i. Fig. 7 shows the Morse alphabet code. Cut out and paste thislllagraci upon a piece of cardboard, and tacit the cardboard to the box on which the key is mounted so the code will al- ways be before you. Practice will en-1 en-1 able you to memorize It. BERRY-BOX AND BASKET TOYS. More toys thanu -Id can be made out of tne boxes and baskets.. . 1. The little cradle shown in Figgis made of a berry box mtn hood. Open the side of the box that has the lapped ends, and fo d down and out the doubled pieces (rig i). Then set the box inside of the basket with the opened side pieces against the basket sides, and sew securely to the basket. , . . A Figure 3 shows the rockers (A) and the upright supports for attaching them (HI. Make the rockers two inches longer than the width of the cradle, and cut a slot in the lower end of uprights B just wide enough to receive their ends. Figure 1 shows how the uprights should be stitched to the sides of the cradle. The doll rocker in Fig. 4 is another of the many pieces of berry-box furniture fur-niture that can be made. Remove one side of a box, and about one-third of each of the adjoining sides and the bottom, and use the remainder for the seat, back and arms of the chair. By selecting the doubled sides of the Cox for cutting, the upper parts of the rockers can be slipped up and fastened between the doubled pieces (Fig. 4). Cut the rockers by the pattern of Fig. 5, making them long enough to t project about an inch in front and. back of the seat. Figure 6 shows a simple wagon made of a berry basket. Y"ou may fasten another basket over the end for a hood, if you like, and thus convert con-vert the wagon into a doll-carriage. Get a pair of large ribbon spools for wheels (Fig. 7), and cut two sticks to the diameter of a pencil for axles, and a pair of uprights (A, Fig. 7) for' connecting con-necting the axles to the basket. Make holes near the ends of the uprights just large enough for the axles to fit in cutting very carefully so as not to split the wood. Thh,e,cast'e "J1 8 may be built as high and wide as your s , , berry boxes will permit. The win dows are cut at the corners of the boxes, because there is U,ss d , - splitting the wood by cutting them at that point. Cut a doorway , "c0 box of the second tier, to ! mlt on to the drawbridges. The drawbridges c.u, be made either of places of her-T box or cardboard. ' ' |