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Show OUTDOOR FISH-POND AND OTHER JOLLY GAMES. You can play fish-pond in the backyard, back-yard, where the sidewalk can be the make-believe pier from which to fish, and homemade dummy fish can be scattered about in te grass to stock the make-believe pond tFig. 1). First prepare a large enough supply of fish to made a worthwhile "catch." Fig. 2 shows an idea for a queer though easily made variety. This fellow fel-low has a spool body and a cardboard head and tail. Cut the head by the pattern of Fig. 3, and the tail by Fig. 4. Punch a hole through the head and tie a loop of string through it, as shown in Fig. 3; then mark eyes and a mouth on the head. You can make different varieties of fish by using all sorts of shapes and sizes of spools, and by varying the form of the head and tail. After making mak-ing the fish, mark each with a number (Fig. 2). Then make poles out of long sticks, with string fastened to one end for a line, and a bent hairpin tied to the end of the string for a hook (Fig. 5). With a fishing pole for each player, it is not necessary to take turns fishing. fish-ing. The object of the game, of course, is to see who can make the largest score by hooking the fish-hook through the loops upon the fish heads. Beau-bag and ball tossing are always al-ways lots of fun. The skill of the players can be determined best by us i ing a target to throw at, and three boxes nested that is, placed one inside in-side another as shown In Fig. 6, makes an excellent target. A bag or ball thrown inside of the center box counts 25 points, one thrown in the next larger box countB 15 points, and one in the outside box five polnla. PSohably you will not find three boxes of the proportions shown in Fig. 6, but this will not matter. The swinging target shown In Fig. 7 requires greater skill In throwing than the stationary target. If there are but two players, they mi st take turns throwing and swinging the target. The target Is a barrel-hoop suspended from a tree branch by ipaoOB of strong wra ppui k curd, an rj 11 ik t v- u im uy a cord tied to the side flf the hoop i 'or si !l y you k now how to ma I; b'au-bars, but, maMuneh as a tew of you may not know. 1 h;- ve n!iov. -i in S and '.i how two MpJan h o) cloth ri.ould first ti" Fewed tnrelher filon three Jjen turned inside out, the bau filled v. ith b'-;ins and tNo '(ji-''s oJ the fourth side lurrcij m a;:d se v. (rfJ- |