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Show 5 'HANDICRAFT FOR BOYS AND GIRLS ? Br A. NEELY HALL and DOROTHY PERKINS (Copyright, by A. Neely Hall.) A CAMP WAGON. First you must get two pairs of wheels. If you haven't any, you will nost likely find a boy who is willing sell his wheels or make a trade. By laying flat upon the ground you can determine the proportions necessary for a wagon to sleep in. The iron . 'axles that belong to your wheels will .' 1 probably be too short. To lengthen ' them, get a piece ef iron pipe Just lie large enough for them to slip into. Go to a blacksmith or a machinist, and hav him first cut each axle in half, and the iron pipe in two pieces of the width of the wagon box, and then rivet the axle halves in the ends of the pipe (Fig. 10). Fig. 7 shows the wagon bed. Fasten the boards together by means of the two-by-four crosspieces A and B. Then cut the side boards C and D and nail them to the edges, and cut the end boards E and F to fit between. Fasten end E between the Rides, and form srooves by means of the strips G (Fig. I) for the end F to drop into. Dashboard Dash-board H Is of the same size as E. Brace it with the brackets I. The wheel axles must be stapled to the two two-by-fours J and K (Fig. 9). Make these pieces of the length of crosspieces A and B (Fig. 7). Nail J to crosspiece A, and pivot K at Its center to crosspiece B with a carriage bolt long enough to extend through K, B. and the wagon bed. Enlarge the -hole in K so the bolt head will set down flush and allow the iron axle to pass over it. In bolting on the front wheels, slip an iron washer over the carriage bolt so that it will come between be-tween crosspieces K and B, and place another next to the bolt nut. Fig. 3 shows the wagon with the frames for the top covering In position. posi-tion. Separate the ends of four barrel bar-rel hoops (Fig. 4) for the arched tops of the frames (L, Fig. 6), and nail each to a pair of stick uprights (M) Then nail a pair of wedge-shaped blocks (N, Fig. 5) to the uprights, so HOLE FOR BOLT, when the frames are nailed to the wagon box sides, the uprights will slant outward (Fig. 3). Make the front seat out of a board, with cleats nailed across its under side (Fig. 6) to fit close against the sides Df the wagon box. This seat must be removable if you Intend to use the ji'agon to sleep in. Figs, 1 a:i 2 show how to attach ,ines to the -odes, and carry them round the s'des, through screw eyes, jo the back, for steering when pushing push-ing the camp wagon. Another pair tf lines may be provided for pulling fhe v-agoo. SOAP BUBBLR FUN. It is not necessary to h"ve special Boap or a patent blower to blow bubbles bub-bles successfully. There Is nothing better than castlle or Ivory soap for a solution, and a clay pipe like that In Fig. 1, which can be bought at a drug store, Is as good as any blower on the market. But for large bubbles, the finest sort of a blower Is a tin funnel about 2V4 Inches in diameter (Fig. 2). Probably your mother has one In her pantry. Another blower which you will find handy is a short lemonade straw (Fig. 3). To make up the solution, shave the soap into a pan of warm water, putting put-ting In as much soap as the water will dissolve. To make a bubble with the tin fun nel, place the end into the solution 1 " J-'' then lift it out gently, and if It li covered with a film blow upon th( small end and a bubble will appear Steps A, B and C (Fig. 4) lndicati how to release the bubble by invert ing the funnel and tossing the bubbli out of it Fig. 5 shows how to bounce a buh ble upon your arm. By dropping you arm slightly as the bubble descends as Indicated by the dotted lines, thi bubble will land with less shock. Fig. 6 shows how you can droi tacks into tne funnel spout witbou bursting the bubble. Place several glass tumblers upoi a table, and blow a bubble upon eacl (Fig. 7), then add other tumbler and see how many bubbles you cai place before the first ones burst. Fig. 8 shows how to blow one bul ble within another. First blow a larg bubble on a pie tin having a depth o one-quarter Inch of solution in II Blow the bubble as you raise the fur nel, then turn the funnel sidewlse am slide it off of the bubble. The inne bubble Is blown with a lemonad straw. If you have two clay pipes, you cai blow two bubbles, and then by bring Ing them together cause them to unit in one large bubble (Fig. 10). Fig. 11 shows the steps required t blow a bubble over a spool. Afte i blowing this bubble you can place ; smaller one inside on top of the spoo (C, Fig. 11). A small doll's head car be Inclosed in a bubble, as shown it Fig. 12, and there are many othei tricks which can be carried out |