Morgan County Star | 1913-01-11 | Page 4 | Skatemobile for the Boys

SKATE MOBILE FOR THE BOYS youths of eastern city becoming expert in inventing means mains of aas easy and fast locomotion philadelphia boys are getting to be b experts in the invention of vehicles cl a tor for their play first it was the then the coasting stick and now it Is the which atch any boy can make for himself in a little while take an old roller skate and L the Skate mobile cut it in two crosswise take a strip 0 of stout wood about four fou r feet long and three inches wide and nall nail a pair of wheels under each end nall nail an empty box in the center of the board and fasten a stick across the top of 0 that box to act as aa a pair of handles on either side this vehicle can bo be made to turn corners when the boy la is coasting on it it if lie he will lean toward the side sida he wants to turn as aa in roller skating some boys boya cut a bole in the front othe 0 the box set bet a piece of glassy glass in it and burn a candle at night