Show shi X 4 X for handu bous DOU 0 and I 1 I 1 X X girls to make and dr do J 5 A an 01 18 t tv he A neely hall by A NEELY HALL A TOY WINDMILL no mechanical toy la is more interest ing to make nor 0 r more interesting to watch when in ili operation than it a miniature windmill it to la a very toy to construct and all of tile the material that it requires can call usually bo be found at hand which are two reasons w why by it Is one of the most PO popular ular of homemade home made toys and why nearly every boy at one time or another builds one figure I A shows a small model which may be constructed quickly you will notice by the detail illustrations that the hub of the Is a 0 spool pig fig 2 that the blades are cut out of cigar box wood shingles tin or cardboard and are Vist ened to th the eside side of short spoke clicks driven into holes bored in jbf tb spool hub fig 3 that tho the hub trims on the rounded end of a stick enatt mg fig 40 4 that the square end of it tho the shaft Is a slotted blotted to receive fr fan shaped tall fig 6 5 and that the shaft la Is pivoted to the top of a clothes post or a post poet put up for the purpose figs 1 and 6 use a arego l ge ribbon spool tor for the hub you can get one at any dry goods store etore locate loate eight holes hole around the center of the spool at equal distances from one another and A toy MAYU I 1 bore these with a gimlet or bit or c cut t them with your jackknife cut the eight blades 6 inches long 6 5 inches wide on their wide edge and 1 inches wide on their narrow edgo edge prepare the hub sticks about ah inch by inch by 4 luches in size and whittle one end pointed to fit in the hub fig 3 fasten the blades to the spokes with nails long enough to drive through the spokes and clinch on the under side glue the spokes in the hub holes turning them so BO the blades will stand at about the angle shown the shaft should be made of a hardwood hard wood stick about FA inch by 1 inches by 14 inches in size cut the round end small niall s enough so the hub will turn on it freely and punch a small hole through it so a brad may be driven through it to hold the hub in place cut the slot in the square end with a saw make the tall tail about 6 inches long 4 inches wide at its wide end and 2 inches wide at its narrow end fig 6 5 the w windmill must bo be pivoted to the post support at its exact balancing point pivot the shaft with a VT 8 BLADES CICAR BOX WOOD TIN OP OK CARDBOARD TA IL maa AJL 1 r DUD BRAD W I 1 t 4 ar T long nail boro bore a hole bole through the shaft a trine trifle larger than the nail so the shaft will turn freely place a washer nasher between the nail head and the shaft and another between the shaft and the post support figure 6 shows how the power from the toy windmill may be utilized to operate a toy jumping jack by supporting the jumping jack on a bracket and connecting its string to the hub of the windmill cut the upright of the bracket A 14 inches long and the cross piece B 7 inches long nail A to B and nail the lumping jack rt at its center to the end if B fig 7 fasten the triangular block C to the lower end of A and then null nail both A and B to the edgo edg of the shaft at a point that will bring the string of the lumping jumping jack a trifle beyond the windmill blades fasten a small stick having a brad driven in one end 1 in notches cut in the hubs flanges fiti fig C 7 A low JACK 15 0 J DM ILLI to sperate AT jumping JACK 8 and connect the brad and jacks string with a piece of wire or strong stron 9 string then as the windmill re it will operate the toy aa indicated in figs 6 and 7 by DOROTHY PL parkins barry BERRY DOX FURNITURE tins lias it over ever occurred to you girla what hat pretty pieces or of doll furniture may bo made out of 0 the little berry boxes so BO plentiful at this season of tile year several of the easily carlly made pieces are illustrated below all the material you need to make these cheso are 5 WINGING beat SOFA various shapes and sizes shea of berry boxes a sharp knife end a bottle ot of glue the little swinging seat in Illus trib tion no I 1 la Is made from the ahe bottom and two ends of a square pint her box with the ends tapered oft off with a knife A strong linen thread knotted on the end and run through holes pierced la in four places provides chains to hang it by it may be suspended from a chair round illustration no 2 shows a sofa tha is mado made out of a long shaped quart berry box all you have to do is remove one side of the box down to the bottom then carefully cut away the end as shown to form arms and tho the sofa to Is completed the chair shown in illustration no 3 la is made of two adjoining sides of a pint box which form tho the back seat 4 3 saba CHAIR FOOTSTOOL FOOT STOOb TABLE and front legs lega and an extra piece which forms the ahe back legs one side aide piece forms the chair back and the other side Is scored along its center with a knife and bent down to form the seat and front legs lega the rear legs are mader made of tho the extra piece which Is glued to the chair back the little footstool shown in ill illustration no 4 Is quite simple to mako one side of a pint box to Is used and it Is only necessary to score the piece one halt half inch from each end and bond bend down doali the ends for legs the library table illustration no 5 Is ira made out of a pint berry box with BED I 1 I 1 7 CUPBOARD one hatt bak ei the height of tho the sides removed all around in one piece and the piece removed fastened edgewise inside of tho the box tor for the base in illustration no 6 la is shown a very comfortable little idoll dolla I 1 a bez made from a quart berry box split down each corner halfway half halt way then leaving one side of the box whole for the tb head of the bad cut down the appo site side aide about one half for the foot and trim down the other two sides iside for the sides of the bed the cupboard in illustration no 7 Is made out of a quart berry pox box with shelves cut from the sides aides of other boxes fastened inside with glue hang curtains made of scraps from tho the rag rae bag across the front the berry box wood may be stained a pretty brown by using the coffee left over from brea breakfast Wast w v |