Show handicraft FOR BOYS AND GIRLS BIB by A NEELY HALL and it DOROTHY PERKINS VAV W by bir A dively ia hall jt A HOMEMADE BOBSLED to nok make a strong substantial sled filed it 1 is best to in 1 aae I heavy calt miter erial lal TWO by fours for the moner and it for far blocks black lot for I 1 connecting acting the sleds to the beat at a by tens for the tha sled aled top tops and ad beat at and one by two ten material for cros VP 1 I 1 D pieces le 1 is it the right it an sort a of at stuff for or hardware you will need some I 1 two inch and three inch nails a five eighths inch carriage bolt eight inches long Is bad and III three it iron washers for far I 1 the h bolt a pair ot at four by four inch h in wrought ft steel hinges hinge tour tr two we inch to at above be bolta and eight screws crew one a to inch a and nd the three re q quarters u art long and ad a piece of iron jack chain three feet long the four runner runners of the t two sleds should be prepared first figure 3 shows show a pattern draw this out upon a piece of two by four sloping the bow fr from a distance of about ten inches back of the red end and ad r rounding ding and T 0 iff slanting the stern in the manner ol shown air atchi notches A or are for far crosspieces cross pieces A which shou I 1 be one inch thick and two inches wide iole locate the first notch eight inches from the bow the third ultra notch ron near the tern stern bad and the second notch half a a between the aImin bich first and third d after working marking out th the runner eat cut it out carefully then us use it tor for a pattern for far ram marking lang out the kotlier t three make or crosspieces cross pieces A fourteen inches fi I 1 long na and nail them fast in the ri notches arh cut act tor for them fig 4 then cut th the sled tops twenty inches long out a of teng inch stuff and ad fb fasten them to cross pieces A nailing through the underside of the cross pieces into th them a in PIS fig 6 cross piece dieca B fig 6 5 Is the forth IT on the bow sled on the stern ald sled a similar cross piece tour four toca teen inches long far a b biaca ba a figures figure 6 and 7 or are ems cross sections it showing how the bow said and mern sleds bleds or are a connected acted to the plank seat beat cut 0 7 E F 4 bi be C blocks blacks C and ad daigs D figs 6 and 8 two inches square and null nail C to th the u under nd or side of the plank seat but and ad D to I 1 the top ot at the bow sled then bore a five to eighths inch hole through the cent center r of f C and the plank seat beat and through D and the aled led top 1 in connecting t lug PI place a washer between the bolt head bead and the seat plank another between blocks blacks C and ad D and a 1 third h ird between the sled top lop and the b boll a 1 I 1 nut cut block E fig 9 out of a piece of at two by four fear bevel it ita top edge do as shown in fig 7 and fasten the pair of hinges to the wider edge bore h boles too through the block for or bolting batting the hinges through their center hot cola drive screws crew through the other holes the then fast the aith other u hall hall of I 1 the toe hinges to the plank seat scat using bolus bolts for th the a center hole bolea and screw fl tor far the outer holes hole a and no BPI spike k 6 ch the block to the tha sled top tho the hinge so ar ran gement I 1 la necessary so bo the tha stern sled will rise and fall a as it to runs over uneven a ground mund independent of th the bow ide sled it con connect ne et the bow of I 1 the h stern stem sled eith w ith the beat plank by 18 inch pieces piece of chain attah cd to cre figi rig 2 and 7 cross pieces F figs 6 unit and 7 sup port the handlebars fasten them to th the under old bide ol at the best plank use arm broom handlon for handle bars FOR YOUR SCHOOL DESK every girl should have a holder tor for pencil id and pen pea bolder to keep them from scattering about 1 in he her school grimed desk dealt cretonne re comis a of A dark color with sith a small pattern la Is the best beat material it a to u use a for far the h holder I 1 ida shown he n 1 in fig 1 first cut a piece of cloth 7 inches s wide id and ad 8 tarbes inches long fig 3 then T hen turn to ra down 2 inches of its ita length A ft alga g 3 and ad 4 and the turned over edge edga as aa indicated by the c D 4 a 7 4 4 j row raw of 01 small flota dots in fig 4 the heavy dot dotted ad line in fig 4 indicates indicate where shere t to make kb the second card told fold to bring side aide B over to the opposite side The pockets are partitioned off with rib up bud and down rows ot at fine stitching sew a short piece of tape to the center of one side of the holder bolder to provide orovil tor far tying lying it the holder 1 in a roll ran fig I 1 and 2 so some of you girls vill prefer the holder shown in fig 6 bar because of 1 au u erasim pocket list I 1 tor erasers pa pencil I 1 oil sharpener penknife pen knife pens pencil stubs etc to tamb wh figure 6 snowa the pl pattern by which wa to cut the cloth A also too how the edg edges a should be turned over slightly lightly e or r else be bound with a narrow braid 1 to a A B c a alj conceal emeel the raw few edge the dotted lines indicate the folding the a outer U far third A folds over on to the cents center ir third B to far form it aba pocket and ad it la IS stitched billeted to B along the top rod and bottom edges and the outer third C la is provided with small pockets for permit pencils the pen wiper shown in fig 7 1 i composed of four layers ot of li light gh t weight flannel 3 3 and ad 2 24 inched or has in diameter sewed seved together through their centers with a fancy button sewed to the top figure 8 a shows have the four tire cir culat I 1 pieces be placed one on ma top of the other this dies diagram also shows how by dotted lines linea how to prepare I 1 the pieces by squam dub first folding over a square of cloth re am from top to bottom then than from foura aid aide to side and then from corner to corner into the torm form ot of fig 8 9 cut off ob the upper ap pp c corner or on an an arc am of a circle as aa indicated by dotted line in fig 9 and ad catch the folded edges pig fig 10 use te two colora color of flannel alter a dating them and you sill have bava a most attractive pen wiper never carry a pointed instrument 1 in 3 bour our boht or toy lay it way away in your desk without prote prate the put points at A cork p pushed phed hed ur far enough on to t the be point to hold bold fast makes a good pro section figs 11 ll tad bad 12 W |