Anonymous - Hundreds of Things A Boy Can Make

Hundreds
of Things
Can Make
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PREFACE
There
is
great
deal
in
this
a
book copy and
to
attract
and
interest he
at
the will
average be
healthy-minded
able how
to
boy.
his away time
an
With
of
it at he will
his
elbow,
be
always
to
spend
while
no
profitably
hour of its
or so
never
loss
know
to
pleasantly.
has been
Probably
matter
as
book
kind the
packed
covers.
with There
so
much
useful
is contained
within the
present
of
are
innumerable
own
use
paragraphs
well
as
describing
of of his useful
to
making
and
toys,
;
suitable there
;
are
for
his
as
that
boy
girl
for bazaars will
friends the home and
directions detailed
;
on
the
construction of dozens It
articles for that

once
there of
are
tions descripthere for

;
are
things
of
make ideas
sales
work
and
brilliant
a
keep
him
busy
no
and
further
amused
hours.
it is
a
is not and
book
that,
that
read,
be
possesses
to
on
interest
occasions.
guide
reference
will
turned
thousand
1057599
CONTENTS
PAGE PAGE
Aerial Air All
Ropeway,
An
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26 An
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Counting
A
Out
"
101
.
Pressure in
a
Experiment,
. .
70
Crane,
Working
in
a
.
...
48
Garden,
.
Row A Home-made
.in
Crazy
42
Path
the
Aquarium,
At Ball Your for
Making
Cricket
.19
Service,
Mr.
Smoker
.
98
.
Score Bells
Board,
....
A
.
-49 37
Windy
A
Weather,
33 34 41 31
Crystal Curing
Cut-out
Barometer,
Bird Bird in the
Boy's
The
an
Animal's
Skin
.
88
.109
Hand,
Designs
Darkie,
A
Table,
Making
Your
Dancing
Dart
The
.
.143 -59
9
Blowing
Boat Book Book
Up
Football
.
32
11
Board,
Driven
By
A
Air, A
of
Defying
Desk For
Gravity
Your The
...
Ends,
Pair
.84
for
.
Den,
.
A
.
81
.
Ends,
Another Make That Your is
Idea Own
85 83
Dog
Door,
Fight,
.151
Bookplate, Boomerang
The Bow Broom Broom Buffer and
Making
a
.
-54
80 -145 .71
.
Different,
41
Draught Dummy
Electric Electric Electric
121
Screen,
Modernistic
A
.
Black-lead, Bell, An
.
Arrow,
for the A
67
A
.
Garden,
25
Burglar Light
....
Alarm, Shade,
An An
73
Rack,
.68
.
Stop,
Fires,
A For
Spring
.
Inverted
75
Camp Camp
Can Cannon
19
a
Escalator,
An
Easily-made
An
.
155
Stool, Making
You See that
18
. .
Expanding
Feather Fish Flower Fretwork
Toy,
Glider,
The
69
17
Through
Can
be
Brick
A
106
A
.
Fired,
The
157
.
Globe,
.140
.
.
Capacious
Cinder
Wine
Bottle,
153
Bed,
Novel
to
21
Sifter, A
Your Own
.12
Articles
Make
.
90
Cinema, Climbing
Coat
.102
Fretwork,
93 77
112
Making Aquarium
Things
.
hi
.
88
12
Monkey,
in the
The
.
.
Fun
hi
the Faces
Hanger
Scullery,
a
Funny Goggles
Goldfish
-149
Collecting-Box, Copper
House.
Making
.148
.
Name-plate
A
.
for
the
.22
and
Globe,
...
The
139 94
86
Hard 86 Hat
Labour
Copying
Corks,
Apparatus,
The Game of
Useful
.
Stand,
A
...
.130
Helicopter,
Flying
29
Contents
PAGE PAGE
Another Helicopter, He Iron
30
.
Musical Musical Musical
Box,
A
... . .
131 .150
.
Wags
Prove
His
Tail When
92
Glasses
Expands
That
Heated,
To
Windmill,
Hath
Boxes
The
158
67
? Idea for
.
Music
Charms
.
.136
.21
Is it
Going
to Rain
33 107 39
Nesting
Numbered
Jigsaw Puzzles, An JollyAnglers,The Keeping Tidy

Kiddie's Kite for Seat
Noisy Rattle,
A
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Board, The
58
144
79
Weekly
.
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Making OpticalIllusions, Ornamenting Paper Shape

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Clothes-brush
Scooter, A Weather,
a
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51
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of Five
.
Squares,
.
Windy
29
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Ladder, Making
23
Papier Macho" Models, Making

Parachute, An
108
Lifebuoy, A Magic
Inks
65
1
Easily Made
24 151 59 113
....
06
Pea-Shooter, A Home-made
Magic Tops, Magnifying

Marble
Six
36
A
Periscope,A Cheap Perpetual Motion

"
Glass,
....
made Home105
Almost
.
Pipe Rack,
Poison Poles
.105
Board, A
141 74
Bottles
Safe, Making the
76
39
Marketing Board, Marking

and Matchbox Model Model Out Other
for Net-Ball Wooden

...
Tennis, Football
Pitches
A
Polishing the
14
10
Articles
You
Construct Poster
96
.
Holder,
Printing a
101
Aeroplane, A Railway Accessories, Six

A
.
27
Puzzle, A Capital Rack, A Handy
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...
82
.
Loading Gauge, Telegraph

Gradient Buffer Field Posts Posts
116
Railroad
Track Trains
.
.120
117 117
1 18
Railway Jolly Railway
Easily Made,
.
115
Stops Hoardings
.
Tunnel, A
Your
.119
.
118 118
.
Re-Enamelling Revolving Rocking

Rubber
Cycle Toy,
A
43
Bridge, An
Model Models Model Made Town
Easily Made
of Cement
Cardboard
.
146
153 137
Railway Bookstall, A
Accessories, Six
118 159
Rings, Amusing Roving Eyes,

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Nigger, The Stamp

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-147 Your
Pillar-Boxes
141 142 Posts Machines

.
With
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Sign
Motor
Posts
Initials,A
Sack
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Sign
143 143 143
Mystery,
The for
a
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151 15
Automatic Rustic Bus Motor Motor Motor and
Saucepan
Seat for
Holder
Campers,
.
Fences Tram
Scooter, Making
-49
Stops
143
132 45
Campers,
A
. .
Comfort16
.
Bus, Lighting Up
Car Number Your Plates
able
See-Saw,
Shadow
-57
.
Horn,
46
Theatre, Comical
114
Contents
PAGE
Ship,
Self-propelled
.
65
.
Toy Toy Toy Toy
Engine,
Fort,
Lawn A
A
...
Shunting
Smoke Snake
the
Trucks
.
.122
Rings,
in
Beautiful
.
.100
Roller,
A
the
Box,
Realistic
The
.
.134
16
Windmill,
"
Snake,
The
"
Puzzle, Indicator,
A
.
Spider's Splendid Stamp
Web, Catch,
Catching
A
.
a
.
20
Train
13
Trimming
A
Device
for
shots, Snap-
Collection,
Making
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Hanger
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of
Clothes
Stilts,
Pair
of The
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Pegs, Try
Union Your
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Such Swat Table
a
Steed,
Commotion
Skill
I
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Jack, Gadget,
Out
Make of
Making
A
.
a
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that
Fly
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Useful Violin
to
Skittles
.
Cigar
Box,
How
Telephone, Things
You
Your
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a
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Can and Also A To
Easily
Make
Walking-Stick, Waste-Paper
123
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Making
Basket,
The Nowhere Matches
A
Christmas
Birthday
Sell
at
Strong
Bazaars
Cutter,
From
Tie
Press,
Useful
. .
78
Bulbs
.
Water
Tinting Tip
Tivoli
Electric A A
Light
Wooden
113
Waterproofing
What
a
Waggon,
Board,
You
46
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Like
Voice
Look
Toboggan Top
Towel That
Can
in
Make,
the
54 35
Spins
A
Air,
A
.
Whirling
Toy,
The
Rack,
Calendars
Fancy
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87
97 .130
Toy Toy
Chest,
A
.
.
Hundreds
of Things
Can Make
PERIODICALS
paper every week
Boy
KEEPING
WEEKLY
TIDY and, though

like
to
Probably
not
wish
you to have
buy
the
boy's
up
copies bound,
the
reference. thread
a
If so, piece of The of the
stack
parts
the
you may in their
keep
you them
may for
tape through
stitches and
wire
order and proper shown in the stitches, as shows the under thickness it. of
then,
larger
a
illustration. with
one
small, right-hand sketch

the
part
wire
tape passed
When it
can
the be
to
stack
is made
tie the
next
two
ends when
of the the
tape
a
in
bow,
brown the
so
that be
easilyundone
the stack. of the
week
subsequent part
sheet and of
is to
added
It is
good
to
idea
serve
to
as
paste
cover
along
clean.
the
edge
top
copy
keep
paper first part
DEFYING
Get
a
GRAVITY
as
round the
cardboard which
tube, such
people
to
use
for
sending things
cut
an
through
post
they
do
not
wish
have
creased, and
10 inch off
Hundreds
of Thingsa Boy
Can
Make
Be careful that in it,either with a fretsaw or a pocket-knife. this you do not flatten any part of the circumference, because be a perfect it must on it,as ring. Then stick a big dab of plasticene in the diagram. shown
doing
Now
stand
thus uphill, face of the
inclined plane and it will slightly The dab of material, stuck on defyinggravity. be placedat the top, just must a trifletowards ring,
the
ring on
roll the
slowly uphill
the inner
when direction,
starting.
A MATCHBOX
sketch
an
HOLDER
holder. matchbox easily made pieceof thin material left over from
an
The The
some
accompanying
other been
shows odd and be
wooden
base consists of
have
job. It should nicelytrimmed
about
up
When the edges 3 inches. the metal smoothed, tray is added. 7
by
The
one
larger sketch
how explains brass well
or
shows
how
the
sides
are
shaped
whilst
the
a
smaller
the bottom
is fixed to the base.
For
metal,
pieceof
sheet
serve
them
case,
empty tin, flattened out, will copper is best,though an File the edges to make enamel. of if coat a given enough, been has A raised triangle added, in the present quitesmooth. by way of ornamentation, but a dozen other forms of decoration
to any
some
will
coats
occur
of
handy boy. enamel. bright
Stain
and
polishthe
wood
or
give it
two
Hundreds
A
Take
two
of Things a Boy Can

CAPITAL PUZZLE
Mak*
of the size shown by the square. With your of them, the X-shaped pattern,and glue from one out, saw, X the piece surrounding the to the untouched Then, get four square. balls from the nearest cycleshop. They should be less tiny ball-bearing thin of wood, pieces fretwork
cut
in diameter
at depression
than
the
thickness of each
of the of the
wood. four
Countersink circles. fit

over
the centre
channels,add a square of glassto bind up the edges with passe-partoutstrips. You have an admirable now puzzle. The game
balls in the
at the balls,
same
shallow Drop the four the wood and

a
within time, in the depressions
the small
is to get all the four circles.
A
If you is
are
one
BOAT
will
DRIVEN
like to
BY
AIR
of those
boys who
you.
here experiment with things,
something that
amuse
Get
built lightly the
model
stern
rowing
end,
so
boat that
and it
put
small
length of
water.
metal
tubing through
under projects
Then
12 blow
Hundreds
of Thingsa Boy Can
Make
of a wire clip. Fit up an air balloon and close the neck by means the end of the neck to the inner end of the tube and tie it on securely. The balloon now lies in the boat and must be fastened down to prevent it blowing up. Now
put the boat in water, release the wire clipand
the
escaping air
will drive it
along.
A
CINDER
SIFTER
This is an article which will save in the fuel bill. a good deal of money The easiest way to make it is to get a stout wooden box, with an opening than the sieve which is used in the kitchen, to knock a trifle larger out
the bottom sides and

are
and
cut
off the lower

to
a
part of
that
on
the back
and
serve
front.
as
Then,
the
trimmed
Nail two pieceof
curve,
so
rockers. fit a this very
of wood ledges wood, by means
the necessary they may the inside for supporting the sieve
of two
hinges,to
act
as
lid.
Then
useful article is finished.
FUN
IN
THE
AQUARIUM
diagram,and
a
length of glasstubing of stout bore and bend it to form a sort of bridge, the one as depictedin the picture. The tubingcan be bent by heatingit in a Bunsen flame and then pressingit as required. Place the tube under a tap of water and
thus fillit.
as
Place two aquaria side by side,as shown in the of them plentifully with tadpoles. Then procure
stock
one
Close
aquaria
shown.
plunged under
your hands and stand it in the in the tube if the ends were will remain the surface before you removed your hands. both its outlets with
water
The
Hundreds
With the
of Thingsa Boy
of water, the will be
Can
Make
dart the up it and
13 travel way
bridge full
tank. In
to the second
or
the other, without
fact, they ceasing.
will tadpoles making
journey, one
II you
keep goldfish, you

to be
can
make
bridge lor them,

for
too,
but
the
tube will have
wider than considerably
tadpoles.
A
If you have
a
SPLENDID
out
CATCH
the letters
fret-saw, cut
forming
the
word
last,
in the
to the shapes of the letters adheringas much as possible Use thin wood for the diagram. purpose. Then, set out the letters as we have given them and ask
shown
your
friends
to
as
change
last into
not
they
It is
do
want
first.They can employ any to use anything beyond
method the four
they like as long pieces you have

merely
to
set before
them. anyone Without this
that only rarely

a.
out
the letter
spots the solution ; it letter, you have 1st.

COMMOTION
trick
on a
is
leave
SUCH
If you would like to
A
a
!
him
one
play
friend,send
ol
these
14
Hundreds
in
an
of Things a Boy Can
Make
contrivances To
means
envelope.
a
the card is fixed of

a
It consists oi a stout card, folded into three. in position U-shaped pieceof wire, held firmly by At the each end of the wire is
or an
gummed
label.
elastic band and knot
which, together, gripa ringmade

When
up all is
of wire
ready,twist
bands.
the rubber
the letting envelope. Your his horror
without
ringover fold over Then, carefully ring uncoil,and slipthe

tears letter,
metal. any light about twenty times the uncanny

two
so
of card, flaps thing into the the card and

to
friend receives the
it open, pullsout the ringuncoils itself. It will give him the
of fright
his life.
A
This work
USEFUL
of
uses.
GADGET
It will be invaluable if you do leatherof spaces all equidistant, say when of when you have to rule a number
gadget has
and
have
to
dozens
lines with
a
score
thonging. It will equalspaces

of other
uses.
pricka number in handy come

between
them.
And,
it would
be easy to
suggest
This is how
or
it is made.
a
Take
has
cog-wheelfrom
to
an
old alarm
clock
even
from
watch
that
ceased
a tiny washer through the axis,slip of wood to serve as a handle. two thin pieces fine wire,but do not approach too close to the rotate freely.
wire
function, fit a short pieceof each side and, then, fix on on

Bind wheel them
or
with together
it will refuse to
MARKING
OUT
tedious possess
TENNIS,
OTHER
FOOTBALL
AND
PITCHES
courts
It is
il you
very
not
do the
job to mark out tennis an expensivemachine

method. The
a
and
football
pitches
you
for the lines
employ
ordinaryhand
white board
can
purpose be made shown
and
easily
in the with
a
and "well, however, if you construct illustration. It consists of two long "pace of
2
like that
of three-ply wood, strips
inches
them. separating
Hundreds
All you line is to do
come
of Thingsa Boy Can

board down brush
on
Make
where
on
16 the white
is to put the When
the
ground
and, then, you

one
through the opening.
the grass seen is board is lifted and the length done,
the
whitewash
for placed hi position are completed. Give wash

an
the
next
length.
And
so
on,
until all the
lines
of the
eye to the underface

on
of the contrivance
and
wipe it if any
creeps
to it.
A
from from you
SAUCEPAN
HOLDER
FOR
CAMPERS
Don't burn
of boiling when a can liquid lifting your fingers any more in the illustration the camp fire. Cut a fork of the shape shown Note the notch indicated by the arrow. When tree. or a bush
to lifta
can
want
from
the
fire and
pour
out
its contents,
slipthe
handle the Be
into the notch
and
the prongs wood
of the Y and
will
help you
to tilt out
liquid. quitecertain that
your
is sound
that it will not snap.
16
Hundreds
A
of Thingsa Boy
SEAT
be
as
Can
Make
CAMPERS
COMFORTABLE
often
FOR
as
Nobody expects camp-lifeto

but be
a we
comfortable that
a
things are
at
have
want
felt,when
to the
a
camping,
hard
nice
springyseat
home ; would
pleasant change
to fit up
ground. unyielding
camp
"
If you
comfortable their
Scouts will,of course,
ground
and
tie them
poles about together, tightly

use
seat, take three stout place them in a bundle three niches from
poles
"
on one
the
end.
When this is done, lift up one of the poles and revolve it through half a down it the to circle, ground again,but away from the other two. carrying Now you raise the three have
a
poles,bound
sheet
"
ends
upwards,spread out
one
"
the feet and
very
a
rigid tripod.
ground
the smallest
one a corner
Next, take
and triangle above the
tie each
to
of the very
fold it into a you have of about a foot the legs tripod,

seat.
ground.
This
makes
comfortable
THE
Most
REALISTIC
SNAKE
like snakes, though the majorityof them are quite If you would like to make clean. one harmless, and all are scrupulously and collect from under that nobody will object to, go out in the autumn
people do
not
the oak-trees When you the each A
handful
of the
acorn
cups.
have
brought
the
them
home, grade them

last. the Then
according to
bore
a
size
"
big
ones
first and
little ones
hole
through
cup, fine awl
making
or a
perforationat
point
where
the
stalk grows.
needle packing-case
will do the work
admirably.
Hundreds
Now
a of Things Boy
Can
Make
17
thread a piece of tough, fine string them throughthe cups, placing outside the other, beginningat the largest and working along to the All must be put the same smallest,when the tail is reached. way.
one
in the first cup and give it a touch have a creepy-crawly of glue to hold it in position. You snake now with a spottedback and, if you draw a face on the acorn, with a very lifelike appearance.
acorn
For
the snake's
head, fit an
A
Some
FEATHER
so
GLIDER
and happy as when they are devising gliders been have good many ingeniouspatterns thought out, and the one described here is as good as any we have seen. Take about eight inches long and to each end fit a a pieceof cane it in position of a dab of sealing-wax. One cork cork, holding by means
boys are
A
never
them. flying
should be about
two
ones
twice
two
as
heavy
much
fairly largeand
the other. as smaller. Force
Next the
get four feathers,
points of
the
larger
into the heavier cork and those of the smaller feathers into the See that all the four feathers lie in the same cork. lighter plane,or, if the front them little that is lower than the tilt to a edge preferred, up hold them back edge. Then dab some the more sealing-waxon pointsto in firmly
B
the corks.
is the glider splendid
result.
18
Hundreds
MAKING
of Things a Boy Can

A CAMP STOOL
Make
Camp
stools and
are
queues for a few pence. For the job, the 4

2 2
in dozens
useful not of other
only in
camps places. You wood
but in the
can
garden, in
in
an
theatre
make
one
afternoon,
of following strips
20
are one
: required
lengths,each each lengths,

stout
inches inches
12
long and long and

about
ten
inch
in section. dowel rod is
one
inch in section.
dowel
rods, each
inches
long. (A
frames,
at the
as
stripof wood, circular in

The lower When then be wood
section.)
as
is put together so At the top is a sketch. the two frames bolted together,at In order the
same are a
to
make
two
shown
in the
20
12
inch
length ;
is
two sides,
inch and
not
and, joining these, down strips
below, is a dowel
rod. the other middle

must
made,
one
point a
may
Make and be
dropped within trifle higher than the

the possible, width
two
of the
length.
made of the width The
that
this
frames the
width.
largerframe, eight
of the smaller
two
frame,
two uprights inches, and the outside three-quarter full eighthof an inch less. Then, they will
the
between
fit nicely.
legsare joinedto
the top rail
by cuttingthem
to
slight taper
and and
in inserting be glued as dowel
holes well.
are
shaped
to take them,
They
with
a
should
wedge in tightly
bit.
The
rods
inserted in holes made
brace and
They,
make round hole to be bolted together, are a and bolt of the insert two nut. a means a through strips, tighten up by wood. should be of thin metal washer between the two A pieces placed
too, should be glued. Where the two frames
Hundreds
As the frames For the seat have
to
of Thingsa Boy
be
Can
Make
this has
to
19 be done
hinged
in two
all places,
twice.
by
ten
twelve and
a
part, obtain any suitable pieceof stout material, eighteen inches, fold it along the edges so that it measures eighteen by half inches, and tack the two short ends to the upper strips
Place
so
of the
frame. bad
the
tacks
as no
far under fear of
the
stripsas
them.
they
will
conveniently go,
It is not
up.
a
that there is round
on sitting
plan to
all the
edgesof
FIRES
the wood
before it is made
FOR
CAMP
love camping will find this simplepieceof apparatus All of you who It consists of three long strap hinges, of considerable such as can use. be bought in the multiple Each hinge is bent outwards stores for 2d. each.
to form
of
are on
up
held togetherby means are and, then, the three tips right-angle This is arranged over the camp the remainingtips a flat bolt. fire, forced into the ground and you have a rigid support for standing it such things as kettles and frying-pans.The contrivance will fold and pack flat when being carried in the kit.
a
MAKING
A crazy
CRAZY
PATH
IN
such
THE
GARDEN
which is
path gives your
odd-shaped very of flag-stones pieces ; but the varying thicknesses of the piecesgives the tread, which makes a walking not at all easy. In fact, path an uneven surface of this character is positively when dangerous youngsters are
about. then To construct the soil to a depth of four inches, a safe crazy path, remove obtain a number of wooden all four inches in width and cut laths, Set these laths,on in do in
a
pleasing.Most
garden an people construct
old-world
appearance paths out of
them
varying lengths of from twelve to twenty inches. edge,along the two sides of the path, placingthem wind about somewhat and i.e. let them irregular slightly manner,
make
cross a manner
into
not
some
the
path exactly the

reach from of that is devoid been
same
width
throughout. Then, put

These, also, should
concrete
;
to pieces
side to side.
be
fitted in When
regularity.
up
some
this has
done, make
then, having
20
Hundreds
the
of Things a Boy
Can
Make
wetted slightly smooth
the laths and between ground, spread the concrete flat of lath. a piece In three or four days'time, pull out the laths which shaped the path and use them for the next stripthat is to be constructed. Naturally, will the entire in not attempt run one day. you off the surface with
"
"
."
Do
to
not
be in
hurry to
walk
harden, if possible.Then the laths, and you removed

The
concrete
path. earth sprinkle

on
the
Allow
it two
or
three weeks when
in the cracks, caused be made
sow grass seed. requiredfor this work should
by mixing
one
part of Portland cement, two of sharp sand and four of broken material, with sufficient water to make wet a paste. The broken material may consist of stones picked up in the garden,old bricks smashed into small
fragments,disused
of the sand should
some same are
treated and flower pots similarly character that happens to be available. the local builders' merchant.
on
any suitable material The cement and the All the
procuredfrom
be shovelled time.
ingredients
or on a
together
the
stone
flagsin the
backyard
is
boards laid together, and, when

a
well mixed, the water
added,
littleat
CATCHING
Few would As
a
SPIDER'S
a
WEB
and
most
things
think
matter
are was
more nonsense
than fragile have
web spider's
people
it
of fact,we perfect to-dayas it was How manage and, mind, it must

we
for any length of time. to try and keep one made that was last autumn and it is as one
of smooth
did
we
it. when the spiderwove ? obtained sheet First, we a

"
board card-
Then,
At
went
over
be very smooth it with Indian ink
quitefree
and made and
from it
any for
coarseness.
black. absolutely
a
this stage, we
put the card carefully away

in
waited
suitable
opportunity.
Early
one
morning
September,when
the weather
was
we still,
got
Hundreds
up and looked
so
of Thingsa Boy
garden.
indoors suitable A There
were
Can
Make
21
round
we
the
to be seen,
hurried Without under the gum.

ours. a
and web
painted the
time,
and
we
several fine spiders' webs black card with a thin returned

so
layer of gum. placed the card were caught by

and the web
was
losing any pair of
to
the the
garden,
threads
lifted it
that
scissors severed
the
outlyingthreads
dried in less than an hour and, then, we covered the card gum bound with a clean sheet of glass which was with passe-partout edging. up ? Don't you think the idea a capital one The We should
are
They
add, perhaps, that largerthan they seem,

or you beautiful of all.
webs
so
are
little deceiving in their size.

a
be
providedwith
fairly largepiece
are,
of cardboard the most
will miss
the
outer
threads, which
probably,
A
Have
NOVEL
old
FLOWER
with them
BED
that ?
why
up the
you a not make

one
pairof
on
motor-tyre covers
flower bed
this novel
nobody wants ? Just drop them
If so, down
somewhere,
near covers one
corner.
on a stretch of the lawn, top of the other, preferably Drive four wooden stakes into the ground inside
and
to keep equidistant,
the latter from
moving. Then,
fill
up
with
good
soil and
"
plant your
flowers.
Naturally, you
can
grow
host of other plants. a geraniums, anything in this bed A good idea would be to push half a dozen stakes into the ground to form show. a pyramid and plant sweet peas. They would make a lovely
pansiesand
NESTING
Fifteen built a years ago we of the garden where spot
BOXES
nestingbox
cats
shady
one
could
of those of
feathered
most
us
fifteen years it has been welcome visitors have made a would
hung it on a tree in a reach it. During every tenanted by blue tits. These
not
and
addition
to
the
garden,which
a
appreciate.
a
should
you
desire to make
nesting box
of this
obtain character,
22 of piece
a
Hundreds
tree trunk
a
of Things a Boy
a
Can
Make
no
at least
foot and Then
half
long,and
a
less than 9 in. down
threeand
quarters of 6 in. wide.
foot in diameter. Do this
bore out
a
chamber
by burning with
red-hot
iron, or by chippingand
I^Jejjtirv
using a drill. Three inches from the top cut a circular hole through the nail a pieceof entrance. an as side, 2 in. hi diameter, to serve Lastly, take the of wood the roof. to a on place top Hang
its
newness
up
the box
some worn
time
before
the the
nesting season,
birds wish hole.
to
in order take up
that their
residence
ram
may in it. may

never
have
off before
forward Also, hang it tilted slightly beat in

on a
; if it
through the
The
entrance
Place four
wards, backslopes it in a shady
spot, and A
You
wall.
illustration shows
patterns. HOUSE
COPPER
cannot
NAME-PLATE
FOR
THE
to your go into a shop and buy a name-plate for fixing of difficulty in getting made front gate, and there is a certain amount one and make if You for one however, yourself, can, specially you. you do
could be desired ? satisfaction what more it to your parents' of sheet copper, about 12 in. by 4 in. You will want, firstof all, a strip Get it fairly thin, though not nearly so thin as the tinned iron that is used the for
man
making condensed in the shop where

the
milk you
tins.
Perhaps it
you
will be
buy
it what
want
well to tell it for,and he will

as
giveyou
rightmaterial.
Hundreds
of Thingsa Boy
Can
Make
23
We said, above, that you will need a stripof copper about 12 in. by in. These are good average dimensions,but before you decide measure 4 the up space where you intend to fix the plate. Perhaps your gate will not take quite such a wide strip.
The hand
next
thing
a
to
do
is to
on lettering,
sheet
of paper work
as
your plate, with the appropriate full should not try your in scale. You the of of height or slightest inequality
an
draw
with
as letters, regular-shaped
spacingwill brand
fanciful of yours. Now transfer
the
that
amateur.
Rather, go in for
some
for little defects will then letters, the
pass off
as
smart
conceit for the
design to
the
copper,
using
carbon
paper
purpose, and this done you Nail the strip by the four with
an on
must
corners
chase
to
a
patterninto flat pieceof soft wood,

or
cut
the
the metal. and chase chaser the is blade
old
screw-driver, sharpened up
line that is to be cut Be
to
chisel
placed raised. slightly

the almost copper. When
on an
with
the
a
forward hammer
to cut
edge. The tip of
By gently tapping with

assistance. careful
not
it travels
along
the
without
right through
indented and placingit all the lines are turn the plate over, old hassock or thick mat, hollow out the letters. The tool required
a short by filing
made for this is easily
steel rod until it has
domed
head.
You, of course, hit it with a hammer. The letters, being hollowed out on the underside, are raised on the the background side. Now have to put a matt surface all over we upper
of the A into
design.
French the
stout
cross
nail, with
an
the
point cut
off and
the stump
end
filed
makes lines,
over
admirable
tool all The the fanciful
ground-work and
tool for the purpose. Hammer this obliterate the pattern of the tool. of the fret-saw.
next
thing is to cut the edge with a metal edgingis desired,
platewith shears, or, if a Now nicelyand polish
plateis completed.
MAKING A LADDER
time or other in their careers, like to make at some a ladder construction the of one, at the moment. be contemplating you may if you do not There is nothing difficult about puttinga ladder together, mind it being a trifle heavy. Most
boys
and
You sides. climb.
will want two piecesof wood, square in section,with two inch The height you wish to length will depend on the maximum
Eight
feet
ought
on
to
be
about and
the
most.
More
than
this
will
put
great strain
the
wood,
chosen specially
materials
will be
24 needed. To them The make from

next
Hundreds
See that your
of Thingsa Boy
are strips
Can
flaws
Make
and smooth them Make
free from
with properly
glass-paper. long.
the treads, cut strips of wood, each eightinches material, two inches wide and one inch thick.
thing is
each
a
with parallel
flat on the floor and to arrange the two long strips other. Let their outside edges be exactlyeightinches
apart.
down
at these
the two strips at every ninth inch of the run and, on and inches wide inch make two one a points, deep. Cut space and knock unwanted the the sides of this space with a saw out Put mark
wood and When
with there
chisel and
mallet.
Into
two
these
spaces,
the
treads end.
will fit
they should
be fixed
by
long screws
at each
this is done, it is not a bad idea to round the two upper of a spoke-shave. This will give your feet of each by means convenient purchase. tread but you may like to make is now finished, ladder. You know that most ladders have a special The
edges
a more
job
yours
an
extra-
pleasant unparticularly
any this,get piece of old motor-tyre, cut off two in the illustration. to the feet of the ladder,as shown
overcome a
habit
of
when slipping
stood
on
smooth
surface. sections and
To fix
AN
Great fun
moderate behind
are can
EASILY
be had You
MADE
stand
PARACHUTE
on
a parachute by flying
days
when
there is the
wind. you. Be
want
to
on
small
hill with
breeze
careful when
the apparatus letting dome
free that the threads trim A and
not
entangled and
that the paper
To
make
it to the
a good flying parachute,get a the next on shape shown page.
is in \ roper shape. sheet ot dssue paper and The
large
cut-out
on
section
is needed
to
supply the
domed
shape of
the
B body. Overlap
Hundreds
the flat piece of tissue the two
of Thingsa Bay
Vs. in While
Can
Make
25
becomes immediately
conical. At the
Next, bringtogether
a
sides of all the cut-out of paper on each, to keep them of cotton on each flap and the
stick together,
same
small
patch
place. patch will hold
time, fit a length
it there.
Wait
cotton
few the
as a
hours
same
for the
to dry, then sticking
trim
all the
of pieces small from
to
length,tie
them
in
knot the
and
fit in the
loop,a
nail,to
Do
act
balancer. sudden
not
let
gust of wind
tear
and keep away fabric,
the branches
of trees,
A
Stiff bass brooms
BROOM
can
FOR
be
THE
a
GARDEN
few but while they shillings, nearly so good
a
purchasedfor
will do many forms of sweeping admirably, they are not for gettingthe leaves off the lawn or doing up as a besom
sanded
path.
28
A broom
Hundreds
of this kind
of Thingsa Boy
can
Can
Make
will
be
easilymade, and
give good service
for years. Get, first of all,a stout stick about four feet long, and then collect a better than others, those largebunch of twigs. Some twigswill answer
TheStick.
of the birch
beingamong
needed.
the best.
Springyones
which
do not lose their
elasticity
are
Close to the lower end of the stick,bore a hole, and then thread a piece the stick, wire through it. Now of galvanized arrange the twigs around all take the wire and when thread amount have an round, equal put you and tie it round
and round
the
twigs.
of the
twigs which
the symmetry spoil
If necessary, clip away of the broom.
any
pieces
AN
This
AERIAL
ROPEWAY
goods suggests an increasingly popular form of transporting which will deal m echanical of amusement. a provide great up-to-date toy wooden is a pairof stout The first necessity uprights, suitably weighted Wood inch square in section and that they will not pullover. one so if each uprightis firmly about six inches high will be suitable, screwed sides three inches to a square wooden base, having long. Near the top of each post fix a pulleywheel, the two being at the the same heightup posts. Now stand one post on a table and the otner on an sideboard, adjoining them the idea being that there should be a deep gap between of stout, flexible wire from one Next run endless strip an pulleywheel and it is the other that to see quitetight. The is finished ; but a truck is wanted to complete the ropeway shows suitable The A a pattern. body can be equipment. Diagram and hooks and made sheet iron the of cardboard frame of or slinging
stout
zinc wire. work the model,
To
placethe
truck
on
the endless wire at B and
rotate
Hundreds
the the
at C. pulley pulleyat B
of Thingsa Boy
the truck reaches back
to the
Can
Make
on
27
When it is
to set
C it is unloaded,and
twisting
to
brought
up
Another
way
the ropeway
is to attach
starting-point. wire a fixed single
the posts, to hang the truck to the wire by means of two of the and it backwards shown haul and forwards with at D, to
trivances con-
thin
string.
for
a
The
contrivance
is
curtain
such roller,
as
can
be
bought
halfpenny.
A MODEL AEROPLANE
Model for
are
aeroplanesare
In the
can
the better.
one.
It
and if they really so much alwaysfascinating, fly, sketch attractive we accompanying givea very design be made of a variety of materials, but the lighter they
the better. much make
One will
care
thing is certain,and
soon on a
actuallyflown
lavish too is to be Do
most not
that is that any model which is not wise to damaged. It is,therefore, the paintand ornamental work, unless the model become
as preserved
museum
specimen.
too
are small, since the details in small ones We as a minimum, an 8 inch wing suggest,
the model
difficult to manage. similar length from to a propeller span, and there be let of and the a height 2 inches, wings
rudder.
Between inches
the from
2 propeller
tipto tip.
For the
wings
use
one
of the card.
: following
"
(a) Thin
tough white
aluminium. card for the deck. between
(b)Sheet
(c)Thin
upper The and Bind The It is
struts
frame lower deck, and a lightwooden for the Cover the frame with oiled silk or grease-proof paper. the two decks should be
arrangedfirst vertically,
of
a
then
diagonally.Wood
laths, the
thickness
match,
make
admirable
vertical struts, but thin wire is best for bracing the the angle joinsin every case with silk thread.
diagonals.
be a skeleton of wood, covered with idea leave the under side open, or to tuck to good the winder whenever covering. This allows us to inspect
fuselageshould
tough
paper. in the paper necessary.
28 Make small
on
Hundreds
the two
of Things a Boy
shown
Can
Make
and fix at either end a in the illustration. screw, Slipan elastic band round. to these and twist the propeller The elastic becomes knotted, hooked
as
ends of the
of light wood, fuselage
plane
and when released the drives
to
the
round propeller
at
considerable
rate,
causing the model
Shape
cut
fly. out of propeller

All other
the wind.
thin tin, and twist the blades so that they be gatheredfrom details of construction may
the
diagrams.
A WINDER
are
FOR
MODEL
means
AEROPLANES
of
a
Aeroplanesthat
by propelled
twisted
band
of rubber
are
somewhat is
an
Here
takes up so much time. flybecause the twisting shorteningthis operation. extremelycute way of considerably tedious
to
Hundreds
Make i6SWG When and the
of Thingsa Boy Can

shown
an
Make
29
fork-shapedcontrivance
inch
in the
illustration, using
and
a
brass, a quarter of
round quarter-inch
thick,for the prongs, rod for the handle.

in the chuck
an
pieceof
brace
the handle for use* slip required it it were as though tighten up exactly prongs,
one on
of
"
geared
ordinary
bit." Put the
tips
either side of the propeller, shown in the as to hold the plane,and then revolve the sketch, get someone right-hand handle of the brace. As it is geared,a comparatively few turns will of the two knot up the rubber
to its full
pitch.
WINDY WEATHER
such you live,
as a
A
If you
or a
KITE
FOR
have
a a
largeopen
kite will
space close to where
meadow It is found be the
common,
help you
and
quitean easy thing to make, in the home the cost will be practically so nothing First get two laths of wood, 4 feet and 3 feet long. lightin substance,say i inch broad and f inch thick.
best wood When
to
pass many of the materials most
to
pleasant hours.
will be
They should Spruce is
kind is not available. have, but anything will do ifthis special and find the centre have the take the smaller laths, length you old such Now or as an tin, half-wayposition. empty condensed get an and cut out of it a flat sheet 3 or 4 inches square. milk tin,pullit to pieces, Fix this sheet, diamond-wise, exactly the centre of the lath by means on of at least four small nails, evenly spaced out. off Next, measure ij feet from an end of the longer lath, and at the point found fix the nails. The idea of using the diamond diamond-shapedtin with four more made. of tin is to give rigidity have now Extra strength the to cross we be produced by fixingthin laths which can joinup the four tipsof the
cross.
The
cretonne
wood from
being shaped, you

your mother, and the limbs. The
must
beg
so
some as
calico
cover
or
gay
cross
coloured and the in the
fix it
to
the
or
spaces
between
so
material
may
sag
flap about
fixingit to the cross, it is well to bind the edges with a This done, we put a screw of the pieceof cord. eye in the upright arm and down inches hold from the the the at to or cross, 5 string, 4 top, add bottom made we a long tail. This is by screwing up lengths of
wind,
coloured Your paper and kite should round them every two twisting string but it does not, do not if now fly, different
or
before
three inches.
be
disappointed.
Just experiment with
day
the wind
If you use it look out of the
lengthsof tail until you get it right. One will suit a long tail ; another,a shorter lengthwill be best. distinctive device on it, and make plain calico,paintsome
common.
FLYING
HELICOPTER
do not know what a flying is like. It is a helicopter device which, when high into the air. Great fun spun, soars derived by seeingto what heights make it will rise. You can one and it will with hours of easily provide you enjoyment.
Perhapsyou
winged
can
be
fairly
Get is the
airtight cap
circle of very thin tinned iron. Just the thing for the purpose Gold Flake cigarettes. which is cut out of a tin of fifty
and pencil the Having procured the metal sheet, cut it into a circle, outline of three propeller as shown blades,then shape them with scissors,
30 in
Hundreds
of Thingsa Boy
Can
Make
stout wire that will not easily bend Now, take some smaller than the original a circle of tinned circle, slightly and solder the ends. The next thing is to placethe propeller iron, blades the ring of wire, turn the projecting on ends over the wire, and centrally
diagram
A.
force it into
solder them
neatly. This done, make cuts in the blades, then bend at an the centre with three holes. angle and pierce Diagram B exactlywhat you must aim at.
Three
more
them shows
little articles must be contrived. For the first, take now an and put in it two pegs at such a distance apart empty cotton spool, that they will fitinto the two outer holes in the propeller blades. These
pegs
two
can
be made
largeFrench
from the stout part of inch lengths by cutting easily nails. (Diagram C.) The second article is a holder.
this procure the wooden handle of an old screw-driver, and, instead six of the ordinary rod of of insert to a iron, eightinches long. piece metal, See that it holds firmly in the handle,and is of a suitable gauge for running For blades. through the centre hole of the propeller cord. is of requirement a length for the the screwdriver Now this little contrivance way in the left hand, drop the
(Diagram D.)
Hold
to the
The handle
last of
works.
the
rod, and place the round wind the helicopter the of it. Now to on string tightly top the reel and then pullfirmly. The metal wheel will rise off its seating rod and soar tightenough, and up into the air. By winding the cord just blades sufficient the will rise with to a strength, great height. pulling
spoolon
Note
that See
the
contrivance from your
should
not
be held that
quitevertical,but
tilted
slightly away
you. onlookers
also that
at your
person, nobody is
in order
standing
rear.
in front
or side,
well in the
it may not dash against of you ! Keep your Only use the apparatus in a
big open
space.
ANOTHER
Have
seen
HELICOPTER
drill ? Should its you possess
one
Archimedean you an better days and will no

can
that is
a
has
longer do
ordinaryjob, here
capital
toy you
make
of it.
Hundreds
First
unscrew
of Thingsa Boy
Can
Make
31
tip,and
leave
brass caps or collars that may nothing but the twisted column, any Now and
cut
a
be fitted to its drilling the
bobbin, travelling
and the handle. blades propeller
pieceof tin into the

each blade
bend slightly
of two connected sideways. Deflect one to
shape
bore a round hole in the centre, the other to the right. Next the left, blades and its the two that diameter is very slightly where see meet,
largerthan
To with
use,
the diameter hold the
of the drill. of the column drill upright, slipthe propeller on

to
to
the
twisted
column,
a
and
let it twirl itself down

run jerk,
the
bobbin. travelling The
Then,
smart
up before it and It is advisable that
up the column. flieshigh into the air.

to make
the bobbin
is pushed propeller
so
several of these
as propellers they travel
far
they
are
lost. easily
MAKING
A
visit their
BIRD
TABLE
their is delight especial are properlyfed.
;
Many boys take

to
see
and great interest in birds, for them

cats
that
those
on
which the
To
throw
food
often proves
to be
ground as dangerous,
gardens in winter is a kindlyact

get
to know
it nevertheless, birds
are
where
likely
to
congregate.
of
our
Pussy
secretes
himself behind
are
some
obstacle
we
and,
when
number
feathered friends
eatingthe
crumbs
have
provided,
The
to
pounces upon them, with disastrous consequences. bird feeding A bird table,however, makes sale. absolutely consists of
a
table
flat
piece of
wood
about
foot square,
screwed
the top
M of
to
a
Hundreds
6 foot
of Thingsa Boy
Can
Make
reinforced by a couple of brackets fixed are pole. The screws and underside the of the flat top. The foot of the pole to pole is driven into the ground, the positionchosen being such that no cat can jump off a low roof,a wall or an overhanging branch on to the table. Suitable food for the table consists of crumbs, piecesof fat,and many kinds of cereals,but cocoa-nut is considered harmful. Do not forgeta saucerful of warm in frostyweather. water the
BLOWING
More
There
a
UP
YOUR
of
"
FOOTBALL
up than
footballs is a
are a
by being badly blown spoiled

do wrong way it the wrong
"
by
hard
wear.
rightand boys
make
blowing them
way.
good
many
up, and, strange to say, Messrs. Thomlinson, Ltd., of
Glasgow, who
of ball should
the
Greban
and inflating have When
lacing footballs.
the
football,are experts in the matter First, they suggest that the unfilled
out ; then
tongue drawn
into the
case,
the
bladder
looselyand
tongue.
inserted
the
tube
rolled bladder
this is done, the ball is shaken be unwound. may
being in lightly,
is rolled up passed through the order that the
the mouth is laced that the end of the lace two must completely. laps particularly and be drawn the that be left two centre laps of the lace must tight, looped,as shown, so as to allow the tube to be inserted after loosely Notice inflation.
and Second, the tongue is slippedinto position
Third, the
any for the either
ball is
inflated fully
and It is
the tube mouth
handy
blunt
instrument
to raise the
tucking-inof the tube. side of the opening, but

to
securely. Then use facingsufficient to allow possibleto push the tube under
to insert it below
tied
it is correct
the
facing
the
taut
that opposite stitched side.
which
the tongue is stitched. be found that all lace
Never
tuck
it under
Fourth, it will
now
loops can
be drawn
Hundreds
without ends and
of Thingsa Boy
on
Can
or
Make
Pass
a
33 the
strain,either any undue of the lace below the laps, as well-closed mouth.
the lace
the lace holes.
shown, and the result will be
smooth
Next if you
never
follow these instructions, time you blow up your football, and see do not agree that they are sound. Since adoptingthem, we have had to stop the play in order that a projecting the tip or lace-end,
of the
tube, may A
be returned
to its proper
place.
WEATHER
on a
BALL
FOR
WINDY
as
This littlepaper ball will refuse to long as it can roll and tumble and
as
keep stillif let loose

scurry forward
on a
windy dayv
surface,
on
smooth
such beach your
is
providedby
at the seaside. friend make one
your It will each
school
playground
races.
or
the
dry
sand
the and
give you
have
endless fun,
if you especially
and
Fit A into B (seeD) and then in A, B and C. Cut three circles as shown C. Make each circle an inch in finished ball,E, by tucking complete the It is not a bad idea and a half in diameter and use stout drawing paper.
to colour
the circles and
sides with
different
bright paints.
RAIN
?
foretell the weather is not
: so
IS
IT
GOING
TO
which barometers the pictorial What colour. of that change slips paper by means the Here is is made. is how the sensitive paper way solution Make the : following up
Everybody
of
knows
well known
(1) Cobalt chloride,\ ounce. (2) Sodium chloride,J ounce. (3) Calcium chloride,40 grains. arabic, J ounce. (4) Gum (5) Water, 2 to i\ ounces.
34
Hundreds Though
none
of Things a Boy
chemicals up at been
a a are
Can
Make
of these
to have of the
the formula
made has
it will probably be cheaper costly, than of each to buy quantities chemist, that
a
ingredients.
the solution immerse
When have dish and
been
dissolved, pour
small
well shaken, to see quantityinto
all the
crystals
clean
photographic
pieceto remain
one corner.
Allow each piecesof unused white blotting paper. f or five then to minutes, hang up floating dry by pinning When dry, cut the paper into fancy shapes and use for One
a
decorative
a
purposes. and to use postcard, down

narrow
suggestionis
to
draw
girlon
the
back
of
stick the paper
shaped pieceof the paper for her dress. Do not side ; either paste by pastingall over the reverse
the
along a
edge at
top, or
cut
slits in the card
and
fold
ears
of
the paper through them. The paper serves it is bluish,the weather as a barometer, because, when will be fine and dry ; but if changeablewet weather is approaching, the colour. a lilac-pinkish paper turns and weather. wet stormy If
decidedlypink, it
heralds
very
A
You
can
BOY'S
BAROMETER
make if you are able to procure a very reliable barometer easily a largeglass jam-jarand a globular bottle with a fairly long,straight Chianti bottle admirable the neck is for an empty purpose.
"
going to have fine or wet weather, and depends on the weight of the air. To make your in the jam-jar, that the barometer, place the bottle upside down so the collar of the the of neck sides and the rest bottle is at on bulging jar,
barometer,
you its action
as we are
know, tells if
least three inches be

some
from
the bottom how

a
water.
Just
that
on
much
of the jar. Inside the jarthere must does not exactly matter, but it is well
to arrange
it
so
wet, stormy
day
it justreaches
the neck
of the
the It is wise, in fact,to wait for such a day on which to make will rise the When the weather water barometer. slightly improves, up the inverted bottle neck. bottle.
*
Hundreds
The
1. 2.
of Thingsa Boy Can

barometer
"
Make
:
"
35
readingsof
No
water
your
will be
as
follows
in the neck
stormy and
"
wet.
A little water
in the neck
"
change.
fine and 3. More water in the neck Water rise in the neck to tending 4. 5. Water
dry.
"
weather
"
tendingto
A TOP
fall in the neck
weather
improving. becoming unsettled.

AIR
THAT
SPINS
IN
THE
This is
spinin
and
a
very careful that you do not buckle the card, because, if you do, it will catch the wind at the wrong angle when it is spun, and fall to the ground. Be Next in draw A. about Note but
First procure half inches in diameter.
a very the air.
wonderful
top because, unlike the ordinaryones, it will and cut out of it a circle two a post card
Diagram
a
on rectangles that they do not
six
the circle in the follow each which
shown positions round

must
in
other
the circle
ring ;
each
a
is set at
an
angle
you
imitate
fairly
closely.Then, with
sharp
cut pocket-knife,
alongall the
edgesof each
B
to the circumference, and bend up rectangle, except the one nearest littleflaps. The second diagram shows so that they form rectangles
the how
much When
a
they
should
be bent.
a
this is that the
done, push
pin through the

and
so
centre
of the circle in such

no more
way
pin-headis underneath
that
than
three-
quarters of the body of the pin appears above. It must be pushed through absolutely to keep it upright, so vertically, the pin-point cut a littlecircle of stamp paper, lick it,and push it over
and stick it take
on
to
the card. that you

can
Now
a
something
blow
through, such
as
a
"
pea-shooter,
whatever it holder, or any pieceof piping. Hold the tube cigarette is uprightand put the toy-top just under the lower end, keeping it there with the finger-tip. As you blow down the tube, the top begins
"
to
revolve
and, in
second, you
can
take away
your
finger ;
but the top
36
Hundreds
of Things a Boy Can
Make
will go on spinninggaily. It will continue to do so as long as you have breath to blow. If you cannot get the top to go properly,it is probably because the the circle is bent or the card is too thick and pin is not quite vertical,
heavy.
SIX
When open,
some
MAGIC
TOPS
you have an evening to spare and cannot go out to play in the here is a capital Procure hour or so. an interesting way of passing
piecesof
cut two out
or
cardboard
a
"
unstamped post
circular
meat
cards will
serve
admirably
"
and Take
half three end the
dozen wooden of each

centre
discs, about 3 inches in diameter. other skewers, cheap pen-holders, or

and
cut
piecesof
wood
one
of similar
shape,
to
a
them that
into
sharpening piecesthrough
the disc and which
can
rather
blunt
point.
3 inch lengths, Push one of these remains number above of tops between
of each
disc, so
"
inch
a
You now 2^ inches stand below. be the easily spun by twirling upper and index
have
part of the peg

as
the thumb Before

1.
finger.
peg
you
one
fit the wooden disc into

seven
paintthe discs
follows
"
Divide
red, orange,
equalparts,and paintthem in this order : and violet. When the top is blue, indigo, yellow,green,
will and disappear, the effect resulting will be
the colours spun rapidly a dull grey.

2.
another disc and paint it, say, red. star on eight-rayed disc red in the will the centre, and then the colour appear spun fade away will gradually until the edge of the circle will be white.
an
Draw
When
3. and
star, but this time leave the star Again draw an eight-rayed the red. In this case the disc,when remaining parts paint
in the centre and the fourth disc draw The dark
a
white spun,
will be white 4. On the other
red at the circumference.

colour
one
diameter, and
revolved
half blue and up green. lines on

a
5. Draw
the radii. 6. We
yellow. about eight radii on the fifth disc and put short cross disc will appear to be ornamented with The spinning
rings.
a
when disc,
will show quickly,
number curious
of concentric
leave this disc for

can
of design
your
own
planning. What
pattern
you
suggest?
A TOY
a
LAWN
ROLLER
miniature
Small of the roller.
children Whilst
take
keen their
none
in playingwith delight
copies
things with
which is and
father
roller backwards
forwards
for instance,a lawn too pleasedat having to drag the heavy the lawn, his small child would be across
parents work.
Take
that he could do his bit. to have a toy roller, so only too delighted The make miniature roller and let the young obvious is to a thing hunt out a fairly tin large cylindrical hopefulfollow his desires. First, lid. In the of the in the centre also, a lid,and, well-fitting possessing bottom, punch a small hole and pass a pieceof stout wire through ; then
run a
Now
streak of solder round the rim bend the wire carefully and above the
of the lid and
fix it
on
permanently.
so symmetrically,
joinup
mid-pointof
pieceof wood.
Let
of the sides,and the vertical stroke of the T be about

one
that the two ends there fix it to a T

two
feet
long.
Hundreds
Smooth the wood and
of Thingsa Boy
coat
Can
Make
the paint,
37 wire
the tin with
lead-coloured
a bright red. green, and the wood This toy will give pleasure to a small child every to the lawn.
time his father attends
CRYSTAL
The
BELLS
from Japan. Make is an idea which came a ring of metal following Let it be shown in the of an or cardboard, as diagram. three-quarters inch wide and from four to six inches in diameter. While the stripis still flat
punch
Glue
about
ring and
or
join the ends

obtain
some
cotton.
holes in it, equidistant the ; then form them with wire solder of or by means by lacing cardboard is used. will do when
a
dozen
Next
thin
coloured, string, preferably
and
number
of
small
pieces of glass.
hues
cannot
As
the them
use
size of the with

a
pieces matters
cutter.
will be various stick Now of but
to shape possible
cheap
it very little, If tinted glass of it with
be
had,
clear
glassand
colour
paint,or
piecesof coloured
use
tissue paper to it. the stringof various lengths for
supporting the
little pieces
A small square of stamp paper will hold the string to the glass; do not suspend it until the paper has dried. of the air Hang this attractive toy in a doorway and every movement will make the glasses tinkle pleasantly.
glass.
WATER
Have
on
FROM
a
NOWHERE teapot pouring out tea, for hours To add to the mystery, the pot is
end
you seen, in shop windows, without ? being replenished
suspended by a fine cord, showing plainlythat the supply cannot come which appears to be the most one. through the source likely This idea of providing unlimited quantities of liquid which apparently
38
come
Hundreds
from nowhere
two
can
of Thingsa Boy Can

be utilised to
Make
mystifyyour
friends in the
following
must
way. Obtain
piecesof glasstubing of
different diameter.
One
be
within the other, and have a certain amount able to slip of space to spare. Make b end in both of bend them. Let the be a foot a right-angled end of the narrower from one tube and three or four inches from the end The lengthof the remaining arms of the other. is immaterial, but about four inches of the will be suitable.
arm
When
stouter
four-inch
of the
you have done tube. The
this,seal up the end
diagram
shows
these
as pieces exactly they are required. Now, let us think of the way they have to be fitted up. have a pond in the garden,with a fountain in the middle. of rubber tubingto the supply pipe and bringit up close
Suppose you Sh'pa piece

to the surface
of the water
arm,
; then
fit on
a
the tube
with
the
narrower
gauge,
so
that the
foot, pointsupwards. tube ; put it vertically over Next, take the wider-gauge
measuring about
narrower a
the first tube of about
and
an
let the inch and
half.
pieceenter Support the

a
the wider upper
pieceto
the extent
in this piece,
of
cord,suspendedto
turn
on
post, an
overhanging tree, or
by means position, anythingavailable.
Now,
the water
into the upper one sides of the lower
gently. It will run up the lower glasstube, the other way out, it will pour down no and, finding tube, which it will completelyhide. It will appear
Hundreds
as
of Thingsa Boy Can
Make
39
of water, yet it is the upper tube contains unlimited quantities hold short of which cannot a piece obviously piping great deal. That
though
is where
the
mystery
comes
in.
If you have no pond in your garden, the illusion may be performed but it is difficult then in the bath or in the scullery to obscure more sink, the lower part of the arrangement.
THE
JOLLY
ANGLERS
of the year ; but such restrictions. nail driven in at the
Fishingis forbidden by law during certain seasons the fishing which we suggest here is unaffected by Get about a dozen corks, steadyeach with a stout
bottom
force into the upper face of each a small pieceof tin cut to look like the head of a fish. Coming out of all the fishes'mouths
face, and
must
be
littlehook. any home.
in almost
Pieces of tin suitable for the purpose can be found The circular lid cut out of a tin containing densed con-
milk, for instance, will answer quite well. Do the cutting with but it is not advisable to use i f shears or scissors, snipsare not available,
the best Each
pairin the house. jolly anglerwho takes part in the game should have a stick, providedwith a length of cotton, to which is attached a bent pin. Sit on distance from the water, and let the chairs, placed the same
winner be the
player who
POLES
catches
most
fish in
quarter of
an
hour.
FOR
NET-BALL
to any
Although boys do
their
not
play net-ball
the necessary Each
great extent, it is certainly

that the their sisters may
to make privilege the in indulge game. Two polescomprise a
poles,so
set.
is fitted, at
top, with
metal
Hundreds
to
of Things a Boy
a
Can
Make
of the and
hoop,
a
which
is attached
hanging
net.
At the bottom
pole is
quarter
foot to enable it to stand erect. For each pole,you will require ten
inches
Smooth in section. glass paper to square all splinters. For the metal take remove some hoop, fairly stout and iron three four strands wire lace or galvanized together. Then bend it into
a
feet of wood, two the sides well with
circle, pass the free ends through
hole made
in the post and
bind away
it round from
the
wood.
The
at this
circle should
stand
at
least three be
inches
by
an
the post, and iron L piece. lower end should be
the laced point,
wire should
supported
The
of which
be screwed
of wood, each limb of the post is screwed to a flat cross For additional foot must a long. strengthan L piece of to the four faces of the poleand, also,to the four portions
the cross. The net, itself, is hardlya boy'sjob and you had better leave it to your of string, the lower opening sister. She will make loose meshed net a
Hundreds
of Things a Boy Can
Make
41 should
a
be
being slightly Larger than that of the upper opening. The hoop largeenough to permit the passingof an ordinary football with
THE
This attractive handle
or
trifle
to spare.
BIRD
a
IN
THE
is swung
HAND
toy makes
and the
realistic bird-like
arm
whizzing noise
so
when
the
wooden in
a
is held follows the
the
course
round
that the bird flies The

more
circle make wire.
of
figureeight.
a
quickly
it is revolved To
stout
higher and
one
shriller becomes
two
this musical To end
toy, first obtain
the note. three-inch thin
length of fairly
glue
piecesof
taken
in the
diagram.
Stripsof
wood
very from the
A wood, marked of an edges empty
match-box
will do for this part of the construction.
\COt\i
Next this slip down make Now

cut out
cut
an
inch off the end tube

over
of
round
bore pencil,
out
the lead, and
wooden
the wire.
the wire quite freely. Then knot to prevent the tube a draw and
two
It must be able to move up and twist up the free end of the wire and off. flying
(See B,
marked
on
the
diagram.)
birds
on a
sheet
pasted round
When of
the
of paper, in such a way that when short length of pencil they will exactly
two
overlap each other. of a length of thread

thread should When
to
pasting the
them,
stick. short
together imprison
the other end
the
tip
between
a
and
the about
head
carry The total length of the the stick round in

a
of the thread
be
fifteen inches. circle and
the paste has dried hard, whizz the musical note will be sounded.
THE
Here the is
an
BOOMERANG
unusual the let it be about
same
THAT
inches
a
IS
Cut
DIFFERENT
out
type of boomerang.
two
as
diagram,and
that is about
substance
long. card. visiting
Make
the cross, shown in it of thin card
42 To your
use
Hundreds
it squeeze left-hand thumb
one
of Thingsa Boy
of the limbs and between
Can
Make
the nail of
on
the flesh and
keep it horizontally. Then, tap smartly
one
of the side limbs
with
your
index finger. Away right-hand round and

comes
sails the you.
cross, but
it presently,
curves
back
towards
A
A
HOME-MADE
AQUARIUM
but very few well-kept aquarium is a most interesting possession, cared for. If have idea that an are aquaria properly you you would like few do the bellusual to keep a goldfish, not buy jar aquarium. It is and broken, and it is a most uncomfortable for home knocked over easily handle A far better contrivance is readily its inmates. made if you can iron with success. First select a stout wooden box with a soldering dimensions approximating 24 inches by 12 inches by 12 inches. One with dovetailed sides reinforced by a few long cut nails will prove The and then to is of the sides, admirable. next one thing to remove the bottom of the box on to a thick wooden base which projects screw all round the bottom.
This
serves
to
support the box, which
will become
heavy
After
when this
a
full of water, and to give a grip for lifting the aquarium. wooden the three edges of groove or frame is fitted round
by takingaway the wooden side. This done, all the inner of the box are covered with thin sheet zinc, the joins surfaces fully beingcaresoldered and rendered water tight. Even the frame to the open side and buy a sheet be covered with the zinc. We now must go to the glazier's
the space of 32 oz. glass plateglass is even this inside the frame arrangement so
"
left
better
"
to
fit the
open
side.
Put
that it touches
however,
contact.
coat
the frame
a
with the mixture
given below
everywhere. First, and press into good

of this time will
to dry, but fortnight be absolutelywatertight.
It will take
at the end
add an equal of fine sifted sand with 2 oz. of plaster of paris, and crushed resin. Stir into stiffpaste of amount i a oz. litharge, than one spoonfulof driers by slowlyadding linseed oil and not more Mix
2
oz.
of
pence at an oil-shop. to set hard, fillthe aquarium with It is then ready for use. frequent changes of water for a week. of fish is The trouble with most that they contain a number aquaria All these When
ingredients may
be
purchasedfor
time
few
the
glassface has had
up supply of this die. The
which
use
oxygen, way
and
no
steps
at
a
are
taken
to
provide a
constant
necessity. The
is to aim
consequence
correct
proper
is the fish become balance, as it is
and sickly and called,
Hundreds
this
can
of Thingsa Boy
Can
Make
43
done, there
If this be which suppliedby vegetation gives off oxygen. need to change the water frequently, and yet the no fish will live and be healthy. To make of your aquarium, cover the bottom with an a healthyhome be will be
for.
'I .'
' ' '
'
'
'
"
'
"
"
Side
ofBox
A5uitoJble
is
the
15
on
the
usefu-l
fs
Qv\d 5uA.-fo.ee
'lesser
inch of well-washed
as
sand, and
from
in it
planthalf
the
dozen
water
weeds, such
small
may
be
taken
ponds. Feed
fish
with occasionally
but do not leave uneaten Cover to decay in the water. portions worms, and do the where the the water when is stand not dust about, aquarium
sun can cause an
alternate
rise and
fall of the
temperature of
CYCLE
machine be done
the water.
RE-ENAMELLING
No
YOUR
boy can
be
and, if your proud of a shabby cycle

for wear, you should see what can is not chipped or scratched but
is beginning
to it.
to look the
worse
If the enamel
be appearance may Do not use the tubes. a great water, wringingit out and sponging over deal of water and avoid making the frame very wet. All you want to do is be done with a flannel that is merely the dirt and this can to clear away
merely looks dull, the a soft flannel in hot improved considerably by putting
damp.
with
a
When
all the for
surfaces
cannot
have
to
been At
over
sponged
over,
rub
them
dry
soft cloth that

a
scratch. go
leave the work
day,
then
this stage, it is advisable to all the parts with furniture
44
cream
Hundreds
and them. polish fine the frame
on
of Things a Boy Can

When looks.
Make
finished, you
will
probably be surprised
to find how
be too far gone to benefit by this will be to re-paint it. Naturally,you The treatment. thing,then, because will not be able to do the work as well as it is done at the factory, undertake. there it is stoved, and this is an operation that you cannot Nevertheless, your results ought to be almost as good, if you take pains But the enamel your
cyclemay
best
and
follow
must
You frame
the directions given below. decide whether you will take
the
cycle to pieces before

better when
so
applying
sure
the
paint.
Of know
course,
the work
to
can
be done
to do
the
are
has been that
dismantled, but it is not advisable

how re-assemble
to
unless you
quite parts accurately. you Before applying the fresh enamel, it is very important to see that the
old surfaces
are
all the the
in
proper
condition
receive
new
coats.
More
of the paint will than not, scratches will be present and some likely with when nail. have perished. It will flake off, a finger then, scraped condition. enamel that is in this it will be wrong to paintover Obviously, best will be rub all the tubes, paying to over plan Accordingly, your medium w ith attention the to a grade of glass-paper. joints, particular All metal, if the paint is sound. out scratch marks, get rid of paint that attempt is to smooth you wherever and provide there are signs of rust. has perished a brightsurface, rteal This rubbing will cause of it is advisable to a good grittydust, so round the and other cloths to hubs, working bearings parts protect wrap There is no should need
to
rub
down
to the
them.
smoothed, obtain a tin of good, nicely hard drying, for it and do not be tempted black enamel. Pay a fair price tin of to save a few a cheap Japan black. Also, get a pence by buying
When the surfaces brush and do with
have
been
Now,
soft hairs, not too put on the first coat.
large.
Apply
the enamel marks
and evenly sparingly underneath.

was
not
attempt
to
obliterate all the lavish
If you have not been too from grease, the coat should
and, if the preparedsurface
free
proceedwith
over
dry in a few hours, then you will be able to the next stage of the work, which consists in going lightly all the enamel with glass-paper of a fine grade. Rub down any small
be
lumps that may

but paint, it is do
on no a
present and, in addition, remove

coat
all the shine of the
more.
Now, put
second
in
exactlythe
you
dry, you must decide Two providea third coat. but will not wear outset, they
we
whether
coats
way as the first. When will leave the frame as it is or

same
look well enough at the will, generally, as three ; accordingly so satisfactorily nearly if you
must
advise
you
to
put
on
the third coat
have be
no
good
reason
for the
turn
stopping at the second. Of course, the rubbing-down process

of application It may your other the third coat. is
an
repeated, priorto
to
be that yours into one. mount
all-weather will
mean
cycle or that you desire

that the
This
bright parts need to be blackened, also. it is imperative that such dry properly on a surface soiled with dirty oil, cleaned the hubs be before coated. The must as are carefully they parts
best way
to
hubs, handle bar and Since enamels refuse to
do
this is to rub
them
with
which, petrol,
as
you
know,
is
highlyinflammable.
Hundreds
When that the the painting enamel is
of Things a Boy Can

hubs
and
Make
45 careful to see into the run for the above
similar
is not
permittedto
working parts, be clog the oil holes or

of enamel is used
bearings.
There
no
doubt
that if a
good grade
It may work, the final effect will be a brilliant black. be, however, that you consider it is, little brilliant that the too perhaps,a appearance
"
might
would
coat
be
described
a more
"
as
prefer
has been
mellow
sticky." If these are your views surface, proceed as follows,when

:
and the
you final
dry some (a)Sprinkle

the frame. been
over
days pumice powder on a Vigorous action is not
for at least two
very damp rag and rub it lightly wanted the surface ; stop when
shine has
removed.
the adhering (b)Wipe the frame with a clean damp rag, to remove and dry with a towel. of grit, particles with olive oil, rotten-stone on a (c)Sprinklesome rag, moistened then polishwith a piece of velvet cloth. and rub very lightly, Note that lining be bought for providing the lines which transfers can frames. seen on some are They are easy to apply and cost about a for a completeset. shilling
MOTOR
If you
can
CAR
NUMBER
PLATES
there is no reason print, why you should not try your hand at making a number platefor your father's car, should one be required. Procure, first of all,a pieceof stout sheet zinc or tinned iron. The that the plate should measure four and a half inches regulations require than three times as many inches as there are letters high by a littlemore and figures, where long shaped platesare concerned, or nine niches high than three tunes as many in niches as there are figures by a little more where the plateis of the broad shape. Therefore, let your sheet cases be a quarter of an inch longereach way, so that you can turn over an of round. inch all an eighth edging
Next, solder
then
on
to
the
back
ol
the
plate
the
and requisite fastenings,
give the
thinlyso
letters and
note that
front two coats that they will dry the number in
Put on the coats cycleenamel. quickly. Then, printthe index letter or In doing this, quick drying white enamel. of black
be 3^ inches high and the strokes must every letter and figure be a space of half an of an inch wide ; also that there must five-eighths inch between the edges of the plate each symbol, and that between and the nearest
part of
the
symbols
there must
be
space
of half
an
inch.
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one use or
Hundreds
of Thingsa Boy Can

black,to put
to
a
Make
in any form but the letters and
paint other
two
than
the index
marks
straightlines,or
liable to
number,
renders you
place a hyphen possible prosecution.

HORN
and ill-treated that has
can
between
YOUR
Have burst ? you
a
MOTOR
rubber
two
ball that has been you

a
has, consequently,
seen
Also, have
penny
trumpet
better
a
If so, with the horn. motor
damaged playthings you
make
days ? really jolly
mouthpiece,if it has not alreadycome end into the ball, asunder, and force the narrow through the hole. Of if ball is and the slit the slit is it will not do. large course, When the trumpet is wedged tightly into the ball, squeeze the latter, and all you will now need is a Rolls-Royceto become a full-fledged
remove
Take
the trumpet,
the
motorist.
A
A
WOODEN
TIP
WAGGON
of youngsters derive a good deal of pleasure out of great number such toys as wooden lorries. Even though you may be a little too old brother or sister to play with this useful vehicle, have a younger you may it considerably.They will find it awfullyuseful appreciate for loading and, for them, it up and unloadingwith all sorts of objects, would be an admirable Christmas or birthdaypresent. The diagrams will give you some idea of the finished article, and the dimensions suggestedwill help you to construct it with accuracy, but need not be followed implicitly. let us pointout that these measurements For instance, wish old to use partment. coman cigarbox for the tilting you may set box who would
by
the
All your box. cigar
dimensions,then, should
Certain
be altered to suit the scale
compartment, have Also, part. you may

on
for this
it is that if you can some handy improvise deal of the constructional it will save a good
Rather than spend a set of wheels by you. dimensions of the axles. it will be wise the to money vary But to return floor to the diagrams. First, cut out the board, nine inches long by four inches wide. to threeAny wood from three-eighths floor board has of inch thick will Note that the two cut an serve. quarters fresh ones,
out
parts to fitthe bonnet, which
it is advisable
to make
three inches wide.
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The axle
of Things a Boy
rear a
Can
Make
47
length for
four
section, and
to clear the
the and
wheels should be about one inch square, in half inches long. This will allow the wheels
body
of the
vehicle
nicely. A
wheel
having
diameter of wood
of for
Use the same from 2 to 2| inches will do for the back. the front axle, and cut it to the same lengthas the wood of three inches and of the same layer square, floor board, between of wheels,say ij to it and
kind
back, but place a

thickness
as
the
the bonnet. This will enable a smaller pair inches in Fix all the wheels to be used. diameter, if Drill the holes
and there neatlyand horizontally will then be no trouble with them, even if used roughly. Arrange these holes not necessarily in the centre of the axle ends, but at such heights, as when the wheels are fitted, the lorrywill stand horizontally. This can only be determined by trial. The tilting body, if a box is not used, should be made of the same wood
by
means
of
screws.
Vloodle w,
as
the floor board. flush. Let width The the

as
It will be
to preferable
mortise
the ends
pin them
fret-saw. the
same
body
necessary box or
indentations can be about nine inches
be made
rather than with a easily
long,and exactly
the chassis.
best way the back of the This will

a
The
to fit the
rear
tilting body
axle, and
will be to put two big hingeson fix them floor of the body. to the under To
provide for the

on
swinging action.
keep
the
body
secure,
the centre of the driver's seatjand a brass catch on and hold it firmly the front of the body. This will fasten it down when is loaded. the lorry
put
small hook
When
a fixed,
the wood-work
coat
or
has been
assembled, and
before
the
wheels
are
Of course a varnish paintwill be necessaryi paint will look best; but it takes a good time to dryi If desirous of getting the job done quickly, oil paint which dries with a matt surface. an use
two
of
This will be hard

ifof
a,
in
an
hour
or
mores
One that
colour for the whole
bright hue, will
pleasequite young
the bonnet
so
but for older children,
it will be well to ornament
vehicle, youngsters, it really looks like a bonnet,
48
to
Hundreds
of Things a Boy
Can
Make
name
of the down
number and to add the provide the regulation plates, it small slipof owner on a by printing proud
on
and
address low
paper,
pasted
the
near
side.
A
A
WORKING
you hours
CRANE
of amusement.
working
make
:
crane one
will afford
This
is how wood
you can indicated
fairly easily. Cut
the
following parts in the
(1) A pieceof
wood
an
base 5 inches long,4 inches wide, and I inch thick. wood is needed to keep the crane steady. inch side supports, thick. in shape, each triangular
A substantial Use
(2) Two (3) A (4) A
side 5 inches.
base 4 inches long,3 inches wide, and half an inch thick. arm crane 9 inches long and an inch square in section. for carryingthe wheels, each 4 inches long and an Two axle-pieces (5) inch square in section. wheels about and half inches in diameter. a one (6) Four wooden movable
On
no
account
may
they
be
as
much
as
inches.
To Then
assemble stand the of
the various
parts, begin with

an
the base
and
glue and
base
one
nail
all the
joins. First fix the axles half

the side supports bottom edges. Cut
so a
inch from
the ends
of the base. and end
upright upon
flat
on
the movable the
join
of
an
along
the
wedge-shaped piece from

new
crane
arm,
that when
it stands the and

arm
surface it makes it
on centrally
angle
sixty degrees with
horizontal.
screw
Place movable
near
the of
base of the movable forepart formed by the sixtydegrees, block of wood

to
from the Then
below.
In
the
angle
and
base, fit a sloping
give the
side run triangular of dowelling,and
the upper part of the a pieceof stout. wire, a short metal rod, or a length end into a handle. form one Use stout wire for the
arm
strength.
In the upper end of the crane make smooth arm a purpose. groove about half an inch deep. base to the fixed base, make To fit the movable a central hole through Fix the wheels with long screws, both and put in a nut and bolt. being them in straight, and see that the wheels do not careful to run of fixed base. the tie tightly a Lastly, high as the upper edge rise
as
pieceof
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inn over.
a of Things Boy
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49
cord to the winding rod of it up into the slot, cut in the crane At the loose end fix a hook.
dowelling(or whatever was used), arm, and let a good lengthhang
A
Does make The
CRICKET
a
SCORE
score
BOARD
board ? If not,
your cricket club possess them one ?
why
don't you
requirementsare:
(1)A post, 8 feet in length and i\ inches square, in section. (2)A flat board, with a surface of about 3| by 2j feet. foot,each limb of which is about 12 inches long. (3)A cross-shaped (4)A set of number plates.
The and with board The construction is not difficult. When is made.
smoothed, the board

cross
Most
the post has been trimmed up short lengths of wood likely,
will
fixed strips, be joined to
to the
The back, will be used for this purpose. the post by means of, at least,six long screws.
in the
same
foot is constructed the various and
way
as
the base
of
net-ball
post
(which see).
a
When dark
pieceshave
two
been
the put together,

rows are
colour, preferably black, and, then, three
each The
top
bottom,
row
in centre,
screwed
is painted of hooks, three into the face of the for the innings ; down and the ;
whole
board.
uppermost
row,
row
the second
for
is to record the total score of wickets the number registering of hooks
third
of the last batsman. putting up the score will want a set of number plates. These consist of metal sheets, each about 10 by 8 inches, with a hole in the middle of the upper edge. Sheet zinc serves admirably for the purpose, so long as the edges are You smoothed then after
for
being cut.
can a
Two
coats
of black
paintshould
about
be
applied,
the numbers
set.
be
paintedboldlyin
on
white.
is inscribed with
a comprise
number
both
and faces,
Usually,each plate plates twenty-five
MAKING
A
are
SCOOTER
must
Every
course,
one we
home
where
one,
was
there
children
have
scooter.
We,
of
child of six, and the measurements chosen were increased. be ; for taller children they must, of course, accordingly At the outset we decided that we had not the tools to make the wheels and better will be fix had in the as same buy properly, probably you you
a
have made
and for
this is how
it is made.
First,let it be said, the
them,
you Our You
as
before you decide to purchase them, get them be built round the wheels. must up your plans,as the scooter wheels are wooden, with rubber tyres,and they cost threepenceeach.
as we
did.
Should
draw
pair. Althoughiron ones will last longerthey are not advised, and make a terrible noise. they jolt We firstof all made the steering head (Fig. of wood i). For this a strip
a
need
and i inch thick was used. The head was shaped wheel the slot for the wheel was the to an arranged give inch clearance. It will probablybe easiest to run drill the through the wood for the axle hole before the wheel slot is cut. Use a long bolt
26 inches
by 2^ inches
as
shown, and
50
Hundreds
of Thingsa Boy
a
Can
Make
See that it
runs
for the axle, and and freely. The wheel The then metal We and it
next
fix it with
washer the
and
nut.
truly
pieceof
was
thing is to make wood, 20 inches by 2j

cut
footplate. This
and
I
was
rectangular
slot for the
inches made
a
inch
thick. half
and
to
the axle hole
as drilled,
in the
case previous an
(Fig. 3).
it
two
main often
as
portions were
in less than wooden
hour, and
remained
are
jointhem
constructed
by
bracket
a
articles
with
The shop-made arrangement. bracket, but we advise a its
one,
it is much
had
was
the bracket fashioned
satisfactory. strongerand more made by a blacksmith. Fig. 2 shows The inch wide. out of stripmetal one
shape,
that
bar
Footplate
"TacKet
\, ZQ
runs
reaches the foot platehas an degrees. Draw diagram 2 full size,take it to a blacksmith, and he will make it that two for about Note one pieces are needed, as shown. shilling. Indicate where We the bolt holes are have suggestedtheir to come. lines. cross positions by so that the latter Having obtained this bracket,bolt it to the footplate, stands horizontally when A long rod, engaged to the steeringhead. with a round head at the top end and an eye hole at the bottom, sufficiently of the scooter. largeto take a split pin,joinsthe two portions 60
to the steeringhead parallel degrees,while the down run that
takes
an
angle
at
the
bottom
of 75 angle of
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It remains
to
of Thingsa Boy
grip on
the
a
Can
Make
51
fix
handle
head (seeFig i),to rub steering

coat
all the parts smooth, to the metal a covering of
give the wood Japan black.
of white
hard
varnish, and
A
Small
KIDDIE'S
SEAT
SCOOTER
children are not big enough for ordinaryscooters, yet they love This duck seat scooter something on which they can ride about. is the very thing for them, and being built low, there is no fear of the riders tumbling off and harm. Moreover, this causing themselves little toy is easily made, and you will be able to construct one in about
to have
three hours.
First,look well
want at the outset
at
a
the
diagram and
an
note
pieceof wood,
the various parts. You will inch and a half thick, about 18
inches
8 to 12 inches wide, according to the lengthof the kiddie of the for whom it. legs you are making Having obtained the wood, mark on it a shape approximating that from
long,and
shown
to bend
in the illustration, and
cut
it out
with
saw
that is springy enough

10
justsufficiently.
same
Out
12
of wood of the inches high. You used
thickness,cut the head, making it from

now
to
or
must
mortise
the off.
because joint,
if nails
are soon come Mortising, though hard, is not difficult if you have one or two sharp chisels. The head being fixed, screw in two handle grips,or "ifyou prefer it, bore right through the head and fit one long grip. fix a lengthabout 8 inches long at Now, take some 2 inch quartering, the back, and a square block of it at the front. On to these pieces, screw
screws
the head
will
it looks
52 three
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of Thingsa Boy Can

sure
Make
or
chair casters, but- be and

not
run.
that
they lean backwards,
they
will
drag
If you intend to make extra an good job of the toy, take a piece of leather or soft carpet, put some springy padding under it,and then nail nails on to the base-board, where it will serve with brass-headed it down
as a
nice-cushioned
seat.
Lastly, paintall the wood with two black for the beak and eyes, body, The edge of the base-board will look
A PAIR
coats
and
enamel, using white for the green for the top of the head.
of
well if done
in red.
OF
STILTS
it
are
Walking
of the
a
on
legsand
not
stiltsis fine fun, and, moreover, If you affords good exercise. have them
too
strengthensthe muscles thinking about making
do pair,
tall.
18 inches off the
ground will
be
quite
high enough
for the
and leg-rests,
there will be less distance them and
to fall should
you lose your balance. Probably the best way
to construct
2
lengths of
see across
wood
that
is
inches offer
square
in section.
will be to procure two 6-foot Be very careful to that the
that the the
good opportunity for snapping. Fit the foot-rests as shown in the diagram. Mind they are recessed screwed because if the side of the wood there to slightly, they are merely is considerable likelihood of the screws loosening.
so a
piecesare lengths and
sound perfectly
grain does
not
run
Hundreds
When
the
rests
are
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fixed shave
Can
Make
53
away the top to the rests and make them edges below the leg-rests.Then go over from and glass-paper make them
the square edges of the poles circular. Do not round off the the whole and devoid of the surfaces of with
quitesmooth
find them
splinters. Round long,it is a simple
off the upper ends. the stilts, If,when using, you matter to cut them down, but
little too
be careful that
the two
polesare
made
exactly alike.
MAKING
The and this done The
WALKING-STICK
into the
one,
hunt
easiest way to make is to go out a walking-stick about for a suitable branch. Having found
country
touches bringit home, and attend to the finishing plan,it is highlyimportant to see that no
to trees
at leisure.
you cut it, In following
and time
bushes.
Unless
the
branch
damage is unnecessary be selected without can
it is far spoliation, proper
better to leave the work alone. of the year for walking-stick making is in the autumn,
r fr ^heve the fVjKtfy

t
Keo."pfe *aYe
jb1o.ce.cl f
.
when
it must bear in be peeled. Think, that, usually, and the length,when a handle therefore,of the thickness, after peeling, has been provided and the taperingend cut off.
sap and possible,
the
has
descended. mind
Choose
branch
that
is
as
straight as
Having secured take them require,
two
or
three and
branches work
that
on
seem
to
be
what
home
set to
them.
First trim
you off the
them for straightness. It is,usually,found rough parts, then examine that a stick,when is not nearly so erect as was, at first, tested, supposed. it. A good something must generallybe done to straighten Accordingly of a kettle deal can be effected by holdingthe curved part in the steam bend. branch for some and then the the minutes Afterwards, forcingout and left for a should be strapped tightly to a straightstrip of wood harden and assume the stick will As the a fortnight. drying proceeds, obtained the line. If natural for it is not was handle, a curve straight the end to the required shape while the steam-process to bend possible It must, of course, be strapped, too. is being carried out. t ouches should be provided. When stick has the the hardened, finishing removed Excrescences of a spoke-shave,sand-paper are easily by means will clean up the surfaces, and a good hard-dryingvarnish wih1 add a suitable finish.
64
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A
of Thingsa Boy
YOU
snow
Can
Make
TOBOGGAN
thick carpet of is attractive, and
CAN
MAKE
covering the roads, the hill-sides and the meadows, be ready must as it is very fleeting, we for it so that the moment it arrives we may enjoy it to the full. One of the things we shall certainly for the next heavy fall of want is a toboggan. Even hot while snow though the sun may be scorchingly
you
one.
Undoubtedly,a
read these You
fines, it would
ready
thick and will
not
be
bad
It will be scarf and
waiting for the time
idea to set to work and make when freezingpoint is

to
reached.
on a
only have, then, to get it out of the box-room, gloves and dash off along the shiny roads
of but toboggans, Two the
put
to the
nearest
hill-side.
are
There
mere
many
forms
on
platformset
runners.
runners,
simplestof all to make is a each 3 feet long, 6 inches
CAN
wide, and
cover an
WAKE:.
The form
inch thick, will be required ; also,enough floor boardingto the runners, which should be about 3 by 2 feet. the space between set up on edge and the floor boards are nailed across to runners are
a
.bottom
platform. The front end angle. A pieceof rope

to hold
on
of each
must
runner
should
be curved
on
the
be threaded
through holes in the

also to
front, for you drag it along
to
while
rushing through the air, and
by.
If you are keen on having a really good and useful toboggan, make one with a largerplatformthan the above, and erect a low seat on it. But be careful to note that the lower you sit,the less chance there is of you toppling over, and the less you will be hurt if you do capsize. Some
toboggansare
works below
must
on a
fitted with central
kind One
of brake. half
It is
wood
the half
which other
drags on the
pin. By tugging the top half towards you, the lower ground and slows down the speed. Note this,however :
it. of the
must
above projects
the
long piece of platform,
the brake
act in the centre
toboggan
act
vehicle will skid round.
Also, it
a
; if it is at the If well to the rear.
the side,
near
the
front, you
will
probably turn
somersault.
MAKING
In many of the carpentry
DOOR
jobs which
handy-boys undertake,
such
as
making
shed
or
erectinga fence, a door proves
to be the hardest
part
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Make
55
of the task. is strong, serviceable Now, unless the door is well constructed, and fits properly, the whole of the labour is more less wasted. or
we Accordingly,
propose
to
givehere
some
useful hints
on
how
one
should side the
be made. of the shed width it is well to mention In the first place, that, whenever should be constructed to fit round the door be made
can
the possible, rather than
door should
to
fit
of the door wood

:
be made
to
given opening. If this is arranged,the of equal the width of a certain number

it is almost opening,
piecesof
sure
but, if the
happen that one a certain amount provides The wood required for
to
has to fit a definite of the strips be cut must of weakness. the work may be
door
lengthwise and
various
this
purchased in
forms.
It may be square-edged boards, which will be merely arrangedin planks, side by side. Tongued and grooved flooring, its name has a as implies,
projection running along one

one
edge and
recess
along the
other.
Thus,
length fits into

two extreme
The
the next and, thereby, gainsa good deal of strength. of the door be planed level,in this case, must edges
when measuring up, the fact should be remembered. Jointed matchboarding is similarly provided with edges which mesh together, but the wood, itself, much thinner than the flooring is generally just
and,
mentioned. merchant
can
Of these
and
the
other
classes of wood and
which
the
timber
tongued best. serve matchboardingwill,probably, Having purchasedthe wood, the next thing will be to cut it into the wish to make vertical lengths. Most people,who a very required good their each of inch will elect to an cut two or work, job length longer than the door is required to be. are Then, when the pieces assembled,
supply,either
or grooved flooring jointed
56 each
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horizontal all the
of Things a Boy
with
cut
a
Can
Make
When
on a
edge is marked pieceshave been
pencilline and cut in one strip. roughly to size,they are assembled
battens
one
level surface,such as the concrete floor of the back yard,and cross nailed to them. Three horizontal crosspieces are are required, fit
along the top of the door, one not quite along the bottom, and the remaining one the middle. to run across (See A in the diagram.) needed When these are braces to as are fixed,two stripsknown and wood. marked the These B in of the are sagging warping prevent
to
" "
the
diagram. The ends of these piecesare awkwardly shaped, but no will be found in cutting them, if the wood is laid in position difficulty the horizontal strips and pencil marks made where the to show over are done. is to be cutting Note that, where each of these five strips overlapsone of the original should be driven nail in. least a t one pieces, This being done, the door is planed along the vertical edges and sawn
requirements on the horizontal edges. thing is to fitthe door in position.This is a rather awkward but if task, somebody will come. and give a hand, it is much easier. The door should be stood upright where it is to be fixed finally and, while the and crosspiece, assistant is holding it,the uprights the door, surrounding fitted. remember In it is well that are to fixingthem, they must not in actual contact with the edges of the door, but that there must come
to exact
The
next
if the door is made of very gap of at least a quarter of an inch, more door wood. Unless the surroundingstrips this the provide gap, will refuse to open. be raised a slight Note, also, that the door must be
a
thick
amount
off the
move
floor. it.
If it
actually stands
on
the
ground, it
will be
to impossible
Having fixed the frame around the door, the latter may be taken from and projecting its positiontemporarily, then nailed on to the are strips inside of the frame. This is done so that the door cannot push too far and crack the hinges. It is presumed that it opens outwards. inwards
strips only are wanted, as should one the hinged side of the door, the supports
Three
be put behind door will be
the post which prevented from Before
swinging outwards.
All that remains
on
is to fitthe
hingesand
mind how
lock,or catch.
putting
up your on accordingly.The easiest way is to erect flat on them to open the hinges and to screw should desirable that the not show, hinges thickness of the door
no
the
hinges,make
the door
will open and put them the door in a shut position,

to
the wood.
must
When fixed to The
it is the
they
be
and
to
the
inner
edge
of the
post.
fitting
of the lock calls for
mention. particular
TRY
Find number about bottom. various Now
an
YOUR
box about Then
SKILL
10
empty
inches
cardboard and
inches
high
and
the
same
of inches wide three When divide
long.
in
one
in diameter, a trifle nearer that is done, ornament the outer
side cut out a round hole the top edge than the faces of the box with
jazz colours,
the with it low
a
justto
make
it attractive. box into about six compartments by Number each
bottom
of the
fittingacross compartment
of upstanding cardboard. strips figure o, 5, 10, 15, etc.

"
Hundreds
In this will of paper
of Thingsa Boy
each
see
Can
Make
57
simple manner
hours
give you
you have Hand of fun.

; but
that with a game providedyourself balls three pith pellets player

"
will do
well equally
that each
player can
be identified
by
try
colour particular
a
or
mark. the
Stand
twelve
inches
from
the box
and
to toss the balls
through
See who
ball falls into, so that reaches fifty first.
opening. Accordingto which compartment number is added to the player's score.
A
You
can
SEE-SAW
get
good
a plank on a resting for balancing the plank.
made deal of fun out of an improvised by see-saw, barrel ; but it is far better to use a well made trestle
In the
cannot
above
diagram, a
a
safe arrangement
is shown, it
since the
off the fulcrum slip
support,
nor
can
tipup
too
plank high,owing to
the
of provision
stop-bar.
68 As
Hundreds
of Thingsa Boy
Can
Make
this see-saw from you will,probably,make will be it useless actual dimensions. to wood, give is that that the
improvisedpiecesof
All that need be said
legs of
should
the trestle should be fixed

across
be about
4 feet
long
and
that two
horizontals in the
each
pairof
strips. Note supporting
diagram, the further side of the trestle fits into the nearer the cross bars for the further side at the top junction. Accordingly, side, side. of the trestle are slightly shorter than those required for the nearer Do not placethe two upper bars too high up on the faces of the trestle. If you were to fix them right at the top, the plank would be unable to
rise and fall ;
and, if you
were
to
put
6
them
very
low down
one
end
of the
on
plank
on bump clumsily intermediate an position.About best. serve probably, The plank should be from three
would
the
ground. Thus,
inches
you below the the
must
decide
stop-bar will,
the trestle
to four times
length of
legs.
THE
you to make. numbers
are
NUMBERED
BOARD
sure
Do
like games If so, here is something you will be of skill ? It is a board for hanging on the wall. On the board are
one
the
to
twelve, and
rubber under
ten.
above The
each told game
number
to
is
hook.
Competitors
"
given
three It is
ringsand
distance of
for those
a
6 feet away lesser a number is to score the highest stand

wet
points.
splendid way
to pass
afternoon.
To
to cut
make
out
the board, get a pieceof wood, largeenough to enable you of it a shield shape 2 feet high and 18 inches wide. Some of sold better for fret-work
the wood if
must
wood is not do
quitethick
can
nothing
answers purposes the hooks enough to take Decide on be obtained. an
admirably. Three-ply
and
a
should
only be
used
V-shaped board
should
a
the
cutting with
ordinarysaw
; but
if you fret-saw or a
an
saw key-hole
be available, make
the sides curved
like those of
ordinary
Hundreds
of Thingsa Boy
Can
Make
69
and then give two coats of a bright-coloured shield. Trim the edgesnicely cellulose paint. It will be quitehard and dry in a few hours. Now space the in the centre and difficult. Above another The hook rubber
so
figures equally on the board, puttingthe low numbers the high ones at the edges just to make scoringa little in a dresser hook, and then put in each number screw
"
that the board

we
may
use
be did
rings which
hung on duty in
the wall. their
earlylife round
the
stoppersof
picklejars.
A
DART
BOARD
fine game
to test your
Have
you
ever
the necessary You will want

"
playedat darts ? It is a constructed. board is easily

a
"
aim, and
of it. any
circle about
18 inches that the
to 2 feet in
diameter, made
a
some
material, so spongy A soft,open-grained wood will
darts
will
stick into easily thin
this,use do, or, failing
pieceof
wood
a one
and
glue on
to it
facingof
cork lino.
dozen
radii,or
and spokes, Put

a
to twelve.
loopon
in the spaces so formed the back of the wood, to
Paint the surface and draw printthe numbers
hang it by, and
the
board Be
is finished.
is standingby the very careful that no aim is taken while anyone side of the board, and it is a good plan to make a rule that a dart must situated in the rear of the player. until all spectators not be thrown are Make
pieceof
by forcinghalf a knittingneedle into a pear-shaped the tip. If a feathered end is fitted the flight cork, sharpening
the darts
more
of the dart will be
true.
A
A is a periscope of
CHEAP
PERISCOPE
to look
over
top or high places. To our in the late war, it was, of course, it gave a great boon, because soldiers, them of without seen. opportunities seeing being A periscope is nothing more than a long narrow box, with two openings,
a
very useful wall, round a corner
thingfor enablingyou
the
into other inaccessible
60
Hundreds
of Thingsa Boy
Can
Make
and a mirror at each end. From this,it is clear that it should not be a difficult task to make one. The actual dimensions of the contrivance do not matter, but having made and used several periscopes, consider that the length of the box we should Thus width be about
a 20
inches
20
and
inches
for the other measurements.
pieceof card
to
will have
The long and 9 inches wide is wanted. be divided into four portionseach of 2 inches and the inches
remaininginch is
the card is folded to form a long rectangularfigure. This figure, it should be said, will have the two small ends open ; but they will be closed by pasting a square for lappingthe joins, when required of cardboard When the finished. when all else is. position, large pieceof card has been trimmed in
to
shape, but before
it is necessary to cut two small windows in it. be the and the th? other to at must at designed top should come in the front face, and tne bottom ; but the top window in the back face. bottom both be the same Two small piecesof mirror are needed ; they must it is folded and One be
joinedup,
what is
size.
at
One
of the
is pastedinside pieces should
A, and the other, at the bottom
very important that both the top and the bottom

to
as shown rectangle, It is shown at B. as rectangle, be fixed at an angle of 45 degrees with
the top of the
of the
This faces, respectively.
can
be
done,
veniently, con-
by pastingstripsof passe-partout binding to the mirror and the inside face of the rectangle. The mirrors will need to be 2 inches
Hundreds
wide,
or
of Thingsa Boy Can
Make
61
perhaps a fraction of an inch less ; but just how long they are is a difficult matter The best plan, therefore,is to calculate. required to fit two dummy piecesof card, and, when they have been cut exactly to the required size,to procure the mirrors with similar dimensions.
Before
coat
closingup the rectangleand

any
it off,it is advisable finishing with

on
to
the whole
of the inside faces of the cardboard
black ink.
to
This
will check
glare that may
otherwise
be thrown
the mirrors.
An object works. AB, is sighted Diagram C shows how the periscope window. It reflected is to the the on mirror, seen through slanting top above, and deflected through the length of the rectangleto the bottom mirror. There it is reflected through the bottom window to your eyes, which are stationed close to the opening on the right.
THE
What do
STURDY
STEED
It is simply terrible, you think of this atrocious steed ? isn't it ? Yet you will agree that it is justthe thing for a fancy dress It will cause roars party, a carnival, or other function of merriment. of wherever laughter it goes.
Steed
And, the best of it all is that you

sorts
can
make
it in
few hours
out
of all
of odds will need
and
ends.
The you
or
will picture
a
reveal to you a good deal of the construction. fancy dress costume, such as that of a clown, a Have
a
First,
pierrot,
to
something else grotesque.
frill around
your
waist
hide
the
steed. joinwhere you fit into the frisky A length of stout cane the framework. constructing body Begin by curved for the horizontal will serve rib, and the dome-shaped admirably all joins rib attached to it. Be very careful that you make extra strong, otherwise, when you become they may work loose and flyout, frisky, with sad consequences.
62 This the Don't the
Hundreds
of Thingsa Bay
and shoulders
turn side, loppy ears,
Can
Make
done, shape the head

on
together pieces forgetto providetwo

on tightly
the wrong
to the
of woolly cloth. Sevr out inside out and stuff with paper. and a couple of startling eyes. Then
Fix all this
cane
frame. waist
drape
the frame
to make
body equal to your
and
leg covering.
The
height of this latter
covering must
be
measurement to ankle. All sorts of funny trappings be added at will,but do not forget may either side,to imitate your own real legs. to put on a leg, on above The will all the particulars complete requirements, necessary
from
but if you are handy at fitting electrical devices,we suggest that one eye of the steed should be made electric bulb, attached to a to contain an batteryfixed on the frame, and joined up by a length of wire running
through
the
the
creature
padded head. wink just when
hidden you
switch
will enable
you
to
a
make
feel it
on
ought.
a
Also, have
string
of the
running through the tail,so anatomy jumps about.

A TRIMMING
that
a
that,
givingit
tug, this part
DEVICE
FOR
SNAPSHOTS
It is very seldom to make you want

cut
away
from the
trimming and, if snapshot does not require of your print, it is generally to a picture necessary that the eye shall not be led away a good deal of the edges, so chief pointsof interest.
easy for a person who is not a trained artist to decide, by a mere the which glance, part of a printshould be retained in order to secure of white card, cut to the shape of the letter L best effect. The two pieces how he tell the novice,quickly, and shown in the diagram,will however It is not
should trim his
prints.
Hundreds
The be To square white
two
of Thingsa Boy
be in the form
a
Can
of
Make
63 may
of card must pieces made out of conveniently

use
right angles. They
stiff postcard.
them about, as shown, and move them, put them on the print, with each other, until a pleasingpicture is obtained within the
margins.
A TOY
wheels.
FORT
have best The
an army material
A with make A
toy fort provideslots of fun if you

one
guns it is thin fretwood
or
two
on
with
of tin soldiers which to with
for the frame, and

a
whitening mixed
glue
for the moulded
parts. pattern,but
be altered,of course, it may the If the present if desired. frontage should be about 15 inches long and the total height about a foot. Although the
simpledesignis given as
design is followed
frontagesuggests a
be added In front
a
unless
of the wall
the remainingthree sides need not building, is place requiredfor the miniature army. is building a terrace 3 inches wide, and then comes square
store
an
castellated When the
with
inclined have mixed be
roadway running down

been with
cut
to
the level
nailed
of the
land. surrounding with

a
piecesof wood together some whiteningis that are parts requiredto

embankments The
or
fret-saw
and
the glue and spread over the such as unevenly modelled, grassy hot may be done with readily oils
at the side of the
sloping roadway.
last stage is the colouring, which of the cellulose paints type.
TOY
ENGINE
children appreciate, Toy wooden enginesare justthe thingswhich some and if couplings that all manner of rolling, are so especially provided,
even
drawn
non-rolling stock, may along in procession by
be
means
tied
behind, and of a string in
the
whole
calvacade
the front.
Therefore,
64
set
or
Hundreds
to
of Thingsa Boy
one
Can
Make
;
some
work
and
make
ot these
pleasure-giving toys
A
kiddie
other
will be
gratefulto
on
decide First of all, and 14 inches long
you. the base-board.
piece of wood, f
Square
will not The
this be
by 5 inches wide, will provide a and smooth all the edges so piececarefully, Then to commence damaged by splinters.
be considered first of all. have
inch thick comfortable size. that small hands

erect
the
work. body-
boiler should
Being
access
round
to
a
it will not be easy to creditable result a very the side.
shape
can
you be obtained
unless
lathe.
so
in section, But ing roundeach flatten
by using a
chisel and
edges
of
piece of
You
will want
square sectioned wood, 4 inches it about 7 inches long. Remember
along
to
portion of
base-board.
the circumference so We have more than
that
once
the
overcome
boiler will lie the
the boiler out of wood of thin wood a round tube is
by using a pieceof millboard to stop up the opening at the it will be justas serviceable as solid selected,
the boiler,it actuallyfixing steam-chamber. will do the two
"
snugly on the of shaping difficulty and fitting tubing,

front. wood If and
a
stout
far less
heavy.
Before and the will be be if These and is should
cut
well to make the funnel of round rods out a

"
broom-handle
a recess slight run
is all that
shaped as needed, but
required. If fitted into

a
wood,
millboard
tube
is best to underneath. The If you

to
serve
down fittings
to the
chassis,and
Make
pin
is used, it them from
next
6 inches
thing is to cut out and high, 2 inches long,and as

"
fit the cab. wide

as
the
uprightpiece
have
as
the necessary implements, cut look-out." The back tender a
the chassis, that is 5 inches. sides both out on a half circle will be wood them be about inch
correct
if
made
4 inches You will now

to
high, and
want
reaching to
axles. in the
to
the end
of the base-board.
an
three
Stripsof
Fix
section and
are
6 inches
long
shown and
will be suitable. metal
where
in square the wheels
be
fitted,as
are
diagram.
ones can
Six wheels
it is a
required. As
time
bought
them
waste
01
energy
try
to make
very cheaply, of wood, unless
Hundreds
a
of Thingsa Boy
Can
Make
65
lathe is at hand.
All the rest of the pins that will not than the
the body a coat of vivid green, paint chamber yellow,and the buffer ends red. The last thing is to fix littlebrass knobs, such as people use for curtain the buffers and then put accurately to serve in the centre as strings, of the front end of the boiler a hook to take a piece of string. Another hook might be fixed in the centre of the back buffer plate. funnel
This toy will if left in the
Fix them, to the axle ends by means of stout screws. fixingof the various parts should be done with panel splitthe wood. if paintedwith bright pleasethe kiddies far more colours, white. Give
steam
black, the
A
That little boat made
SELF-PROPELLED
SHIP
of yours, which the park lake, can be you sail on to rip through the water like the fastest cutter if it is fitted with the apparatus described below. First cut out the slot A from the stern of the boat and nail sheet brass around which
it,on
should
both be in
sides,as shown
one come piece,
by
a
the shaded trifle below
lines. the
Let
the brass,
keel line, original
and, in the space

into the space handle ; also Now
to
so
formed At
at
run
stout
rod E
to carryinga propeller
fit
A.
a
the end D.
of the rod
place a
run
washer from it
and
ring
B
loop
fix
a
screw
D,
When
length of
all is its
eye at B, another at C, and rubber. J inch square-faced

at
C, through
to strongly
Tie and
the
ends.
fullyalong
ready, twist the handle entire length. Place the
knot
up
the rubber
boat
the handle ; then let go and away gripping Set the rudder so that the rate. exciting home.
in the water, while still whizzes the craft at a most course bringsthe craft back
A
Do you
LIFEBUOY
"
of your time in or upon the water boating, should be of interest to you. etc ? If so, this lifebuoy swimming, skating, Get an old cover of a motor of empty tyre and, then, save up a number
spend
much
tins cylindrical should

to
which
have
be the
same
size and
All the tins press-on lids fitted to them. should be suited their circular measurement
to the inner
curve
of the tyre.
nor
They
so
must
as
not to
fit inside the cover, that

can
yet
small
be too large, for instance, about slip freely. It will

as
not
seen,
matter, however, if they

be rectified.
are
just a
trifle small, because,
will be
66 inside the cover, end to of tins,fit them circle make several holes, with end, to complete and, then, a and lace them bradawl, in both edges of the cover tightlytogether. you have
a
When
number
the
You hammer
now
Before
a very serviceable lifebuoy. the remember tins in position, putting off. it from to keep coming
have
to
hit each
lid with
THE
WATER
CUTTER
will find
a
Everybody likes playing with water, so this little device To make it you will want disc a round good deal of favour.
of tin about
Just the thing for the purpose is the circle 3 or 4 inches in diameter. of thin metal which has to be cut out of the barrel-shaped tins of fifty before be Of material the be can course can cigarettes they opened.
derived When from numbers have
a
of other suitable
sources.
saw-like teeth all round the edge. you need be indented. w ell Then pencila diameter the to across They fairly divide into three its length metal, approximatelyequal parts,and where
disc,cut
marks punch two holes. If you have no suitable tool for come, the not on holes, making placethe metal upon a pieceof waste wood the mahogany dining-room table ! and hammer two stout nails through. Pull the nails out and you have two holes that will do quite well. the two
" "
Now To
thread and
use
of string piece throughthe holes,as is finished.
shown
in the illustration,
the water cutter hold the two it, and then round will bowl
;
tipsof
the
disc round twisted round
give them
until the two little a
stringalmost taut and jerk the lengthsof stringhave become much

the
the wheel
a
spin like
the surface of
are
the If, whenever smartly brought
it revolves,let it justtouch of water and up fliesthe water in an alarming way. the two ends itself, string has almost unwound
a
jerk in lightning.As
oppositedirection
and
trifle closer
togetherand then, equally smartly,
out to their full extent again, the wheel will continue to spin to the wheel But that this action causes note indefinitely. carefully the water direction and then the other. rotate first in one Accordingly,
carried
Hundreds
will
of Things a Boy Can

;
Make
so,
67
flyup
it above bath
splashed. Of
you, the greatest fun is to rotate it when if you do get wet. ; then, it will not matter
course
from you and towards both away you its direction is towards the surface when
unless you raise you will get well you

are
in your
A
Some
a
BOW
feel that So here
AND
ARROW
had lived if
boys
and
would
not
they
they had
not
made
are a some arrows. First, length get a If you have a choice pick a yew twig,or, failing that, supplewood. of willow or ash. Your stripshould be about 5 feet a nice whippy piece and there ought not to be much long ; it must be smooth throughout, either end. The wood difference in the stoutness between beingselected, and round off the two tips. with fine glass-paper rub it smooth all over
bow
few hints.
nice
of
Now
so
cut
a as
notch, 3
to
inches the
next
off both
ends, but do
the centre round
deep
weaken
so
tips.
At
let the grooves be of the wood glue a soft

not
"
6 inches
be about it should the bow cord. If is fix the want to to make thing you for a good job get a length of really ong cord, uch as anglers use their fishing lines, and, if it is a little too thin, plaittwo lengthsfirmly
piece
of velvet wide.
that
it hinds
The
of the notched three turns of the cord round one ends, and tie it firmly. Next tie up the remaining end, but only do it If it seems to have a temporarily.Then test the pull of the bow.
together. Now
run
due to a sufficient archingof good healthy spring, and make the second end a fixture. the tying, wood And in the
not
a
the
wood,
If it has
stout
go ahead with not, bend the
little more.
now as
to
the
arrows.
Any
straightand
twigs, 3
feet
long, will
do
goose the arrows, however, as you will constantly while. be losingand breaking them, and the trouble is not worth to be struck in the open, not where Use your bow people are likely
the splits
nicely. Point them feathery part of

much time
on
at the
and split the tails, fixing tips, quills.Glue up the splits.Do
spend too
by
the
arrows. are
if you
If you are careful you will have of danger. careless it will be a source
fine instrument, but
TO
PROVE
THAT
IRON
be
a
EXPANDS
WHEN
HEATED
This capital experiment may learnt to solder. You will want and a steel knittingneedle. First take If you have
as
performedeasily by you if you have thin flat bar of iron,a Bunsen burner,
end blob Now
"
the
needle, and
an
to
one
"
solder
fixed it with
to
part
to
so
provide a
neat
ugly join.
of
so
a 4 inch length of wire. the lumpy of solder,file away bend the wire at rightangles
the Take
needle.
two
fairly largeboxes
on
equal size,stand
form boxes of the
a
them But
on
table, place
one
the bar of iron
the top and

one
bridge.
least
2
be careful of
at
thing,the
more,
can
iron must from the
overlapthe
end kitchen
at
inches
either end
if
possible.On
iron, stand
Put
a
all the
on
weights you
other
set
borrow
scales.
nothing
the
end,
the
but
needle place the. knitting
under
the surface bar does not drag on Bunsen going under the centre of the bar, which
it to act as of the box
and roller,
soon
see,
that,the
heated.
anywhere.
will
Now
become
68 As the
iron
Hundreds
warms an
of Thingsa Boy
the of
a
Can
Make
will to the needle the iron is expanding.
up,
arc
wire the
at
indicator
attached
begin to
describe
move
circle.
This is because
It cannot down. So
it
along where pushes along

The
weights are put ; they are pegging it the other end, and its weight rolls the
may
can
knitting needle over. exaggeratesit,and this

amount.
movement
be be
as
but slight,
seen a
the
an
wire
latter contrivance
to turn
ciable appre-
If
little paper
dial, shaped
half
some
is placed circle,
sort of
ment measure-
uprightbehind
We and will dull have
no
relative to the
room
the indicator, it is possible to make of the bar. expansion for further in lesson books
others
but many for suggestions experiments, Heat, Light dealingwith Physics, Sound, and Chemistry. If you learn nothing else from them, you find out that these books are really and not the soon interesting, will be found
things some
folk think
they
BROOM
are.
A
A
RACK
broom
rack three
difficultto make.
long,and
about
is a very useful article, scullery yet it is not You will require two piecesof wood, each 3$ feet each about feet pieces, long. The wood should be 3
for
the
5 inches
wide
and
inch
thick.
In that
the cutting made
wood
to its exact
means
are square by they will not guess at the lines, the rack will wobble. The two long piecesof wood
be careful to saw lengths, along lines L pieceor a set-square. If you an fit together and, when finished, accurately of
are
required for
and
2
the
shorter For Before
lengths for
the rack
the floor of the rack
the two the
uprightsand the shelves. perforated

holes in the
the various assembling is
pieces,
use
inch wire nails. necessary the failing
put together,make
of a brace and bit or, of shelves by means two possession it is not difficult to burn them out with a red-hot poker. Make this tool, all the holes in one plank first ; then put the perforated plank on the of the holes through it,on the position to the other. other one, mark
Hundreds
In this way, it is above the other. When all the
a
of Things a Boy
matter
to
Can
Make
89
one
simple
get the
a
holes corresponding of stain

or
is done, give the wood fixing
coat
paint.
SWAT
THAT
FLY
in its travels from place to place, If,for one day, we could follow a fly it is very certain that we should never givethese pestsany quarter again. We of encompassing their extershould be devising all sorts of ways mination. few compare Although there are countless forms of fly-catchers, of of with the short method swattingthem. efficiency sharp point in
To for
make
lath, 8 inches
a
first-rate swatter, with long, I inch wide and
pieceof old cycleinner needed. Spread it out flat and nail diagram. Note that a pieceof tape
heads and the rubber. This is to
plenty of life in it, obtain a flat | inch thick. Then, hunt about tubing. A pieceabout 6 inches square is
it to has the been shown in the as fixed between the nailthe heads cracking the
wood,
prevent
rubber.
AN
This is for hours. The wood
EXPANDING
of
TOY
will
amuse
just the
You
sort
see
playthingthat
what
to
many
youngsters
the
will
aim
at
by looking at
diagram.
Eight piecesof wood,

material
can
will serve. for the handles.
long and an inch wide, will be required. be bought in long laths from the wood-yard or strip In addition two pieces of wood 5 niches long are needed
4 inches
They
i
must
be
inches
in width These
at
the wider will have
end
to
and
taper down
and trimmed
to
inch of
a
at the
narrower
end.
or
out
pieceof
box-lid
similar material.
be cut At the widei
70 end
a
Hundreds
round hole must
of Thingsa Boy
be cut,
Can
a
Make
to finger
largeenough
to allow
be
slipped
through.
Now let the
pieces be
diagram ; then panel pins through the wood,
by
the
First arrange prickholes at the ends with the
assembled.
them
a
as
suggested
and
fine awl
two
push
each
corner.
Turn
over
join up projecting part of

so
as
to
the each
thicknesses at pin and snip off
all but
sufficient to hold
the wood.
At
cut
the
out
far end, away from the handles, nail on two grotesque faces, and coloured with pen and brush. of stiff cardboard and place a finger the hand the hand and and thumb
To
use,
through
the two
holes in the handles.
Contract
Expand
Note
a
the lattice draws
the lattice arrangement springs out its full length. in. It is capital fun.
to
that if a number
or a
bazaar Colour
Boy
of these toys are Scouts' sale of work

"
be made
"
much
labour
at say for selling be saved by can
using garden
lattice-work
for the
some
square
parts.
all the wood
with
bright,quick-drying paint.
EXPERIMENT
is together,
cut
a
AN
AIR
PRESSURE
is easilyput A piece of apparatus, which and Obtain an empty two pound glass jam jar, In it passing, may be said that the young
the
: following
cork to fitit exactly. scientist will find a supply
Hundreds
of
oj Thingsa Boy Can
Make
71
it should sheet cork very useful for various purposes ; preferably, In the cork, bore two holes,one be an inch thick. to take a glassfunnel, of the jar, and the other an elbow jointof glasstubing. If the fitting the funnel, or the tubing,has not been done perfectly, run wax sealing round When The the
joinsin
order then
to
make
them funnel
air-tight.
over
all is
ready,place your finger

fillthe
the outside
water.
end
of the elbow
jointof glass,and
water
with
Nothing happens.
from the Now, take your fingeraway stays in the funnel. down and the rushes from the funnel into water immediately glasstube, and filled with air its the jar. Why ? In the first case, the jar was pressure
kept
the
water
high
the
up
room. a
in the
funnel, but
the
the
moment
your
finger
was
taken tube
through the
to
away, and into the air exerts
water
pushed
This
air out
course,
of the
a
is,of
jar,up little experiment
prove
that
constant
pressure.
AN
The
ELECTRIC
BELL
odd
making
of
an
electric bell from

an
other substances minded boy can and
is not
difficultmatter. exceedingly
a
do it with the
littlecare, if he how
piecesof metal, wood and Any mechanically will study the accompanying
the
a
diagram shown The rectangle, the dotted shape is an

the
run
follow
of explanation
bell works. hard wood the and of the

two
in the illustration, is iron plate. A and P installation wires

current
enters
pieceof
are
terminals
bell and
one
the
two
from
the A
batteryand
on,
push
From
to each.
The
through
many insulator end second C down
and
leaves at B. of
so
A, it travels along the coil of wire B, and

which is wound the two reels around The silk covering acts as an wire.
turns
continues
turns
reaching one of green-silk-covered

insulates
current
to
and
all the travel bared
of wire whole twisted
on
the reel from

turns.
one
the another, forcing The of this wire
the
length of the
to
should
be
and
so
the
bared
on
end
of the wire
windings of
to the
the is
a
current
screw now
goes which iron
through the
is
an
the second reel,and reel,along the coil C to D. bottom from A iron

to
bites the
plate.
It is
on
clear that there
electrical
path
anywhere
the
a
E is a piece of metal which stands up from is in electrical contact with it. To E is bolted F G. To this springis also bolted a piece piece of flat steel spring, the bottom bottom
plate.
plate and
to G.
It will be seen of soft iron, H. now L is a pillar, in contact with M and do

not
screw
that and
current
can
travel M
are
from
P, but
L and
slightly
raised
touch
the
bottom
head, K) is a
When the
completingthe
through M, and path from A to P. bell push is operated, a

"
plate. J (regulatedby the brass it justtouches the spring G, thereby

current
runs
from
to P
and
it
both reels. Down has to traverse the many turn on the ends of them can be reel is a soft iron rod or core As
soon as as
the centre in the seen
of each
diagram.
the
many the
cores
turns
of wire The
behave in those As
soon
powerful magnets.
as
carry current, these soft iron cores instant the flow of current ceases
turns
lose all their
magnetic
power.
cores
current
is
the magnetized passed, the reels, the drawn from away

to
pull the
note
H,
to
them, overcoming the springaction of F.

if H is drawn becomes touched
But
what the and
soft iron, has now
happened ;
which
J,
portion of it. If J
spring GF, the spring,
72
Hundreds
are
of Thingsa Boy
Can
Make
GF,
not
all current ceases reels lose their
in contact, no current can Therefore, pass from A to P. in the turns of the wire on the reels, the cores of the and The unable H. to attract are magnetic powers
causes
H to flyback to its original when position, the path for a current from A to J. Instantly, restored. H flies to the cores, breakingcontact At once, between and J. Current is again cut off, to be restored immediately. goes on as long as the push-button is pressed.
spring,F, will again
then
GF P is GF This
touch
The shank noticed the bell R, or the clapper S. not that the and is soft iron fixed the so is to H, adjusted clapper whenever the rim of the bell, knob, S, is brought with a smart tap against reaches the gong, H is drawn to the iron cores. Just as the hammer GF has left J, so that the current no longer flows from A to P, and the So far, we have of the striker
instantlyrebounds
from
the
gong.
Hundreds
of Thingsa Boy
Can
Make
73
For the gong, you will probably be able to use part of an old bicycle of springfrom a broken mechanical bell ; for the flat steel spring, a strip odd bits of will for of the other parts ; but for metal most serve toy ; the green silk-covered wire it is best
to
buy
new
material.
It is
extremely cheap,however.
AN ELECTRIC
are
BURGLAR
useful devices do
ALARM
to install in the
Burglar alarms
serve a
very in
home.
They
double
purpose,
for, not
useful, they him before he does to retreat usuallyfrightenthe burglar and cause of damage. amount any considerable Alarms be arranged accordingto several different plans. One may idea is to wire the premisesso that, when window is opened, a door or the circuit is completed and the bell rings; but a much better plan is
that
his
premises are
only danger, but,
they
warn
the
householder
what
is still more
to
doors or windows arrange the wiring so that, when main circuit is broken and a smaller circuit is formed bell in motion.
not
cease
are
moved,
sets
the the does
which door shown

:
This
a on
is the better
arrangement
or
because whole
the alarm
a
when
burglar cuts
until the
the wire
quicklycloses
the this
behind in the
him
; it goes A suitable
householder
re-sets
arrangement.
an
lay-outfor wiring accordingto

willbe
see
plan is
diagram.
bell,a
In
alarm followingparts a an a switch, a dry battery, electro-magnet, gravitybattery,

are
It
that the
needed
supply of
fine covered such

a
wire and
various
small
fittings.
to commence at the
settingup points of entry to the house A small plate of copper is

"
system, it will be advisable

in other
words, at
the doors
and
windows.
fitted to the the fixed wooden to corresponding plate

must plates
an
hinged edge of each door, and uprightadjacentto it. The

the door the is closed. Since
ment legitimatemovefixed stripof wood, the disc is a spring
two
be in electrical contact, when

to
such
sometimes arrangement can of the door, it may be necessary

a
complicate
Behind
to the fit,
plate provided with

enables is the
disc. projecting shoot A

out
or
which
contact
disc to obtained. With
less than
always sixpence.
press inwards o f fitting this kind can

to
thus, proper
be for of
regard
casement
bought windows, they are,
74
course,
Hundreds
treated in the
to plates
same
of Things a Boy Can

manner one on as
Make require
the two frame. The thin bell. metal
be fitted
the sill and connected of the
doors ; while sash windows the other on the

to
sliding
of the
platesbeing fixed,they are

wire. much This but An examination that resembles
up
circuit formed will show

an
covered
There
lay-out very
diagram generally used for

about the
that
electric door
attracts
is, for instance, the electro magnet, which
plate.
that
plate
can
revolve
by
spring,B,
of the
the attractive
thin a A it is held point, ; also, force of the magnet must be greater

:
than The
"
while spring,
working of the circuit may check In the daytime, when no

"
the current is passing. be explained, follows as is
needed, the
The
switch
is
put
in the
"
off At
and position
no
current
there is still a gap in that part of the circuit containingthe bell, and, of course, it does not ring. But should the connection be broken by the opening of a door
seen
night or when positionto joinup
the house the wires.
circuit is,in fact, dead. passes. is left, the switch E is put in the " on It will be that
between power,
the
gravity cell
on
and
the
the electro-magnet,
latter loses its the the
the attraction
the This
revolvingplate,A,
is lost and
B,
the pulls A
plateto C.
do
completesthe bell circuit and

to
spring, ringing
commences.
burglarcan
nothing
silence it is to push the arm have been once and windows

to
of A
more
stop the alarm, because the only way back to the magnet, when all doors
closed ;
and,
get
of
out
course
the
burglar
the
does
not
know is very
where
There
magnet. little in this alarm system

be attended
to
to find the
to
of
order, but
batteries must,
of course,
regularly.
MATCHES
WATERPROOFING
If you found
matter
are
fond
to
of
on picnics or
that, somehow
when
the river,as we are, you have probably for lighting the spirit kettle other, the matches and
a really
always seem
refuse to light. It is this happens, because, however much
get damp
very the
serious
a
you
to
may
want
cup of tea, it is denied you. things are different,because
Of
course,
seem
if
to
men
are
among
party,
they
know the
how
keep
matches
dry.
Here is
out, take if the box candle fat. Even strike easilyenough. A

One
on
a however, to way, the matches out of a
overcome
trouble. the heads
Before in
some
starting
melted will
box
and
dip
then
falls into the water,
the matches
MARKETING
BOARD
of
a
of the kitchen
most
exacting duties
to
housewife
the
and supplies
order
fresh
is to keep an eye when they are quantities
to work by memory required. As a rule, she endeavours ; but it is a and to far better plan to have a tablet, hanging in a prominent place, it the that have be mark to on purchased. supplies shown A very neat plan is to construct in the a marketing board, as illustration. All the usual commodities it in are on columns, printed When of any article and, by the side of each, a hole is made. supplies
Hundreds
need
serves a replenishing, peg as a
of Things a Boy
is
Can
Make
75
reminder
when
into the appropriate hole. It then slipped about is take to a shopping expedition place.
Candles
Cocoa.
o 0
Ja.irQ.ffm
$0fr
w's/ns
%5
Flottf
Library
To
construct
the Draw
board, obtain
up
a
two
sheets than the
of thin and
wood,
about
name
10
by
on
8 inches.
one
the
list of commodities
sheet
When
of paper this is done, On
trifle smaller
printeach of wood. pieces

and
a
paste the
a
of varnish. side of each The the be The

next
use drying,
paper to the wood brace and bit to make

to take
a
give
it
coat
round
hole
by
the
name,
largeenough
to nail
a
match
stick.
thing is
thin
thin and
edges of
to
can
the back
of the board
two
strips. A
hole
wood along both the shorter nail then to the second sheet of wood in the board by which it is also made of strip Between matches. the
two
hung up. marketing board is now complete. of dead an envelope containing a number indicator well as quite pegs.
AN INVERTED
trouble
are
faces, slip
will
serve
They
ELECTRIC
LIGHT
SHADE
convinced that many the electric shade of rest and that and
are Eye specialists
people have
with
and more becoming more their sight because,in Here affords is the the way
their
to
homes,
make
a
lightbulbs
screens
not
screened. which
comfort Take circle

on
necessary required by the eyes. a large pieceof parchment paper or imitation Cut inches in diameter. it,about eighteen
a
the
bulb
and
amount
vellum
out
draw
to
the circle
and,
the
then, make
straightslit
from
anywhere
on
the
circumference
76
centre
Hundreds
and, about
make
an
oj Things a Boy Can
Make
the circumference, which piece, glue them, With the If it
will be
one
inch away from the slit, measuring on Remove slit to the centre. the loose wedge-shaped, bring the two radii Together, and another
an
about overlapping The circle of vellum hold

not
is
no
eighthof an inch on the other. conical. longerflat but slightly

person from
tip downwards,
does hide the room,
the
it up to the bulb for which direct rays, when viewed by a

to cut
a
it is intended.
walking about
the circle and
it is advisable
small
piece
more
glue,as
circle because
before. than what
This
will have first bulb
the
effect of We
the raising
sides
of the
more
in the
one
case.
suits the
and other light Having made and
factors have
not may to be considered.
of trial, suggest this method suit another. The height of the
stick it all round the vellum the three

to
joinof
Where three tie them
narrow shape, as desired,obtain some gold braid the circular edge ; then put a strip the radial over hide it,and placetwo more radial strips at equal
to match distances,
the first. radial of strips them braid up

meet to
a
of braid,carry longstrips
to the electric flex.
stick circumference, pointabove the bulb, and
the
MAKING
THE
POISON
BOTTLES
SAFE
Every
has drunk
now
and of
a
out
tell us about again, the newspapers somebody who Of course, it seems a silly poison bottle by mistake. in
one
thingto
are
done do, yet it is quiteeasily

our
"
of those moments
when
we
off
guard.
how
can a
The
problem
have
"
which it
various
people have
his mind been
solve is
handling poison Many suggested blue and so on. bottles,ridged bottles,hexagonal-shaped bottles, and What of glass-paper think is a very good idea is to cut strips we glue them to the neck of every bottle in the house, containing poison. The strips should reach up to the cork.
a
person bottle ?
impressedon
things have
tried to that he is
"
Hundreds
On
of Thingsa Boy Can
Make
"
77
be felt gripping the cork of such a bottle,the roughness must this be avoided, and it acts as an alarm signal. Of course, it cannot
idea is not
to
intended
to take
the
but merely place of other precautions,
supplement them.
A
A penny
COAT
HANGER
be
as
IN
THE
SCULLERY
as scullery
coat-hanger can
Fit five
or seven
useful in the
to
it is in the
bedroom.
screwhooks
the carved
wooden
shoulder
and
hang it on
short
peg in the
scullery.There,
pans, cloths and
it will
a
serve
for
mops,
brooms, dust
varietyof
other
supporting objects.
78 More
Hundreds
of Thingsa Boy Can

you
two
or
Make
of these
can
than likelywhen will be asked to fit up
have contrived three more.
one
One
brooms, and dust pans, another for dusters and Articles of one nature apparatus, and so on. another, then. A USEFUL
values
a no
hangers, you be kept for another for washing cloths,

then will not foul those of
TIE
PRESS
Every self-respecting boy

can
be made
in
an
evening,there is
tie press in these days,and as one reason why you should be without
creases objectionable
this useful article. make
tying next
It will take out all those time so difficult a matter.
which
You you
to
have
will want If two pieces ot wood, 10 inches long by 4 wide. suitable material at hand, the fretwork shops will be able no kind Cut of wood, such as satin walnut the two piecesexactlythe same the surfaces with carefully
Buy an attractive supply you. or ebony, and have it " inch thick. size,round off the edges neatly,and fine glass-paper.
The is
a
smooth
next
thing is to
of ways. out like
determine
how
can
choice
First, you
There you will operate the press. fix two hinges so that the piecesof
and are tightened of a clasp. For a book by means open well beyond the wooden this you will want hinges that project edges, considerable in order that they may not be strained when pressure is wood
applied.
bar of wood to both the top and bottom way is to fit a cross Let it be " inch square hi section,and allow a I inch projection for tightening screws at the ends to take the thumb up. The third and best way is to use a metal cross bar, which is actuated A second section.
by wing nuts, fixed to an is adopted,it will be best

Handicrafts
under
bridgeof
metal.
If the latter method
Ltd. for
serve
is.
metal parts from to procure all the necessary 6d., post free, the set. They are all nicely make the
and nickel-plated until you are be made it must The very finish effective.
to
job a good
parts before
one.
Wait, of
course,
as
of these hi possession
to
cutting the wood,

French
fit.
to
given
the
wood
needs
consideration.
polishis
Hundreds
A
Do
of Things a Boy Can

MADE OF
Make
CLOTHES PEGS
79
TROUSER
HANGER
in your trousers ? Of course, a trouseryou try to keep the crease aid best in this but there is not always time to get matter, press is the out the press, fold your trousers neatly and screw up the boards. When
not
in
press and
not
on
your
person,
your
trousers
should
be
folded way To of
and make
hung
three
with
the in four
bottom
part upwards. There

twice
as
is
no
better
keeping them
or
shape.
hangers, get
a
the kind
which
with clips of of
a
wire
jointhem
middle, so
minutes
at
by
a
means
stout
that it will
cost
a
over slip halfpenny.
clothes pegs inches spring ; put 4 apart and Give of wire. the wire curl in the a piece You can make a hook. a hanger in four
many
"
them
ORNAMENTING
A
a
CLOTHES-BRUSH
can
very
serviceable
clothes-brush
be
purchased
article.
for
sixpence
you
or
but it will not be a very attractive shilling, it. do, however, is to beautify very easily Take the brush aim all shine and
at
on run over
What
fine
can
the wooden down the
You
should
smoothing
glass-paper. rough places and also, at

a
part with
removing
the surface. sheet of

cut
drawing or note the shape. draw box of and and colour out neat design a Next, get paints your this the best For secured effects the paper. are on by plenty purpose, detailed designs. of colour and not by niggling of brightmasses When the paints have thoroughly the back on dried,stick the picture and the lie f lat. brush that of the see edges Then, run a strip perfectly
Then,
out
This done, placethe back of the brush on line round the edges. a pencil paper and run
80 of colour
a
Hundreds
around the
of Thingsa Boy
the wood the and
Can
Make
for at least
edges of
cover
leave the brush the coloured
day.
The final step is to and picture
edge
with
coat
of light varnish, suitable for paper. Ordinary oil varnishes must used be will work. as not they grease your When dry, the brush will be a very attractive article and it will look worth
a
great deal
A
more
than
sixpenceor
DRAUGHT
shilling.
SCREEN
MODERNISTIC
There
one we
are
always many
uses
for has
have
illustrated here three

a
the merit
are
The in every house. draught-screen of being a little unusual in of different dimensions
conception. First,the
second, the pattern is of
sections
and,
modernistic
character.
Each The
leaf is made
are
three
over
in section. of wooden i inch square strips, hinged togetherso that they will fold up flat. Canvas is of
a
frame
this material prohibitive, frame or, if the cost makes The is used instead. is painted on after all the tough paper pattern Poster colours are used when work is finished. constructional paper is
pinned
the
Hundreds
the when
a of Things Boy Can Make
81
covering material, and

canvas
dyes, such
as
are
sold
for
fabrics, tinting
is chosen.
in their arrangement and there is a total absence of nigglingdetail. Large masses broken by lines and circles, done in two three colours, is what will or straight best. serve
Modernistic
patterns
are
broad essentially
DESK
FOR
YOUR
DEN
mortice
can joints
Any boy who the desk, shown
is
capableof making good
construct
in the illustration, for about five shillings. The wood is ordinarydeal, stained or painted to resemble the other of furniture that it. with to are pieces go All the necessary The desk is made dimensions in two
are
shown.
parts, (i) the base, and
(2)the back
case
the
hinged side
The
two
of which
table. which
parts
are
swings downwards held together by

case
and
means
makes
firm
writing
screws
penetrate the floor of the back Inside the back case, there are two
The
two
and
of three stout enter the base.
upper whilst the lower division is reserved for red and tray and sundry writingand drawing materials. which lid,
to it.
two of the base are In the ordinary way, these spaces are taken up difficult to construct and are are satisfactorily
F serves as a
divisions.
divisions
take
shelves, making three horizontal books, letters,boxes, etc.,

black The
a ink-pots,
inner
pen face of the
writing table
has sheets of
blotting-paper pinned
three drawers
Above
the
knee-hole
or
compartments.
; but
by
drawers
hardly worth
attempting.
82 A better The This is but

two
an a
Hundreds plan is
to
of Things a Boy Can

the spaces and fillthem,
two
Make
one
make
each, with
of books
box each.
files. sides of the base are arrangement seldom very attractive way
planned
to take
rows
providedwith
it is
desks ; commercially-made of utilizing the space.
A
A need
out
STRONG
of tinned in
our
WASTE-PAPER
iron is tin.
to sell you
a
BASKET
a
basket
not
made
us
deter
work
something of of making a very
but that contradiction, neat waste-paper basket
of
seven-pound biscuit
your grocer and
tin of this kind, if you do not already possess one. He will charge about tenpence. Then, soak the tin and scrape off all the paper labels. Be careful that you do not damage the thin metal by dentingit,while doing this,because dents
to
Go
get him
When difficult to flatten out. look very ugly and they are particularly and the tin is thoroughlydry, give it all the paper has been removed
two
a
or
three with
next
coats
of
white
enamel
on
the inside.
You
so
had
better you
use
cellulose enamel
on
because work
more
it dries very
rapidlyand
allows
to
get
tin.
the
quickly.
how you will ornament the outside of the
The
step is
are
to decide
Here
some
: suggestions
(1)Give two (2) Paint the jazzeffect. (3) Paint the

all the white
coats
of black, then stencil a designon the four sides. sides in vertical stripes of various colours to obtain
;
sides white
a a
then, dab
multitude effect.
of colours
evenly over
a a
brilliant colour,each side different, then paste each side. Let the piecesbe cut to represent on pieceof paper centrally
(4) Paint
to obtain the sides
mottled pleasing
heart, a diamond,
club and
spade.
paste
some
(5) Use
over
no
paint at all,but
all the sides with
very
attractive
wall-paper
the
sides.
(6) Cover
irregularly shaped piecesot silver paper,

coat
bearing patterns. Then
apply a
A
of varnish.
HANDY
a
RACK
or more uses.
This of
handy
rack
has
dozen and
It both
stretched coil, slightly spiral

a
pinned
down
at
consists ends by
of
means
nail.
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Let
us
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83
like a rack for small tools, fitted to th" suppose you would stretch Get a spiral coil,not too fierce, wall, behind your work bench. it a little and nail it, horizontaDy,just where to place your you want tools. If it has a tendency to sag down, run a stout piecewire through
the coil, from tools can now
loops of the trouble. slightest

Place
one
All sorts of small to end, and fix it to the wall, also. be held, with a vice-like grip, between any two consecutive wire. They can be pushed in or pulledout without the of these racks
on
end
the
bathroom The
admirably for grippingtooth-brushes.

white, in this
case.
wall and coil should
it will be
serve
enamelled
MAKE
A
to
YOUR
OWN
your
"
BOOKPLATE
name,
bookplate,inscribed with
the you of these labels is as without
an
adds
neat
personal touch
books
which
batch
possess. follows
An extremely easy way to make a Take sheet of fairly : a thin, tough

out name,
paper, 3^ inches
impressed watermark, and cut by 2\ inches. On this neatlyprint your

and
some
of it
piece
EX if you wish, the words LIBRIS, The sketch may of ornamentation.
badge, or
not
a
some
device
bad
suitable.
idea to add a Here is such

"
by way of your school where peculiarto the locality you live. It is few lines of poetry if you can think of anything
weD take the form
a
your suitable sketch
address
coupletoften used
Wet
or
Kindly note
fine ; rain or shine, this book is mine,"
For all the printingand designing indian rather than ordinary ink. use When the bookplate is finished, dealer and buy go to a photographic a printing frame to take pictures 3^ inches by 2\ inches ; then get a
packet of self-toning paper of the same home reaching put a sheet of glassin the paper, inked side to the glass; place on toning paper, and print in the sun until
size, and i-lb. of hypo. On frame, then the designon thin top of this a sheet of the selfthe paper has become
a
daik
84 brown. When Then
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fix
on as
of Things a Boy
by
of the
a cover
Can
Make given in the packet. of photo-mountant.

an
directed
to the
can
dry,paste
a crown
instructions book by means
For half
you
make
sufficient
for bookplates
average
boy's
library.
A
Books which
are
PAIR
OF
on
BOOK
your
sure
"
ENDS
table
to
an give the room untidy suffer damage. But, stand end," one at each end of the
lyingabout
; in addition, they are appearance books in a row, put a heavy the up

row,
book
and
neatness
is, at
once,
secured.
There are several ways of You ought to make a pair of book ends. them ; but for a boy'sden, an elaborate decorative pattern constructing You want a severely is hardlysuitable. plain, pair. yet attractive, Here is justthe thing: a block of wood, 4 by 4 by 5 inches, and see that these all the
cut to
faces
two
are
Next,
Fit them
a
sheets
one
smooth. perfectly of wood, 4 by

on
the
block,
each
exactlyin the corners, inch side of the block. 5
Glue 3 inches and J inch thick. " " inch faces. of the opposite 5 by 4 a 4 inch side of the sheet runningwith
wood, 5 by 6 inches, and " inch thick, and glue faces of the block to it. The square face must be square the one which has had the two thin sections brought to its edges. Place the block centrally the sheet as far as three sides are concerned, but on
cut
a
Now,
sheet
of
one
of the
edges coincide on the fourth. by cuttinganother sheet of wood, 6 by 7 inches and J inch and sheet. Here again,place the smaller thick, glue it to the previous sheet centrally the larger sheet as far as three sides are on concerned, but make the edges coincide on the fourth. One book end is now constructed, and it will look like the diagram here. You shown will requirea second to complete the pair. one colour the vivid cellulose two, using Finally, paints for the purpose.
the Follow this Do each face and
made
ridge a
different colour.
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of Thingsa Boy Can

IDEA
for
a
Make
S6
ANOTHER
Here
are
FOR
BOOK
ENDS
Take
two
is another
idea
pair of
have has
book-ends.
no
books Let them
that be the
alike and
for which wood
you
further
interest.
substantial. fairly
remove Carefully
all the
pages
same
glue
piece of
mass
which
exactlythe
and, in their dimensions

to
place,
as
combined Before
of sheet iron, however, obtain two pieces you shown in the each about 7 by 3 inches, and nail them to the wood as bend the fix down the After and, covers then, that, diagram. you wood of the T he of iron, at right-angles. weight projecting pieces
of pages* The glue the covers,
covers
will,thus, be stuck
the wood.
substantially heavy, and the right-angled stripof iron serves as a leg. that the two as a Note, particularly, weighted books are to serve be fixed the front of must to one cover one leg pair. Accordingly, One must of the other book. book, and the other leg to the back cover the other,when fixed in position. turn one way and one When the glue has set hard, paint the metal and disguise the edges wood resemble of the of pages. This can be done by so that they a mass lines along it. using a dull red paint and drawing several pencil Of course, if you prefer, it is not a bad plan to give the entire books and the metal legsa coat of brilliant enamel paint. It should be added that the book-ends ought to be stood with the inwards, towards each other, so that books placedbetween legsprojecting
stand
on
makes
the
books
the
projecting strips.
86
Hundreds
A
A
of Things a Boy Can

STAMP WITH YOUR
Make
INITIALS
for many thick purposes. the
exact
RUBBER
stamp
one,
rubber
can a
bearing
in the
2
your
initials is useful
: i a
You Cut
make block
are
following way
inches wood.
of wood,
dimensions
unimportant.
it to the
square and Then obtain Be
inch small
"
piece of bicycle
that the If
tyre and
cement
careful that
it lies flat and
there are no When the cement has hardened, draw your the portions which do rubber, and cut away you draw find it difficult to them
on a
cockles.
backwards, initials,
not
are
on
form in
the
letters.
imagine piece of paper and
how
the letters look at them
shaped, backwards,
a
mirror.
make Of course, you can designs, stamps bearing patterns,geometrical and other thingsin exactlythe same school crest, your way.
A
You
USEFUL
COPYING
APPARATUS
for a copying apparatus, one uses probably have a hundred from to impressions from a single copy. fifty give twenty such as we machine Though you cannot hope to possess a duplicating the followinglittle device will admirably serve in use in city offices, see that will your needs. The requirements are but it must be and flat ;
:
"
(i)A
2 or
flat tray, such

oz.
as
the lid of
biscuit tin,
glycerine ;
warm
(4)a
few
(2) 3 drops of
of Scotch then add
oil of cloves.
glue ; (3) about 8 oz. of Put the glue in a little

the and glycerine
a
water, and
While
melt
thoroughly ;
oil of tin
stillfluid pour into the tray and allow to set. melt the that is to say, in to glue in a double saucepan hot water. standing in a largerone containing cloves.
"
It is best small
To
make
number paper
of with
non-absorbent press When with

a on
copies,write duplicate hektograph ink. When

the back sheets and rub
the
master
copy
on
the ink is
quite dry,
at
once.
to the
surface, rub jelly
well, and
well and
after five minutes
peel it
off.
Then
apply
blank
peel off
all the
sponge surface becomes
requiredcopies are taken, wash it will not be and put it where

uneven
the surface of the When
jelly
the
by
A
usage, melt
damaged. slightly.
HAT
STAND
hat to hang it on a peg and, a perhaps know, it spoils lady's consequently,your mother and your sisters have ".o keep their hats on As you shelves other
to
use
and
in similar
places. Even
when
stored
soft materials
a
wooden
lose their proper stand, with the hat will

see readily
shapes and perched on
much
in this way, felts and the best plan is

two
siderably con-
the top.
From
or
this,you
three Obtain
that if you set to work and make of your family will be suitable stands, the feminine portion grateful.This is the way to make such a stand.
some
wood,
the
section
off a length 15 inches long and

i
fix to
should
inch thick,and 5 by 5 inches. be about 4 by 3 inches. Before fitting this last piece, the cover with nice of other face rather attractive cretonne a or loosely strip upper
Cut square. foot made of one a square wood, At the other end, screw This on a top.
2
of which end
is
inches
Hundreds
material.
of Thingsa Boy
under face with
Can
Make
87
one
Fix it
on
the
small the
side open
open When have made this pad nicelyand regularly rag. you arched, tack up the remainingside. If you think that the stand is not strong enough for its work, put an edging of wood around the base of the central stem, using two by
and, using this
edge, stuff
tacks ; but leave surface with upper
soft
piecesof
two
material
All the
should pieces
for the purpose. be smoothed should be stained
before carefully
a
the As
assemblingis
an
done, then
the wood
dark
brown.
additional
refinement,it is not a bad plan to stick a pieceof green baize on the under face of the foot. Tube glue will do for the purpose. You now have an excellent birthday present for your mother or sisters, suitable article to sell at a bazaar. or a
A
Small children
are
FANCY
TOWEL
to
RACK
a
supposed
have
rooted
dislike to
washing
are
themselves, and offered them to

one
all sorts of things in the nature of inducements make attractive Here business. washing a more be useful for your young brother.
is
that
might
It consists of bathroom four
wall, to
fancy ragk, which you can screw towel. take his own particular
to
the rack
The
or nursery consists of
parts, (i) a
a
(2)
two
white
flat board, about 5 inches wide and 18 inches long, curtain the exact rod, painted lengthof the board, and (3)
are
end brackets which
alike in
shape.
88 The
Hundreds
difference between
of Thingsa Boy
this and any
Can
Make
is that the end
are shaped to imitate some Naturally, you like for creature choose whatever the but it is advisable you purpose, and wolves. We to avoid anything of a fearsome nature, such as tigers of these brackets and selected made bird's head for the one a recently
brackets
other towel rack animal's head.
can
vivid plumage gave us the opportunityof introducing The purpose. attraction. an plenty of colour, which is,in itself, head you choose, plan it out on paper ; then, transfer the Whatever outline to two separate pieces of wood, i inch thick, and cut them with a fret-saw,both exactlyalike. The wood is a triflethick for fret-saws,
so
be careful with the blade. you must These head-shapedbrackets are screwed
to it,if this is to take
a a together, joined
to the end
dove-tailed better still, or are But, before the pieces All with The board nails.
a
job which
of the back board undertake. you can in
hole is bored
corresponding
placesin both of the heads,

the constructional cellulose other white with last and
the circular rail.
parts being completed, you coat the wood and when this has dried,the head is suitably paint,
near
coloured
thing is
cellulose paints. to bore two holes, one

to the
each
means
end of
of the
screws
back
or
fix the rack
wall
or
door
by
long
CURING
AN
time
or
ANIMAL'S other, has

an
SKIN
animal's Take skin
a
Every boy,
would
on
at
cure.
some
which
he
like to
it nail down the board, and run the skin side with
is how to do the work. the stretched skin. Place tightly This the nails
board, and
through the ragged

alum and leave
the fur side next to edges. Now plaster
powdered
for two
days, preferably
moisten the alum and rub At the end of this time slightly in the sun. and leave another for two it well into the skin, days. On the fourth with fresh powder. On day repeat the whole of the alum application the the This is
now
completionof
skin with
removes
the second
fine the
remove application and finish with glass-paper,
the alum
a
and
go The
over
pieceof rough
pumice
stone.
little threads stiff. To
of sinews it
and
skin.
skin
rub it well with glycerine, supple, very for a ruins the fur. Hang out in the sun but note that this substance for should be shaken it it well, use. ready time, and, having
dry and
make
MAKING
THINGS
IN
FRETWORK
If you are lookingfor a pastime that affords unlimited enjoyment, fretwork the same at time, helpsyou to become a handy individual, and, countless hours of It the take has to is certainly thing given pleasure up. of boys,and it will do as much for you. to a vast army the Fortunately, there is like the
a no
need
to
or
and outfit is neither large nor expensive, necessary know whether number tools until of a buy you you
not.
hobby
saw
The
a
things you
must
have
at the
outset
are
(i) spare blades, (2)a V-shaped cuttingtable with archimedean drill, a an (4) a pennyworth of clamp, (3) provided and small f ile, fine glass-paper, (5) a (6)a supply of suitable triangular
fretwork with dozen
wood. The
Five
shillings judiciously spent

you
will set
you
first thing that
need
consider is the wood.
up Of
comfortably.
course,
you
Hundreds
will want the
on splinter
of Thingsa Boy
say
answers
Can
Make
89
fairlythin material,
it the under
about
cheapest material, and
| inch thick. quite well, but
Three-plyis
blades than sycamore,
side of the cuts, and may break The better woods consist of sheet better woods.
etc.
it is liable to rather more saw
mahogany,
are
beech,
These
can
be
bought
at
no
great cost, but
too good really Having obtained a supply of wood, the next thingis to find a design. Very soon, you will scheme out your own patterns, but at first it will be wisest to copy those made by experts. You will find all you want
for
experimentalwork.
in this direction The
Hobbies. in the weekly paper known as decided the wood being upon, paste the former on to the latter, littlemoisture as using as possible.We make this suggestion the thin wood cockle. because a copiouslayerof wet paste will make
designand
Anyway,
when
the
has pasting
saw
been will
done, put
weight on
flat. Above to press it down if you cut when it is wet, the
all
things,wait drag
for the paper to of the out largeareas
the surface, dry, for
pattern.
Joint
the parts that are to be cut out. Those that are that is to say, those that are to be surrounded entirely by drill. partsof the design must be pierced. Do this with the archimedean Now to begin the actual work. table Clamp the V-shaped cutting it is merely a firm disc of metal the table in your den, lay the to on wood if it is fixed,pass it through on top, undo the blade of the saw of the holes made and refix into the saw one See handle. by the drill, that the blade is so arranged that the teeth cut by downward, and not
All
beingready,note
"
" "
"
islands
"
"
by upward, strokes,and
If too loose it will
see,
also,that the blade is just sufficiently tight.

if too firm it will snap. erect, so that the new edges of the wood and do
wobble,
the
saw
In
cutting, keep
Oo
not
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slant but
are
of Thingsa Boy
Can
Make
Many workers do not give sufficient of the and not only do their designs look business, part but their It is unfinished, to more jointsare ill-fitting. satisfactory and proceed outwards, than to work in an start in the middle of a design
attention
to this
vertical. perfectly
oppositedirection.
that and
an
This
plan
obviates
some
of the
breaks
and
snaps
inward
cut
course
often occasions. the design is carefully examined frets, action. It will be these useful for
Having
the
a
out
all the various
fine file is
brought into
away that attended
jaggededge to a cut, and, stillmore the saw When all cut imperfectly.
to, it will be well to get
This will
some
useful,for shapingan
little
clearing angle
been both
of the
pointshave and rub up glass-paper

do
not
faces of the wood. the surface Your and the of the
provide a
easy
nice finish ; but
scratch
by vigorouspressure. first attempt should be an
repeatedportionsas
with as design, possible.Repeated parts
few
are
circles, ovals, hard, because

on, to
more
difficult
more
difference in them at once. is revealed slightest include will be which will things attempted, sections than
one.
Later learn how
designsmade
up
You
will then
have
to
as
join
pieces. The most common tenon, (2)the halving,(3) the

which Each
are
are joints
known
open
mortise, and
(i)the mortise and (4)the dovetail joints,
illustrated
on
page
89.
"
its corresponding filling jointmust fit exactly the projection fault should with the side of on err Any depression great accuracy. rather than loose because be more can fit, a a tight always pared away, the fitting has been done, touch but nothing can be replaced. When the edgeswith glueand press the parts together. The slightest application is sufficient.
interesting part of the work consists A though this is not always necessary. French looks best polish things ; many
An is the
most
in
giving a
or
waxed when
finish to the wood, oiled surface suits
done
well, but staining

it is
a
useful in the
case
of
cheap woods, and
very
process.
at flashy
varnishes. flyto the cheap and nasty spirit first, dingy later on, and are liable to chip as soon Never
simple They look as dry and
hard.
FRETWORK
ARTICLES
will
TO
now
MAKE
be able to make
some
Having
of these Hand Take the
read
the
:
article, previous you

This is
a
things
Mirror.
"
useful
article and
not
the
nearest
dimensions and
mahogany
and shilling an overlayframe. Clappers. Two

"
from an existingmirror it. A pieceof looking glassmay be bought from polish Hobbies oval whilst sell mirror for one a bevelled, glazier, Fix the mirror the full of to shape by means sixpence.
difficult to make. home. in your Use
if you know how to use them, will pairsof clappers, Cut of noise. them of out a rhythmical great scrap wood, and bevel the edges. 5 inches by ij inches, box with a good hinged lid and a small Money Box. Any wooden make deal
"
lock each
can
be made face
a
into
money
box.
Stain it inside and
out
and
put
on
outer
fretted
design.
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A Penholder Rack.
"
of Thingsa Boy
Cut
a
Can
Make
(J1 at each
a
base board, 8 by 4 inches, and erect penholders. The supports should have support of cut-out half circles in which the penholders rest. may end
a
for the
series
Ink there
Stand
and
Penholder
Rack.
"
As
before,but slightly largerso

of the baseboard. The
that
is space for an inkpot in the centre fits in a raised collar, made of ornamental Watch-Stand.
"
pot
moulding.
fretwork hook for
A panel, 6 by 3 inches, ornamented with a below In the trifle the a centre, design. upper edge, a small strutted A behind. taking the watch. leg,
Toothbrush
Rack.
to
"
panel,6 by
lower
design.
two
Close
the
edge
3 is
ornamented with a fretwork inches, horizontal shelf, with perforated
Paint holes,each largeenough to take the handle of a toothbrush. the whole, with three coats of white similar paint. or porcelainit,"
"
Thermometer 8
can
Stand.
"
long, narrow
a
by
3 inches, with two be bought for about

"
brass
for clips shilling.
fretwork, panel of ornamental holdingthe thermometer, which
The wood Notepaper Rack. requiredis (a) a base, 9 by 4 inches, (b)a back, 9 by 6 inches, (c)a middle partition, 9 by 5 inches, (d]a front, 9 by 4 inches, (e)two sides,6 by 4 inches but cut to a curved front. Join up with pins and glue. Provide frets in the upper portions of each of the upstandingsections. of wood foot. wooden
Shaving Glass. i" inches

"
The
A square, ornamental foot,with 4 inch sides ; a pillar in section and 4 inches long,fitted to the centre of the mirror has a backing of wood, out of which stands a small and triangle passes
a
triangle.The openingthrough which

held at any Toast with
a
the and
top
of the
so
have pillar
circular
nut
bolt,
under
that the mirror the foot with
angle.
"
If top
heavy, weight
be may sheet lead.
Rack.
Three
fretwork
"
sections of wood, each 4 by 3 inches, ornamented and all jointed to a baseboard, 4 by 3 inches. design,
Glove Box. lid ornamented
Any
with
"
nice wooden
a
box, with
good lid,each
a
side and
the
fret
pattern.
Box. Cigarette
as
box
more
of such than
shape
a
that
normal
an
3 inch
cigarette
will fit into it without the
fraction of
inch to spare, treated tin of suitable size.
glove box
"
above. Make
at
"
Biscuit Box. Ornament convenient Medicine and flange,

outer
wooden
the knob
sides with
shell to fit around fret designsand make lid made
a a
lid,with pull-off
an against
top.
A
to fit
Chest.
deal box, with provided with a catch.

a
internal Each
Inside,two
All
compartments.
side
given
"
done panel,
in fretwork.
paintedwith
three coats
of white Crumb
enamel.
Tray. A base of wood, 8 by 5 inches, with three raised edges, remaining side being one of the long sides. The short edges must slope from back to front. Cut a fret pattern in them ; but only make Plane the a large hole in centre of the longer side for handle. fairly base of the mouth narrow. edge very
the
" "
Fireside Stool.
"
deal
box,
about
12
by
10,
by
6 inches.
Nail lid
92
Hundreds
four ball feet. fret and Stand. base
"
of Thingsa Boy
Stain
a
Can
and
Make
cover
down, add
an
dark
a
colour
the side* with
ornamental Umbrella
the seat with
smooth
pieceof fret wood.
around
pattern. Two inches apart.

"
Four foot 3 inches by 5 inches, fitted 2 uprights, of wood, 5 inches square. Each upright bearinga fret bands of polishedbrass fixed around the uprights,18 A metal tray made of stand. to fit in bottom deal box, square ball feet fitted and
Jardiniere.A flower-pot.Four
with
a
large enough
each
to
take
corners
good
sized
of the four
ornamented
fret
pattern.
Table. A square deal box, with fitted each to the corners, legs
"
Needlework
papered sandflaplid,carefully 3 feet high and lid covered with covered

i a
Four square,
inch fret with
in section.
The
four
side
panels
and
pattern. The
leatherette
inside lined with
if possible, or padded silk,
paper.
"
Hanging Lamp. Four sides each has four rectangular cut-out spaces
made above All of thick
cardboard, and
bulb. light
Each face, in turn 4 inches. of similar size. A pyramidal roof having a small opening at top for support, 6
by
the electric
Glass
inside,behind
the barred
openings.
paintedblack, both
Board.
"
inside and
out.
back made of board, 2 feet by i foot, preferably and At top bottom, some overlay fretwork ornamentation. The word, "Hymns," should be placed at the top. Five equal spaces, made horizontal strips of moulding, to take the number cards. by fixing
Hymn
oak. light
Doll's House but if cut
Furniture.
"
As
rule,these items
are
made
of
wood strip
them of to make by a fret-saw out of thin wood, it is possible fewer pieces A and, consequently,they will be much chair, stronger. for instance,should be made of three pieces only,i.e. (a)the back rest and back legs, (b)the two front legs and (c)the seat. Use glue for fixing, rather than pins. of thin wood to form a box-shaped enclosure, Toy Shop. Cut out pieces
"
but leave out and
one
shape the displaying
small
faces. Pin and glue all the pieces larger together, such stack of as a a shelves, etc., for fittings, counter, of the of
wares.
stock
HE
WAGS
HIS
TAIL
nods his
model of a dog that wags his tail and Here is an interesting If you have a fret-saw, it is quiteeasy to make. head. Note how of it is
put together.
The
head The
and
tail
are
cut
out
of
thickness
ordinary fret-wood.
body
consists
of
two
single pieces,
there is a third piece, alike in shape, but, within the dotted lines, exactly similar pieces. The dog is glued and pinned to a the two separating baseboard, through which there are two holes to enable the stringto pass downwards. In assembling the first. and Put
parts,it
will be convenient the two
to
make
up
the the
pin
the internal section between them togetherin four or five
similar
piecesof
a
body body
one
places. Then
the tail.
drill a hole from Make hole
surface to the other, to fix the head and and the head and, also,through the tail, each
case,
through
with
portionof
wire
nail.
fasten the three thicknesses, in Be careful to make all these
Hundreds
of Thingsa Boy Can
Make
93 the nail out of slip
koles sufficiently largeto allow the wood to and burr over the headless end of the nail,so
pivot freelyround
that it will not
position.
Before the head and tail finally a hole should fixing
a
each; and
pieceof
tied to the holes. string
The
through is carried down string
be bored
body, as through and

baseboard. with
a
the
it passes in the diagram, to the baseboard, which distance as the lengthof the continues for about the same shown The
two
of stringare, finally, and tied together pieces

a
fitted
weight. to the edge of action,the baseboard is clipped overhangs, and then the weight is given a pendulum
In sways
to and
table,so that it
As it
movement.
fro,the head and
tail rise and
fallin
most
amusing fashion.
THE
Who
can a
CLIMBING
?
MONKEY
Here is
a
wants
climbingmonkey
for two pence, and who will giveyou for the job boy with a fret-work outfit. Get some very thin wood, stout cardboard make
one
hours
little fellow you capital of fun. It is really
will almost Now up, fix two Drive them
do, and
cut
out
piece shaped like A and

look like
a
two
like B.
Paint them
anyhow
stout
you
to please,
as
playfullittle monkey.
shown
as
and wire
in at C, in the thickness of the wood. like. At drive in close together as a D, long pin or you and turn it round that does not bend too easily, to form
pins, securely
piece of a loop.
of wood, A, and put the two pieces, B, one each side Next, take the piece of it,and hinge the three thicknesses together by puttingin a fastener " See that the three pieces flop about easily without at E. coming undone. Before you do any more, get a thin elastic band, which is not
"
quiteas long as
the
F distance,
to G.
Bend
pin into
off the loop, clip
94
Hundreds
one
of Thingsa Boy Can

elastic of the wood.
Make
head, thread
two
end
of the
ends
into the thickness
hold it there
by
means
of another
th" through the loop, and hammer Bring the elastic down to F, headless pin,and force each of the ends called B. The elastic band
was a now
of wood, through the two pieces the legsup to the body, because than the band itself. There
pulls
the distance
F to G
little longer
is not a great deal left to do, so let us with a circular handle. Cut off two pen-holder thicker than the wood used for A, fit them
proceed. Take a cheap little bits,justa trifle

the two
between
legs,B,
at
H and
and The
J by drivinga pin through turningover the ends.
the
wood
and
the
bits, pen-holder
about a last stage consists in taking a length of thin string between the down behind it then pins C, long,threading through D,
yard
the
roller H and up in front of and over J. By the way, we forgotto say that the rubber band should pass outside the pinsC, one stripeach side. the down the bottom of the to Now, gently push monkey nearly hold the ends of the string in each one string, Stretch up the top hand is vertical. string
"
hand and
in such the
body
way that the of the monkey
of the pressure of the lower hand, and upwards. Release some the monkey's legs of times, and his go up ; repeat these actions a number of It climbs right the the is the elastic that does to string. lordship top up
moves
the trick. If you
like,fix
is all.
little pieceof twine
on
to
the back
to
serve
as
tail.
That
HARD
This acrobatic small inches make child to
LABOUR
be made in various sizes. As
out
a
gentleman
can
toy for
about down
high.
him
Should
pullalong the floor,he will be best if cut for running up the figure be required
Between purpose these you
two
10
and
the
table, 4 inches will be enough.

to according
extremes,
whatever
desire.
Having
can you determined
Hundreds
his
of Things a Boy
the frame
Can
Make
be the
same
95 and the
horizontal The
height,the vertical length of length,about double.
should
the need for the arrangement without diagram almost explains wood The old gentleman is cut out of three-ply verbal description. and his form with the aid of a fret-saw. Paper is pasted to both sides,
is drawn
and and
a
coloured
on
both.
round
hole is,then, drilled
through
his
body
of dowel cylindrical piece
rod is driven
tightly through it.
Next, cut out two frames from three-ply, and, in exactlyalike in size, the centre of the upper edge of both, bore a hole to take the dowel rod ; but, in this case, let the hbles be largfenough to allow the rod to turn
within freely them.
96 Follow the other half its this
Hundreds
oj Thingsa Boy Can

to the
Make
in
a pieceof wood, fairly stout by cutting
comparison
as
with
pieces, as equal height. In assembling the parts, use this latter piecefor the floor,then, nail the two frames to it along the bottom the second edge ; but, before fixing and the the dowel rod in the frame, slip centre holes found in gentleman the upper edge of both frames. The carriage and the wheels should be considered, complete, part is now and needed. Two at this point. Four smaller ones two are large ones length of the frame
and wide about of the former and for both the latter must
an
be
providedwith
If these wheels from
tread,suitable
or
firm. the Meccano The two upper wheels are wedged tightlyto the ends of the dowel rod and the others will act efficiently if held to the carriagefloor by means of a stout nail for each. The fixing of the two belts needs no description. may The wheels model revolve is
now
taking readilypurchased,they
elastic belt. be
cannot
groove in the be made
obtained
finished. the two
When wheels
it is drawn transmit
along, the supporting
their motion, by means rear of the belt fitted to each, to the wheels, one each side of the dowel on is made rod revolves, the old As the dowel to revolve. rod, which
to go with
and
gentleman has
it and
that is
why
he looks
so
distressed.
POLISHING
THE YOU
WOODEN CONSTRUCT
ARTICLES
mysteriousart many people would have and it providesso as fairly straightforward job, you worth it is well AD a a finish, pleasing acquiring. process you want, be bought for a two shilling can except the necessary patience, piece. The ordinarypolish be bought from is. to is. 6d. per pint at most can oil and colour stores, therefore it is hardlyworth while making it yourself. It is necessary to have the work to be done in a warm, dry room, free from The linseed materials wanted and spirits : r aw are oil, draught. polish, and of wine ; cotton woollen of of cloth, wool, a piece plenty old,soft, clean rag, for the polishing the work requires part ; but, before polishing, oil size This is done either with or filling stopping ; for oil stopping up.
not
French
is polishing It is
a
the
believe.
all that and pores

coarse
boiled is necessary is some stained to the colour wanted. of the it well cloth, pressing
over
oil and This
whiting,made
into
paste
wood, by spreadingover
at the
same
into the is to be well worked the surface with a pieceof old time.
a
When
rub filled, face with inches Cover hand
with
an
oil rag, and
leave for
day
the pores are ; then rub to a cloth about

to
2
"
well
good
or
and apply the polish. glass-paper

a
If it is for
large surface,take a piece of woollen wide, and 7 or 8 inches long, and roll it up
two
or
form
pad."
this with
to hold
a
three with
"
folds of clean the ends the
wetted it with the

all rag with Give of the
polish ;
draw
soft rag, after of the rag into the

to polish
run
having well palm of the

of the
firm,and
and
fingers justtouch
the
the surface
little linseed oil

coats
this from
a
causes
greaterfreedom grain.
prevents it
this, with
a
from end
hardeningtoo
to end
"
through with quickly.
three successive After
that is,in the direction
direction.
Repeat
this until
circular motion, go over it in a cross is uniform and sufficient body of polish
Hundreds
transferred is absorbed Continue
to
of Thingsa Boy
;
Can
Make
97
the and
work
then
hard,
after
until the spirit let it stand a lew hours which fine rub with lightly glass-paper.
"
glasswas
the process of polishing as before,until it looks as if a sheet of laid upon it,and proceedto which is done with fresh finish," of drops of spirits rub until the the wine rubbers will
cotton wool with a few some rags ; or, better still, and the continue to surface, appliedon lightly
become Note.
"
dry,when perfectly
(i) The
the
is complete. poh'shing
lighterand
quicker
the
"
movement,
rest
"
better
be the finish. Do not allow the rubbers to dissolve the polish will partially and make it of the
rough.
the work, or they on At each application
polishto
(2)To
is mixed
warm sooner
the rag, a clean placemust be found. the work with some good plasterof Paris size-stopping, stop it fast,and whilst to bind it or make up with sufficient glue-size work is covered with
a
the than
sponge. be
with the
dust, and oil-stopping) sand-paper,
Either
can
of the above
stoppings can
Bismarck
also be stained.
brown
dry (which is much proceedas above. stained to any colour ; the polish the most useful probablyprovides
When
colour.
TOY
CALENDARS
number What make of toy calendars you can lor your a fascinating friends if you possess a fret-saw ! We illustration to a specimen give constructed. You will want show the kind of thing that is easily some wood
a
quarter of
an
inch
thick
and, in the present
case,
the
length is
about and then black The

as a
8 inches
while the
the tiles may
be drawn wood.
the other dimensions and coloured The black
are on
pasted
to
cat
proportion. The root cut out and paper, carefully is preferably shaped out of
in
for eyes and bristles for whiskers. calendar should be of the neatly using another calendar printed, pages hold and dab will them in of a glue guide, position.
velvet,with white linen buttons
TABLE
For with
use
SKITTLES
all round
this you will want of wood 2 feet long, with an a square edging broom fix half a handle, 2 inches high. At one corner, standing
on
be firm, it will be necessary to the square. As it must for the various parts. If you want the to make wood stain all the oak and a cover attractive, deep apparatus appear the square with green baize. substantial wood
its base
98
Hundreds
of Thingsa Boy
Can
Make
other
At the top of the broom handle fix a pieceof good whipcord and at the end of this cord tie a wooden ball. The length of the cord must be such that the ball should justnot reach the edging around the board. Next will want nine skittles. These be made can you by cutting 6 inches
each pieces,
long,from
two
or
three additional
broom
handles
barrel-shaped. A rub and, by trimming them, making them slightly finish. will neat a on glass-paper provide up finished. To use The table skittle-board is now it, place the nine in the diagram, bring the ball attached to the string skittles as shown in the diagram and let it go with a slightjerk. shown to the position
The
course
ball must shown
not
hit the skittles

arrows some
by
"
the
over
probably knock
many
as
direct shot, but must take the and the dotted lines. On the return it will of the skittles. The game is to capsize as
by
possible the whole

AT YOUR
nine, if you
can.
SERVICE,
MR.
SMOKER
stand
to
Have four As
a
those humorous figureswhich you seen hold out feet high and which conveniently
about
an a
three ash
to
you
as
tray ?
rule,they depict
who is
some
grotesque individual,such
of
leering page
boy
garbed in
raiment
gaudy
colours.
make of these quaint creatures one possess a fret-saw,you can and useful in the he will smoke-room or easily fairly lounge. prove very If you
a
First of all, get some stripabout 3^ feet about piece, have mastered
a
wood,
quarter of
an
inch thick.
You
will want
long
and
i"
feet wide.
Also, you
smaller if you
foot square. the knack of
will answer Three-ply
will requirea for the purpose,
sawing
it without
breakingblades.
Hundreds
Place the
of Thingsa Boy
wood flat on We
a
Can
Make
a
99 mark pencil,
we
largerpieceof
the outline of your chosen for the suitable character individual. your own When with the outline has the fret-saw
figure.
purpose, done
have
table and, with drawn what you may
think
is
but
preferto
originate
out to
been
and, afterwards, trim
it in pencil, cut satisfactorily smaller wood the of piece up
serve
as
foot.
For have
this, a heart, diamond, club
or
spade is generally
placein
the the fellow's ash-tray. This
selected. You hand.
will, now,
It is really a
shape up ledgeor shelf

to
a on
pieceof
which
wood
to
to stand
when the be trimmed of the waste left over out of some shape can, usually, for this. made. is A as as was good rectangular figure shape any the best The next step will be to fit the three piecestogether. Much plan will be to dove-tail or mortise the feet to the base and the tray to but it will not be a difficult do this accurately, must the body. You be the that have to a sharp chisel cut, and use places job if you pencil should When the cutting is finished,the pieces for making the holes.
loo
Hundreds
of Things a Boy
Can
Make
fit togethertightly be given extra ; but they should strength by means of glue,whilst under the tray, a small bracket should be screwed. If you do not care almost to attempt dove-tailing, as good results be obtained of wood in the angles made by nailingnarrow strips may where The
to
the wood
is
joined.
part
Use
to
be
constructional in hand. taken allow you oil
is
now
finished
and
the
colouring remains
bright
cellulose will
colours.
They
a more
will than
dry
will
quicklyand
ordinary
appearance. As soon Of
case
proceedmore
they
with rapidly
the work
paints. Moreover,
the
present
use as a
brilliant
as
figureis dry, it is ready for

can
handy ash-tray.
course,
of the bad
you character
to
add shoes
an
to the
construction
shown
out
in the of
some
shape his grotesque

be
a
In the ways. it will be necessary to illustration, suitable material. It would not
in various
plan
ram
old
pairof gym
shoes, full of paper, and
to
cover
them
with
white
calico.
BEAUTIFUL
Some smoke
SMOKE
RINGS
mouths
can
people can
of
a
make
smoke
their rings by filling You
with
the
a
and cigarette
it into the air. jerking
make easily
little pieceof apparatus which does the work far better than the mouth scientific way. and in a much more and having each side approximately Obtain a tin as large as possible
a
square. make one At
out
find such If you cannot of a sheet of zinc and
a a
tin it
ought
not
to
be difficultto
littlesolder.
the lid cut a round hole in the centre. It can be opposite and it ought to be about 2\ inches in diameter. done with a tin-opener, and glue down Instead of the lid fix a pieceof calico as tight as a drum the overlapping edges. the end Now take
by way into flame

take away Each tap of
a
of the
of rags, push it into the middle of the tin it with The will not burst a light taper. rags hand round but will smoulder. Put your the over opening,so
a
small
bundle
and opening,
that the smoke your
will be retained hand and
in the tin.
a
When
it is fairly well
on
charged shape
give
smoke
series of from
jerkytaps
the face of calico.
expelsa puffof beautiful ring.

AN
collection
rows
the box, and
it will be in the
MAKING
A
rows
INTERESTING
can
STAMP
COLLECTION
it consists of
stamp
and
be
very
if dreary possession
more.
of stamps and and the attractive designs may sought after,one might as weLl
nothing
amass
True, the bright colours the please eye, but, if this is all that is
little bits of cretonne, labels from shows
jam pots, Enlightenedcollectors no rows. They take the view

or
anything else that
colouring.
their stamps in meaningless is worth collecting, its history
to
longermarshal
knowing.
and
us
all about suppose
it is worth
we are
that if a stamp In order
explain this view,

then
"
let
that would
with dealing
the issues of Bermuda,

"
this is would
"
how
be set out : Bermuda On a blank page of a loose-leaf album, the word would the following information be printedfirst. Then come
they
muda Ber-
is
British
possession.It
consists
of about
360
small
islands
Hundreds
in the natives sketch North
are
of Thingsa Boy
Ocean, 600
miles S.E.
Can
of
Make
loi
Atlantic
Cape
Hatteras.
The
neat
mostly
black.
would be added map After this brief introduction,the stamps themselves would be set out ; but they would not be left to state their own This would be done case. be introduced for them. Each with the date of issue,where set would
a Population, 22,000." If possible, islands where the lie. to show exactly
printed, why
Institutions." From
the set
"
was
issued,and
so
on.
One and
memorates set, for instance,com-
the
Tercentenaryof
the
Establishment
amount
of
This fact would
be mentioned
an an are enormous
its meaning
this it will be seen that be from can gleaned geography

are
Representative explained. and of history

But the these proper
up-to-datecollection.
made
are a
not
the of
only
a
subjects which
collection. advise There
interesting by
dozen
treatment
others, all equally
fascinating.
a you to scrap the old kind of album, to use loose-leaf book, and to write every noteworthy fact in the book which discover about The collection will then be full you can your stamps. we Accordingly,
and of interest,
you
will
never
grow
weary
of
turning over
its pages
and
admiring help
you
your with
acquisitions.
Gazetteer,a
the
matter
Pocket Everybody's
shillingFoulsham introducingeach country,

rest of the
while
publication,will an ordinary
stamp catalogueprovides the PRINTING

It is very elsewhere. useful to be able
necessary
information.
A
to
POSTER
constantlyrequired at
school,at
be If you can lettered poster, you will become very The great thingin printing is to know
notices of various kinds are the Scouts' quarters, at your club, and depended upon for producing,say, a well-
print,for
popular.
how
to form
the letters.
"
That's
quitesimple," you may say : but try it. Before be wondering how will this not as as likely you in relation letter the that to shaped or spaced
will
you
or
have gone very far, that letter should be gone before. You
has
realise that it is not so easy as it seems. soon If you want to excel at printing, your best plan is to hunt through and magazines,and to cut out any the advertisements in newspapers word All such cuttingsshould be pasted that seems attractive to you. into
a
book, and, when

copy them
on
rough paper, actual size,sometimes large enough for poster work. Very soon, for printing will gain a facility that will stand you in good stead. For poster-lettering, do better than procure a number you cannot plan to
small
smart
you have a sheet of
few moments
to spare, it will be
good
the you
doing them
sometimes
bottles of different -coloured and attractive.
inks.
By
Note, however,
of their aid, your work will be that when a poster is to be
in the open, where rain may beat on it,the only thing to use displayed is fixed Indian ink. If the letters are to be large, will be more a fine brush serviceable than
a
pen-nib.
"COUNTING OUT
"
Draw this figure, then try to work the out the aid of your friends. What you have to do is to select any number
puzzle with
you
or
without 19, then
like,say
102
start at one
Hundreds
and
count
of Things a Boy
round
Can
Make
the spaces until you have counted nineteen, The nineteenth space will be number going in the direction of the arrow. six. So you draw a pencilline through number six, and leave it out of all subsequent counts. You
begin again, and
as
you
left off at
six, you
start
at
seven
and
count
nineteen.
This
will take
you
to
number
thirteen,since six has
disappeared.
as ment you left off at thirteen,a recommencesix and thirteen at one. Now, are gone, so counting up to nineteen bringsyou to nine, which you cross out. You proceed in this way, and the game is to select nineteen or any
You
begin once
again,and,
is made
other number, so that the black others having been crossed out. When you Jiave discovered circle with know
a
one
is the last that
remaining section,all the

answers,
number
of spaces. that that twenty-one is the number
different amount
Perhaps, you
serves
make would
another like to
with
our
figure.
YOUR
This is
a
OWN
CINEMA
good idea. Take an old magazine that nobody wants and of the odd-numbered draw little picturesin the top right-hand corner made follow that is to say, each If the to are on," pictures pages. individual of the movement same or one thing,and if the represents a of the left hand, then an are through with the thumb pages spun
"
admirable The
movie
will picture
be the result.
"
be small because the white margin space of course, will, pictures does but that film." not detract from the of each page is small, In constructingthe the reel," try to get each pictureexactly over and towards the first and at last work the begin precedingone, page
"
page.
Do
not
attempt
anything elaborate
time
as
there
on
must
one
be
at
least
to
and unnecessary different pictures, fifty be repeated in the other forty-nine cases.
spent
will have
Hundreds
of Thingsa Boy
Can
Make
103
Try something
(3) tongue
comes
of the
out ;
followingkind : (i) a face ; (2) mouth opens ; shuts ; (6) eyes (4) tongue goes in ; (5) mouth
roll ;
(7) face smiles,
etc.
This
deal of fun may
be obtained
quite easy to draw and a good by changing the facial expressions.

VOICE LOOK LIKE
?
"
will be
WHAT
That
seems a
DOES
"
YOUR
to ask. silly question
does your voice look like ? You this is how it can Take a round be seen.
a
What Nevertheless, we ask you, have never seen it,you reply. Well, tin without
a
lid
"
we
have
used
half toffee tin for the purpose. Then make a circular hole in it,about down side. Into fit rubber Have the of it a a this, piece piping. way All the joins foot long,and insert a glassfunnel into the free end. must be the top of the tin, tie a piece of Now, over tight and well made. such mother for covering jam-jars. Fit as uses parchment paper, your paper
as as
the be
she
a
does drum.
"
that On
"
is, make
to
it wet
first.
When
dry, it
fine and
will
tight as
"
the
surface
sprinklesome
Place
dry lips
a
silver sand. The and Voice

one
Illustrator
is
now
ready.
The sand
sound
good, full note.

It is the
will
jump
the funnel to your about and assume
of your voice. Note that as you symmetrical pattern. picture leave off, there is a tendency for the pattern to break up and become spoiled. To prevent this,continue to sound the note, but draw the lips away from the funnel. You makes if any
can
then
look
at
your
voice
as
long
a
as
you like. Before the next person and spreadon more sand
his
sound, give the tin pictorial
shake,
has been
spilt.
a
voice makes Wonderful, isn't it,that everybody's
different
picture.
A
In
a case
TIVOLI
BOARD
we is,
sketch
what a Tivoli board you do not know exactly of one. It consists of a flat base, a littlemore
an
have
provided
as
than
twice
long
as wide, with usually about a
edgingall round.
six. The All bear other end
a
At number
one
spring rod.
is
given
several compartments, are and this contains except one curved edging. Dotted about
end
104
on
Hundreds
the main
of Thingsa Bey
are
Can
Make
part of the board

in
a
countless in the and

one
the
putting Play spring rod, pullingthe

consists curved
marble rod and
upstanding nails or pins. provided with compartment

marble its way
counts
drivingthe
threads
up
the back
as
board.
to
It hits the numbered
edging,rebounds,
Whichever marked
on are
the
compartments.
the
it enters
many
pointsto
player as
inch thick For the base of the board, a a quarter of an 18 inches long and inches wide. Let it be about will be suitable. 10 It should stand up about an inch Make material. the edging of the same
it. pieceof wood
PINS
.
MARBLE
12
"""
small panel pins for joining the sections is most from a conveniently constructed cardboard which should be shaved thin the ends at quite not projectout in the area of play. Glue will fix it in
a
and
half.
Use
together.
The
curved
wall
piece of stout that it does so

position. The
to
several compartments are and gluing the pieces. The
providedby using similar

of
a quarter dowelling,
wood
the
base
spring rod
is made
of
an
inch thick and
Hundreds
of Thingsa Boy
placeda
quite as
wide
Can
or as
Make
wooden knob and
106
at
end of it is inches long. At one the other end a pieceof wood, not which which it fits. Before
can
metal
these
two
terminals
are
the compartment into fitted a spiralspring,
round the dowel rod, and for twopence, is slipped It is the end of the rod itself is passed through the edge of the board. considerable the rod is that when a clear,then, pulled way through the be
bought
hole and
out
of the
board, the spring coil
is much
constricted
and, when
forward and takes the rod forward with the rod is let go, the coil bounds and jerk it into it. This causes the flat tip of the rod to hit the marble
play.
A
A
are
PIPE
RACK
the wall, where capitalChristmas or
on
piperack
concerned.
is always a
handy thing to hang

serves as a
smokers
Moreover, it
birthday
present, and
You thick.
easy to construct. 8 inches by 4 inches and J inch will want a piece of wood, about and bevel the face edges with sandpaper. Square this up carefully
a
it has the additional
merit
of
being very
Then,
shown and
obtain in the it
stripof
sheet This the
brass, half
an
inch
wide, and
on
bend
to the
diagram.
pieceof
pipes.
metal
is screwed
it,as rack,
then
serves
to carry
the you fix the stripof metal, decide how you will ornament is to be board, but make exactlywhere the metal strip up your mind arranged. Not a bad idea is to do a poker-work designon the wood. You Two need
not
Before
buy
bradawls,
all the proper heated in turn,
tools for this form

can
of ornamentation. for successfully the
be
used
very
purpose.
A
It often deal of money have
a
HOME-MADE
a
MAGNIFYING
GLASS
which ends
costs
a
happens that
to
piece of
be made For
useful
out
apparatus
of odds and
great
at
buy,
can
of material
no practically to pay considerably more
cost at all.
for instance,you may a magnifying glass, than a week's pocket money, yet here is
way to construct Take of a strip round the

can,
an
make-shift
magnifierfor nothing.
half
an
band touch
grease-proof paper, ordinarypencil. Let

with
a
inch
wide
and
roll it in
it encircle the
twice pencil
; then
the loose end
When
as
you
glue has and stand
drop of glueand stick it down. the band off the pencil, as hardened, slip carefully
the little tube, end
on,
or on a
sheet of clean
glass.
Support the glasson

and it must be Next, take a Do
so
two
boxes, so that it is 4
5 inches above
the table
quite level. fountain-penfillerand
fillthe carefully reach

"
water.
water
this
drop by drop, and,

convex.
when You
that the surface is

water
paper tube with the top, put in the you able this owing to are manage
as
to the
property which
possesses, known
surface-tension."
106 Your the
Hundreds
of Thingsa Boy
Can
Make
magnifying glassis complete. On another sheet of glass, place to see under and it the tube object which you want enlarged slip
the distance justright, of water. By getting you will be able to view is. the object on a much largerscale than it really
MAGIC
Here
are some
INKS
inks with which play tricks on your friends. you may nitrate of Write with it, solution of a using a clean copper. hold the leave to dry. When you wish to surprise your friends, and fire before the the into red comes view, lettering being plainpaper Make nib, and weak in colour.
Again, take
to
solution of tincture of iron. The words between pressed

on
Make
it
juststrong enough
readable if the
write
invisible characters. is
will become
sheet of paper
blotting paper
account
some
that has been
dipped in
strong
An is a
tea.
ink that vanishes
its
own
recipefor the purpose. but be careful of fire. Then copper sulphate,and when
Words written with this ink
Get mix
is also useful at times. Here and heat them in alcohol, nut-galls

some
with the alcohol add

a
sal ammoniac
and
quite cold
in disappear
spoonful of ordinary gum. about a day.

A
CAN
This is one with little
a
YOU
of those
SEE
THROUGH
BRICK
There
little
ingenuity.
impossiblethingsthat apparently Look at the first diagram. easilymade,

which
becomes
possible
you
to
see a
piece of apparatus, right through the heaviest
you brick you can find. First, get your brick and build the apparatus round it. Three-ply wood is the best material to use for making the contrivance, but we have
out
will enable
look
constructed quite a rigidaffair

is
a
of odd
piecesof
Beaver
board, which
the
ctre
form
of
tough
cardboard. is
a
The brick.
contrivance It must
kind
be shut
arch, which goes round in everywhere except at A and B, which

of enclosed
Hundreds
round
are
of Thingsa Boy
which
to
Can
Make
107
openings through
look.
mirrors Inside, four slanting Glass mirrors

serve
shown as fitted,
in the second
diagram.
best for
must
this purpose, but glassis a trifle heavy ; we used iron and found it answered admirably. Of course, as wide as the tunnel. Use the contrivance
as
sheet highlypolished the mirror be
follows.
Ask
your
friends whether
they
can
see
through a
brick.
suggest that the hands at B, and then

the line of vision. littlepiece of
gettinga rather superior thing is not impossible.Tell them to

look The
On
"
No
"
hold
one
for answer, of their
the hole at A, while the brick C bars becomes thanks to your possible, impossible
through
apparatus.
AN IDEA
will Next time
FOR
JIGSAW
set out to cut
PUZZLES
do it possess a these novel and
Of course, you fretwork outfit. lines. in Paste the

on pencil,
make occasionally you

to the thin
jigsawpuzzles if you
one,
on
on picture
wood, then
turn
it over
as
the back
all sorts
of attractive
such shapes,
that of
draw, a fish,
horse's
head,
Christmas a peg-top, Cinderella's slipper,

so on.
cracker, a
the
a kite,
pairof specs, and
Then
when
you
cut the
puzzlefollow
103
Hundreds
of Thingsa Boy
Can
Make
than the interesting the puzzlesthey up you
manner.
outline of these shapes. The pieceswill be far more ordinaryodd sections,and when your friends make will find the task much more enjoyable. Of course the
will have
to cut
piecescoming
between
the
shapes in
the usual
MAKING
PAPIER-MACHE
a
MODELS
Model-making
of replicas
Englands
their When
make popular pastime with boys. Some miniature Miss aeroplanes, others construct in building stock for others, again,find pleasure up rolling very well-known these and
is
railwaytrack.
making
similar things, the difficulty, always, is many to select a suitable material for the purpose. Although thin wpod and sheet metal are excellent in their own particular way, there is another material real advantages. It is papier-mach6. possesses many is easilymade, it is remarkably strong,it can be waterproofed, Papier-mache" that with
one or
and
be rubbed it may up it is very cheap. It has will be explained later. Let that us suppose will hardlyserve
and given glass-paper

two
neat
finish,
drawbacks, it is true, but
they
metal wood
Sheet the hull of a boat. you wish to construct for the purpose, unless great painsare taken, and will be difficult to shape nicely. Papier-mache1, the other hand, on
will prove to be just the thing. First,it will be necessary to make the cardboard. This be inside shape of the hull of done part of the work can
roughlyand
Next, you
mix
water
need
take
no
more
than
few
minutes.
it into used.
will want some paste. Take about half a pound of starch, with a little cold water ; then add sufficient boiling cream
a
to make
pint of paste.
gone
some
Mind
when has
If it has
off the
that the water is actually boiling, it will not a boil, provide paste that of newspaper into
proper adhesive After that, tear

i
qualities.
up sheets
rough strips,
approximately by 2 When all is ready, paint the cardboard with a generous covering of the paste and stick on the strips of paper. Put them without on any but aim at producinga final shape that approximates idea of regularity,
the
inches.
shape
desired.
As
each
stripgoes
been
on,
coat
it all
over
with
paste,
and, with the brush, force it well into

When very
never
contact
with
the underneath
strips.
the desired
shape
has
obtained, the paper
attractive ; in fact, it will seem to be a most mind ; put the huh1 on one side and leave it to
a time, the paper cardboard interior may
will not appear affair. But, messy
After The it does You model it is
will become shrink

are
not, the two knife between them.

now
materials
dry for several days. remarkably hard and tough. from the papier-mach6, or, if away table a separatedby running easily
boat, but it will be roughly
have
very
curves
strong hull for your

some
shaped. Therefore, take

the lines and how surprising the easy
fine
and glass-paper This
graduallygive
the
is not difficult ; in fact, you require. it will be to impart to the hull whatever shape the papier-mach^ perfected, may be
is desired. When with
shape has
finishes.
been
painted
any
it may oils,
be varnished, coated
with shellac, or
given
almost
of the usual
Hundred*
The takes enclosed drawbacks several
lu
a of Tilings Boy Can
Make
are
109
days
to
papier-mache, as a modelling medium, dry and harden, and (2) it is not easy
it.
(i) it
make
to
models
with
CUT-OUT
A
DESIGNS
with
a
good deal
When
of fun next
can
be obtained have
pairof
of paper.
at
you
your
and
cuts.
them challenge
a square of paper, of make the best design with the least number and if possible, A sheet three inches each way will do nicely, select
house, provide them

to
three of your two or each with scissors and
scissors and a sheet boy friends round
a.
4a.b of
"fxa^t
one
paper that of the should
Provide a pot of paste, in case squares. wishes stick of his to competitors though you design, part flat on make it clear that a design assembled the table will be is covered order. We
out
with
quitein
Note The and
give here
of the
are
that
in the
case
piecescut pastedon
specimen designs by way of examples. there are two cuts. signpost, right-angled dotted the as bent, lines, slightly suggestedby
two
to the upper
horizontal
arm.
A
Get any
some
"
'
PUZZLE
the letter when you
"
stiff paper
measures
one
and
draw
"
so
that
the width
at
part
inch ; and
have
done
this cut
it out
neatly.
First divide it up into four sections ; but do it very carefully. that the cut marked B meets close to its middle the cut A somewhere And point,not at its end. try to make the lowest pieceof the vertical Next
see
no
Hundreds
but not
of Things a Boy
cuts
Can
Make
leg almost
quiteequal in length to
A
right. Note, also,that the
and
C should
the section ol the arm, at the be parallel. not
which
If you follow these instructions you will have a very easy-looking puzzle difficult to solve. will be really and ask them to re-form Try it on your friends. Shuffle the four pieces
the letter T.
THE
This is
a
PAPER
SHAPE
that
OF
FIVE
your
SQUARES
ingenuity. Draw
in three
rows
good puzzle
on a
will exercise paper,
six of
equal squares
piece of stout
placing them
twos.
Then
cut
them
out
in
one
piece,but
omit
to include
left-hand
square.
The
shape
will be like that shown
the most upperin Diagram A.
Hundreds
It is not
a
of Things a Boy
to
Can
Make
111 that
more
very
attractive-looking piece of
Now do
what you have in all. four of them, making The puzzleconsists in taking the four
hardly matters.
paper, it is true, but is to cut out three
formed, so figure, considerably larger.

so
that
the
new
is the
and placingthem together, pieces but same shape as each piece,
Diagram
shows
how
to do it.
WHAT
A
in
a
CLATTER
few moments.
not
1
Cut
out two
noisytoy can be cardboard, exactlythe

This
made
same
of pieces in
size, shaped like the bat

It should be
ping-pong
Then wood
measure
or
table-tennis. its full about
the
same
length from length. The wood

a
tip to
should
playing large,however. handle and obtain a stripof of an be about three-eighths quite so
used
inch wide
and
quarter of
an
inch thick.
Place of wood
no more
the two
piecesof
between
card them.
exactly one
Glue
over
running
the two
the other, with the cards to the wood
strip along
nails
through
Wait and
than the end half of the handle,and, if possible, drive two add the to strengthto join. until patiently the the
glue
has
dried
hard,
then
grip the handle

"
shake clatter ! "
little contrivance. the
Everybody
one
will remark,
What
The
diagram shows
with clapper
flapremoved.
ROW
of
ALL
Here
on a
IN
is
something that
will
evening. them each twenty-four circles, trifle largerit will not matter
smaller.
winter's
Obtain
help to give you a great deal four ordinarypost cards and

about
;
pleasure
out
cut
of
a
the size of
but
penny. it is advisable not
If
to
they are
have them
See that all the discs will lie flat.
Now select two small players, give each of them twelve of the imitation pennies,and stand them one each side of the dining-roomtable. It is the longer sides of the table that we mean. The players hold the pileof penniesin their hands and at the word
112
"
Hundreds
of Things a Boy
Can
own
Make edge
of the
Go," they put the pennies in line along their

must
table.
the corner, and there must be no spaces between They When the twelve are used up, the first to be laid is lifted and the coins. of the table placed beside the last one, and so on, until the far corner The player to reach it first is the winner. is reached.
beginrightat
MAKING
which
COLLECTING-BOX
societies and funds. To other bodies
struct con-
of church Many boys are active members make public appeals for periodically boxes collecting
we
be able to
box
wooden how to make a substantial If less permanent it will be boxes are preferred, perfectly simpleto substitute cheaper materials, such as cardboard, for mentioned. those
Here,
give some
is,then, very useful hints on
helpful.
for the purpose.
The
requirements for
each
box
are
(1) Two
thick.
of wood, pieces
each
6 inches square
and
quarter of
an
inch
substance. 12 by 6 inches, of the same (2) Two pieces, One inches. 12 (3) piece, by 5$ 12 (4) Two strips, by 3 inches. (5) A supply of i inch panel pins. Having obtained the materials,placepiece No. 3 on the it
serve as
bench with
and the
let
as
the bottom
of the box.
No.
2, and
placethem
uprighton
the
Then, take the two bench, in contact
listed pieces,
long
edges of
Use the wood.
the bottom
these
with a few panel pins. piece. Nail them in position to split pins instead of ordinarynails as they are less likely take
No. i, and fix them mentioned the two pieces, as so If that they serve the ends to the box. at this point,any piece of as it wood stands up longer than it should, use the spoke-shave to make with the other even pieces. from the diagram, As will be seen So far,there is no top to the box. this is to be composed of two stripsof wood, which slope downwards This
done,
towards
middle. To them lines
the centre, with
slot about
an
eighth of
on
an
inch
wide
in the
fix these
to within
on
listed as No. 4, pieces, about an eighth of an
decide inch
the
slope that
other and
will mark the
bring
the
of each
the inner face of the end
pieces. Immediately below
pencil
Hundreds
drive lines,
of Thingsa Boy Can
Make
113
keep
draw Do
the
out not
is done. edge of one of the sides,before the fitting sheet of is and it must bear the signatureor a pasted paper of the collector's authority.Naturally, the sheet is renewed the box is emptied. There when
are
coins out the bottom
This will help to in a few pins and rest the wood them. on stripsin position while they are being fixed. Afterwards, the first set of pins, further purpose. as they serve no method be devised for emptying the must forget that some of the box. The usual plan is to cut out a small section,along Over this the stamp each time
countless ways
ot
a
are carving and metal-inlay an
decoratingsuch a box few suggestions which
"
paint,poker-work,
may be considered
ornamental
effect is desired.
TINTING
For and parties
ELECTRIC
LIGHT
BULBS
other festive occasions,a few tinted electric
lightbulbs
produce a very happy effect. Colouring ordinarybulbs is easilydone in the following Buy a way. tin of water-glass, such as is used for pickling then obtain two or eggs, three packets of aniline dyes,of different colours. Take small quantities of the water-glassand tint them differently ; then pour the liquid the bulbs and brush over the surfaces. Do not on make the mistake of colouring the water-glasstoo strongly. Light shades are the most brilliant. Remember that by mixing small quantities of two different dyes,secondarycolours can be produced.
PERPETUAL
The
MOTION"
ALMOST
it is diagram suggests a rather weird looking wheel ; nevertheless, littlething to construct. There is a centre cork, which is interesting made Next there out of a wine bottle. a cork by cutting in halves
an
" "
are
four
of pieces into four
wire of
equal lengthand weight. They

arm.
are
fixed, spoke
are
fashion, into the central pieceof

driven
The
outside
ends
of the wire
more piecesof cork, which should be, for preference, halved, will do as a rectangular vertically ; but corks from wine bottles,
114
Hundreds
of Thingsa Boy
Can
Make
of
On to these latter corks are makeshift. Then the wheel is completed. Its success parts very accuratelybalanced. Now for the fun.
pinned
littlecubes
on
camphor.
depends
having
the various
carefully
on
It will continue
to
Half fillup a bath with cold water, and immediately the surface, it commences round for a spin unceasingly day or it stops,the another
place the
trivance con-
to rotate.
two, without
then
getting giddy. When it will go on again for
camphor
or so
should
be renewed, and
day
COMICAL
The theatre wooden faces
a
SHADOW
a
THEATRE
idea of how Across The this the comical
a
diagram
will
give
good
frame
shadow shallow front
is constructed. box with the their
The bottom
is made
of the
sides of back that
removed. is stretched.
and
piece of tracinglinen
arms are
are figures
of thin card, and
plannedto
move
in the way
shaped out a railway
This system may be seen in the second is fixed the bottom to upright edge of the theatre,and the body of the actor is glued behind it. Then a horizontal The cross-piece is nailed to it at A. work freely must the on cross-piece
arm signal diagram. moves
up
and
down.
thin
of wood
be so arrangedthat it can it must be raised by pulling the On this horizontal the arm wire fixed at B. of the actor is fixed, and he It must be so planned that when holds a trumpet. the wire loop is
pivotA,
and
lifts the trumpet up to the mouth, and when the wire falls down and the trumpet moves from loop is released the arm away The other figure works the mouth. the same but in this on system ; wire lifts or lowers his two arms. When raised case one they are they
arm come
pulledthe
up
to
his ears,
that suggesting the
the trumpet
makes
an
unbearable
noise. The wire

two
loops projectbelow
small holes bored
edge
of the
theatre. of
a
through
in the wood
by
means
They pass gimlet.
Hundreds
Mere
of Thingsa Boy Can

outline
of
Make
is
115
only
the
bare
the
shadow
theatre
given.
Other behind
details will suggest themselves. To see the figures to their best the theatre and have the
room
candle advantage placea lighted darkened.
otherwise
JOLLY
You know how materials.
RAILWAY
TRAINS
make
EASILY
useful
MADE
of waste for hours.
it is to satisfactory
a
out playthings
Well, here is
no
stock Railway rolling

moreover,
idea which will amuse capital you expensive to buy in any quantity; take the trouble to play with self-respecting person would is rather four trains at a time, which Now the idea is this. shillings.
or
fewer
than
three
of at least ten the models described of paste and you

must
First,you
expenditure making below, and spend,also, sixpence on buying a pot will save nearly all the ten shillings justmentioned. collect a number of empty cigarette packetsof the
means an
Spend
an
hour
B.
DISTRICT
RAIlX
DISTRICT
/,
o
/-,
This
kalf "c Strif).
kind
that
hold
an
ten
If cigarettes.
matter.
this will be
easy
ones.
Get the
your all the
father
or
big
same
brother
smokes,
select
packetsthe
size and
only
Now
uncrushed
in twos, side by side, standing the long edges,as shown on by Fig. A. Then, fix straps of pasted paper hold each pairof cartons around them, as shown This will securely in B. You will want for coach. one as together and the pair will then serve for business. Place
cartons
many The
are
coaches. you decide to make mind what is make to railway company thing you up your going to imitate. We suggest that your trains should be electric,
as so joined, pairs,
next
116 for then you
Hundreds
will not If
of Things a Boy Can
Make
requireany locomotives, which are a littledifficult stock must be to construct. you go in for Southerns, your rolling coloured green, if it is Undergrounds you decide on, then they must
" "
going to suppose that your choice lies with the Underground. Get strips of white paper justthe width of the two and a litut cartons the white roofs, as longer than their length. Paste them on to serve and be careful to press down the extra bits on the sides. Now cut lengths of white paper long enough to wind round the sides and ends of the
cartons, with
and
to spare. On these you will draw in Indian ink a littlepiece in the red, paint pattern of an Underground coach. See Fig.C. When they are quitedry, a length is pastedround each twin-carton and a fine coach it will look. Note, as we cannot trouble about actual wheels, we instead. draw them They will glidealong the table quite nicelyas.
be red. We are
they are.
We
must
not
forgetthat the Underground people are

the destination of their trains,so we window the right-hand
must
tell passengers It will be
very careful to do the same.
Under fixed each train must be extra an at D. Only the shaded part must
quiteeasy.
of the front end of red coloured paper, as shown pieceof be pasted; then the " Richmond
"
board number
can
be
in slipped
and
held
there.
Of
course,
as
you
of boards
bearing different
such destinations,
will make don, Ealing,Wimble-
Barking,Mansion House, etc. With them, you will be able to have great fun in changing the route from time to time There is just the couplings to do, and that is to provide one thingmore
for the coaches. bridgeof paper train. wire But when
one us
If you between
we
are
going
two
each
ourselves and
a
trains,stick a little coaches, allowingfour coaches to a fixed a made of these trains,we some
to have set
"
"
loop at
end
to
wire
hook
at the
as we on
other
end
of each
coach. white
"
This enabled If you
coupleup
run we on on
the trains
liked.
preferto
"
paper on the table the lines and draw
your trains about have used the reverse it. it. Think what
a
lines,spread some
a roll of wall paper lot of junctionsand splendid
side of
sidings you
can
make
SIX
Most
MODEL
RAILWAY
ACCESSORIES
boys, and very often their fathers as well,are keenly interested, in settingup a wellin model railways. There is something fascinating
planned track with a station or two, if all the little odds and ends of equipment are available. Although we do not suggest that an average stock, we do advise him to engines and rolling boy should make his own
construct
realistic.
many Here
of the other
are a
things which
well worth
go
to
make
his
system look
few
models
attempting.
A
This is
an
LOADING
a
GAUGE
curved
are
arm-shaped accessory with

and loaded
upper
bar.
by goods trucks can pass without touching the top bar, they Make in tunnels. the vertical and horizontal bars to grief
Fix the
the side of the track
trucks
passed under
of
It is placed it. If the

come
will not
angle with
screw,
but after
making the
screw
in. tering. quarhole,and
Hundreds
before the the fixing
on a
of Thingsa Boy
Can
Make
117
screw,
upright
block
out
then tighten glue the join, up the screw. of wood, heavy enough to steady the of thin sheet iron, and
Support
arm.
Cut
the curved
gauge
suspend it
by
looped wire.
Paint The
the whole
of the accessory
part,which
of your
should
be black.
white, with the exceptionof the bottom Use oil paints, well thinned with turpentine.
be
a
height of
the vertical post should
trifle more
than
the
height
stock. pieceof rolling highest
(See Fig.i.)
POSTS
TELEGRAPH
Half
a
addition to the stock of these posts will form a pleasing of accessories. They are easilymade out of cheap wooden penholders. Fix the foot into squares of wood have used some derelict draughtswe men dozen
"
cut a pocket-knife purpose. cross-bar, and glue them into position. Before drive in slight in Fig. 2, to look nails,as shown
for the
With
recesses
for the
upper Give
fixingthem, however,
like insulators. for the wires.
the whole
coat
of indian
ink, and
use
black
thread
GRADIENT
These tell the
are
POSTS
the little posts we lines which at intervals along railway see deal inclines he has with. With what to a pocketengine-driver
two
knife cut
piecesof wood, f
inch
by \
inch
by
inch.
Fix
them
to
118
a
Hundreds
of Thingsa Boy
Can
Make
stouter slightly at
arms
different when
or
white, and
Make three
post, i\ inches high,and pin it to a foot. Place the in Fig. 3. Paint the whole angles,as shown object dry print the levels,as shown in the figure. perfectly
at the
same
four of these
time.
BUFFER
These
a are
STOPS
track. well-equipped in Fig.4. Its width Take should
solid
to any absolutely necessary pieceof wood and shape it,as shown

"
wider than that of the track when No. o gauge is used be slightly i.e., it should be a trifle more than ij inches in width. Pin a horizontal lath
across
the
face of the red the eyes.
buffer.
Colour
the
on
block
black
with
indian
ink, the lath red with

paper
to
serve as
ink, and
paste
two
round
spots of white
FIELD
We all know how field the scenery.
can
HOARDINGS
hoardings,seen from the train window, spoil touch of realism when Nevertheless, they add a pleasing forming part of our miniature railroad. Two or three such hoardings
be made
amount
in less than of
half
an
hour
they
look
well, and
there is from
certain
to
in pleasure
postingfresh advertisements
for
time
time.
Figure 5 gives a good pattern

about made look colour 5 inches of wood,
out
a
copying.
Use
sheet of
cardboard,
by 2 inches,for the poster, and support it with trestles f inch in section. When you go on a journey by train,
advertisement of it,when which you your fancy,and draw for the hoarding. get home, takes and
for
an
miniature
AN
EASILY
For the road
a
MADE
have.
BRIDGE
The about
Bridges are
made it wide
two
as
always handy thingsto

:
"
bridgeproper
or 10
follows
use
wood three-ply
enough
to take
singletrack, and
be may millboard. Cut inches long. Make Fix

a
skeleton
here and well-known of the make
parapets, and then nail them to the each there on the parapet and print on
advertisement. it out If
an
roadway.
the
card
some
of lettering
shape bridge,
the incline too
incline is to be fitted to either side in Fig.6A. of millboard,as shown Do not
steep.
RAILWAY BOOKSTALL
MODEL
have
model railwayswith engines,passenger carriage, and miniature bookstall track a complete. For them goods trucks, fine addition to the station platform. To construct would make a really of an afternoon, and the cost is practically is the work one nothing. box may be used for the purpose, An old cardboard but, as a rule,
Many
boys
it will be better to model shape and size can then
the bookstall be made
out
of
flat sheet of card. one's
The
according to
wishes, and
they
box is available. to those of whatever will not have to conform The size of the model depends on the uses to which it will be put. miniature If required to go with a No. o gauge railwaythe scale will be about
a
inch to the foot.
As
real bookstall
is often 30 feet
long,
Hundreds
this and
means
a
of Thingsa Boy
is to be from
"
Can
Make
119
that the model third of the should where

a
is about the available
length perhaps
be from
i
7 to 8 inches long. The height will be advisable a trifle more

"
depth
to
inches, accordingto the space
it is to stand.
First make
cutting the
front and and
a
paper pattern of the model, to be quite certain, before is correct. There will be wanted card, that the fitting a back, both of similar dimensions, two sides alike in shape
a
in preferably, one are making-up is far more difficult. The edges are joinedtogetherby lengths of gummed sold such is for as commercially doing up packages. paper, Before the model is erected an opening should be cut for the counter. The counter itself is made by bending inwards a part of the card which filled the of the opening. originally space When white card is selected for the model, it is a straightforward piece of work to paintit suitably and add whatever But drawing is necessary. if the card has done duty in some and is soiled, other capacity lettered,
no
size,and
roof, but
floor.
They
should
piece and
folded.
If all the
faces
be cut, separate the
etc., it must
it is made
be up.
faced
with
white
paper.
This
should
be
done
before
W.
H.
SMITH
"
SON,
LTD.
now
To
To
1000
-CWG
5PB.L
"
CDKRE'
v:CTV
The stall is to be miniature
JLj
a
of a real one it had replica ; accordingly like look wood and lettered grained yellow-brownto of W. H. Smith " Son, or Wyman. along the cornice with the name number of placards, Below should be drawn the counter a advertising be pasted over Fresh them whenever various ones can periodicals. of fine holes in the cardboard desired. A better plan is to bore a number of loops, the counter made below and to thread of two rows parallel the placardscan In this manner be held flower wire, through them. the same in much in placeand renewed way as they are on a real stall. be arrayed with miniature The counter must papers. magazines and newsabove the other, Sheets of paper, cut to size and piled one of actual periodicals. will make a very good representation They should Others may and the top one lettered. be displayed be stuck together either hanging from the inside of the cornice edge or the stall, about fixed to the uprightsides. better be coloured
A
A
RAILWAY
TUNNEL
tunnel
makes You
railwaylines.
splendidaddition to the equipment of your toy make fine specimen with rery littletrouble. can a
120
Hundreds
of Things a Boy
Can
Make
First procure a thin sheet of iron and hammer the edges so that over will not cut or scratch your the size fingers. Then determine The heightshould be about 7 inches, whilst the actual tunnel is to be.
they
the width metals.
depends on
Having
whether these the
you
want
it to take
one
or
two
sets of
decided
A, making the rises and

determined.
bend the iron as shown in diagram points, the to cross-run according lengthsyou have
A
Next
as
cut
out
of fretwood B.
two
to pieces
serve
as
entrances
shown
in
Diagram
in
a
Follow
this
by gettingsome
odd
the tunnel, piecesof cloth

to
and
dip them
of the
on
solution
very wet mixture and them arrange cloth until the solution and other of work
of Paris. plaster the over irregularly whole of the metal Paint
of
Take
them
out
tunnel.
Keep
of adding pieces make

a a
then
thicker
of Paris. plaster it about

so
is covered, and the this over
cloth with When tunnel
stiff brush
that the surfaces resemble with various coloured the
little hillocks, paths,and the
geographicalfeatures.
the surfaces
shaping is
with
finished coat
to representgreen oil-paints entrances
grey
grass, sandy paths,etc. and line out the brickwork
Then
in
a
colour darker
grey.
RAILROAD
If you have a track than more
set
TRACK
trains you could some Why no make merit of real
of miniature
probably do
lengths on
most
with the
plan
of
ones
described do
a
you possess. below ? It has it resembles feet
the
constructed, being easily

"
being cheap,and
not.
railwaylines
an
which For
bought
Get which
plank of
wood
long and
inch thick.
track, single
is described here,it should be 4 inches wide. Next obtain some wood and inch wide thick of and inch them into pieces cut a \ lengths J wood that is deal in Such stocked by shops regularly 3 inches long.
Hundreds
of Things a Boy
nail the of 3 inch sleepers. Place
Can
Make
121
strip-woodmaterials. Then that they play the part so

to
one
them
the on another, marking their positions and Put them inch leave i \ inch space apart square. the base-board. of track. The
next
the plank piecesacross all exactlyparallel board with a carpenter's

at both
a
ends
of
Thus
to
sixteen obtain
will be wanted sleepers
for
foot
length
in the it into Glue
step is
It
some
can diagram. J inch lengthsand
be
bought
each
one
for three end.
moulding of the pattern shown Cut halfpence per foot.

a
use
little piece as
chair for the
rails.
two
to every
Follow
this
sleeper, two by gettinglengths of strip-wood,
at each
for "ach
pieceof
track. these gauge
They
between
see
should the
be
feet
so
long,a J
that
inch wide
serve
and the
that
they they are exactlyij inches apart,and wedge

as
chairs
rails.
inch thick. Run For No. o them
tightly
by knocking little blocks of wood Now paintall the surfaces,with

and
coat
between the and
them
and
the chairs.
the
rails with of the have and
aluminium.
of the rails with creosote exception Lastly,paint hot glue over the
visible
now
parts
a we
base-board described down road wide
sprinkle with
silver sand.
You
have make
most
realistic
piece of track.
a on
Although
to
an
board
should
up be 9 inches
length,many boys will prefer one-way board. the same In such cases the
all other will requirements be
and
merely
doubled. A
This is
a
SPRING
BUFFER
STOP
of an stop which arrests the motion oncoming of coil. As it will be considerto take able a spring engine by means required of substantial materials. Therefore shocks, it had better be made It consists let the obtain. is base be constructed The length should of sheet be about iron
or
very useful of a buffer
for possession
those interested in model
railways.
lead, whichever
the width and
twice
is easier to the width is

o
determined
by
ij
inches of the
wide
the gauge of the track in use. The track of No. and No. i gauge is if inches. Add inch an and you will have
a
to
gauge each
side of the base
track buffer
very
convenient
width
for the lean-to
stop.
trestles and
a
To support the
coil apparatus,two spring
pairof
122
are pillars a
Hundreds
needed. The
of Things a Boy
Can
Make
square the joinsare bolts how

are
rod
\ inch
made for
in width.
used
for these are lengths cut from pieces required The cutting is easily done with a hack-saw ; holes with brace and a bit,and nuts and by boring grippingthe piecestogether. The diagram shows
the arrangement is to be made. The spring coil is fitted inside a

a
length of tubing
marked
in the
diagram,and
short
pieceof
rod
is placedpartly bearinga buffer-plate
The the tube. of brass around them, within Note the tube of
us
lengthsof
as
tube
are
held
by running a firmly
collar
shown
at B.
that
to
only
arrest
very short piece of spring coil is the motion of an oncoming engine.
required within
Probably,most
will be inclined to fitfar too largea piece at the outset and the effect and its arm out of the tube of this will be to shoot the buffer-plate considerable whenever compressionis applied. If the need
buffer-plates overhang
to
the
baseboard
there slightly,
will be be
on
should no railwaylines to the flooring ; but the plates distance apart as those spaced so that they are the same correctly fix the
enginesused.
SHUNTING THE
the
TRUCKS
Here
is
will racking. track of railway piece track We

at two
very As you
jolly toy
see
that will
with
providea good deal of fun and brainfrom diagram, it consists of a straight curved a loop line which joinsthe straight
middle of the
set out
points. In
the
loop
the
so
there
is
low with
bridge.
actual
do
miniature
suggest that you railwaylines,although you

not
track
the track, as we you draw colour the permanent way
show and
it,on
the
if you wish may of a piece cardboard embankments.
do
; but that and nicely
Hundreds
When lined Colour and
one
of Things a Boy
Can
two
Make
match-boxes
this is done, construct an engine and will do for the bodies and paper
goods trucks. Empty pastedround them, suitably

enough
blue. for the the In purpose. match-box
coloured, will make

of the trucks red
them and
realistic the other
that is to be the engine wedge a piece of pencilto imitate the funnel. There is one to do, and that is to erect a bridge at the thing more bent piece of cardboard the A will answer of the loop. mid-point it is intended to be. to look like what purpose, if it is ornamented it so that In constructing the bridge be very careful to make you must but under it that the the trucks can cannot. engine pass is this : Put the two trucks and the engine in the Now the game
marked the diagram, and then try to shunt the red truck on positions of the blue, the blue to the position of the red, finally to the position back its station. Do that the the not to engine original bringing forget under the but trucks can that the engine cannot. bridge pass This and away and brings itself to the blue truck, which it pushes up to the red one marked A in the diagram. The red truck the two down to the position and the blue truck and the engine are made is then unhooked to travel it is done : The engine goes behind the red way it under the It is unho ked and then bridge. comes pushes is the truck
by
up
now
to the
and bridge, the
the blue truck up
is
pushed under it,so

at the outset.
that it The
along to
comes
place taken
by
the red truck
glides engine
of the blue back, takes the red truck to the original position A on the diagram. truck, leaves it and goes to the spot marked
THINGS AND
YOU BIRTHDAY
CAN
EASILY PRESENTS BAZAARS
MAKE
;
FOR ALSO TO
CHRISTMAS SELL AT
i.
"
Smart
Blotter. the size of the
Fold
a
each and
is double stick down
of thin
cardboard
on
same
that eight sheets of blotting paper, so of Procure a piece piece typewriting paper. size. Cover this with pretty wallpaper, Bind the the
the inside.
blotting paper
a
into the
cover
by
threading silk ribbon

"
through
fold. Get box with

a
2.
Box for the Slipper
Fireside.
hinged lid
from
there may be. the grocer, and scrape off any paper advertisements Give dark and lid of either oak the coat or cover stain, a spirit mahogany, with
a
pieceof
A
sheet
this nicely polished, 3.

"
copper or brass, and turn will look very attractive.
over
the
edges.
it
When
Paper Knife.
Buy
an
ordinary boxwood
ruler,carve
10
the
124
Hundreds
of
a
of Thingsa Boy
ornament
Can
Make
Remove with all traces
a
shape
work
knife
and
sharpen the cuttingedges.

the
of the ruler with
then glass-paper,
handle
poker-
with bright coloured enamels. or design, Set. Get an empty fifty cigarettebox, and 4. A SealingWax of it with smart a cover taking care to turn in the piece wallpaper, candles of various edges. Then buy half a dozen small Christmas if they will not fit long-ways into the colours, and trim the ends down of thin card, and in one box. Put in a partition compartment arrange candles. In the the other, place sticks of sealingwax, cut similarly break up the wax into short lengths, down. Or you can warm slightly
"
"
"
them, and roll them

This is made easily
into balls.
If this is
a by soldering
done, you will want twist of silvered wire on to
a a
crucible. thimble.
Box. box Get a shallow, wooden A Nail or Screw from sweet and sides Clean but that the bottom are confectioner, see strong. your varnish. off the paper advertisements, and cover the outside with spirit
5.
"
Divide 6.
some
the
inside into kind Mats

or
small
or
strips.One
"
of nail
screw
compartments by means should be kept in
of thin each
wooden
compartment.
cork. Cut
out
Table ovals
for
Hot
Plates. with
Buy
with thin
some
thin sheet Then
circles of thin wood

on one
your
with the cork, sticking it the edge, with all round
glue.
fret-saw ; face the pieces painta J inch border
of the
dyes
"
sold for
colouringstraw
hats.
"
7.
"
A
are
Window all made
they
Have
Measure Sill Flower Box. one and make to standard sizes
it 8 inches
or
high.
Cover
the number
front
face
of your window sills lidless box to fit it. a of the box with virgin
cork,
fit them
ornament
of square ornamental better still, obtain a and tiles, in by running a grooved moulding all round the edges. Only the Wire
"
one
side that shows.

medium
to form
8.
"
gauge
a
wire
of ToastingFork. Buy about three-pennyworth forks three strands it will be enough for two plait
"
handle, and finish each strand off

If
to
serve
as
prong.
File the prongs
provide spiked tips. buy from the ironmonger

to
and handle and 9.

"
insert
nicelywith
with Box
a
something out of the ordinary is desired, a wooden driver, handle, such as is used for a screwthe wire into the opening provided. Smooth the fixed of indian ink, give a coat or two glass-paper,
spare suppliesof A convenient box
as
rub A
knives, forks for storingthese

under
pieceof velvet to providea shine. for Spare Cutlery. Most people possess and spoons which are not in dailyuse.
can
be made
out
of
box, confectionery
mentioned
paragraph 5, if the inside is covered with wash leather. To stick the latter,spread tube glue thinlyon the inner faces of the box, and when tacky, press the wash leather firmly on to the surfaces. Coat the outside of the box with leatherette paper, and fix on a brass catch.
biscuit tin, clean out compartment large enough to take two brushes These may be bought at Woolstanding on end. ordinaryboot brush with fixed indian Coat the back of one worth's for sixpence each.
10.
"
Boot
CleaningOutfit.Take
fit
a
an
empty
the
inside,and
wooden
ink, and
brush
two
then, in white
with
paint,print the
red
a
word brown the
"
BLACK."
"
The
is coloured
ink
and Now
inscribed
coat
BROWN." black of the
other In tht
largercompartment,
place
tin of both
and
polish,and
tin with
pads,
one
for each
colour.
outside
Hundreds
of Thingsa Boy
it has dried
Can
Make
will not take
125
Japan black, and

a
when
smart
hard, which
the four
large circle of
wallpaper on
sides and
long, fix the lid, using
paste for the purpose.

"
You
now
have
an
attractive
and
useful
boot
cleaningoutfit. This is just the thing for those who A Newspaper Rack. do not ii. chairs like to see newspapers about in the Take on lying sitting-room. of wood, f inch thick, and cut them as long as the Daily Mail two strips
On one is wide, and let them be about 6 inches in width. of the boards, fit two hooks along the top edge,to allow the rack to be hung on the Fix the other board wall. to the first along the bottom edge, so as if looked thirtydegrees. The two pieces, V. Cover the boards an imperfect appear with leatherette,leather, cretonne, or anything of an artistic nature, and the contrivance in a tidyfashion. will now to hold newspapers serve If preferred, French the front with polishthe back board, and cover
to
make
an
angle of about
now
at
end-on, will
to form
sheet
12.
"
of burnished A Novel Pin

ones
brass.
Tray.
if
Purchase off the
two
or
three
a
cheap pin
or
ash
trays, wooden
possible.Then
obtain
handful
of obliterated
backs, and stick them completely the upper surface of the trays. Let them over overlap in an irregular and different colours Have attractive to an together. manner, try get When have in the dried centre. they stamp thoroughly, say in two or followed by a coat of hard drying three days, give a coat of fine size, white varnish. Paste will stick the stamps on to wood, but fish glue
postage stamps, take the paper
will be needed 13.
uses
"
for
celluloid surface.
"
Score Your
the celluloid first. will find

a
"
Hot-Cold
Container.
mother
hundred
for this little contrivance. Get a fair sized wooden box, with a and of and flock. Pack the flock then a lid, buy wadding quantity the bottom of the box, and on this lay a sheet 2 inches deep all over of the
so
wadding. Next,
inches that about 2 round the inner box, and When you have reached of millboard into
a
smaller box inside a arrange left free between them. are
the
larger one,
Wrap
cut
wadding
a
wedge
to the
the sides with will
some
more
of the flock.
top level of the inner box,

hide effectively
piece
frame
which
all the
flock but
126 leave
Hundreds
of Things a Boy
Can
Make
now
the centre box exposed. There should be at least 2 inches between the top level of the inner box and the top of the outside but more will not matter. Take
two
box,
some
flock
of millboard, not quitethe size pieces between them, and make them up tighly flannel. This article should and fillthe be down
so
of the into
a
big box, pack sort of pillow,

that Now it will
covered
rest
a on
with
contrived
the frame
on
of millboard
catch
the hot
will Of
keep
course,
lid,to enable it to shut things hot in winter, and

many asbestos fitting
big box exactly. tightly.This

things cold
in the the in
put
container
summer.
cold
if you box. 14. you

;mart
"
you may wish, such as
introduce
refinements
construction
sheeting to
worst
sides of the inner

is that you is a
An
not
Unusual
to
Money-Box.
to open
The
of
money-box
want naturally
ought
open little idea which
much there is in it,and it to see how it because such an act is fatal to thrift. Here
gets over
the
difficulty.
You sugar
course
"
know and wash
those boiled
glassjars with
sweets
are
metal
screw-on one
sold.
Well, get
tops in which barleyof them empty, of

"
cut the inside, and allow it to dry. In the meantime the s mooth small with edges metal a the file, slot in lid,and, a straight the top, coat the whole of Screw on and make the opening look neat. it will the glass with red sealing-wax. Now the lid and a stripround and this being red it stands for without not open breaking the wax, " always be satisfied because you are danger." Your curiositycan
Hundreds
able to
extent
see
of Thingsa Boy
and, by glass,
a
Can
Make
up
12? th"
through
the
reckon little ingenuity,
of your
"
wealth: and a good many In every shop, most offices, follows : Take a is a useful tool. Make as one off all the Smooth thick and 6 inches square. of
one
StringCutter. kitchens, a stringcutter

15
A
piece of wood, | inch edges,and cut a V-shaped piece out

the V the
come a
side.
Let
the
point of
and make
littlelower
opening long
the centre of the pieceof wood, the top. Near the botton for its width across than
of the V, fix* a the two holes.
discarded You
now
safetyrazor
have
an
admirable
blade, by putting stringcutter.
screws
point through
Cuftfef.
As the V is narrow, the your
cannot fingers
be
drawn
on
to
the
sharp
string easily gets there. Bore a couple of holes through then be the square of wood, near the two lower corners. Screws can slipped through them and the contrivance fixed in some handy place.
Here is an ingeniouslittle article with a hundred Clip Rack. of uses. a piece board, say i foot by 4 inches,and " inch thick. and glass-paper Plane up the edgesnicely the faces. Put a pair of hooks from the ends ; then bore six or eightround the top edge, equidistant on holes through the wood. These holes must be justbig enough to allow the back, Of course, a clothes peg to be pushed through from you must head and a pair of long springy the kind of peg that has a round use
"
blade, but
16
Take
legs.
As the
legsmust
look
a
fit tightly, you and
may
have
to
screw
them and
in from make
"
the back. contrivance

a
Paint
the board attractive.

a
the pegs in jazz colours It will be useful for many for kitchen Our
the
as
purposes the
pipe-rack,
17
"
tool rack,
rack
etc. utensils,
Household
Sharpener.
experienceis
that
people
128 who You work
Hundreds
of Things a Boy Can
Make
in kitchens sadly negiec" the edges of their cuttingimplement!. will find your mother, for instance,tryingto cut a pieceof raw meat with a knife that is only fit to deal with the proverbial lump of butter.
Why
not
make
her
kind
of strop, one 18 inches
that
she would
take
pridein
using ?
Obtain
At
one a
stripof wood,
carve a
end,
There
grip.
one
is
now
inches wide, and i inch thick. flat handle and make it nice and comfortable to inches Cover of about left. a on this, length 13
long,3
finest emery cloth, and on the other, with a length leather. of good wash Pin down these two materials on the thickness of the wood, not on the face of it,or you will not be able to run a blade the the surface. It is advisable to round off the edges of the up and down wood ; the emery and wash leather will then enjoy a longer life of usefulness. The fierce of to a knife, will, edge course, provide your emery
side,with
while the wash

or a
leather will knives

on
other
good
Three
proper finish. Do not this sharpener. It is only intended
give it
use
stainless
good
18.
"
business-like Shies will

a
edge
on
kitchen It is
knives
and
for putting tools. carpenter's what

a
Penny.
wonderful really fun. games. The
lot of fun
can
be
got
out
of home-made
toys and
article which
provide endless
Here is a simple little in this case ingredients
are or
old straw mauve), six

one one
hat nail.
one (man's),
ping-pong balls, the
bottle ot ink (vivid colour,red, green, of use one a paint-box, piece of
and string,
Hundreds
First you take give the outside
cut
out
an
of Things a Boy
and draw
out
Can
Make
129
the hat
oval
of ink, to make coat a from the crown. This

now
and taken
the
crown
is
paintedup
The Now
a
to
lining. Next, you lively. After that, you should be about 4 by 3 inches, look like a face, the opening being
it look the nail
are
the internal
for the
on
mouth.
string and
stand feed
used
for
hanging
closer if is
the hat
the wall.
then, the fun begins. Take

is to
three
come
ping-pong
balls,and
you
are
if you are The small.
big chap,
game
six feet away ; the monster. His
mouth
big
enough.
This Next
is
nothing
feathers. them
very to make. You
wonderful
pieceof apparatus, yet

plucks
nice any
a
it costs
practically
of the threads
time
your mother will want If there

are
chicken,
save
half
dozen the
downy
specimens,
with
undamaged.
out.
slits in the delicate parts, carefully smooth about

a
Now, obtain two of each, then draw

cut out
cards, each
on
them
4 inches square. circle with a diameter
the centre of 3 inches and Well
Find
the
central
are
part.
all this will lead to.
So
far, you
probably wonderingwhat
wait the Of what
little and
the cards second
Take of one longer and proceed with the construction. then the glue opening ; place the feathers neatly across card so that it overlaps the first and gripsthe feathers in it is not aim easy to at is to open arrange fillthe feathers whole in
an
position.
course,
orderlymanner
circle with smooth
than is necessary. spaces or overlapping in front of an electric Now hand for the mystery. Hold up your Place the Your hand light bulb. merely looks a black silhouette. and the to close latter. feather grid between and hand, your your eyes For some as see though it were mysterious reason, you now your hand
down,
you without
should
more
of the
an
X-ray
picture the
"
bones
on.
are
black
outlines, the
flesh
is
and semi-transparent,
so
130
Hundreds
THE
of Thingsa Boy Can

GAME
OF
Make
CORKS
Some elaborate
of the and
simplestgames
costly. The
for instance,in a The cost is nothing.

neat
fun than those which are described of be can corks, here, made, game few minutes, and it will afford hours of real amusement.
provide more
Get six large corks and

and
rub
them
up
on
so glass-paper
that
clean,and, above
Now
cut
a
all,so that they stand firmlyon

little depression in the centre
their
they look larger

of the
circular face.
of each
faces the cork

as
on
which
so
they are
that
to
stand, and then
run
long French
nail
cork,
diagram).
o, 5, 10,
The
it sticks up a good way above the top edge. head of the nail will lie snuglyin the depression and
to
through (See
the
will not
want
topple
over.
On
each
cork
write inch
such
numbers half.
"
The To
Lastlycut a dozen or more 15, etc. diameter of a ringshould not be less than play
game, feet from the
one
ringsfrom
an
post cards.
a on
and
the
stand
up
the corks Give each them
in
"
duck
formation
the and
table,2
see
which
can,
edge. by throwing
A
playersix
the
over
ringsat a spiked corks, score
time
fifty
points first.
TOY CHEST
of toys is that, unless their owners are very tidy people, of the house are apt to be everlastingly in a state of the living rooms The
worst
chaos.
toy chest, however, is
great boon,
and
a
if it is when
nice
one
that takes with
the eye the little odds and
of its young possessor, there is ends of things will be put away your small brother
real chance
that all
are
they
an
done
for the time being. like to make If you would
or
sister
attractive
Hundreds
toy "hest, go
that you
want to
of Thingsa Boy
buy
a a
Can
Make
box,
not
an
131
the
and grocer's
well-made When
forgetting
hour or you rub all the sides of the both and in with box, so to spare, out, glass-paper, make a hinged lid, and put on four small feet. We have used four cheap round drawer handles for the purpose.
the wood
to fashion
lid.
have
First give it a coat of white or the chest. with hard, quite penciland ruler divide all cream, and paint each a bright colour the outside faces into triangles red, See that no two adjacenttriangles of the are blue,yellow, green, etc. For a few pence you have an attractive jazz toy chest. colour. same You
now
have
to
paint
is
then
when
that
"
A
Take
cut
an or
MUSICAL
BOX
;
empty
four
three
blacking tin and clean out the inside from a length of springribbon, such as pieces
circular Let the
then Make
is used
for mechanical hole in each
toys.
piecesbe
about
inches make Place
long.
three the
close to one end. Also a length, fairly in the edge of the box part of the tin. equidistant, of ribbon in the box
a
holes,
lengths
and
grip them
the the free end
to the
through
nut
on
hole in the
tin and
hole in the of each
edge by passinga tiny bolt a ribbon, then fastening
the
tip.
Bend
pieceof
ribbon
in
curl
towards Now
too
the centre
of the tin.
put the lid on the tin, and be sure that the springribbon is not wide, to allow the lid to close properly. Follow this by boring a
hole
a
short
through the length of

be
centre
of the
a
lid and
the
bottom
of the
box.
Take
rod
"
long
French
nail with
the head
do. and
It must suitable
another The
to slip it through the two possible To the centre of this for servingas an axle. less in lengththan portion of a French nail,slightly
nipped off will holes, just made

axle solder the radius is
of the tin. contrivance is

now
assembled
together. The
axle end
slipped
of the box, the spoke-like part is kept and the two projecting within the box, the lid is replaced, ends of the One axle are turned all the end of the to over keep parts together. the and nail should project than it should be more other, considerably
through
the hole in the bottom
bent The
to form
handle.
"
it look toy is finished all but a coat of brightpaint to make On turning the handle, the internal spoke comes attractive. in contact
Hundreds
with
a
of Thingsa Boy
in
Can
Make
the
piecesof spring,and
sound. child. If the three will be different.
musical small
the notes
a
passing them plucks them and rnafcet different lengths springsare cut to slightly It is just the kind of musical box to please
WHIRLING TOY
THE
Here is
an
requirea foot by i
the middle
thin
toy that is very amusing. First, you dimensions the of which matter board, very little; but quite nicely. Somewhere, not quite in 4 inches will serve of the length,make a hole and glue into it a circular wooden
which
easily made
slipan empty cotton reel. The rod must you can allow the reel to revolve freelyon it. band and Close to one end of the board, spread out a stout rubber of a U-shaped staple. the edge of the board by means tack it down, near used served as the collar of a pot of meat The band we paste. It can
rod,
on
to
be
seen
in the
diagram
once
between round
A and the
at C and
B. D.
At A
it is then
more
wound
cotton
spool and
of string is looped; piece taken through two
seen U-shaped staples,
If you pull on the string, the reel Now, this is how the toy acts. of the band, A B. Of course, you must revolves,owing to the elasticity only pulla little and, then, if you release the pressure, the elastic band and pulls the reel in the opposite direction. nately contracts Thus, by alterand pulling and In then the the other. have
can
the string, the releasing erected imitate
reel revolves imitation

or
first
one
way
vane,
top of the reel, we
an
weather
paintedvarious
or
colours ; you anything you like,in its
this
put
cut-out
gymnast,
place.
UP A
motor
LIGHTING
MOTOR
buses of
"
BUS
Nearly
them
are
every
toy shop sells tin

"
nowadays, and
real A
some
of
can
exceedinglyfaithful
likeness
the
things.
an
You of
General for instance, a miniature which of the leviathans running in the London streets. acquaintancepossesses a whole fleet of them, and
buy,
is
exact
replica
our
small
boy
although
he is
only
Hundreds
"lev*n, he conceived
found The him
room one
of Thingsa Boy
idea of
"
Can
with
on
Make
electric
133
the
them fitting with them

"
evening, playing lightwas out, but his

him
to
see as
the
Generals
were
light. W" dining-room table. giving out sufficient

without bus
to enable
much
as
he wanted.
It was,
a
doubt,
own.
to pretty sight. Perhaps you will want It is not hard, and the equipment is not
lightup expensive.
of
two
of your
The
first
thing
to
determine proper
is the
number
provided.
rear
Four
is the
complement,
light.
needed
lightsthat are one head-lights,
to
be red
on,
and one front route number light, a rather large dry batterywill be then sufficient, head-lights
one
If four should be decided ; but should you consider
two
for Of of the
pocket
course,
torches it is each.
and
sold
use
at
ordinarybattery,such as is made fourpenceor sixpence, will be ample.

small and batteries,
are one
to possible
two
work
to
couple
lightsoff
Having
selected
the
number
of
one
lights, you
bulb and
ready
bulb
purchase
for each
equipment.
You
will want
holder
one light,
or
two
and batteries,
about
two
a light yards of flex, carrying
wire. As
to
all the
remove
will have
not
are fittings placedinside the vehicle,it will be convenient the top deck by lifting They up the littlemetal projections. when the installation is complete, so be careful to be replaced
to break
any
of them
off.
The
head be
are lights are no
driver.
should fix them
If there about in the
best fitted at the front window spaces, beside the such openings,they may be drilled easily.These in diameter.
means
inch
Take of
the
two
bulb-holders
and
sealing-wax. Solder would be by but it will the scorch in the bulbs. better, paint-work. Then screw Now take two piecesof flex,each 3 inches long, and unwind a little of the plaited strands,also bare the wire tips by scrapingaway the silk and rubber covering. Fix one of the tipsto the nut on the bulb holder,
the other
windows
and
tip to
the
hole in the
collar.
Then
take
the
far end
of
134 the As
same
Hundreds
of Thingsa Boy
fit the two
now
Can
on
Make
each prong of tht
must
piece of flex,and
bulb will
tips,one
same
battery. The
you are running two be exercised in joining up
lightup. off the lights touching it.

You The
must
same
a battery,
little care has

a
the second
bulb, because
If it had have
the bus been

a
metal
body
the
and
the would bulb
collars
are
wooden
bus,
case
be different.
as
the second
at the
the first
for a similar arrangement individual wires must be joined
If the wrong ones are connected, there will be no light. This will tell you plainly that your wiring is incorrect, and you must it. Then the light will come reverse on.
run
batteryand
at the bulb.
If there is to be off a second The white The
rear
lightand
route
number
these light,
to
a
should
be
and battery, be red.

as
their Red
wiring
can
is similar be
that
already
described, except that the wires will probably have

rear
to be
little longer.
to colour
must light
as
bulbs
bought, but they cost
three times
a one
Therefore, you may decide plain with red ink, or, better still, with a red dyes
ones.
much
route-number The numbers will look collar frame
lightgoes
is fixed be
on
the
of under-flap with
driver. cardboard These
fitted round should
high up it in which
the roof above the sealing wax, and a little may be
the numbers
on a
slipped.
;
printedin
white
black be bus.
ground
then
they
A
tiny switch
very for turning the
realistic.
on or off may lights enough for it inside the
thought
The
but there is
hardlyroom
necessary, easiest plan
is to give each bulb a turn in its socket to make the necessary change. and brought to the If a switch is used, all the wires must be cut longer,
switch,which
When returned and the
is riggedup at the doorway. installation is complete, the

a
to its
deck of the bus is upper and slotted bent over, all little the are place, projections
is ready for everything
tripat night.
IN
a
THE
For lid. look Let this toy you it be, for
a
SNAKE
THE
BOX
through
coil with
nearest
your diameter
good strong box with a well-shutting with sides 3 inches long. Next a cube preference, find a stout spring tool cupboard and see if you can
will want of about will
an
inch. with into
If you
one a
cannot
find one, but
the
The
out
ironmonger supply you coil must be one that compresses to at least 6 inches.
this spring firmlyto the
pressure
a
for
about
threepence.
will shoot
3 inch space
Fix from Now end.
bottom
that, when
its
sew
is released, the green head
of the box, and be very careful jerk will not throw the spring
of
a
moorings.
pieceof
draw
a
cloth in the form

on
tube
a
and
Then
the
end
to
resemble
snake
stitch up one and paint
patchesof
this tube
yellowand
other
vivid colours
it is at over and there, so that it will not flyoff. Next compress the spring, shut down
a or
the coil when
along the full length,and
entire then
length. Slip
stitch it,here
hook.
"
Then you
one
write don't will
clearlyon
touch
the
box,
Mind
some
this hook."
with the lid,and keep it down " Please do not open this," Of course it will not be long
before
are
come
asked
out
not
to do
so.
along and open the box, simply because they Bang goes the coil as soon as the hook is undone
snake.
and
springs the
monster
Hundreds
HOW
When few
of Thingsa Boy
A VIOLIN OUT
Can
OF
Make
A CIGAR BOX
135
TO
an
MAKE
itinerant much
people take
box, and
everybody
plays an ordinaryviolin in the street, notice ; but let him play on an improvisedcigar stops and listens. Apparently it is clever to be
can
musician
and use violin. If it is,you able to make a cigar-box We clever. know of more become than one boy who instrument these lines, and all agree that on a musical
very
easily
to
has
constructed
how learning
play it is the work

The
of
an
hour
or
so.
first thingis to get a good cigar-box, that is long one preferably the paper compared with its width, and let it be fairly large. Remove edges,if there are any, and should it be insecure at any point drive in
to
a
small
nail
of hot
glue all
gimp pin to providestrength. Also, run a tiny flow round the inner joins to give extra strength,and also
or
prevent
vibrations.
If the lid is
hinged,do
not
disturb
it.
Cut
two
S-shapedopeningsin
,"//'/'-, or CV of ftox
it,with
off any You
fret-saw, and
thread
through glass-paper
these gaps
and
rub
frayededges. of wood, about 2\ to 3 teet long, and an inch want a strip Any wood will do, but it will be best to go to a shop square in section. When that supplies fret-work sundries, and buy a piece of walnut. you down them of the adjacentedges and smooth have it, round off two and do not be in with glass-paper. Do this part of the job carefully, a hurry.
now
The ends
next
of the
in each of the two short step is to cut a little curved recess It must face of the long stick. box, to take the rounded
lie there
accord. It must of its own also be snugly and hold tightly lid down. Note the is shut when sunk justsufficiently to fillthe recess about end that the stick should project carefully 3 inches beyond one of the
box, and
ever
so
many
inches
at
the other
end.
When
all this
136 has been
Hundreds
of Thingsa Boy
the stick is
Can glued
Make
in and position,
a
thought out, carefully
the
lid treated similarly. At the far end of the stick,an inch from the it,and there fix a peg with a hole in it,as shown go and
to
a
tip,bore
in the what
hole
through
Then
diagram.
you Be
are
shop
an
that A
sells violin but be need
tell them strings,

sure
making,
ask for
string;
will not
to
get it long enough for your violin.
on
Ordinary violins that point.

When
stringsnearly as
long.
quite clear
the a loop in the string, slipit over you reach home, make it over bottom end of the stick,run the cigar box and up to the peg, thread it through the hole, and twist the peg until the stringmakes a two healthy twang. Then make tiny V-shaped blocks out of wood,
one
largerthan
the Your
peg. violin is finished, and all you want is the loan of a disused bow. Sit on a stool,place the end of the stick on the floor, on your knees, or in your right hand, grasp the upper end of the stool,take the bow on the stick and manipulate the stringwith the left. You the are now on highroad to becoming a celebrated musician.
box, and
smaller
the other, and fit the up close to the
as shown, larger,
on
the lid of the
MUSIC
Here Take The
a
HATH
from which each
CHARMS music, of sorts, may

twice
as a
is a littleinstrument wooden box which

not matter.
be evolved.
about is, preferably,
long
thin
as
wide.
depth does
so
Along
major
side nail
that the two pieces togetherfillin the whole of the top of the box, except for a 2 inch space along the centre.
wood,
of strip opening in
Next
a
drive The
nine
two
nails in drive
one a
of the
of wood, spacingthem pieces of nails in the other be

so
piece arranged that they gradually pair of nails having a distance grow farther and farther apart, the nearest The nails, of 2\ inches between them, and the farthest pair 4f inches. should stand it must be added, should not be driven quitehome j they
of wood.
rows
line. straight
Then
similar number
of nails must
up
trifle above
the
wood. flexible wire
and join every pair of nails. The the cross over open box, and each is a trifle longer than the previousone. By giving a little care to the stringingit will be it is make each wire emit a different musical when to note possible Now
get
some
good
nine wires thus
plucked,and to play a tune
on on
this condition the wires.
being produced
it will not
be
difficult
A
Never throw the
TOY
WINDMILL
through
out
tubes in which the cardboard away dozens of models since there are post,
people send things

that
can
be
made
Cut a piece from such a tube about 8 inches Here is one. of covering long,paste yellowpaper around it and then draw windows the top force a and and add there here near a doorway. Somewhere knittingneedle through the card and push it along until it penetrates of them.
a
the card holes

one
on
the other
side of the circle. these

to
Withdraw
the needle
and wire.
two
appear.
Through
holes
a
end
twist the wire
make
a piece of stout handle, and at the other
thread
At
leave
just
Hundreds
sufficient made
of Thingsa Boy Can
Make
13?
length
in the
to support a cork. The cork should have four slits of thin sides,and in these are forced the tipsof four strips to
card, previously shaped

the cork windmill will sail
look
like the
sails of
windmill.
When
is fixed to the end
gailyround
of the wire and and round.
the handle
is revolved, the
It will add Draw

cut
a
to the appearance
of the mill if a
some
pointedroof
be
supplied.
then
circle, paint
it red,
or
other
attractive
colour, and
it out ; but cut, also, a pieceout of the circle, as shown, then join the flat becomes A touch of glue or paste tent-shaped. up paper will hold it in position. and
THE
This
amusement
ROCKING
NIGGER
Draw
a is, really, thing : but it providesa good deal of very silly and it will,probably make you laugh. and colour a nigger boy'shead, about 4 inches high,on a stout
pieceof
shape
of the
cut
cardboard
a
and
cut
a
it out. side about
Then
2
trim inches.
up
piece of
wood
two
to the
to
one
of
cube, having
cube
Fasten
the head
faces of the
and, in the opposite face, drive in

heads stand of these
on
large
nails. The
Snip
cube
off the will then
nails and
to see
force in the In that

two
headless
ends. the
on
the
pointsof the nails. point of
of position
an
these two cube.
nails,be very careful

middle
the imaginaryline,joining
arranging placed of edges opposite they

are
the
face of the long and bend
it,as
Next, obtain a pieceof stout wire, about 2 feet end into a shown in the illustration. Force one
138
Hundreds
of Thingsa Boy
Can
a
Make
small
as
side face of the cube and, at the other a lead weight used by anglers.
end, attach
weight,such
Now
stand
the littledevice Mr.
sideways and
a
Niggerboy
close to the edge of a table,giveit a push his head from side to side, for will sway
considerable while.
A You love to make
rouse a
NOISY
course.
RATTLE
Here Get
as
noise, of
you
can.
can
the
whole
household.
something with which largea cog-wheelas you

commandeered the
same. one
is
from
It is not a very Meccano outfit. of the wheel

a
easy thing to make, so we Perhapsyou would like to do fit a small

10
the centre
inch
dowel
or
rod
that
Through wedges tightly.If
5 inches long,i\ inches wide Round off the corners. at one end, and ij inches wide at the other end. end of each pieceso that it slips Pierce the narrow to the dowel on easily fixed and below So above the other the that they rod, one cog-wheel. rod above and below the do not slip bore through the out of position, and put flaps Next the fix
a
necessary, fit it with Next cut two thin
screw
pin.
of wood pieces
about
in
tightpeg.
of wood nail it between
so
block
and cog-wheel,
that
the two flaps, at the end away the flapsare kept rigid.
from
Hundreds Lastly,on
from
a one
of Thingsa Boy
block
screw a
Can
Make
steel
139 taken spring,

to reach
face of the mechanical
pieceof
disused
toy.
It should
be
justlong enough
the
two
recesses
of the
cog-wheel,and
is finished.
it must
pass
between diagonally
a
the
flaps.
contrivance and
at
The
Hold
it
give it firmly^
will wish
gentlerotatory
were
movement,
every
one
within
earshot
you
not
so
handy
making things.
THE GOLDFISH
which
can
AND
be made
GLOBE
in
2 a
Here
a on
is
an
amusing toy
"
few minutes. inches
Procure and white of fish.
pieceof cardboard, about both sides a pieceof a

a
3 inches
long by
wide,
draw
globe
such
as
postcardwill do. live in, but have goldfish
On it
one
side of the card
quiteempty
You In On
like.
in it if you lines to suggest that there is water that the blank side is uppermost. over so doing this be careful to see that the globe is turned upside down. the blank side draw, neatly,a goldfish.Do it in red ink if you used may scribble
turn
a
few
Now,
the
card
black card Hold
for the and the
thread
two globe. Lastly,make them with fine stringas stringtaut, one end in each
tiny holes
shown hand
in the sides of the illustration. the thumb and
in the between
140
Hundreds
rotate
of Thingsa Boy Can

the card.
a
Make
the eye obtains
can
and first finger, the such

on one
As
the card
a
flies over,
impression that there is

of the
globe with
sorts
own or
in it. goldfish of variations

name on
Instead
as a
globe
and
a
and
fish,all
be
devised,
letters
cage, canary side of the card and the
your
with
alternate
remaining letters
FISH
central drill.
the other.
THE
Look
at
GLOBE
line shows A
stout
part of the twisted length of tubing, AB, fit which is an easy for the central rod of the drill, has a tin fish soldered to the tip of it. At B, there is a washer restingon a largeband of tin, The inch wide. band fits the to central rod, two holes at B and F on \
rod of
a
diagram. The sixpenny Archimedean
the
it permitting
to
do
so.
These
shape
as
that
in the
spool
holes must be which is sold with
exactly the
same
size and which

runs
the drill and
the twisted rod. As a rule,the shape of this hole is similar up and down to that shown at E. CD is a second tube, similar in gauge to AB, but it need not necessarily be the same length. The works. the contrivance Now, this is how arrangement which is dropped on to the you have made drill. The drill is held vertically and
a
spool,lyingat the bottom the spool is raised and

As it moves, it
of the lowered band
number
of times
in
rapidsuccession.
swingsthe
Hundreds
oi tin round
a
of Things a Boy
so
Can
Make
a
141 band the but
and
round
silverytransparent ball which

a
speedilythat your eye sees not gives the impressionthat
fish is
in
glassglobe.
A MARBLE
marbles
more
BOARD
Here is a splendid occasionally. G et a interesting. piece of wood and
Every boy
way about Mark
to
make
likes to the game of the
play
even
15 off
inches
one
long, 4
making
thickness. convenient any of the longer sides into inches and cut out seven
inches
high,
inch
alternate
spaces,
them
square.
Then
cut
two
triangles
of wood The
and
next
screw
or
nail them
to
the short with
sides of the
board.
The
board will now
stand
up.
cover
step is to
when
the board
a
some
paintand,
the centre
dry,to
on
opening,4
print the openingson
number
over
each
cellulose bright-coloured Put opening. 3 over

on
either side of the 3, 5 up to the board, and marbles paid as many
the those
as
openingson either In playing, your

which go
side of the 4, and so on. friends roll their marbles

an
through
over
opening have
Those
to
be
is
indicated
are
the
opening.
which
do not roll through an
opening
claimed
by
SIX
you.
MODEL
brothers and
TOWN
ACCESSORIES perhaps
on
Your endless You but of the
younger
amusement
sisters and
by buildingmodel
toy houses, toy
how rich you are always welcome. you
can
towns
you the
as
well, derive
table.
playroom
probablyhave
no
motor-cars
and
host of other endless

we
things,
matter
are
in these There for the is
possessionsmore
an
miniature
accessories
almost
variety
describe
things
which
make
one
toy
a
town.
Below
six such
but articles,
each
is
merely
type of many
add
others, and
followingsuggestionsshould help you number of thingsto your miniature town.

PILLAR-BOXES
cars Every street along which your motor This box. is how make can a pillar you old broom Cut four pieces off an handle,
to
quite a considerable
career
should inches
be furnished
one
with
four in less than each 3
hour. Then
long.
142
Hundreds
them
the
a
of Things a Boy
Can
Make
give
a
domed
recessed
with
same
ring implement
all round
on glass-paper. Next, cut top, by rubbing them and the tops with the aid of a pocket-knife,
cut
out
space
for
taking the
letters.
Rub
each and
article then
the base, nicely smooth, especially

coat
with is
fine
glass-papei,
give a
When
of vermilion
red.
If the wood
bright and fairly
clean, water
be used.
as
the time
colours will do, but, should it be soiled and black, oils must dry, paste on a little rectangleof white paper to serve plate; then print the cypher,G.R.V., in black, and run
or
ring of
black ink
paintround
the foot of the
pillar-box.
SIGN
A with
screw
POSTS
sign post gives a

For
roads.
inch
head.
island ^t cross very realistic touch to the centre will inch this little device you want a length of wood 3 Screw it on to a flat foot of wood, but recess the section. trim up two laths, each 2\ inches long, and fit them Now
Use either tiny fret pins or in Fig. 2A. into the centre post, as shown and paste on to the glue. Give the whole article a coat of white paint, of the of places situated horizontal names arms pieces paper bearing in your Make Print locality. another
as
neatly as
two
arms
you
can.
post, with
only,bearing
the
words, "No
Thoroughfare."
Hundreds
of Thingsa Boy Can

SIGN
Make
Make
14*
MOTOR
You but and is
cut
POSTS
them
as
will want some the indicator them the
of these. discs out
directed
for
sign posts,
paper, shows
; it
painton
the four kinds
the necessary in use. A is most

to
of stout card, faced with colours and information.

a
white
Fig. 3
a
red
with triangle
corners.
white is
centre
ring ; dangerous approach of miles speed to ten miles or less per hour. The number allowed is printedon the disc below the ring. C is a solid red disc ; D is a disc which bears any notice, it prohibits the passage of cars.
placed at
white
it limits the
other than
the
above, to
which
the attention
of motorists
is to be called.
AUTOMATIC
These shows kind
MACHINES
to make. are Fig. 4A ubiquitousmachines very interesting It consists of of constructed. a length a wood, 3 inches easily and give a by i inch by i inch. Rub it smooth with fine sand-paper, coat of red or green enamel, and when dry fix three small white labels and ornamentation. enamel plates to resemble j then add suitable printing Shape the platformand upright Fig.46 shows a weighingmachine. out
an
of
wood,
but
use
stout
wire for the side and
arms.
Pierce the wood it

on
with and should
awl, thread
so
a on
the that
wire
undersurfaces be drawn
through it will not pull out.
flatten The
the
back
weighing dial
circle of paper.
RUSTIC
These
as are
FENCES
Get
a
useful for
host the
fairly straight twigsfrom

shown each in bar but with
garden and The Fig. 5. temptationis should be proportionate to

will not take
of different purposes. make them

to
use
number
of
into 6 inch
lengths,
this kind
of wood wire.
clumsy piecesof twigs, the lengthof the fencing. As be bound nails,the joinsmust tightly
flower
BUS
These with the
"
AND
TRAM
STOPS
inscribed
for sign posts, but the the lines suggested on card nailed to the upright should be of thick and out cut part should be made fine fret pins. The colour and lettering to imitate
are
easilymade
stops
"
used actually
in your
own
district.
THE
This such tireless individual antics. There You is
no
DANCING
is
can
DARKIE
very funny little chap, for he cuts him quiteeasily smooth out of stiff,
reallya
make
curious
need to draw him exactlyas we have special that you will prefer to think out a designof done, and it is quitelikely be advisable to shape the it will own. But, generally speaking, your head and body in one and and each arm leg in two pieces. piece The hinges can be made of small bent pins, or perhaps you will decide thin flower wire. is arranged or the little Note how the string to use fellow may and legs when refuse to throw out his arms you pullon it. In the diagram we have shown the string on the front of the figure, cardboard.
144 in order but that
Hundreds
yon may
of Thingsa Boy Can
Make.
it properly. It will do there quite well ; see finish if put on the back, in which case the arms and legs must be on the back also. Of course him appear really you will colour him up nicelyand make it makes
a
neater
attractive.
What and
do
you
think
of
yellow legs and

other
blue
coat
or
one
leg and
the
oppositearm
body
half red
green, half green ?
the
leg and
arm
red, and
the
MAKING
It is
a
OPTICAL
the eye
can
ILLUSIONS
be
cheated,and a good deal which mislead our diagrams by drawing may here six of which We vision. sets are pictures purposely arranged give so that, on looking at them, we jump to the wrong conclusion. from a Here we have two cut Take, for instance, A and B. strips ? Which is the circle. longer piece Naturally,you immediately say, been asked. Your Both the same," merely because eye, you have
well-known fact that of amusement be derived
"
however, told you

truth Look
seem
it
was
A. Cut
In
out
spiteof
what
your
two
is B
is the
longer.
of thin card
told you, the like these, and strips eye
get your
to
friends to tell you what they think. This diagram contains a number at C.
of vertical lines.
They
spaces Now
placed across
take D and
bulge outwards, yet they them give them

E.
are
are
quite upright.
bent
The
diamond
Which
is the
appearance. largerspace ? E looks much
the
more
expansive, yet they
identical in size.
Hundreds
F and wide. H and G I
are
of Things a By
deceptivediagrams.
both
Can
Make
G
145
seems
two
more
Their
are
boundaries
are squares, old friends,largelybecause
F looks tall and however.

are
they
about
as
deceiving
as
they
What
can
be.
Which
has the
longer vertical line

of K
are
I, without
cover
doubt
seems
the ?
longer; yet it is shorter than H. Would the black space of J and K ?
the white
same
spot
size. your
in
In
spiteof
F
what and
your
on
eye
says,
they
exactly the
show them
Draw makes
all these them
diagrams
separate cards, and
to
friends. Take
apart,they
become
easier to far
G, for instance here they are too close,which judge. But on separate cards, placeda little way
more
and deceptive,
this is what
you
want.
A
Take You
can an
DUMMY
BLACK-LEAD
note
black-lead pencil and ordinary tell
where
the wood
is
joined.
Then end. with the point by looking at the untrimmed is force the two strips Another of a pocket-knifecarefully apart. way the two pieces will become to soak the pencilin water, when unglued. The only drawback the with this method is that the water is apt to spoil look of the pencil, and that should be avoided if possible. When the pencil has been separated, pick the lead out of its groove, and in its place stick a length of round rubber. Select rubber of suitable diameter. Then the of wood two cut glue pieces together. Carefully
146 the rubber rubber Wait then
Hundreds
flush with
to
a
of Thingsa Boy Can

end, and
Make
end
the untrimmed
at the trimmed
shape
the
point.
asks you to lend him or her a black-lead rubber-filled pencil and watch the fun.
till someone
out
pencil ;
get
the
A
Take
a
REVOLVING
CARDBOARD
TOY
of cardboard,say, 5 inches by 3^ inches, rectangle and another circular in shape, with a diameter of 3 inches. On the circumference of the round piece, draw an endless ringof people walking
piece of
board
The Disc
along. Cut out togetherwith a

the
small
opening in
and
peoplecome
above
paper into view
fastener.
card rectangular By revolvingthe round pass out of sight. the make the toy, but opening with
and
pin the
two
card at the few
back,
The
hints may bottom so
tells how to description be given. First,arrange
additional
that it fits the make
opening to
scene,
and
be at least 2 the lower
curved the top and and of the circular curve card, arrange for the inches long. On the fixed card draw a landscape
curve
look like draw
hill
or
bridge.
Paint
the
if you can. picture Of course there is else.
no
need
to
thing somepeople walking if you prefer
Perhaps you
other,
or a
would
rather
sketch
a
number
of motor
buses
chasing each
boy running
after
dog.
If so, do not
put
al
Hundreds
of Thingsa Boy Can
Make
147 fivt
and in the case the buses equidistant, of the boy draw him about times round the circle, but let him be at different distances from the
dog.
THOSE
Here Let is one On mischievous slit the
a
ROVING
EYES
of those
it be the
littlethingswhich cause a good deal of amusement. silly stout envelope draw head as large as you can it. make a classic features of Charlie Chaplin, a a hungry alligator,
or
monkey,
anything you
the head and
like. below
Colour the
the
features, and
Also
cut
out
envelope
above
neck.
large holes for the eyes. Next take a stripof paper, just wide enough to pass through the envelope,and about 8 inches long. On the strip draw two thick, wavy, zig-zag lines, but see that the lines are when the paper is drawn through always in view through the eyeholes, the envelope. Paint the strip pink, red, yellow, blue, and green, but into the next. As the paper is drawn let one colour merge through the and their moveeffect of the lines will the ments moving eyes, envelope, give
rather will prove
extremelyfunny.
MAKING A UNION
JACK
Everybody
celebrations.
should Those
possess a Union Jack to flyon occasions of national of bunting are made the most serviceable,but, coloured linen
or
being expensive, good
casement
cloth
of the
correct
148 shades
are
Hundreds
will do instead. the
of setting
of Thingsa Boy Can

A
Make
a
deep blue, a
not too
pure
white, and
vermilion
red
required.
As the
flagis
simple,we
suggest that
full size
be made Determine the length the on plan should, first, paper. is to be, and then note the following officialdimensions : The red centre cross of St. George is,in width, one-fifth the 1. length of the flag.
2.
Jack long
The
white
edging to
cross
the above
cross
is one-fifteenth of the
the
long length
the
of the flag. 3. The diagonalred
is one-fifteenth
long length of
flag.
BLUE
IS SHOWN
/950VE BY BUCK AND MITE
WCtiS, KED t?
PLAIN...
DOTTED
AKEAS
/5 Ltrr
white edging to the 4. The narrow of the long length of the flag.
diagonal red
cross
is one-thirtieth is one-tenth of
5. The
the 6. The Cut
wide
white
long length deep blue

out
of the
edging to flag.
with which
a
the
diagonalred
remaining
of the be
cross
material
fillsthe the aid should
spaces.
the
material
seams,
sufficient for the
paper pattern, but allow neatly ironed flat when the cord
to
sewing
corners
is finished.
to
Fix
short
length of
memory, to the
the
two
left-hand
Do
not
certain
of
hoisting. draw the flag from to try but refer its peculiarities,
GOGGLES
allow
for
perfectly accompanying diagram.

you
are
unless
If at any
only
Get
you of temporarily, Your

a
time
want
course
"
to
startle your
on a
put
pair of
below. frames
expressionwill
very for the eyes, with a but the bridge should large,
some
piece of
thick card
be past all and cut
by appearingugly goggles made as directed describing. it to the shape of two circular

"
friends
between. nose-bridge fitthe width celluloid

or
pieces of transparent
of your similar
Let the circles be very Now obtain nose. own
transparent material.
of the cardboard
four circles, each equal to the outside measurement and glue or bind one circle, transparent disc to each The next thing is to get two linen buttons much circles of the
Cut
eyehole.
smaller than the
look like a glaringeyes ; then put them, pattern side outwards, one on each
eyeglasses. Decorate
these
buttons
to
pair of
of the
Hundreds
of Things a Boy Can

glue on
the two separates each
Make
149
fixed transparent discs,and frame of the cardboard

an
ness remaining discs. The thickpair of transparent discs by

to
rove
and this allows the linen button appreciableamount, in a most manner. disconcerting made All that remains is to fit a pair of side ear-pieces, and you can proceed to startle your friends. within
about
of
cardboard,
FUNNY
FACES
Try
Take
over
your hand at drawing sheet of paper about to the bottom edge and
a
funny faces,but do it in the following way : the size of this page ; fold the top edge Then take the two cut along the crease.
one
sheets and have

a
double
them
so
that
side lies
over
the other.
You
now
little booklet
a
of four sheets.
cut
With
pair of scissors
all the pages
of the booklet
into four
equal
horizontal
but do strips,
not
an
run
the scissors
an
of the pages. Leave about fall to pieces. cannot Now draw

a
eighth of
each
quiteup inch uncut
to
so
the folded
edge
that the booklet
funny
for
face
on
a hat in every way : arrange face to take up the next two spaces, the eyes and and chin on the one below above, and the mouth
of the four sheets, but do it in this to fillup the top space ; for the case
nose
being on
on
the
one
then,
the lowest
space
have of all,
the shoulders.
See that the

a
By turning over the flapsat random variety of expressionsis endless.

It adds
to
drawings come centrally. change of face appears and the

if it is pinned
or sewn
the finish of the littlebooklet
together
along the hinged edge.

THE
Here then is
a
WOMAN
some a
WHO
young
woman
WALKS
will
a
toy that
12
person
on
appreciate.Draw
of stout
and
colour brightly
girl or
sheet
cardboard,
making her about look through some

found When therein.
you
If you are not good at drawing people, of your picture books and copy one of the people littleDutch for example, would serve girl, admirably.
inches
high.
have
done
this, cut
out
the
figure. Next, take
circle of
150
Hundreds
of Thingsa Boy
Can
Make
cardboard, about 5 inches in diameter, divide the circumference into six, and draw a foot in each space in such a way that the sole of each
shoe is
on
the
circumference.
Cut
out
the
a
shoes paper
and
little of the
and pin stockingscarefully,
this card
with
fastener to the back
of the skirt,so in view. make Lastly,
that
as
the circle is revolved with

at
two
little feet
are
always
handle
a an
thin
glue it
NOTE.
behind
the shoulders walk
flat stick,about 2 feet long, and angle of 45 degrees. As the stick is will last much
pushed,the figurewill
"
along the ground. longerwhen
do fret-work,the model If you can the circle of feet is cut out of thin wood.
MUSICAL
At which And
some
GLASSES
have noticed how when musical is the sound it is smartly tapped.
time
or
other you
an
must
is emitted
by
glasstumbler ordinary
you have also noticed that two tumblers, apparently alike in all respects, will producesounds different in tone, though both pleasant
perhaps
ear.
to the
These
facts
can
help you
to make
very
charming
musical
instrument. Obtain full range

on glasses a a
of tumblers ; thirty-three will provideyou with a number of sounds,-but you can Place the do with less, easily say ten. a flat board, preferably supportedon a trestle rather than on the sound of the
table. in
Test
them
water
produced when empty. and the a glass, Thus, certain sounds may be obtained by partlyfilling and of full scale of notes is,therefore, the use partially possible by empty
filled glasses. You Note
tone
Remember an ascending scale of tones. gives a different note to that which it
them, and arrange glassesby striking that a glasscontaining
will
now
that the tumblers made
must
be able to be stood
play simple tunes. that they do not touch, so
and
it is well to remember
that
than, say,
one
a metal tray helpsto produce a of wood covered with linoleum. or
far clearer
Hundreds
of Things a Boy
THE DOG
on
Can
Make
151
FIGHT
As a rule we different and
it is seeing dogs fight ; but in this case be The it. can arranged fight probably enjoy easily.First copy the diagram of the headless dogs on a sheet of thick be thought attractive. Then paper arid put in any littledetails that may
are
not
keen
we
shall
draw
the two
heads, and
the make and
two two
do not heads slots
By the way, togetherand

in the
to
forgetto givethem long necks,as shown. be separated. Cut them not out in the diagram of the bodies. Then slip
must
necks
the the
heads paper not be
will fit the is stood

a
bodies.
By rockingthe
animals
them.
necks
and
fro, when
the upright, idea to colour
will appear
very
fierce.
It would
bad
A
There
are
HOME-MADE
when
a
PEA-SHOOTER
deal of is not
times
will providea good pea-shooter

as
sport
All sorts of but one can To blue of has Do do the
things can
be made
be used
the the
tube, if a
real shooter
a
quiteeasily by rolling up
rolling neatly, wind

on
because pencil, been

not
paper round it is usually stouter than a black-lead. ends

to
handy lengthof stout paper. a a pencil, preferably

Stick if the
a
piece
paper
stamp-paper
wound
the
stop
them
uncurling,and,
cut diagonally,
off the
pointedtips.
peas in your mouth, as that is very dangerous,but feed them Put at a time into the tube while it is held vertically. one end thumb the the from and when at to o ut, charge rolling prevent your about to blow just remove the thumb.
put
the
THE
Are
SACK
MYSTERY
If so, you will find the Sack Mystery you any good at sewing? of magic. very fine item to add to your programme is What sack want to a large enough envelop you comfortably, you you
are
when
acts mysterious
As crouchingdown. when wearingyour
you will most best clothes,an
likely perform these ordinarysack is not
152 what best

to
Hundreds
is wanted.
of Things a Boy Can

and fluffy, it wiD make
Make
The you in a mess. similar material, and Around the top edge,
"
It is too
buy a piece of calico,cretonne, or sides the proper shape. to make up brass and sew on some large eyelets one every three or four inches then cut away the material in the centre of the eyes. After that, thread a piece of stout cord through the holes, but see that the cord wiD run through the holes easily.
thing is
to
sew
two
"
Now,
sack and
this is the trick. crouch down.
You
Tell them
collect your to draw
head, then pull the cord tightlyand
friends around, get into the the material well over your tie it with a dozen or more knots.
Having done this they
are
to leave you
alone in the
room
for
one
minute,
your
to
by imprisonment.
and
the end
of that time, you
will free
and emerge yourself tricks Houdini is much
from
It all sounds something like the wonderful cord but it is quite simple. The perform ; appears to be, and when lengthof the slack and
means
used than
longer
it
you hold
get into the sack, you it with a finger. The
a long diagram shows, by
pull down
of
dotted
line,how
When hold
on
to
your the from
friends bunch slack
the cord appears on the inside. up the opening and tighten the this
soon
cord, you
part and
as
provides you
as
with
sufficient
out
length
to emerge
Mind, you
and with
a
your prison, have only a minute, scissors which knots and
the
act
room
is empty. of the sack, careful to secrete in a cord so that the loop is in

a
so
quickly,jump
been
pair of
off the Place
you
have
pocket,cut
obliterated.
disarrange the knotted the short length of cord

you
can
pocket and
call in your friends. The piece of cord, which friends of the loop. Your
no
cut
off,should
examine
approximate the length

and there will be
then in
the sack
clue whatever
to
help them
solving the mystery.
Hundreds
of Things a Boy Can

AMUSING RINGS
Make
153
Take
your and will

"
partout Passestripof paper about a foot long and an inch wide. Then will for the show it to serve admirably binding purpose. that you are going to join up the ends friends and explain to them the middle. Ask them the paper lengthwise down what cut you without have as a result. The answer hesitation, usually comes,
a
Why,
two
of course." rings, told this, you stick the

two
together; but, while before bringing the looking,you give length one nobody Then two tips into communication. you proceed to cut the ring along It will be convenient the centre. to begin the cutting by forcingthe blade of a pocket-knife through the paper and then continuingwith Having
is the twist scissors. What but find
a
been
ends
have
you
at the finish ?
Not
two
one
ringsas everybody expected,

first made.
largering,twice
the size of the
Now
one
repeat the operation and, of course, your friends will expect to before. But this time give the length as largering at the finish,
; tips
the of paper two twists before joining linked into the other. one
you
will finish with two
rings,
THE
Here bottle. is another Let
us
CAPACIOUS
WINE
can
BOTTLE
good
trick that
be
performed with
few
an
magic
want
wine
to
mystify
wine
them.
suppose you are You take what
a entertaining
friends and
looks
like
bottle,and, removing the cork, pour out a If you like, it is really cider,which resembles wine. you
ordinary dark-coloured wine glassof sparkling

can
drink
or it,
perhaps only take a sip. At any rate, your friends will associate the of an untampered bottle, in their minds, with the contents if you liquid, show of drinking. do make some the glass, On puttingdown and, more, you pick up the bottle once while distracting the attention of your audience That was by saying thread of paper, jutting out you snatch at an unseen very refreshing," from the neck of the bottle and withdraw yards and yards of coloured
"
streamers, which you throw about The whole thing is so ludicrous

"
the table and that it cannot You know
the floor. fail to
pleaseeven
the
grown-ups."
This is how the trick is done
:
foot. Well, at the apex possess a domed then fita tube justwide enough to take the paper streamer. hole with a file, of a thick deposit Hold it in position of sealing at the bottom by means
wax.
all port wine bottles of the dome, drill a fairly large
that
The the
tube the
must
be less in diameter be
than
must
the neck
out. not
of the
so bottle,
that
liquidmay
be
poured
in and
emptied
It should
so
reach
through
cannot
bottle to the neck, but inserted. paper is is
be
long
that
up, the cork
The
at the
coil of coloured
placedsnugly in
through
that
the domed
compartment,
base, and
be
to
brought
up,
so
of it should
blackened,
a
the tube, to the neck. The tip it shall not be conspicuous. It is the dome, to
paste necessary from falling out of
circle of black card under
keep the
coil
position.
154
Hundreds
of Things a Boy Can

YOUR TELEPHONE
Make
it is marvellous, of them The other day a boy of our construct. can too, what many showed with his own that he had made a us telephone acquaintance describe it of will work that hands. It is such an we ingeniouspiece
Handy boys
are
always making something fresh,and
of his say that he spent much time in a little workshop in the garden, and the apparatus was rigged indoors call him without to his mother enable to to having go out up into the open. Tate's sugar boxes in his boxes He obtained two wooden they were for the benefit of others.
First, let
us
"
case
"
then
he
bought
two
bladders
from
enough copper
wire to joinup the two
stations.
the local butcher, and finally The boxes are required
to be stood
on
end. of
The
end
that then six inches
becomes
the
top
This
had
was
circular done
by then carefully of wood removing the pieces pencil, forming the top, cutting them along the pencillines with a key-hole and refitting the piecesto the box. This was done to both the saw,
marking
the circle in boxes. washed Next, he took the bladders,
to
opening cut
out
it,about
in diameter.
them off
inside and
out in
warm
water
which
was
added
little
lysol. Almost
cut
a
if used
were
weak.
Following this,he
wood To
tied up, and then took each and The diagram will show of the boxes. of one
do, any littleof the necks, where they spread it over the opening in the
disinfectant
will
justhow
to tack
they
them
looked.
to
keep
the bladders there

was
in
a
it position, fear that

cut
was
necessary
the
wood,
them
on
but
split ; so, to
through
The the
the bladder
prevent edging, and
this he
substance would parchment-like old of felt hat and out an strips put drove the tacks through the felt, then the wood. This
overcame
the
skin, and
into lastly there

was
all the shrink
obstacles.
bladders
being wet,
fear that
they
would
as
Hundreds they
dried. To
of Thingsa Boy Can

a
Make
155
prevent this,he took

of
a
round
two
disc of in
size and
thickness
through them, passed the

and, underneath, fixed
a
penny, wire
punched
holes wire.
through weight on to
the lowest the
lead, about the it,threaded wire part of the bladder,

did this to both the
were
He
the contrivances,and then left them to dry for a few days. When bladders had dried without cockles the weights or creases, any removed. One of the boxes in
to connect
was
taken the
two
to
the shed Then of
placed
was
in the position
house.
the
made
ends
garden and the other long lengthof copper wire wire perforating the bladders.
the wire-ends
in the
have been sufficient to have but the boy found that, by soldering the It would When the box it using the telephone, and is
twisted
together,
far louder.
over
the signals were joins, necessary

to bend
only
the head
speak into the bladder.

AN EASILY-MADE
a
ESCALATOR
An
escalator is something of with
noveltywhich
will add The
to many
a
of your games cardboard box, some The
miniature
models.
reality are requirements
touch
of
blacklead
two corrugatedpaper, two empty cotton reels, and some of rubber. pencils, pieces The diagram will show you how to plan the model. shape of
the cardboard
; but
box
which
you
select will determine

one
the various twice
ments measureas
it is advisable
to choose
that is about
long
as
Cut away the upper narrow. fairly and lower the the footway by shape top landing Paste of the sides to provide these platforms. needs joining. the edges where the cardboard
high
and
right-handpart ;
bending
over
but
sufficient
of strips
paper It To
along
The
as an
stairway
endless
is formed
by
belt,and
therefore
stripof corrugatedpaper. needs joining at the ends.
figures
do this
unstick neatly, away from belt. The

a
stripof the
the
the two thicknesses at both ends of the paper, and cut and the flat material crinkled material from one and form the endless so other ; then lap the remaining two round
two
belt revolves
must
cotton
reels.
or
The
upstandingflanges
them
of these
be levelled
by winding paper
cloth round
untU
156 the material rubber tube

cover
Hundreds
reaches
cut
of Things a Boy
the reel and
Can
Make
a
the
height of the flanges. Then

tied with cotton.
piece of sheet
an
is wrapped round
If
old
bicycle
is
handy,
When
it.
good
belt
substitute.
as slipping,
piece just wide enough to slipon to the reel and is available a piece of velvet will make rubber no a The idea of using rubber or velvet is to prevent the
a
it will do
when
the reels
are
shod
with
some
smooth
material. The both reels and
to reach
on
having been attended to, a lengthof pencilis passed through be long enough wedged tightly.Each pieceof pencil must from one side of the box to the other and allow a part to project
are
either side. At this far round the two reels,which point the belt is slipped they are placedbeside apart as possible.In this position held the box, the
as
and
the best
to
angle to fit them

come,
is noted. holes
are
The
cut
to
spot is marked
take them.
where
are pencils
and
out
then
are
The ends. On when
reels and
the belt
temporarily sprung
to
now put in the box, the sides of which are of the pencil permit of the proper fitting
revolving the upper

the lower
the pencil,
are platforms
escalator
cut
travels
upwards,
and See
is revolved pencil if each
the staircase reel is
moves
downwards.
that the upper and lower band work and properly,

on placeit centrally
to let the sufficiently away not quite as wide as the box

a
the
pencilshaft and
a
run
of cardboard slopingstrip it.
along either
side of the escalator and
trifleabove
A
The with
TRAIN
INDICATOR
makes admirable an following miniature scale railways it must
plaything. If requiredfor use be given proportions to harmonise
with the other
side, say four by three by
accessories ; but otherwise inch. one
it is best
to
make
it on
the
large
Hundreds
The three first
of Things a Boy
secure a
Can
Make
157
thing
and
is to
dimensions
or one
to make
a
the
shape
as
by
half inches
as
from equi-distant
are
sides and
well
cardboard box with these well-made of stout card. Then to cut out a space from the bottom of the box, placing it ends. See that the edges of the opening
neatly formed
Next bore and
in any way four circular holes in the

not two
on
jagged.
narrow
one
edge
the ends
of the box
small wooden
They should edges of the cut-out space. roller horizontally through each pair of holes and
than the short inch white
on
the other.
sides of the box, two on be placeda trifle nearer Place

a
let them
a quarter of an project of take a strip Now
the outside
of the box.
or calico,
thin but
tough
as
long and
inch wider than the width a quarter of an box, and write on it such times and destinations 11.55
12. o
paper about a yard of the openingin the the

: following
AU
Stations
to
Folkestone.
London Fast
New Bridge,
to
Cross, and
all Stations
to
Tonbridge.
12.5
12. 10
All Stations Train end that

a
Gravesend.
to
Hastings.
stripto
the upper pieceat each end box
to
Then roller. blank.
fix
one
of the short
and
the other
to the lower
Note
of the
should strip
be left
Lastly paint the

To
use,
sides of the
resemble
train-indicator. times and
twist the rollers and into view.
the
stripbringsnew indicating
destinations
A
A
cannon
CANNON
can
THAT
be
CAN
BE
FIRED
fired will attract a good many boys. The diagram shows a first-rate model that can be put togetherin a very short be must while. A pair of wheels and a tube to take the ammunition that and obtained first, the rest should be built around them.
For the wheels, probably a pairthat will serve quite well can be gleaned wheels that are from broken tin toy throw a away you should never sound when in sooner the rest of a model is past use ; they will come or later for something you want to make, and you will not have to buy a set.
"
158 The tube
Hundreds
can
of Things a Boy
Can
Make
unwanted an shaped out of a pieceof iron piping, shooter, peaof even a length or pith cane. If the shape is too difficult to The gun-carriage is a block of wood. it in three sections and nail them two cut in one or even piece, ^do The of the length carriage together. ought to be about three times the diameter diameter To make of the of the the selected wheels. model wheels and the
be
height a
trifle more
than
the
realistic a bullet-proof should be screen appear fitted to the fore-part of the carriage. This is cut out of wood a quarter in A. The circle, shown in the of an inch thick and shaped as drawn tube. small picture, is a sectional view of the firing The tinned tube Two iron around is fixed to the gun-carriageby binding a strip of brass or it and nailing it down to the carriage.(SeeDiagram
are strips
to keep the parts together. required The firing apparatus consists of a pieceof flexible metal (shown at C). A short length of the springtaken from a mechanical toy is justthe metal for but of will serve. the springy thing purpose ; any strip
B.)
of these
"
"
To
operate the firing gear insert a tube the through easily ; but pass
rear
short leave
length of
a
wooden
rod
that
can
at the projecting it springforward
end.
a
Then
quarter of an inch of the rod force back the metal arm at C and let
with
jerk.
of the tube, and with a little practiceit will given mark that is within range. Note that be fired towards
a
The
not
charge
shoots
out
be difficult to hit any should never the projectile
person.
THE
The brother you small following
or
MUSICAL
contrivance
a
WINDMILL
a provides
sister.
It is
windmill
causes
which
a
know, anything which

a
nice littletoy for your young sound, and, as a musical noise is appreciated by tiny folk. makes
First,get
smooth and surface be done the there
piece of
a
with edgesnicely
wood six inches square, and about three-ply of Then find the centre, a piece glasspaper. half
an
rig up
little collar,about is the hardest
inch
to
an
inch
off the it
can
level.
This
part
of the
but construction,
in many The easiest is to cut a bridge board out of stout cardways. and pierce the centre of the level stretch,then tack the horizontal
a
sides to the board. A much better way is to obtain and shape it as shown in the small diagram.
of strip
sheet
zinc,
Step
in the does
number circular the
two
consists in
the fitting zinc collar.
stem
of
cheap pen-holder
not
opening of the
bottom the
It must
wobble
in the
collar,and
not
drag on
which
Step three
on
is the
are
end should be sharpened to a point so that it ground. of six horizontal arms to the top of the penfitting holder, Dead match sticks do glued little wings of paper. the next little way Blow
well for the All this the will Now
purpose.
being done, just a pen-holder,

for the last
thing is to push
above
on
long stout pin through merrily round
the
collar. supporting
step.
spin the
new
circumference
a pencil
taking pen-holder, described by the tipof

circle and drive
the paper wings and with it the horizontal
pin.
Note
the
the pin. A littlewithin this circle, into it about fifty tall pins. equi-distant blown
Now
when
the
pen-holderis
round, the
horizontal
pin
strikes
Hundreds
each
tune
of Things a Boy
Can
Make
159
sound. It will be quite easy to a musical uprightpin and causes sounds that the like the so are pins, goingup and down the notes up This is done in the wood, a little more on a piano. or by forcinga pin less than the pin next to it.
it will not be a bad idea to If you are clever at constructing things, and instead of the horizontal make a stouter prop than here suggested, mechanical out of a broken toy. This will give pin,use a bit of a spring much
more
sound,
but
you
will also have
to
blow
on
the
wings a good
deal harder.
MODELS
Portland
cement ;
MADE
OF
CEMENT
with the
is not
associated usually
making
of attractive
of constructing it offers a very useful means that to form part want a bridge good strong suppose you of the lay-out of a model railway. Hardly anything could be suggested
toy
models
nevertheless
them.
Let
us
that
would
suit the
purpose
better
than
cement.
It is
cheap, easily
worked,
can
very strong, and when be constructed with great be
the
first model
course
has
been
made
others
Of facility.
manner
bridgescan
The first
on
produced in
is to draw
the
a
described sketch of each
many under We
this
thingsbesides heading.
to
step
rough
of the
model
be
made,
that
marking
it the exact
dimensions
part.
will suppose
160
Hundreds roadway
the
extreme
a
of
bridge
from these
cut
Things
be six
Boy
inches
to
Can
wide,
road
Make eighteen
level is
a
the and
of
the
is to the
inches
long,
Start
height
box with is
to
ground
of wood that
the
foot.
by
making
The
next
dimensions. blocks
to
step
open.
two
fill in
the
spaces
to
where four total
the inches
bridge
wide. of the
is The
Say,
for
instance,
come
each
pillar is
and
ten ten
as
be the
as
together eighteen
Therefore
to
eight
will
inches,
leave wood inches. box dimension is
length length
and
we as
model them.
as
is
inches,
cut
a
that block
inches inches The
the
between thick say, nine

cut
of
long
it
the
to
depth
be three and
of
the
box,
which As
is six the
roadway,
inches,
block. its
will leaves
is
inches
must
deep.
be the
twelve of box the in
inches,
the
that
third nail
Having
wood,
10x6x9
the
inches,
it
to
the
appropriate
this of block wood
serve
position.
Now in look
at
diagram.
smaller of and the will be shaded box
The
large
parts
shaded show
area
shows blocks
position.
to
The bottom
further
nailed for Of of
the
and in
more
arranged
the actual
equi-distant.
bridge
at
as
They
open the
ornamentation
course
appear made
spaces. addition
the wood
design
blocks. take
can
intricate,
will, by
other At this
stage
of
some
stout
wire
and and
bend down
it
so
that
to
it
runs
round of both
each
piece
Put mix full
wood,
it up
on some one
without side for
touching,
a
the
foot
pillars.
Next and without
a
few
moments.
cement,
red sand. Mix See table-knife been covered
using
Use the that for
half
cupful
of
water
Portland
to
cement
cup
of
"
fine
just enough ingredients

the the all
corners
make
it
wet
being
the
use
sloppy."
very and
thoroughly,
are
then
put
filled
it into and
box-mould.
an
edges
thoroughly
old has into
purpose.
over
When the wire and
the
box
to
half box
of up
its
to
thickness the
drop
of its
shape
smooth
position,
the box
to
and
then
fill the level.

not
top
edges
Now leave will be
surface in
a
quite
dark The
place
for
some
the
cupboard,
slower
near
any
warmth,
the
and
days
model.
or
harden.
the
hardening,
stronger
the four the

can
After
out
five
days
if
it should the in latter it.
be is
possible
not
to
turn
the the
cement
bridge
other
of
box,
be
and,
moulded
damaged
in
process,
bridges

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small, right-hand sketch

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When the edges 3 inches. the metal smoothed, tray is added. 7

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shallow Drop the four the wood and

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