Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 268, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1912 — PLEASES THE 'LITTLE ONES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PLEASES THE 'LITTLE ONES

Ingenious Toy to Be Constructed Out of Otherwise Useless Odds and Ends of Materials. There are few among the little folks* who do not take a great delight in "making things” and with some old corks, matches, pins and paper, a good deal of pleasant amusement may be derived. In the accompanying sketch will he seen a little chauffeur constructed

with the articles named, and which, you will find quite easy to make. The body consists of a complete cork, and for it a well-shaped one should be selected. The head is made from a slice cut from a . second cork and

joined to the body with a short portion of u match, and the face can be marked upon it yrith the black end of a burnt match. Diagram A shows the hat, which may be cut out in paper and fastened on to the top of the head with a drop of gum, and the peak afterwards bent downwards. For the arms, two whole matches are used, and they are secured to the body with tiny pins run through the ends and into the cork. Diagram B illustrates, this, and holeß should be made for the pins with a fine needle before they are inserted, oip the wood will split. The feet and legs are composed of two matches and two “slices" cut from a small cork. When it Is necessary to Insert the ends of the matches into the cork, it will be found that they will go in easily t is they have been cut into points, and to conclude with, the buttons on his coat can be indicated with the end of a burnt match, or small black-headed pins can be run into the cork, and in making the chauffeur, don’t to employ used matches, not unused ones. b