Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1914 — For Handy Bods and Girls to Make and Do [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

For Handy Bods and Girls to Make and Do

By A. NEELY HALL.

A TOY ELEVATOR. If there is a kitchen porch to your house, it will be easiest to build the toy elevator to run from the ground -up to that porch, as illustrated in Fig. 1; and if you live in an upper story of au apartment building, your elevator can be made to run to a much greater height, which, of course, will he a great deal more fun. Figure 2 shows a large detail of the supports for the elevator cables and guides. Cross strips A, B and C should be 18 or 20 inches long, about £ inches wide, and 1 inch thick. At a distance of about 1 inch from ohe end of strips A and B, scfew a screw-eye into one edge, and 8 inches from these eves screw a second screw-eye (D, Fig. 2). Screw-eyes with %-inch eyes are large enough. A dozen of these can be bought at the hardware Btore for 5 cents. The elevator guides are fastened to them. Besides the Bcrew-eyes you must have two clothes-

line pulleys. These will cost 5 cents each. Screw one pulley into the edge of strip B, half-way between the two screw-eyes D (E, Fig. 2), the other Into an edge of strip C at the same distance from the end that you have placed the pulley in strip B (F, Fig. 2). Nail Btrip A to the porch post as close to the ground as you can get It, strip B to the same face ot the same post, about 10 inches above the porch railing, and strip C to the opposite face of the post at the same height as strip B. Nail these strips securely gfl they will be firm. 7"—_l_ If you cannot find a small box in the house out of which to make the elevator car, go to the grocery store and

you will be able to find just what you want among the grocer’s empty boxes.

Figure 3 shows how the box is made into a car. Screw two screw-eyes into each side of the box, one over the other, as shown at G, for the ele vator guides to run through, Bcrew another into the exact center of the top of the box (H), to tie the hoisting cable to, and screw another into the exact center of the bottom of the box to tie the lowering cable to. Nail a narrow strip across the open front of the car, at the bottom, to keep things from falling out. Get a heavy wrapping twine or some stovepipe wire, for the elevator guides. Attach them to screw-eyes D in strip B, first, drop them to the ground, slip them through screw-eyes Gin the sides of the car, and then fasten* to screw-eyes D in strip A. The counterbalance is a one-pound size baking-powder can filled with earth, sand or small stones. Fasten the lifting cable through holes punched in opposite sides of the can, just

below where the edge of the can covet comes (Fig. 4). Use a strong wrapping twine for the lifting cable. After tying it to the counterbalance, run it over pulley guide F and .tie to •erew-eya H fa the top of the car.

(Copyright by A. Neely Hsfl)

By DOROTHY PERKINS. CANDY BABKETB. The three pretty little baskets Bhowp in the illustrations are Splendid receptacles for candy dainties for ths dinner table. For Basket “A” cut a piece of paper 5 inches square (Fig. 1). Fold the

piece in half, with edges A together (Fig. 2), fold it in half again with edges B together (Fig. 3). and fold corner C over to corner C (Fig. 4). Then with a pair of scissors cut off corners C as shown in Fig. 6. Unfold the paper and it will have the form shown in Fig. 6. This is the basket bottom. Turn up the edges all around, folding along the dotted line shown in Fig. 6, and to these upturned edges paste a strip of paper 1% inches wide and 23 inches long for the sides of the basket Basket “B” has a heart-shaped bottom cut out of a piece of paper 6 inches by 6% inches in size (Fig. 1). Fold the paper in half with edges A

together (Fig. 2), then mark out one. half of a heart on one side of the folded piece, as indicated by the dotted line in Fig. 2, and cut out along-the line (Fig. 3). Unfold the piece (Fig. 4), and slash the edge all around with a pair of scissors, making the slashes % inch long. Turn up the little pieces between the slashes, and paste them to a strip of paper 1% inches wide and 17% inches long, bent around the heart-shaped piece to form the basket

sides. (Fig. 5). The handle is of ths same size as that on basket “A.” Basket “C” is made from a square oi paper measuring 5% inches. Fold this square in half diagonally, with corners A together (Figs. 1 and 2), then into quarters by bringing corners B together (Figs. 2 and 3), and then fold over 1. inch of edge C sis shown in Fig. 4. Open the piece of paper, and you will find a great many creases in it. The dotted lines in Fig. 5 show only ths creases that are needed. Turn np the edges along the creases that run parul lei to the edges. Then put some pasty upon the inside faces of the cornart and pinch together.