Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 253, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1915 — A DOLL'S TEETER, MERRY-GOROUND AND FERRIS WHEEL. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A DOLL'S TEETER, MERRY-GO-ROUND AND FERRIS WHEEL.

The teeter (Fig. 1) requires a stick 24 or 30 inches long and two inches wide, for the teeter board (A, Fig. 2), two short sticks for supports (B, Fig. 1), a spool bearing for the top of each upright (C), and a berry box for each end of the teeter board. Locate the center of the length of stick A, upon each edge, and then drive a nail into both edges at this point (D, Fig. 2). Drive uprights B into the ground three inches apart.

then, after slipping spools C over nails D. bind them to the tops of uprights B. The form of merry-go-round shown in Fig. 6 is sometimes called the “flying airships.” The toy requires four sticks about 24 Inches long for cross arms (A, Fig. 5), a spool for a hub (B), a stick 24 inches long for a center upright (C), four berry boxes for cars, and some strings and nails. First bind a pair of the cross-arm sticks A to the sides of the spool (Fig. 6), placing the spool at the exact center of the length of the sticks, and wrapping the string tightly around the sticks so the spool cannot turn. Then cross these sticks with the other pair, and bind this second pair securely to the first, as shown in Fig. 5. Drive a nail into the end of each cross arm. Then, after driving the

center stick C several inches into the ground, pivot the spool hub to its top with a nail. For the Ferris wheel shown in Fig. 7 you will need four sticks 30 inches long for cross arms (A), two sticks 24 inches long for supports (B), a pair of spools for bearings (C), four sticks ten inches long for connecting braces (D) and four berry boxes. Cross the sticks A at their exact centers, in pairs, and drive a nail through the exact center, as shown in Fig. 8. Use a long enough nail so the point will project about one inch and one half, as shown at E. To keep the sticks at right angles, bind their centers with string passed diagonally around them as shown in Fig. 7. On the face opposite to that on which nail E projects, drive 2-inch nails into the cross arms near their ends, as shown in Fig. 8, on which to hang the cars.

Then, after driving the supports B into the ground about ten inches apart, bind the spool bearings C to their tops, slip the nails E of the cross arms into spools C. and brace the framework -fey binding the strips D to them as snown in Fig. 7. p After the braces have been put on, all that remains U> complete the Perris wheel is tfc' cutting of holes through opposite sides of the berry boxes, large enough for the nails 1” the ends of cross arms A to slip through.