Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1916 — HANDICRAFT FOR BOYS AND GIRLS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HANDICRAFT FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

(Copyright, by A HOMEMADE SAFE WITH A TIME-LOCK. All of you boys will want to make this unique safe for your bedroom. An ordinary alarm-clock is required for a lock. Let the dimensions of the safe be determined by the size of box which you can get. Fig. 5 shows the interior, with shelves spaced at the right distances apart to allow for four tiers of boxes. Cigar boxes with spool knobs are excellent for these boxes. Fasten the shelves as shown at A, Fig. 2. Nail a strip about an Inch and onehalf wide to one edge of the box, for a hinge-strip (B, Fig. 2.) Then make a door out of the box-cover boards.

fastening these together with battens (C, Fig. 3). - Locate the opening for the clock face in the center of the width of the door, and several inches above the center of the height. Make it a trifle smaller than the clock case, so the caße will set over it as shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 3 suggests how to make the hole by first boring a number of holes and then cutting out the wood between with a small saw or chisel. Hinge the door as shown in Figs. 1 *nd~r. — - Now ■'for the timVlock. Fasten the clock back of the opening with a staple driven over the top ring and another over each foot (Fig. 6). Then cut latch D (Figs. 5 and 6) several inches shorter than the width of the

■ ftj door, and cut crosspiece E several Inches shorter than D. Nail crosspiece E to the door an inch and onehalf below the clock, pivot latch D to it with a screw, and nail block F to the door just below E for a stop for the latch. Screw a screw-eye into the latch at G, and two others into the door at H and I;. then tie a latchstring to screw-eye G, run it up to and through screw-eyes H and I, and down to the alarm winding key of the clock. Pull the string taut, and, after winding the alarm, tie the string to the key. Now, when the alarm goes off and the key reverses, the string will wind about it and raise the latch. There must be a catch J (Figs. & and 6) for the latch to drop behind. The combination shown in Fig. 1 is make-believe. The knob is a spool

(K, Fig. 7), the large dial Is the top of a sirup can, and the two are pivoted to the safe door with a naiL A button mold (M, Fig. 7) may be used to keep the spool from pulling off of the nail. Four spool feet fastened-with nails to the safe bottom, .and a couple of coats wtHcompJetetbe safe. - .. By setting the alarm-band twice a day, you may have the safe open each morning when you luise, and each night at bedtime. __

Br A. NEELY HALL and DOROTHY PERKINS

L Neely H&1L) FOR A WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY PARTY. - A Washington’s birthday party may be given several days preceding or following February the twenty-second, according to tbe time most convenienL Crossing the Delaware is a good test of the steadiness of one’s hand, and produces much merriment because seldom more than one. or two at most.

can meet the requirements. The game consists in carrying a peanut upon the blade of a table knife while walking the length of a room. And, to make tbe test more difficult, obstructions must be placed in the path so the girls and boys must step over them while crossing. Fig. 1 suggests how the obstructions may be formed with boards placed across books, and broomhandles placed across the rounds of chairs. Award a prize to the boy and another to the girt who crosses without dropping the peanut. Pinning tbe hatchet in the notch of George Washington’s cherry tree U an adaptation of tbe game of pinning the tail upon the donkey. Paste together several sheets of wrapping-pa-per Then place this large sheet upon the floor, or pin It upon the wall, and

with a crayon or soft pencil draw a tree five or six feet high, as in Fig 2. Draw the hatchets upon heavy cardboard (Fig. 3), making them in proportion to the tree; cut them out, and paint the blades red and the handles brown. Stick a pin through the blade. After giving out the hatchets, blindfold the players one at a time, turn them about several times, and start them in the direction. of the tree. A prize should be awarded to the one pinning a hatchet nearest the notch in the tree. George Washington shadowgraphs is a splendid guessing game. Hang a sheet in a doorway, and have all Hie boys go on one side, and the girls on the other side. Then beginning with the boys, have each in turn put on a cocked hat and pose between a strong light and ’the screen, so as to throw a ' ~

profile view of himself upon the sheet, as shown in Fig. 3. Each boy must have a number (unknown to the girls) and while bis portrait is upon the screen the girls on the other side of the screen must guess who it is and write his name upon paper provided. In this way: “No. I—George Washington Jones,” "No. 2—George Washington Thompson,” etc., prefixing the boys’ last names with that of George Washington. Fig. 4 shows the cocked hat. fi t a circular piece of wrapping-paper 2® inches In diameter for the hat brim (Fig. 5), and cut a center opening for the crown. Make a crown of a strip of cardboard bent into a band to fit your head, with a circular piece fitted to Its top (Figs. 6 and 7K * • Fig. 3 shows how to arrange a lamp for projecting the .light.