FOR THE LITTLE ONES

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 40, 16 February 1929, Page 3 (Supplement)

FOR THE LITTLE ONES

THRILLS OF MOTOR RACING

HOW TO MAKE THE GOGGLES

My Dear Little Friends, With a whirr and a whizz the o' Poppity pop, poppity pop, W ent tV.Z . k r * c,nß c f r * w *Pt round the curve Blue Streak disappeared IoZ '"* """ * ° f du «< «£ Another car tore past ita k— ij i . •nd calmly handling the wheel * hifting the crowds to welcome the winner ho™ c,ea red, but there was no cheering from the car looked extremely S&TI!fI±S ft that SUpped person a beautiful trophy, carrfulty carded m V""* i™*""* To an imaginative person the .«•■ Very lar « e «rrot. onromantic sight for £, "winner T * qU * e aged seven, and his racing car th- JLwL j»? Wa3 but a H "le boy more than a garden tVned StrCak ' WM BOthi empty case, carefully arrayed .h™**, . P * ,de d ? Wn ' with on « or two "high-powered .peedrter" * "* '* *° g,ve the effect of a The other competitor in the "r " Jack Gerald by name, and brother t« ttl W ** another »*ven year-old, also made of material', foreign to the rea! ™"? """"i **** Vehicle ~»« was made from two packing-case, a "J' f °f the Red A ™>~ broken doll'. pram . * * P * eCe of »»d a wheel from a The idea of playing? at "Sn»J v •» i « holm, thr.„,h « motoring J** ~'""«''«° *• boy whil« picture shown here. When thi. looked .omething like the had been done the boys were each given a pair of scissors, and were told to cut out the goggles, cutting out, also, the circle, through which one was to look when "driving," and the little slot, at each end of the eye protector*. When the cutting process had been completed, tape, were , »•. w happy, and for many wi/pSS CT. ~5 b. T£££tZT If* «"*> her boys to do. The result wffl be a * * Ger * ,d in «™«<* neat pair of motoring goggles, which -<?> — will make you think you are on a >V race track, even though you merely fll/ f J^s^***^ •it on a box in the garden, and Of OAS^J^ 000^ twirl the wheel of an upturned *jj"^^^ Wheelbarrow. _^^^^