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Evening Star, Issue 22805, 13 November 1937, Page 8

By Handicraft Two ‘ Daring Young Men” ♦ ON A FLYING TRAPEZE With Christmas drawing near, you will be well advised to commence planning how those little gifts you wish to make for your friends so that you will not be “slumped" when Christmas does come along. From now until Christmas, Handicraft will give you a series of subjects on this page dealing with various types of gifts, f/ILL boys and girls are familiar with the song of the "Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze," and now you have the opportunity of demonstrating just how daring and carefree two such men can be. When constructed as described, the men will go through some seemingly almost Impossible movements, much to the amusement of all onlookers. Make the stand'first from a piece of din. x 61n. x fin. wood, and on to the centre of each side nail an upright measuring 81n. x lin, x fin. (Pig. 2), Then you can make the horlzohtal bar (Pig. 1) from a piece of pine, which measures 61n. x Jin. x gin. Round off a length at each end equal to the length of a small sllko reel, so that the reel will fit on very securely with the aid of glue or seccottae. A small nail in each end of the SIIKO \ dm. * |&: 1,41 - HORIZONTAL m SCREWED B'Xl'xA 2 y @ mttZL STAND horizontal bar will form the spindle, which passes through the holes fin. from th» top of the uprights. The men can be easily made If the shapes for the various parts are traced from the drawings (Pig. 3) on to pieces of 3-ply, and then cut out with a fretwork saw having a fine blade. Be very careful when tracing off to accurately mark the positions for drilling the holes. The holes In the legs should be very small, so that thin wire can be passed through and bent over to allow those parts to swing freely, but the holes through the arms and the shoulders should be Jin. In diameter to take an gin. round stick fin. long. When assembling, small washers or beads Jin. thick can be inserted on the stick between the arms and the body, and then the arms should be glued securely on to each end of the stick. Also place gin. washers between the legs and the body. If you wish the men can be painted with lacquers or water-colours before assembling. If water-colours are used, finish off by brushing on a coat of clear lacquer to make the colours permanent. Then the arms of the two men can be glued Into narrow grooves In the horizontal bar, an 18in. length of thin cord can be wound around one sllko reel, and through a small screw-eye In the base, while one end of a thin rubber band can be tacked to the other sllko reel and the Ires end fixed to the baseboard. ■ Now your men will be ready to go through their antics. By pulling the cord backward and forward the men will twist, somersault, bend over, hanging upside down, and all sorts of things almost impossible to Imagine. Don’t try to imitate them In the gymnasium or your parents will be faced with hospital bills 1 c fc HOIL-W _ CLUE. ARM \ 0 TD£ STICK. V, BODY LEG ASSEMBLY © PARTS FOR MEN (TWO. ON TO 3 PLY) ..ss><s><s>OLYMPIC GAMES STAMP Tl/TANY stamps have been Issued to com memorate games and sports, and the on Illustrated here was Is-- . . sued by the United States In 1932, on the occasion of the third series of Olympic Winter Games. It depicts a man ski-lng on the hills near Lake Placid, New York. The 2-cent value was the only special stamp Issued. , A. A SIMPLE SUM iSK your father if he is good at figures. If he says he is ask him to write down eleven icusand eleven hundred and eleven. It sounds isy enough, but the chances are that he will i wrong. These figures show the “catch” in ds sum. Eleven thousand Eleven hundred Eleven Total > • . • i = 11,000 = 1,100 = 11 . 12,111 Vx A J CORD RUBBER/ BAND MEN ON TUL FLYING WEL A Toddler’s Suit * Pants and Leggings This is the third garment to be described in' the Peter Babbit suit for a toddler. r FO make the pants and leggings, which are made In three pieces—gusset and two main pieces—proceed as follows:—Cast on 72 stitches on No. 10 needles and knit a rib of 2 purl 2 plain for 8 rows, and then make a row of holes through which to thread the elastic. To do‘ this knit 2 together, wool over needle, to end of row, and' knit next row back. Continue for 8 more rows in the ribs. ( Change to ordinary garter stiten, which Is simple plain knitting, both ways, and knit a] further 6 inches. Begin now to shape the leg] THE PANTS portion casting off 4 stitches at either end of needle. Knit next row. Cast off a stitch at either end of needle every 3rd row until you have 60 stitches on needle, and knit in garter stitch a further 4 inches. Then commence and decrease every second row until you have 16 stitches on needle when you draw up the work, and finish off neatly with a darning needle. The other half is made in exactly the same manner. To make the gusset cast on one stitch and' continue knitting in garter stitch and making a stitch at either end of row until you have 20 stitches, then begin decreasing at either end of rows until you have one stitch again. This forms a diamond-shaped piece of knitting, which is inserted between the upper portion of the leg part to give extra width and freedom. Sew up the pieces, having a join-up centre front and back, and side of legs. Thread elastic through the top row of holes and press again with a warm iron and damp cloth.