HOW TO MAKE DANCING PAPER MEN.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19814, 4 December 1919, Page 9

HOW TO MAKE DANCING PAPER MEN.

Obtain a sheet of plain glass, say ten or twelve inches square, and support it about one inch above a table by resting it upon two books. Now cut out tiny figures of men in tissue paper or thin newspaper. Make them less than a quarter of an inch in height, if possible, and weight their feet with the tiniest speck of sealing wax. ' This will insure that the men daneo upon their feet. Place the paper figures on the table beneath the glass and mb the upper side of the glass briskly with a piece of doth, or, better still, with a silk handkerchief. The men will begin to daneo and bob np amt down in the most amusing fashion. This is due to the electricity, which you have produced by rubbing the glass with the cloth or silk. If a slice!; of glass is not readily obtainable, use a glass dish, with a plain smooth base. .If you warm a sheet of brown papm and rub it bnskly with a cloth, it will make the paper figures dance, whew held close to them. A stick of sealing was or a glass rod, rubbed wita a piece of flannel, would have the, same effect.