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s new appearance does not last long after it has come into a youngster's pos

very substantial pieces, as there are no spindle legs or fancy arms to break off. They follow the lines of the mission furniture, that simple style used

is chapter, simple to make and something which is easy to se

making this furniture, and the various parts

mall brads and glue with which

s liable to roughen the wood. The paper will come off by allowing it to soak long enough. When the boxes are clean, set them in the sun to dry, after binding the covers to the backs to prev

6.-Patterns

the curved pieces have been drawn out carefully on page 111, so they can be

into squares just twice the size of those on page 111. That will make sixteen squares in the width of the cardboard and twenty-four in the length, each half an inch square. In order to get the squares spaced equally, it is best to lay off the points first with a rul

board thus prepared it

on your cardboard sheet. The curves may be drawn in by eye, after locating them with reference to their surrounding squares, but the surest way of enlarging them accurately is by l

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refully going over the drawing, comparing it with that on page 111 to see that no mistake ha

hich to mark out th

t note the c

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our and three-eighths inches high and an inch and three-quarters wide, the sides by the pattern in Fig. 119, and the seat an inch and one-quarter by an inch and three-q

an inch and a quarter by an inch and three-quarters, and the sides an inch and three-eighths wide by tw

nd three-quarters inches wide and three and one-quarter inches high, and the seat three and three-quart

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doll-house may be patterned after the designs of Figs. 130 and 131. These sh

ide by two and one-half inches high, and a shelf an inch and one-quarter square. Fasten the pieces

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n (Fig. 131) wi

ches wide. Cut the side-pieces by the pattern in Fig. 121 and, after fastening them to the under side of the table-top f

ree inches long by an inch and one-quarter wide and fasten it to the side-pieces half an inch above the base (line 24 on pattern, Fig. 122). Make shelf B three by one inches and place it at line 22. C should be three and three-quarters inches long by an inch and one-half wide, with a small notch cut near each end with your knife, to make it fit over the side-pieces (see illustration). Cut shelf D

2.-A Si

t it is better to use pins, running them through the shelf above and below (A and C, Fig. 132) into the doors. Stick the pins near the edge of the doors and

33.-A

ve inches long by three inches wide for the back, and a strip three inches long by three-eighths of an inch wide for a shelf. Fasten the sides to the edges of the back-piece, and the shelf between the sides about three-quarter

th the omission of the square opening cut in the front frame for the clock-face. Cut a block of wood two by two by three-quarters inches to fit between the frames at the top. After nailing the pieces together,

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father'

essary to give a

ade out of cigar-box wood along the same schemes illustrated in this

You will find in Figs. 135 and 136 two designs that are

tern in Fig. 126. After preparing these pieces and fastening them together as shown in the illustration (Fig. 135), cut a few strips a quarter o

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nches, cutting a piece two by an inch and one-quarter out of the top of each as shown in the drawing (Fig. 136), and using the pattern of the other b

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es high by three inches wide. Cut shelf A three by one and one-quarter inches, B and C three by one and one-eighth, D three by one and three-sixteenths, and E and F one-half by one and one-quarter

cigar-boxes or pieces of cardboard, glued together. A small mirror fastened in th

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by three inches. Fasten the lower shelf three-quarters of an inch above the base, and the top shelf at a height of two and one-half inches. When the stand has been put together, fit a ro

to remove the rough edges, and also any rough places that may have been caused by soaking the boxes in wa

hearts may be painted upon the pieces as shown in the illustration, with a sm

gar-box

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simpler to make than that just described, and although they may not

e when a boy, and found them suitable as presents,

s to but a few cents, cigar-box

ly made, as the boxes re

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constr

er box is flush with the edge of the outer box. Then drive a brad through both boxes on each side, about three-quarters of an inch from the end as shown at A (Fig. 139). These brads should run through the outer box into the bottom of the inner box, and should be driven in carefully so as not to split the wood. The inner box should now

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ce. Then nail the end across the tops of the remaining halves of the sides. When this has been done, divide up the lower portion of the box into compartments as shown in the drawing (Fig. 143). T

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l have to d

box, attach the cover with a strip of linen-the same way it was

would not do for doll-houses the size of those in the preceding