. Things worth doing and how to do them. el off the paper. Fig. 461.—Run a hat pin through the wick. Break up and Melt the Bayberry Wax slowly, never allowing it to get hotenough to smoke, and fill each mouldup to the hat pin. In a short timethe wax will settle and leave a hollowat the top of the candle. Fill up thehollow each time this occurs untilthe wax remains even across the the candles in their mouldsuntil they are hard and almost, butnot quite cold, then draw the hat pinfrom the wicks and, taking one mould,begin at the top and peel off the Making a Bayberry Candle 337 paper, c
. Things worth doing and how to do them. el off the paper. Fig. 461.—Run a hat pin through the wick. Break up and Melt the Bayberry Wax slowly, never allowing it to get hotenough to smoke, and fill each mouldup to the hat pin. In a short timethe wax will settle and leave a hollowat the top of the candle. Fill up thehollow each time this occurs untilthe wax remains even across the the candles in their mouldsuntil they are hard and almost, butnot quite cold, then draw the hat pinfrom the wicks and, taking one mould,begin at the top and peel off the Making a Bayberry Candle 337 paper, carrying it around andaround spirally, as in Fig. the blade of a penknifebetween the bottom of the candleand the bottom of the mould, andcut around the edge. Remove firstone layer of the bottom, then theother layer, after which you candraw the candle from the remainderof the mould. Cut the bottom end of the wickclose to the candle, and also trimoff the top of the wick, making itabout one inch long above thecandle (Fig. 463).. Fig. 463.—The bayberry candle isfinished. CHAPTER XXVIII WATER TOYS—LITTLE WAX PEOPLE THAT SWIM ANDRIDE ON RAFTS |HESE little wax people are very fondof the water; in fact they are more athome and far happier in the waterthan when on land. Some of the waxgirls and boys will be content to sit onthe edge of the shore with their feet inthe water; others will cling with bothhands to the life-rope and dance upand down as the little waves dash uponthem, though you will find that themore daring ones are not satisfied withjumping, but will often turn com-pletely over while still grasping the rope. The Patterns for the Little People are given in Figs. 464, 466, 477 and 480. Cut ten girls fromten pieces of folded white writing-paper after first tracing thelengthwise half of Fig. 464 on half of the paper (Fig. 465). Cutten boys (Fig. 466) from white writing-paper (Fig. 467). Painteach girls hair a different color, varying from light brown toraven blac
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