. St. Nicholas [serial]. THE FOUR WALLS HAVE JUST BEEN COMPLETED. NOTEHOW THE UPRIGHTS FOR DOORS AND WINDOWS AREPLACED, AND THE VARIOUS DIAGONAL BRACINGS ground. This was for the floor-boards to restupon. Now we filled in the spaces between the up- 838 WHY NOT PAPER HOUSES? [July. ONE OF THE THREE A PIECES THAT SUPPORTTHE ROOF. NOTE THE NOTCHES THAT ENGAGETHE FRONT AND BACK WALLS rights, except for the door and window spaces,by means of strips of wood two inches were placed far enough apart so that whenthe paper was glued to them, each width of paper Now for the roof. A letter A was
. St. Nicholas [serial]. THE FOUR WALLS HAVE JUST BEEN COMPLETED. NOTEHOW THE UPRIGHTS FOR DOORS AND WINDOWS AREPLACED, AND THE VARIOUS DIAGONAL BRACINGS ground. This was for the floor-boards to restupon. Now we filled in the spaces between the up- 838 WHY NOT PAPER HOUSES? [July. ONE OF THE THREE A PIECES THAT SUPPORTTHE ROOF. NOTE THE NOTCHES THAT ENGAGETHE FRONT AND BACK WALLS rights, except for the door and window spaces,by means of strips of wood two inches were placed far enough apart so that whenthe paper was glued to them, each width of paper Now for the roof. A letter A was made ofboards, the outer ends of the legs of the A beingthree feet wider than the house from back to would extend over the front and back wallsand even help hold them together, because of thenotch, shown in the photo, which slipped downover the walls. Three of these A supports weremade. Two of them were placed parallel, on theground, twelve feet apart, and the other placedbetween them exactly in the middle. The slants of these As were now joined by six-inch strips, as shown in the photograph. Theproportions of the roof were planned so carefullyand the notches in the legs of the As measured soclosely, that when we lifted the roof up over thehouse and let it down
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