. Things worth doing and how to do them. Fig. 430.—Windows in second box opened. glued in a hole punc-tured through the doorwith a coarse darningneedle or hatpin. Slidea bead on each end ofthe broom-straw andglue them securely inplace. Strengthen thehinges of each door witha narrow strip of thinwhite cotton cloth pastedlengthwise on the opendoor, half on the doorand half on the the third box (Fig. 426) cut a large window through the back wall four and one-half inches high and three and one-fourth inches wide. Fig. 433 shows this window in detail with one shutter open and one
. Things worth doing and how to do them. Fig. 430.—Windows in second box opened. glued in a hole punc-tured through the doorwith a coarse darningneedle or hatpin. Slidea bead on each end ofthe broom-straw andglue them securely inplace. Strengthen thehinges of each door witha narrow strip of thinwhite cotton cloth pastedlengthwise on the opendoor, half on the doorand half on the the third box (Fig. 426) cut a large window through the back wall four and one-half inches high and three and one-fourth inches wide. Fig. 433 shows this window in detail with one shutter open and one Window Glass Can Be Made of white tissue paper cut tofit the various windows, al-lowing one-fourth of an inchextension on all four the paper thor-oughly on both sides in oil;with a dry, clean cloth wipeoff the oil; again immerse the Fig. 432—Door Fig. 431.—Door in right-hand wall of second box. Doll House of Pasteboard 319 1 1 i * • i ! Ii i papers, let them remain in theoil for some minutes and asecond time wipe the oil fromboth sides of each paper. Thismakes the paper almost trans-parent. The window frame or sash,is made of strips of black orinked paper, one long, narrowstrip pasted down the entirecentre length of each windowglass and a wider strip fastened ^^-^Zt^^T *across the first strip at the centre, from side to side of the glass (Fig. 434). Keep the glassand the sash divisions perfectly smooth while fastening themtogether. When all are ready, close the shutters of each room in turn,and place first then another side flat down on top of thetable and brush a little glue all around the edges of the windowopening (Fig. 435); lay the glass over the opening, making sure that the edges of the glass extend evenly out on the wall surface from all sides. Do not rub the glass, press it tightly down with a dry cloth. A
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