. Harper's young people . any but the best good way to preserve thecord is to give it a lightcoat of melted parafflne;this will hold it togeth-er and preserve it fromdampness. But it mustbe borne in mind that tliekite has to sustain theweight of the captive cord,and that when it becomestoo heavy it sags andbears the kite down. I have found some ofthe American sewing-ma-chine threads just thething for medium - sizedkites. Some of thesethreads are to be had onsingle spools of a lengthof two thousand four hun-dred yards. For largekites carpet thread and up-holsterers twine are thebest.
. Harper's young people . any but the best good way to preserve thecord is to give it a lightcoat of melted parafflne;this will hold it togeth-er and preserve it fromdampness. But it mustbe borne in mind that tliekite has to sustain theweight of the captive cord,and that when it becomestoo heavy it sags andbears the kite down. I have found some ofthe American sewing-ma-chine threads just thething for medium - sizedkites. Some of thesethreads are to be had onsingle spools of a lengthof two thousand four hun-dred yards. For largekites carpet thread and up-holsterers twine are thebest. It is always the saf-est rule when kite-mak-ing to tie with fine silkthread all parts of the
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