. New games and amusements for young and old alike. row oblong holes in three sides for light to flash through; half an inch below these cut two slits a quarter of an inch wide, one on the right and the other on the left side of the cylinder. Cut out a strip of stout tin a quarter of an inch wide, make a dent in its centre for a needle point to rest in; pass this strip through both slits, and bend down each projecting end closely against the cylinder. Now cut a hole in the back of the cylinder and as near to the top as possible, an inch and one-half wide and an inch high. Also cut a hole in th
. New games and amusements for young and old alike. row oblong holes in three sides for light to flash through; half an inch below these cut two slits a quarter of an inch wide, one on the right and the other on the left side of the cylinder. Cut out a strip of stout tin a quarter of an inch wide, make a dent in its centre for a needle point to rest in; pass this strip through both slits, and bend down each projecting end closely against the cylinder. Now cut a hole in the back of the cylinder and as near to the top as possible, an inch and one-half wide and an inch high. Also cut a hole in the back of the cylinder, and close to its base, through which to pass a small piece of candle later. In a shallow pan of water, and so that it restson the bottom, place a large wooden block, or asmall pan inverted, and on top of this standthe cylinder. If desired the cylinder may befastened to the foundation with whittle out six delicate wooden spokes, allof the same length, and insert these at equal dis-231 NEW GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS. Fig. 33 tances apart into a slice of cork. To each spokeattach a triangular-shaped piece of paper withmucilage, and when dried bend these slightlyupward at an angle as shown in the diagram(Fig. T,T,). Then suspendwith mucilage from eachset of two spokes a stripof thin red paper. Thediagram shows how thiswheel is made. It shouldbe of such dimensionsthat it will go throughthe top of the cylinderwithout touching itssides. Complete the wheel by sticking a short,straight hatpin through the exact centre of thecork. It would be well to file the head this cut out a circular piece of cardboard,to serve as a cap to the lighthouse, and throughthe exact centre of this pierce a small lower the wheel down through the top ofthe cylinder until the point of the hatpin restsin the dent made in the tin strip, and then inplacing the cardboard cap on top of the light-house allow the upper part of the hatpin to passthrough the pierced h
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