. New games and amusements for young and old alike. s in two pieces of tallow for eyes,and fasten a coin for ballast to the bottom of theegg with sealing-wax. THE DEWEY ARCH The Dewey arch may be made by taking thecover of a deep, stout pasteboard box and cuttingout a piece in the centre to form the arch. Thenwith tacks firmly fasten the cover in uprightposition to a piece of board. Previous to doingthis have ready a lot of ends of egg shells andattach these with sealing-wax to the cover, asshown in the illustration. When the face of thearch is completed fasten on top a small paste-board box,
. New games and amusements for young and old alike. s in two pieces of tallow for eyes,and fasten a coin for ballast to the bottom of theegg with sealing-wax. THE DEWEY ARCH The Dewey arch may be made by taking thecover of a deep, stout pasteboard box and cuttingout a piece in the centre to form the arch. Thenwith tacks firmly fasten the cover in uprightposition to a piece of board. Previous to doingthis have ready a lot of ends of egg shells andattach these with sealing-wax to the cover, asshown in the illustration. When the face of thearch is completed fasten on top a small paste-board box, and to this fasten egg shells. Uponthe corners of the arch place two upright egg-shells. Upon the top of the small box placehalf an egg shell, and upon the top of this againfasten a light flagpole with flag. For the lampstake two half egg shells and fasten them inposition on the board about six inches in frontof the arch. Upon the top of these half shellsplace whole eggs, and upon the top of these halfshells. Into each of these half shells place a. PUREST OP NIGHT LILIES FROLIC AND FUN WITH EGG SHELLS small piece of lighted candle, and inverted overthis another half shell. Cut the last half shellsjaggedly on the sides facing the arch so as tolet air in for the candles. By painting the board black and turning outall other lights in the room, a marvellous effectis produced with the arch lit by fairy lamps. Make all the fastenings with red sealing-wax,as it adds to the effect. AN EGG-SHELL YACHT To make an egg-shell yacht, first empty an un-cooked hens egg. Do this by making a small holein each end, when the contents may be blownout easily. Then close up both openings withsealing-wax; join a number of coins together forthe keel, fasten this firmly to the egg—all fasten-ings to be made with sealing-wax—and youryacht is ready for launching. If it floats pro^perly cut out the mast and spars from very lightwood; fasten these to hull and to each other withsealing-wax. Place the del
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