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bolts one end of a wagon axle, spindle up. Upon the 

 spindle place a wagon wheel, and to the wheel attach 

 ropes, about as long as the pole. Place the big end 

 of the pole in the ground three or four feet, and brace 

 it from the four points of the compass. The ropes 

 will hang down from the wheel in such a way that the 

 children may take hold of them, swing, jump, and 

 run around the pole. The one described was rather 

 inexpensive. A telephone company donated a dis- 

 carded pole, a farmer a discarded wagon wheel and 

 axle. The only expense was that of paying a black- 

 smith for attaching the wheel to the pole and the 

 cost of the ropes about $2. It furnished one of 

 the most attractive pieces of apparatus on the play- 

 ground. 



An inexpensive swing may be constructed by plac- 

 ing four 4 X 4's in the ground in a slanting position, 

 two being opposite each other and meeting at the top 

 in such a way as to form a fork. The pairs may be 

 ten or twelve feet apart, and a pole or heavy gal- 

 vanized pipe, to which swings may be attached, 

 wired, nailed, or bolted to the crotches formed by the 

 pieces placed in the ground. The cost of this ap- 

 paratus will be : Four pieces, 4" X 4", 14 ft. long, 

 $1.25 ; one piece galvanized pipe, 3", 12 ft. long, $2.50. 



Boards of education could well afford to purchase 

 one or more basketballs, and a few baseballs and bats 

 for the boys. These things more than pay for them- 

 selves in the added interest which boys and girls who 



