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BASKETRY 



free throw, but only personal fouls disqualify a 

 player. Any one who makes four personal fouls 

 is disqualified for the remainder of the game. 



Hasket ball gives excellent chance for team 

 work, and every well-drilled team has signals 

 which are intelligible for certain formations and 

 plays to its own team but mean nothing to 

 tin- opponents. By these the general course of 

 the play may be determined, but of course 

 they must be very flexible, permitting of in- 

 [\ adjustment, for seldom indeed does a 

 game proceed as it has been mapped out. 



Basket Ball for Girls. The elimination of 

 roughness and "all over the floor" play makes 

 basket ball an excellent game for girls, and 

 many play the regular game; but it must be 

 remembered that if rightly played it is never 



an easy, leisurely game, suited to those who 

 wish merely a little light exercise. Indeed, 

 unless undertaken under the direction of a com- 

 petent leader, the game is likely to prove too 

 violent for anyone not in excellent condition. 

 A girl who works, for instance, will not find 

 a game or two of basket ball a week the best 

 exercise for her unless she takes other exercise 

 to keep herself in fit condition. 



Any intending player of basket ball, man, 

 woman, boy or girl, should be examined for 

 heart condition by a regular physician before 

 engaging in play. J.H.B. 



Consult Spalding's Guide to Basket Ball, for 

 playing rules. For general information, apply- 

 ing particularly to the game for girls, consult 

 Hill's Athletic and Outdoor Sports for Women. 



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THE STORY 



ASKETRY. "O let me do it," is the 

 plea that every mother and teacher hears from 

 day to *day as the child, eager for something 

 to occupy his hands and mind, discovers some 

 simple work at which he thinks he can succeed. 

 The thoughtful parent and teacher are con- 

 stantly in search of occupations suitable for 

 children, and one of the most available is that 

 of making baskets. 



Basketry is one of the most desirable occu- 

 pations for children in the school and in the 

 home for the following reasons: 



1 I is simple, and can be made successful 

 without any large amount of previous training 

 on part of the teacher or moth. r. 



2. It is inexpensive. It only a few 

 simple took, and the material is at hand with 

 only the expense of labor necessary to gather 



basketry especially 

 le for rural schools. 



3. It is one of the best occupations for 



ing the hand and 



4. The baskets arc useful and in making tin m 

 the child fr.-ls that he is contributing to the 



tie of the home as well as gratifying his 

 desire to make something. 



Material. There is a great variety of ma- 

 terial suitable for making baskets. For con- 

 venience we divide it into imported and native. 



The imported material consists of rattan, raffia, 

 palm leaf, rushes and hemp. The native in- 

 cludes willow, cat-tail, flags, rushes, straw, 

 grasses, com husks, willow bark, cedar hark. 

 and for large baskets, splints of ash and other 

 woods. The above list does not include all 

 the materials available for baskets, for in - 

 locality will be found something that may not 

 be found elsewhere. 



/V< paration oj Material. Since imported ma- 

 terial is placed upon the market ready for use, 

 our attention to preparation is confined to 

 native material. The willow should be cut 

 when the twigs are small, and the bark should 

 be peeled off before the twigs dry. If care 

 is used in peeling the hark it can be used for 

 MIL-. Mag leaves should be split into 

 strands before they dry. All material should be 

 dried as soon as collected: the color is better 

 preserved if the drying is in the open air where 

 the material is exposed to the sun. 



Tools. The only tools necessary are a sharp 

 knife, a pair of strong shears, a brad-awl or a 

 km itmg needle, and a tape measure. 



Mats. The first step in making baskets 



should be the making of one or more mats. 



mat is easier to make than the basket, 



and it is also the foundation of the basket, 



because in making the basket we must begin 



