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series of crosses outlining the pattern for 

 A. Connect these crosses into a freehand 

 curve. Make the 3/16-in. allowance on 

 each edge for lock seam and you have the 

 complete pattern for A. 



Now comes the interesting part of this 

 problem. The curve G- H is the pattern for 

 every joint shown on the drawing; this is so 

 because every one of these joints are the 

 same angle. To get the pattern for / take 

 the distance F-J on the front view and set 

 it off as F-J on the pattern. In the same 

 way take the distance E-K on the front 

 view and set it off as G-K and H-K on the 

 pattern. Then lay out the curve G-H as 

 K-K, and the pattern for / will be as 

 shown in the drawing. 



For the pipe L on the front view, with the 

 seam on top, we would use the pattern 

 G-H-N-M. For the pipe in the upper 

 drawing, that part of the pattern for I 

 marked K-J- F-G would give us one-half of 

 the pattern for pipe 0. For the pipes 

 marked P we can use the same pattern 

 curve but the top curve K- K would have to 

 be drawn so that the low part / of the top 

 curve would be opposite the low part G of 

 the bottom curve. Similar adaptations 

 would be necessary for the other pipes. 



Making Soldiers in Black and 

 White on the Typewriter 



BY the use of a little ingenuity a sten- 

 ographer, or any person who can 

 operate a typewriter, may hammer out a 

 whole regiment of soldiers on the type- 

 2 writer, using the letters and 

 ^^ M punctuation marks found on 

 Jkg all the standard machines. 

 JHl The accompanying sketch 



WjmJf shows how lifelike the type- 

 ^^SCI writer drawing is. The "&" 

 J^^JKm sig n supplies the head, chest, 

 ^^^F§ an( l arms, a small "o" the 

 \m\g body, a period the cap, a 

 yf ]J capital "W" the legs, a double 

 quotation mark (") the feet, 

 and the hyphen standing 

 space. A colon provides two 

 buttons for the coat, and the 

 transverse line used in making 

 fractions makes a remarkably lifelike gun. 

 Best results are secured by making a whole 

 row at a time. If the typewriter is equipped 

 with a double color ribbon, very pleasing 

 effects can be produced by printing the char- 

 acters in different colors; for instance, the 

 cap and trousers red and the others black. 



f f 



Soldier 

 shaped from 

 type prints 



A Cigar Cutter Attachment for a 

 Pocket- Knife 



TO make a handy and novel cigar cutter 

 procure a bone or wood handle 

 pocket-knife and with a round file 

 make an arc of a circle cut in the 

 handle about % in. from the hilt as 

 shown at A. To trim the cigar 

 open the blade of the knife and place 

 the end of the 

 cigar in the arc, 

 shut the blade 

 quickly, and the 

 deed is done. 

 The notch does 

 not harm the 

 knife in any way. 



S^sL_J?5 



The cigar end is put in 

 the notch for cutting 



-C. T. Wandres. 



Clothes-Hangers Used for Handles 

 on Barrel Covers 



BARRELS used as containers for storing 

 apples, potatoes, and the like are 

 usually kept closed with a detachable cover. 

 To handle such covers conveniently it is 

 necessary to have some kind of a hand 



The small double hook screw hanger makes 

 an excellent handle for a barrel cover 



grasp. A clothes-hanger will answer the 

 purpose nicely. The kind illustrated has 

 two hooks with a screw point in the center. 

 It is quickly applied. — H. Drobe. 



