Identifier: stnicholasserial292dodg (find matches)
Title: St. Nicholas (serial)
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: (New York : Scribner & Co.)
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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a magnificent skyablaze with the hues of Old Glory. printed with this article and the directionsgiven below. SAILING A FLAG TO THE SKIES.The disks are of cardboard, in the center of which isinserted a spool. The light stick from which the flagis suspended is fastened to the ends of the spoolswhere these project inwardly beyond the disks. 1902.) Thi A CIRCUS ON A PARACHUTES. KITE-STRING. 825 THE GIANT WHIRLER. The parachutes are made of square pieces of coloredtissue-paper, and to each a small cardboard figure is at-tached. A small twist is taken in the top of the para- This is made of light sticks, wrapping-paper, andstring. The picture shows exactly how these are puttogether. Decorate with long streamers and varicol-ored tissue-papers, so as to present a brilliantappearance as it revolves high in the air. THE PAPER CHINAMAN. In making the Chinaman here pic-tured, sticks half an inch square wereused—four 62, one 28, and one 15inches in length. These werebent and then fastened in po-
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chute, to which is attached a thread. To the other endof the thread a pin bent at right angles is fastened.Make a number of loops in the kite-string about sixfeet apart, and to each loop suspend a parachute.Parachutes are released by shaking the kite-string vig-orously. SENDING AN UMBRELLA UP AKITE-STRING. Wires are fastened to the handle and the ferule ofthe umbrella and hooked over the kite-string as shownin the illustration printed on a previous page. sition with \ stout string, as shown in the diagrams(Figs. 1 and \ 2). Then the framework was coveredwith paper, and \ on top of this were pasted looselylarge sheets of \ colored tissue-paper, blue for trunkand sleeves, and \ red for legs ; the head was of card-board 14 inches \ high, with features marked onwith black paint. \ This was fastened to the back-bone with tacks. The \ feet were of cardboard and thecloth. The flags were ofdecorated. A ballast ofbalance the figure was pig-tail of darkyellow tissue-paper,stones sufficient to u

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