ery sure they will never go out of fashion with the young folk who delight in a g

m a bit old-fashioned-I much prefer the well-made, wooden hoop with a wooden stick. Why, I've had no e

s. Small light wheels-they can be had from a retired baby carriage-are excellent things to trundle, and some of them requi

near the center of the tin. Through both openings a string was passed and the ends tied. By trowling, the strings-its ends were held one in each han

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his is the way: Get a piece of thin sole leather, about four inches square. Trim off the corners till the shape is near

soak the leather till it is soft. Next find quite a flat stone or brick, force the sucker to the top with your foot, taking care that there is no turned edge, then you

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ver used-I was brought up on a farm-I cut "with my little hatchet." They were made from two beech saplings, with the section of a branch retained at the same height on each f

eaves both hands free. Any boy with tools, timber and leather for straps can make "Gadabouts," and the arm stilt is still simpler. The natives of the Marquesas Islands use very high stilts, and they become so expert in their use as to dance with them and to wear them in wrestling matches. The shepherds on th

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and are strapped securely about the thighs. These can be m