Now lay off an octagon, with a diameter of 8½ in. on the 8½ x 8½ x ⅞ in. piece, sawing off the corner pieces so as to just fit the leg. Glue and screw this to the under sides of the top piece, placing the grain across that of the top wood. Warping is thus prevented. This brace acts as a support to which the upper ends of the legs are firmly screwed and glued. A 3/16 in. gimlet hole should be bored for each screw or the wood will split. The holes should not be deeper than 1½ in. if the screws are to hold firmly. Try drawing the screws across a cake of soap and see if they will not be applied more easily.
To be sure that the legs go on exactly rigid it would be well to draw lines diagonally through the centre of the under surface of the top piece. The legs are to be attached at right angles to these diagonals. After the legs are screwed to the upper and lower braces sandpaper the entire stool. Do this lengthwise to the grain, never across. Then stain and wax.
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WHAT THE GIRLS MADE WINTER EVENINGS
While the boys were making their pieces of garden apparatus the girls were at work also. They met with The Chief at Katharine's house and made a number of pieces of garden apparatus. The directions for making these are given so that other children may make some too.
DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING SEED ENVELOPES
Cut paper 7½ in. by 5¾ in.; place it the long way of the paper going from front to back of the desk or table at which you work.
Measure from the upper left corner down 1¾ in., and place point 1; 3¼ in. farther down place point 2. Measure from the upper right corner down 1¾ in. and place point 3; 3¼ in. farther down place point 4.