Fig. [281].—Put the handle of the dasher through the lid.
Cut [Fig. 274] of heavy paper or light-weight cardboard; mark three bands on it ([Fig. 275]). Make your churn much larger than pattern, have it deep enough to stand as high as [Fig. 275]. Glue the sides together along the dotted lines, turn up the circular bottom and glue the extensions up around the bottom of the churn. Fit a cork in the top for the churn-lid and make a hole through the centre of the cork for the handle of the dasher ([Fig. 276]). Make the handle by rolling up a strip of paper as you would roll a paper lighter. Glue the loose top end of the handle on its roll; then cut the large end of the handle up a short distance through its centre ([Fig. 277]). Cut the dasher ([Fig. 278]) from cardboard, slide it over the divided end of handle ([Fig. 279]), bend the two halves of the handle-end in opposite directions, and glue them on the dasher as shown in [Fig. 280]. Slip the handle of dasher through the cork lid ([Fig. 281]), and fit the lid in the churn ([Fig. 275]). Paint the churn and handle of dasher a light-yellow-brown wood color, the bands black, and when dry you can work the dasher up and down the same as if the churn were a real one. Stand the churn in your kitchen not far from the fire so that little Thankful may attend to the cooking while she is churning.
CHAPTER XIV
LITTLE PAPER HOUSES OF JAPAN
FRAGILE, quaint and full of sunshine and color are the typical houses of Japan. They are so simple in construction a child might almost build them, generally only one story in height and always without a cellar, chimneys, fireplaces, windows, and even without a door. Yet the dainty abodes are flooded with light and fresh air. How is it managed? Simply by sliding the entire front of the house to one side, leaving the building wide open. Often the back walls, too, are opened, and in some houses the sides also. These cottages are usually part wood and part paper. It seems strange to think of people actually living in paper dwellings, but the Japanese understand how to manufacture strong, durable paper. They delight in making all sorts of paper, from the tough, well-nigh indestructible kind to the delicate, filmy variety, and it is adapted to innumerable uses. In Japan people not only build paper walls, but the very poor wear paper clothing.
