Fig. 156—The little tropical house in Uncle Sam's newly acquired possessions. Made of old visiting cards.
For the little
Tropical House
in Uncle Sam's newly acquired possessions ([Fig. 156]), select eight of your largest and stiffest visiting cards; these are for the four walls of the first or lower story of the house. If the cards are not alike in size, make them so by trimming off the edges of the larger cards.
| Fig. 157—Place two cards together and cut two slashes. | Fig. 158—Slide the cards together this way. |
Place two of the cards together and cut two slashes, one on each side of the centre, through one end of the double layer ([Fig. 157]). Slide the two cut ends together, allowing the centre divisions, A ([Fig. 157]), to lie, one over and one under the two cards. This will bring under the side divisions B and B ([Fig. 157]), on the card whose centre division A comes on top, while the divisions B and B of the other card will come over on the outside ([Fig. 158]). Fasten all of the remaining cards together in pairs in the same manner; then cut a long slit near the outer edge of each of the four pairs of cards, C and C ([Fig. 159]). Slide the walls together at right angles, and form a square by means of the long slits. Do this by holding the open end of one long slit in one wall under, and at right angles to the open end of one long slit in another wall, and then fitting the two walls into each other so that they will stand firm and form one corner of the lower story of the house ([Fig. 160]).
| Fig. 159—Slide the two cards together this way to make the wall. | Fig. 160—Slide the walls together at right angles by means of long slits. |
Strengthen the house with an extra inside wall. Cut long slits in each end of the extra wall, then a long slit near the centre of each side wall in which to fit the extra wall.
