Fig. 374.—Paste the strip to the side of one box and the top of another.
To Bind the Different Parts
of the structure firmly together and fasten the whole building to the ground, cut sixteen strips of white writing paper two inches long and a scant half-inch wide; fold each strip crosswise through the centre; then, paste half of one strip on the fourth platform upward from the right-hand lower corner; bring the free half of the strip out flat on top of the next platform, which extends immediately beneath it, and gum down securely ([Fig. 374]). Bind the other three lower corners of the top platform down to the top of the next platform in the same manner; then fasten the third to the second and the second to the first platform, also the first platform to the ground. When the paste is perfectly dry, cautiously remove the hat-pin.
Fig. 375.—Cut the first flight of steps like this.
Fig. 376.—Your stairs will stand alone.
Build the Four Flights of Steps