of flat rattan, taking two pieces, twenty-seven inches long for each racket. Soak the rattan to make it pliable, then bind the two pieces together with string as in [Fig. 38]. Bend the now double rattan to form a loop, bring the four ends together and wrap them into a straight piece for the handle ([Fig. 39]).
Fig. 38.—Bind the two pieces of rattan together.
Fig. 39.—Bring the four ends together to form a loop.
Lay the frame you have just made down on a large piece of strong writing-paper and mark a line on the paper one inch from and entirely surrounding the outer edge of the frame down to the handle. Draw another line close to the outer edge of the frame, then cut out the design along the outside line. Slash the edge up to, but not across, the remaining pencil line ([Fig. 39]). Cover one side of the slashed border with paste or glue, and, again placing the frame on the paper, turn the flaps, one at a time, over the edge of the frame and attach them firmly to the frame and to the inside of the paper ([Fig. 40]). When the paste is perfectly dry, make another paper cover in the same manner and paste its slashed edge over the frame on top of the first, putting one cover directly over the other and so making it double; this will make the racket quite strong and firm.
