Things Worth Doing and How To Do Them

by Lina Beard; Adelia B. Beard

Fig. 87.—A little yellow pumpkin.

Divide all the quarters in the same way, then pinch a small square of bright green tissue paper over the covered stem ([Fig. 85]), smooth it down close and tight and tie a thread around the base ([Fig. 86]). Bend the extreme end of the stem until it curls, and the result will be a cunning little yellow pumpkin ([Fig. 87]). [Fig. 88] shows how the cross threads should meet at the centre of the blossom end of the fruit.

Fig. 88.—Shows how the cross threads should meet.

An ordinary pastry-board about twenty-six inches long and nineteen inches wide must do duty for

The Game Court

([Fig. 89]). Find the centre of the board by running two straight lines diagonally across from corner to corner, the spot where the two lines meet and cross marks the centre of the board ([Fig. 90]). Make a small circle two inches in diameter around centre spot, surround this circle with a larger circle seven inches in diameter. Erase the diagonal lines within the circles and run straight lines radiating outward midway between the diagonal lines from the edge of the larger circle across the face of the pastry-board. With four more lines cut off the four corners of the court, number the divisions as in [Fig. 91], and the game court will be finished.

Fig. 89.—A pastry-board for the Game Court.

Fig. 90.—Run two straight lines from corner to corner.