MATCH-BOX TOYS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 910, 1 March 1930, Page 31

MATCH-BOX TOYS

FOR YOUR DOLL’S HOUSE

Quite a number of pieces of furniture for your doll’s house Can be made from matchboxes. A little bed (fig. 1), mounted on four match sticks and made from two matchbox trays, can have tiny muslin curtains With a pillow, sheets and bedspread of a suitable size made for it. The washstand (fig. 2) is made from a matchbox With a cardboard back, while the dressing table (fig- 3) will need seven such boxes. In this case the back is cut from cardboard with a covering of silver paper over the mirror. to represent glass: and tiny pieces of lace for the mats. A boot button

attached to each of the drawers makes a good handle. Even a kitchen range can be made from matchboxes. Glue one box on top of another for the main part of the kitchener; then fix part of a third one at the back to act as an airing rack. Dra\v r a circle on the level surface of the top one. cut out an oblong, and refill With strips of paper for the bars, and cut through three sides of another oblong for the oven door (fig. 4), which can be hinged on with stamp paper. Except in the case of the kitchen range., all these pieces of furniture will require two or three coats of brown paint, or they can be covered with wallpaper of a suitable colour.

DESERT MOTHERS “Oh, Mother. look at those baby calves,” exclaimed Mary Lou, pointing to six little fellows as pretty as a pic ttlre. They were driving along over the desert and the animals were standing calmly watching them not far from the road. “I do wish I could get close enough to pet one,” Mary Lou continued, then stopped short and asked, “Have they only got one mother, all those calves?” Now Mary Lou had been called ex .citedly early one morning by Anna Mae, her next-door neighbour, to comquick and see the twin calves over P; their barn. And everyone talked so fast and so much about those twin calves that she knew that they must be something very rare indeed. “Oh, Mother,” said Mary Lou. a v she clapped her hands. “Now I cai tell Anna Mae I saw something even better than her twin calves, for herr are six.” “Well, but. dear, they don’t all belong to one cow,” Mary Lou’s mothe? explained. “Do you want to know where the other mammas are?” “Oh, yes, Mother, please tell me.” “Why, they have gone away to ge; a drink Y’ou know how far apart springs are on the desert for you have been with Daddy many times when you have become thirsty and had to drive miles before he Could get you a drink. The waterholes where cow? and horses drink are sometimes mile> away, and it takes a long time to reach them. The young calves are not strong enough to walk that far. fo one cow stays behind with all th* babies and keeps guard over them while the other mothers go for water. Then when they come back she car. get herself a drink and know that hexbaby will be taken care of. Tlie cows know this, so they never leav* their baby calves alone. They all live together in pence, and try to help eacli other. Isn’t that a neighbourly wa to act?” “Why. Mother, the cows do love thei’ babies, don’t they?” “Yes. dear, the dumb animals are a i careful to protect their children as human fathers and mothers are I<> watch tenderly over their boys and Bills*’ . AMBITION I'd like to have some coloured chalk* And I should like to draw Pome pictures on the pavement. Just like a man I saw. I’d like the people passing by, Who watched me where I sat. To say: Just look at what he’s drawn! I’d like to draw like that.