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OUR YOUNG PEOPLE,
ATTRACTIVE CANDY BOXES. "
Some Diagrams and Instructions That
. Will Enable Any Bright Cirl to do
tho Work. ';
MY DEAR MARY: yon Temember
I told you I'd showl'you - bow;
to ; make - some candy "boxes from
- the cardboard found Jin "boll; of
dry goods.: - Of course,lyoucan inake
;them of any kind of cardboard heary
: enough to hold the carplyt but these
boards 1 are a rough-tan and so- look'
well with" holly red'ribbonVandHhey
have the merit of costing nothing.
Any. merchant with 'whom you trade
will give them to you. " - : v
v-'-The - board' I'm working on today
- is 8x25 inches in size; -some are larg
er, and some smaller, so I am "trying
to give. you. dimensions for boxes that
;will fit any, of them. ' - -
. . Triangular Box. . .
: Put a dot (a) one inch, from the
top and 1 XA inches from the end'of
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You can search the whole world over and not find another
single thing that will bring so much pleasure to every member
o the family, ;
Any Victor dealer in any city in the world will gladly, place a Victor
Victrola in your home Hi ' easy terms so that you can enjoy it while you are
paying for it. Write to us for catal ogs.
Victor Talking Machine Co., and Cooper Sis., Camden, H. J.
1 .. ' Berliner Gramophone Co.. Montreal. Canadian Distributors ' ,..
Always use Victor Machines with Victor. Records and Victor Needles
Cdmbinc&ion ihexe is no other way to get the unequaled Victor tone.
Victor.Steel Needles, 6ients per.100. Victor Fibre Needles, 50 cents per 100 (can betepointed and, used eight times),
n. Jfew Victor Records ore on sale tt all dealers oa the 28th of ach month - -
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Rectangular Box.
and down and 8 -inches across, so as
."i . Plans for-Triangular Box. our cardboard is 8x25 inches we can
: your cardboard at a. Put Another get three boxes' the top being part
'dot (b) one inch from top, and six
inches from a. Oonnect a and b with
straight line, With a string exactly
' 4 rsix inches in length ( a ucompass -is
v. much better) draw an arc of circle
With b -as center and same radius,
draw another .arc. s These cross each -.
; .other; at c. Draw linesc and 4-c,
and you have an equal-sized triangle,
V Erect perpendicular to the straight
-."- lines at a, b, and c. -? If you do not
'"have drawing instruments, square
v -cornered writing pad, an envelope ot
& post card, will do. Let these per-
; ' pendiculars be one inch in -height.
- Connect d and e, f and g,i and h
f r wlth: straight lines.- Erase arcs of of the body of the box. If you wish
clrcjes. Cut out with stiff knife, get- a slightly larger box, just follow, the
: ting smooth edges, . Score a-b, b-c, same proportions, making each di
uid a-c, but.do not let-your knife mension "longer. '.v
,-x cut all the waythru. - Bend up three Jn these designs if the corners are
. rectangles. Tie corners with" nar-;; square and' the edges are even you
.".row red ribbon run thru holes.- can use edge of board as edge of .box,
' "Now for; the top; figure IA.rDraw or If notvyou have 'more than , an
'a-b'-Jnchefl 'Jongvi- ' Jnch from - inch" to BpaTe up and down, and ex-
:X!iLloweredge''of-arboard;f,.: The extra - actly an inch the "long, way of the
- kinch in length of Bides is to allow - board. y v ;V -?"V
; '. top to" go on .welW- With a as center Let a represent lower left-hand
and radius 6"i4 inches long describe corner. Draw a-b three inches, dot
arc. With b as center, and same ra- ting x 1 inches up. Draw a-c S
dlus, describe arc. These intersect inches, dotting 1 inches from a
- at c. Draw a-c and b-c. At each cor-" and from c. Draw c-d thrr iches,
ner erect perpendiculars inch 1, inches from a, dra j 6
. high; Conhect with straight lines as .r inches high, and l incha - m c-d
i in . figure I, , a-b, b-c and jbc with draw g-f 6 inches high, ooth at.
-knife. Bend up Tie with ribbon right angles to a-c. Draw a-y and
,at each corner, or 4f you wish to tie b-d. Draw 1-J 2 inches from e-f, and
" . arbroad jrlbbon around entire candy- draw -k-1 inch from e-f; Cut out
filled box, -put; top; on wjth corners big outside lines. Cut from y to,g-rf,
; v loose.' 4 Out . of. one piece cl: card- and from x to.-hne, lut do-not cut
. board you can get two boxes with off these flaps, th'ey fold within tch
tops", and have some space left in the other, making ends of box. , Bcore
; ! middle at the top." ' lines, and bend, making the squares
V ' flM.;nLi.i -n ;' Hhe ends of the box. The lowest rec
', , V Oblon? Kngalar Box. , . tftngle the front 6lac Atheecona .one;
. " Thejiext box takes 6 inches up the bottom, the third theback side,
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the fourth the top, and the small
one the flap of top. Tie together thru
the double ends and the back side.
i Hexagonal or Six-Sided Box.
With center 3 "v4 inches from both
edges of cardboard; and with radius
these intersections with straight
lines. At each corner erect 2 inch .
perpendiculars to lines, connect the
rtnn for Six-Sided, Box.
Wi inches in length, describe :a. cir
cle.:; On circle two " inches from bot
tom t)f board j?ut dot With same ra-
. Ornament for -Long 'Box.
ends of these, forming rectangles. If
you wish your box less deep, have
sides only 1 inches as indicated by '
inner line of iflgure b, c, y, x. Draw
narrow or deep curved flaps on one
side of each side of box. Cut only out
side lines. Score straight lines. Bend
sides up, pasting flaps of one just in
side side next to it. You will have a-
pretty six sided box. Make the top
the same way, except have your ra
dius ' inch longer and make sides
only one inch deep. If your card
board is too stiff to paste flaps, cut
them off and tie up sides with rib-,
bon. You can get two boxes and
three tops out of one piece of card
board. The first two ,jboxes are nice for
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Design for Six-Sided Box.. .
dius iand dot a as center describes
arc . euttlng circle . at With b as
center, cut c, with c as center,cut d,
; and ; so -on around ' circle. Connect
For Six-Sided Box.
fudge or mints, this last for choco
late creams or mints. 1
. I'm sending you some simple de-,:
signs tor decorating all 'hree. The;
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