How to Make the Sleigh, 211; How to Make the Horses, 212; To Cut out the Horse, 213; The Pole, 213; The Driver’s Whip, 215; Pasteboard Soldiers, 215; Stirrups, 216; How to Make the Soldiers, 216; To Make an Army, 217; Grandmother’s Reticule, 218; To Cut a Five-pointed Star with One Clip of the Scissors, 220; To Make a Cross Into a Square with Two Cuts, 221. CHAPTER XIX. HOW TO PREPARE AND GIVE A BOYS’ CHALK-TALK 222 The Name Chalk-talk, 224; Drawing-board, 225; Size of Board, 226; Height of Easel, 226; The Drawings Themselves, 227; How to Begin, 227; A Stationary Object, 229; Motion, 230; Evolution of the Ape, 234. CHAPTER XX. A CHRISTMAS NOVELTY FOR BOYS 237 How to Build and Decorate a Fireplace for Santa Claus, 237; The First Start, 237; Back of the Chimney, 238; The Front Frame, 240; The Covering, 243; To Line the Inside of the Fireplace, 243; Our American St. Nicholas, 243; Costume for Santa Claus, 245; How to Put on the Clothes, 246. CHAPTER XXI. HOW TO MAKE TWO BOYS INTO ONE SANTA CLAUS 248 How the Legs are Made, 249; The Wig and Beard, 249; The Curtains, 249; The Sleigh, 250; The Signal for Legs, 251; The Distribution of the Presents, 251. CHAPTER XXII. A CIRCUS IN THE ATTIC 253 How to Make the Horses and Other Animals, and How to Make the Costumes, 253; The Goat, 253; The Arab Steed, 254; The Neck-bones, 255; The Ribs, 255; The Frame, 256; The Reins, 256; To Make the Giant Bird of New Zealand, 257; The Manicora, 257; The Ring-master and his Costume, 259; Making Up, 262. CHAPTER XXIII. A BOYS’ STAG-PARTY 263 Target Shooting, 263; To Make the Target, 263; Carpet Tacks as Darts for the Blow-gun, 264; Vegetable Bonbon Boxes, 265; A “Fake” Cake, 266; The Shooting, 267; The Spread, 268; The Explosion of the “Fake” Cake, 268. CHAPTER XXIV. A WILD WEST SHOW IN THE HOUSE 270 How to Reproduce the Patterns, 270; Making the Cowboy, Horse, and Indian, 273; For a Bridle, 274; The Indian Horseman, 275; The Buffalo, 276; The Stage, 277. CHAPTER XXV. HOW TO HAVE A PANORAMA SHOW 278 Choice of Subject, 278; Hunting Suitable Pictures, 279; Colored Figures, 280; The Works of the Panorama, 281; The Stage, 282; Footlights, 282; How the Panorama Box is Built, 283; The Rollers, 284; Show-bills, 286; The Lecture, 287. INDEX 289 PART I. FAIR WEATHER IDEAS. [Illustration] The Jack of All Trades. CHAPTER I. TREE-TOP CLUB HOUSES.