high, 3 inches wide at the top, and 4¼ inches at the bottom. It will be best to make each of the six sides separately of strips one eighth of an inch in width,
Fig. 12. A Fairy-lanturn. and construct the frames of thick brass wire, and solder the unions to make them strong. After the sides are made and put together, forming a hexagon, the top or crown and the bottom may be constructed. Fig, 12 shows plainly how each of the top and bottom sections is formed; and after they are fastened to the sides, one of the six large side-panels is to be detached and swung as a door.
To hold a large taper or a candle it will be necessary to make a sconce or candle-socket and attach it to the bottom of the lantern inside.
At the top several rings may be arranged from which to swing the lantern to the hook on the bracket, and at the bottom some bell-flowers of sheet-metal may be suspended as described for one of the hanging candle-holders on page 446. A few coats of black paint will give this artistic bit of furnishing a good appearance, and when completed it may be attached to a door or window casing or hung in a corner against the wall.
A Candlestick.
To begin with, secure an old tin or brass candlestick and rip the bottom off, leaving only
Fig. 13. Detail of Candlestick
Fig. 14. A Candlestick. the sheath and the collar at the top. Have a tinsmith cut the lower end away, leaving about 2 inches of the top,and solder a bottom in it.
Cut a pine stick about 4 inches long and notmore than three sixteenths of an inch square, or the same thickness as the width of the metal strips from which the scrolls will be formed. Punch a small hole in the bottom of the socket and drive a slim steel-wire nail down through it and into the middle of one end of the stick, so that the attached pieces will appear as shown in Fig. 13. The socket will hold a candle, and the stick will act as a center-staff against which the four scroll sides are to be fastened. The scrolls may measure 4½ inches full width and 5 or 6 inches high. To the upper part of one side-scroll a handle can be shaped and fastened as shown in Fig. 14.
A Sign-board.
For a sign-hoard an idea is suggested in the design at the head of this article. For a place of business, in front of a cottage or a physician’s office, it may be displayed to good advantage.
It is merely a board on which sheet-iron or lead letters may be fastened and the edges