New ideas for work and play; what a girl can make and do (1902)
Beard, Lina, Beard, Adelia B. (Adelia Belle), 1857-1920, joint author · New York, Scribner's · leaf 195
164 What a Girl Can Make Denizens of Earth, Air, and Water. First we will catch the terrible hornet, but to get him youmust select a peanut as near like Fig. 312 as you can find.This is for the thorax or chest; choose a longer nut, resem-bling Fig. 313, for the abdomen or body. Take six com- … 60PY & STlNfe. mon wooden toothpicks for the legs (Fig. 314), and bendeach stick until it fractures near the centre without break-ing (Fig. 315). For the waist use a short piece of tooth-pick (Fig. 316). For the sting take a pin (Fig. 317). To in-sert the sting in the body make a small hole on…
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