Material: Thick paper 5 in. x 9 in.; strip of cardboard 1/2 in. x 5 in.; pin, paste and scissors.

Half an inch from the end of the cardboard strip make a dot.

One and three-eighths inch from this dot make a second.

Two inches from the first dot make a third.

Four inches from the first dot make a fourth.

Make holes through these dots with the point of the scissors.

You now have a circle-divider.

Place the paper (5 x 9) on the desk with the long edge toward you.

Half an inch from the lower right-hand corner, on the short edge, make a dot.

Half an inch from the lower left-hand corner, on the short edge, make another.

Draw a line joining the dots.

Bisect this line, (a, Fig. 1.)

Put a pin through the first hole made in the circle-divider, and fasten it to this dot (a) on the paper.

Put a pencil in each of the three other dots, and draw three semicircles. (Fig. 1.)

Join the end of the inner semicircle to the outer semicircle by a line parallel to the short edge, (o, Fig. 1.)

Make a dot 1/2 inch to the right of the bisecting dot on the base line, (m, Fig. I.)

Connect this dot with the upper end of the vertical line o.

Cut the paper in two on this line.

Cut on the base line (m-x).

Cut on the inside and outside semicircles.

You will then have Fig. 2.

On the middle semicircle make a row of dots 1/4 inch apart.

Draw small triangles having the apex at these points and the base of the smallest semicircle. (Fig. 2.) Each section should be wedge-shaped, as in Fig. 3.

Cut out the first rectangle (x, Fig. 2).

Cut out the little triangles.

Bend in the wedge-shaped pieces along the middle semicircle.

Lap the ends of the paper 1/2 inch, and paste. (Fig. 4.)

Paste the little pieces to form a solid base.

Cut a narrow strip of paper and paste on for a handle. (Fig. 4.)

Note. The most difficult directions in all construction work should be illustrated by blackboard drawing.

The Dutch milk pail has a cover, but it has been omitted, as children have difficulty in making it.