  MARVEL PICTURES H HERE are Mary, Mary's lamb, and Mother Goose's goose all waiting for you to dress them and make them into Marvel pictures. Mary must be attired in her clothes, the lamb in his wool, and Mother Goose's goose in its feathers, and you can do it every bit yourself. Then when all are nicely finished you can tack them up in your room for everyone to admire and wonder over. We will begin with Mary, because a little girl is vastly more important than a lamb or a goose, however much the others may be petted and loved. drawing Mary. Take a smooth piece of white tissue-paper, lay it over the drawing of Mary given here, and with a moderately soft pencil make a careful tracing of the little figure. Turn the paper the other side up and go over the lines again with a very soft pencil; then lay the paper right side up on a piece of white cardboard, a little larger than the page of Her Dress. Fig. 382 is the pattern, which you must make by tracing it on tissue-paper and then cutting it out. Choose any material
Make a cunning little Sun-bonnet of the white lawn also. Fig. 384 is the brim, Fig. 385 the crown of the bonnet. Cut out Fig. 384 first and fold back the flap according to the dotted lines, then Fig. 385, which you must plait fan-shape like Fig. 386, and then cut the shape of Fig. 387. Put a little paste along the lower edge of Fig. 387, and over it lay the top edge of the brim (Fig. 384), pasting them together like Fig. 388. Fit the bonnet on Mary's head and paste it in place, but leave the side-flaps to stand out loosely from her face.
Mary's Lamb can be traced and then drawn on cardboard in exactly the same manner as Mary, or it may be drawn on white writing-paper, cut out carefully and pasted on black or colored cardboard. This last is perhaps the better plan as the white lamb will show more plainly on a colored background. Fig. Fig. Fig. 389 is the pattern for Master Lamb's coat, which you are to cut from a sheet of white cotton wadding, opened through the centre to give the wooliness of the raw cotton. A sheep's wool does not grow long on its legs, so you need not wonder that the lamb is not provided with leggings. Paste the coat on the lamb's back and the little cap (Fig. 390) on top of his head and he will have all the clothing to Mary's Lamb. When you have traced Mother Goose's Goose and transferred it to a sheet of cardboard, you must collect a number of small feathers as much as possible like the
How to put the feathers on Mother Goose's goose. Mother Goose's goose. Select three feathers for the tail like the tail feather Fig. 391, and fit them in place on the goose to see just where they are to go; then take them off, cover the tail with glue and carefully put the feathers back in place, pressing them down until they stick fast (Fig. 392). Find body feathers like Fig. 393 and, beginning near the tail, cover part of the body with glue, then stick the feathers on, overlapping them as in Fig. 394. The under part of the body must be entirely covered with these feathers, but before going on to the breast and neck the wing must be attended to. Fig. There are two kinds of wing feathers—some long and narrow (Fig. 395), and others much shorter (Fig. 396). Begin at the lower edge of the wing and glue a row of the long feathers in place, allowing the lower edge of one feather to overlap the upper edge of another, as in Fig. 397. Along the top edge of the wing glue a row of the small feathers (Fig. 397), and then, beginning again at the lower edge of the wing, cover the remainder with the small feathers. The short, broad feather (Fig. 398), is the kind to use on breast and neck. Begin at the wing and fasten them on, going upward until the head is reached, then trim off the stems of the feathers to fit the space shown by the dotted line on the goose's head (Fig. 399). Do not put too much glue on the goose at one time, only enough for one row of feathers, and spread it very thinly, for it takes but little to catch and hold the light feathers in place. |
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