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MOVING PICTURE TOYS
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nothing like it has been manufactured since. He kindly brought the book to this office for my inspection, and I have made rough sketches of some of the pictures. The donkey picture
rep resents that stubborn animal, laden with a sack of meal, tied to a building. A pesky little dog lives in the little cottage near-by. He does not fancy the stranger, and he rushes out of his house and barks at him. The donkey resents the insult by raising his hind leg and making a desperate kick at the intruder. The dog is quicker than the donkey, however, and quickly sneaks back in his kennel. Now, you wonder how the picture is made to move in this way? Well, it is this way: Behind the sheet containing the picture are various small bits of cardboard, fastened by means of wire rivets. If you observe the picture closely, you will see that there is a slit or opening in the paper at the place where the dog disappears; and you notice that the donkey's leg and head are loose, and are made so as to revolve on a pivot or axle. The dog and the donkey's head and leg are connected with the pasteboard
mechanism on the back of the pici ture. Also connected
JACK-IN-THE-BOX with this
mechanism is a paper tab that sticks out at the bottom, and this is the lever that operates the paper machinery. You take hold of the tab with thumb and finger; you gradually pull it downward; and, lo! the donkey raises his leg, turns his head and kicks, and at the same time the dog retreats within his kennel. You push the tab back, and the dog again jumps out and the donkey resumes his first position. You may repeat the operation as often as you like, and the program will be continued until you get tired and turn to the next picture. Another picture in this interesting book is that of a nest and two birds standing on either side of it, one with an insect in its mouth. You pull the operating tab at the bottom of the picture, and gradually a group of wee little birds are seen reaching from the nest, their hungry mouths wide open, and at the same time the mother-bird bends over and feeds her little ones with the insect. The book contains several other moving pictures, all operated in the same way. Perhaps I have not made it clear just how these pictures are made to move. You of course remember the "Jumping Jack" of your childhood. These were made of thin wood, or o f p a into d cardboard, represent i ng a | grotesque man. The arms and ^ legs w e r e jointed, and connected by a eord. You pull the cord at the bottom and the arms and legs fly up. That is just the way tin1 pictures in this book are made to move.