The L'anse Sentinel

PIG AND THE LEMON.
A Cute Plaything That Any Boy or
Girl Can Make

If some one of humorous mind were
to ask why a pig is like a lemon, you
would be apt to think that he was giv-
ing you one of the most foolish conun-
drums, with the answer that fits all of
them: "Because he isn't." But a lem-
on is like a pig, and the boy and girl
readers of the Commercial Tribune can
find it out for themselves if they will
take the trouble to follow the instruc-
tions here given.

First pick a lemon from the few you
may find at home that looks like this:

THE LEMON.

If there isn't one at home, your gro-
cer or country storekeeper will allow
you to pick over the box, and then
you'll be sure to find one that will look
something like the rough cut given
above. Now, right in the snout, where
the dotted line shows, you must take a
sharp penknife, and cut a little slit for
piggy's mouth. To give him a little
understanding, take a few matches and
sharpen them and shape them to look
like pigs' feet, and insert them at the
proper places. If you wanted him seat-
ed like a contented pig, you must stick
them on a slant, and Mr. Piggy will
look like this:

THE LEMON PIG COMPLETED,

Piggy is eyeless and tailless now, but
we will soon fix him so that he can al-
most squeak. Get a couple of black
pins from your mamma, and stick them
in at or about the places where the
eyes are. A little piece of soft wire, or
even gray yarn, can be used to make
his tail, only it must be rigid enough
to stand a little curling when it has
been put on with a pin. For his ears
little pieces of wood or flannel can be
used and put on with pins that do not
show. Of course, you can follow the
patterns here given, or you can suit
your own fancy. You will not miss
matters very seriously even at the
worst. Now the pig is lemon-colored,
and there are not many pigs of that
kind. To correct this, take a little ink,
or even a charcoal crayon, and smear
the little fellow in odd ways, and you
will have a dirty piggy, with some vel-
low blotches, where the lemon skin
shows through. Then he will look more
natural, for piggies that are too clean
don't look like piggies at all.

In the whittling and localities where
the legs ought to be you may have to
get papa or an old brother to help you,
but even if they are not willing, go
along by yourself, and when you are
through the older ones in the family
will think you have a pretty good kind
of pig after all. When you are tired
of him he will make good lemonade,
and that is more than can be said of a
real live pig.—Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.