I WAS over in Ireland once on an Orange Day, and the people were certainly having a great time. On this particular day another young fellow and myself were on our bicycles in the northern part of the island, and every village we came to had its own peculiar demonstration. There were orange bands in evidence everywhere, worn in profusion, and drunks aplenty! And such fights! Maybe that is where I got the idea for this fighting toy.

Here are the fighters, full size, and you can trace the illustrations, that is, the body part, paste them on cigar-box wood, and cut down the wood.

The arms can be traced separately, for they are cut of separate pieces and pivoted at the shoulders to turn.

The front foot of each man has a round part below, about an inch and a half across. You can see this in Figure I, which shows the fighters complete and ready to start; but Figure 2 shows the details.

When you get the men cut out, you had better make the base stick B. This is about an inch wide, half an inch thick, and eighteen inches long. Notches O, a quarter of an inch wide and about two inches long, are cut in this stick toward the center and far enough apart for the fighters to reach each other easily - say two and a half inches apart.

Now stick the front foot of the man in one of these slots and pivot it with a brad n so that it turns easily. Where the circle part sticks out below the stick, cut a notch N, Figure 3, below and at the back, so that a rubber band stretched between the two notches will hold the men up, with the back foot f resting on the stick to keep the men from leaning too far back. You can see how the foot f rests on the stick in Figure 3 while the front foot F sticks down through the notch.

The rubber band is shown at R.

At H, on the other side of the circular part underneath, make a hole and run a string through as at S, having it long enough so that you can work the toy as in Figure 2, with the thumbs in the loops of the string. The thumbs will pull the string and stretch the band R as the men go toward each other.

The arms are fastened on with little wire loops at each end so the arm pieces can't slip off. Then, when you pull the strings and the body of the man moves, the arms will flap and swing around in the most dangerous-looking manner.