By Dan Beard
Fig. 29.
Frame of Lantern.
The Moving Star is a paper lantern attached to the tail of any large kite.
A Chinese lantern will answer this purpose, although it is generally so long and narrow that the motion of the kite is apt to set fire to it.
To make a more suitable lantern, take a circular piece of light board five inches in diameter, drive three nails in the center just far enough apart to allow a candle to fit between them firmly. Make of rattan or wire a light hoop of the same diameter as the bottom-piece. Fasten these to a strap or handle of wood or wire, as shown in the diagram (Fig. 29), and cover the body of the lantern with red tissue paper.
This lantern fastened to the tail of a large kite that is sent up on a dark night will go bobbing around in a most eccentric and apparently unaccountable manner, striking with wonder all observers not in the secret.
