Paper Ladder

The following ideas was taken from the July 2, 1892 edition of the daily newspaper, the Lake Madison Chautauquan.

How to Make it with a Single Cut of the Scissors

This is a curious experiment, easy to make with a sheet of paper as follows: Fig. 1 is the sheet of paper, a rectangle as long and tall as the ladder which you wish to make. Fold it double lengthwise and you have Fig. 2.

Now fold it up fan-like as in Fig. 3. Gather it together between the thumb and finger, and fold it according to the oblique line indicated in Fig. 4. The whole then assumes the aspect of Fig. 5, and it is through this figure, following the dotted vertical line that you must make you scissors cut. Unfold the paper and you have the little ladder seen in Fig. 6.

Note: When you make the last fold, you will cut the tip off. It only looks like Fig. 5 if the fan fold in Fig. 3 did not come out evenly.