. Things worth doing and how to do them. nunbend Zeus and place him on his throne, bringing him well tothe front that his feet may rest on the footstool. Fasten thestatue firmly in place with glue and pins. Pin one folded end ofa strip of smoothly ironed starched cloth on the back of Zeus,bring the cloth up over the left shoulder down across the kneesin folds like those in Fig. 345, thestatue of Zeus, and with glue and pins Fasten the Draperyloosely here and there, then gild theentire strip of cloth. Make thesceptre of a headless hat-pin. Tracethe gold eagle from Fig. 346; gildand cut it out,
. Things worth doing and how to do them. nunbend Zeus and place him on his throne, bringing him well tothe front that his feet may rest on the footstool. Fasten thestatue firmly in place with glue and pins. Pin one folded end ofa strip of smoothly ironed starched cloth on the back of Zeus,bring the cloth up over the left shoulder down across the kneesin folds like those in Fig. 345, thestatue of Zeus, and with glue and pins Fasten the Draperyloosely here and there, then gild theentire strip of cloth. Make thesceptre of a headless hat-pin. Tracethe gold eagle from Fig. 346; gildand cut it out, then taking a stitchthrough the eagles body with the hat-pin, slide the eagle up to the top ofthe pin and glue it in place. MakeZeus grasp the eagle-crowned sceptreby binding his hand and sceptre tightly together with a little glue to make sure they stick fast; steady the sceptreby running its point down into the small needle hole that hasbeen previously punctured in the dais, and paint the sceptre and cut out the. Fig. 346.—Cut out a gold eagle. 268 Seven IVonders of the IVorld Winged Figure of Victory (Fig. 347), glue it to the empty hand of Zeus and glue the handtight on the top of the arm of the throne. Then, to give anidea of the immense size of the statue, place a one-inch doll infront of the throne, glue a bit of drapery on it, and let the dollrepresent a worshipper at the shrine of Zeus. Play that theivory, gold and ebony throne is glittering withprecious stones and golden pictures from thestories of the gods, and that the arms of thethrone are supported by two sphinxes. The real statue was in the chief temple ofOlympia in Greece, where the Olympic gameswere held every fourth year, and Zeus was solarge, it was said, that Should He Rise from His Throne he would lift the roof off the building; also,that the statue was the supreme masterpieceof art. Everyone was anxious to see it. Thepeople believed that should one stand beforethe figure and gaze u
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