The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . Fig. 333. — Wing. Fence and Foliage Fig. 334. — Wing (/in Field and(/in Field Scene). Blockhouse Scene). the strip make a few openings between the leaves asshown in the drawing. Wings / and / are shown inFigs. 333 and 334. These should be drawn upon card-board, and then cut out with a sharp knife, with open-ings made in places between the leaves and the bottom of The Trees to small blocks of wood for standards (see 3i8 INDOOR PASTIMES Fig. 336), and drive brads through the blocks so theywill stick into t


The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . Fig. 333. — Wing. Fence and Foliage Fig. 334. — Wing (/in Field and(/in Field Scene). Blockhouse Scene). the strip make a few openings between the leaves asshown in the drawing. Wings / and / are shown inFigs. 333 and 334. These should be drawn upon card-board, and then cut out with a sharp knife, with open-ings made in places between the leaves and the bottom of The Trees to small blocks of wood for standards (see 3i8 INDOOR PASTIMES Fig. 336), and drive brads through the blocks so theywill stick into the stage floor and prevent the trees fromtoppling over. In setting up this scene, as in the case ofall others, you will have to shift the pieces until all en-trances and exits are hidden by the wings. The placescan then be marked upon the stage floor. This scene. CardboardFoLiaQe —. Bradj Fig. 335. —Wing (A in Street andBlockhouse Scene). Fig. 336. — Standardfor Trees. will occupy but the front part of the stage. If a greaterdepth is desired, it will be necessary to prepare addi-tional wings, which can be made similar to Figs. 333and 334, with possibly a few changes in the form of thebranches and leaves. Figure 335 shows a tree that can SCENERY, PROPERTIES, AND MECHANICAL EFFECTS 319 be used for the centre of a scene. A little earth scatteredover the stage floor will give the appearance of ground. By using the same background drop, G, and the fore-ground drop, Z?^ (Figs. 331 and 332), trees,/and A ( and 335), and making a blockhouse and stockade


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